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James Talarico and Donald Trump’s Texas Rally Crowd Sizes Compared: Photos

James Talarico and Donald Trump’s Texas Rally Crowd Sizes Compared: Photos

Summary

President Donald Trump and Texas State Representative James Talarico held competing rallies in Lubbock, Texas. Reports put attendance at roughly 4,000 at each event, though Talarico’s figure was not independently confirmed and the venue’s stated capacity was lower.

Key Facts

  • Talarico said 4,000 people attended his rally at the Fiesta Center.
  • The Fiesta Center ballroom holds up to 2,600 people, and local officials reportedly planned to expand capacity to 3,000.
  • A Texas Tribune report said the line for Talarico’s event stretched several city blocks.
  • Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton held a rally at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
  • An Amarillo Tribune reporter estimated that about 4,000 people attended Trump and Paxton’s rally.
  • The civic center’s exhibit hall has a listed maximum capacity of 4,914.
  • Trump carried Lubbock County by 40 points in 2024, and the county has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964.
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