Trump invents 15,000-strong Phoenix crowd and fire-code breach

The day after the Phoenix rally, Trump claimed on social media that 12,000 to 15,000 people attended and that the convention center broke fire code to let them in, even though the Phoenix Fire Department capped the crowd at 4,169 and said the venue never exceeded capacity.

“This is what 15,000 people looks like.” — Posts after his July 11, 2015 Phoenix Convention Center rally boasting about crowd size and implying a fire-code breach Quote verified against source