Return of the Inauguration Crowd Size Matter

[DonViejo]

Unnamed complainant alleges Park Service mishandled photos

Posted Jun 27, 2017 5:03 AM
Roll Call Staff

A new Interior Department inspector general report is further muddying the already murky situation surrounding White House claims that the crowd at President Donald Trump’s inauguration was the largest in American history.

The report found “no evidence to substantiate” complaints that National Park Service employees altered records related to crowd-size estimates for Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. The IG also investigated and found no evidence to support the unnamed complainant’s allegation that a Park Service employee mishandled photos of the event and posted political comments on Facebook.

On Trump’s first full day in office, Jan. 21, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared at the briefing room podium to declare “members of the media were engaged in deliberately false reporting” on Inauguration Day. “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period, both in person and around the globe,” Spicer said.

The White House never clearly explained why Spicer made the statement. During that briefing, Spicer even acknowledged that the National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, is not in the business of counting crowd sizes on the National Mall. “Inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted,” Spicer said that day. “No one had numbers, because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out.”

Fast forward a few months and the Interior Department’s inspector general report revives the topic, but without providing any clarity by omitting names of who was accusing whom of what.

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[procon]

1. Trump reminds me of an elderly uncle who had Dementia and lived in the past.

He would often point visitors to look at a cherished photo that showed him posing with a large fish he had caught. He wove the most fantastical tales around that fish photo, it was a blue ribbon, championship winner, a wiley fishy legend that eluded capture for decades until he came along. His stories were more real than the truth, it was just a nice fish he caught at a local lake, but he kept inventing all kinds of fabulous new details (maybe to impress himself?) and he believed all his own stories, just like Trump does.

[Solly Mack]

2. Dear - Garishly Orange Shit Stain on the world - Leader

No matter how many times you whip it out, it will always be shriveled up and lost in crepe skinned folds. You'd have more luck with your actual navel.