I’ve seen both versions of the claims, some of them with photo timestamps that might or might not be accurate. But Trump does have a history of claiming that thousands of people were turned away without then substantiating those claims.

He’s got a weird history of making up and fixating on attendance numbers that don’t seem to have much of a connection to reality. Like the one on the Jersey shore where he claimed there were over 100,000 people at a venue that could accommodate less than 20,000.

This was a hoot:

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1826102962504216641

- yashar