Kayleigh McEnany speaks to reporters without mask a day before testing positive for COVID-19 (CNN/screen grab)
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was raked over the coals on Saturday afternoon after claiming on Twitter that "more than one million" Donald Trump supports showed up in the streets of Washington, DC, to support the president who lost to Vice President Joe Biden.
McEnany, who once declared she would never lie to the American public, wrote, "AMAZING! More than one MILLION marchers for President @realDonaldTrump descend on the swamp in support. Best base in political history — we LOVE you guys!!!"
Commenters on Twitter were quick to point that her numbers were not reality-based as you can see below:
AMAZING! More than one MILLION marchers for President @realDonaldTrump descend on the swamp in support. Best ba… https://t.co/btpGICWSKH— Kayleigh McEnany (@Kayleigh McEnany)1605370573.0
@MollyJongFast @kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump why bother?— Joan Walsh (@Joan Walsh)1605373755.0
There are about a couple hundred people out here at the “Million MAGA March” https://t.co/UAuXepgqqr— philip lewis (@philip lewis)1605368005.0
@MikevWUSA @wusa9 @CBSNews Woman's March - all of DC, not just BLM plaza. https://t.co/IPJZfEf1TO— OKKO 2.0 (@OKKO 2.0)1605372057.0
An aerial shot of the “Million MAGA March,” via @shomaristone https://t.co/0NUlk3V9il— philip lewis (@philip lewis)1605371014.0
@TheRealHoarse @kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump It started with a @PressSec lying about crowd size and that’s how… https://t.co/19mBoQREfQ— melania’s divorce lawyer (@melania’s divorce lawyer)1605373617.0
If Kayleigh's calculations are correct, the last Marlins game I saw had a paid attendance of 20 million… https://t.co/igyF5B5s1W— Adam Weinstein (@Adam Weinstein)1605373946.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump Amazing! She lies about crowd size!— Tompostable (@Tompostable)1605374100.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump There are literally a few hundred people, and he's headed to his country club— Justin Hendrix (@Justin Hendrix)1605370615.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump Keyleigh - they EXPECTED more than a million people to show up. In reality, it wa… https://t.co/2J9WseTgdf— William LeGate 🇺🇸 (@William LeGate 🇺🇸)1605371538.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump Math is hard, isn't it Kayleigh? 2,500 is not more than a MILLION. Even in all caps!— JUSTICE IS NEXT (@JUSTICE IS NEXT)1605371109.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump Not a million and Trump lost.— Wes Walser (@Wes Walser)1605371142.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump As in the largest inaugural crowd in history? https://t.co/k6iPLrRpVc— Jumpin’ Jack Flash (@Jumpin’ Jack Flash)1605371333.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump We know math isn’t you peoples thing, evidence the election. But anyone can see t… https://t.co/fFVxiysfj2— Stephanie MacLean (@Stephanie MacLean)1605373443.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump That's… not a million.— Pé (@Pé)1605370953.0
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump This is nothing to brag about Kayleigh, say bye bye. https://t.co/qWkkoDsBXY— Brenda Lee 😷 (@Brenda Lee 😷)1605370647.0
