Trump's campaign claims that around 12,000 people attended his Tulsa rally. The Tulsa Fire Department says there were only about 6,200.

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• Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for Trump's 2020 campaign, said in a tweet on Sunday that 12,000 people attended the rally and "made it past protestors." 
• But Andrew Little, a Tulsa Fire Department public information officer, confirmed to several outlets on Sunday that the number of attendees was just under 6,200 people, far fewer people than the Trump campaign was expecting. 
• The rally's low turnout has been hailed a success by teenagers on TikTok, who claimed that they signed up for large numbers of tickets to the rally with no intention of attending.
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President Donald Trump's reelection campaign said that 12,000 people attended his comeback rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday — nearly double the official estimate put out by the Tulsa Fire Department. 

Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for Trump's 2020 campaign, said in a tweet on Sunday that 12,000 people attended the rally and "made it past protestors." 

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