The thing is, I would think it would be virtually impossible to tell from just where you were to see the actual crowd, only your particular place in the crowd. The reason there are so many differing numbers flying around, is those of us who kept vigil with you were seeing the overall crowds, the overall pictures and news feeds. This was more than a couple hundred thousand, though right where you were, that would be an accurate summation.
Don’t forget to add the millions who wish they were there, and the hundreds of thousands who attended local rallies. mine alone was about 3000. Thank you for being in that crowd on Sat. I cried like a baby when I started seeing the crowd amass, hearing they were turning away multitudes, and hearing the speakers on cspan! What a perfect way to remind ourselves of who we are, especially after the heartwrenching memorials the day before. What an amazing 24 hours. God bless you every one!
Please, I’m not trying to shortchange the turnout! It was unbelievable!!! Especially when you consider that it truly was a grass roots turnout!
Many were like me...I left SC at 10:00 Friday night, drove straight through to Washington arriving at 6:00 AM. We were at Freedom Square at 8:30, marched and stayed till 2:00 PM then drove home. We got here about 9:00 PM.
I have never been more proud to be an American. The crowd was well behaved, clean, and determined!! It was a wonderful thing that doesn’t need to get lost in crowd estimates.
The libs are looking for anyway to discredit this and exaggerated numbers will only help. I would rather conservatives lowball their estimates than get caught crowing about unreal numbers.
Well, maybe the next rally can be done at the Washington Post, NBC, NYT, etc