Yesterday’s Tea Party on Capitol Hill drew thousands of protesters from across the country. But how many exactly? Depends who you ask.
MSNBC reported yesterday that a Capitol policeman said there were 3,000 to 3,500 people there. Our reporters on the scene estimated the crowd size at no more than 8,000 or so.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), on the other hand, says 25,000 to 45,000. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) offered a similar estimate. And G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show producer implied it was more than a million. TPMDC’s Eric Kleefeld has the story.