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[quote=Anonymous]For those doubting the numbers:

I attended the rally with a family member who fell ill around 6:30 and we wound up leaving shortly before speeches started (a bummer but necessary). We got in line to enter at 3pm and we're up close to the stage before we left.

When we left, the Ellipse was full and they were just letting in the last people they could admit through security (they literally let in two extra people who were about to be turned away when we left). Outside there was still a line wrapped all the way down Constitution, up 15th, and past the White House (these people would wind up being sent to the overflow across Constitution by the Washington monument, where there was already a large crowd forming). We wound up walking up to H Street because we could get a Lyft at that point, and I took my family member to a sandwich shop that was still open to sit down and drink some water while I tried to get us a ride. We sat there for about 20 minutes, during which time a steady stream of people slowed south wearing Harris gear and headed to the rally. Like hundreds of people. This was around 7-- it was people heading down after work and hoping to see it, people who walked all the way down to the mall in a Tuesday night for a standing room only political speech.

If the Ellipse holds 40k, there were easily 70k people there. And the enthusiasm was really palpable. We made it home in time to see Kamala speaking on TV, for which I'm grateful, as well as to the dozens of people who were kind to my family member as we made our way out of that packed event (not actually easy but people were gracious and lovely).

Anyway, the reports are true. There really were that many people there.[/quote]

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