Boasts about rally crowd sizes, mocks Beto O'Rourke during El Paso hospital visit

During his August 7-8 visit to University Medical Center of El Paso, where victims of the August 3 mass shooting were being treated, Trump was recorded speaking to medical staff about the crowd size at his prior El Paso rally and disparaging former congressman Beto O'Rourke, whom he called "crazy Beto." Video obtained by a CBS affiliate captured Trump saying his February rally "was packed" while claiming O'Rourke drew "like 400 people in a parking lot." O'Rourke's counter-rally had in fact drawn roughly 7,000 people, more than Trump's. Critics said the remarks turned a visit meant to comfort a grieving community into self-promotion; O'Rourke responded that the community was "focused on healing. Not hatred. Not racism. Certainly not crowd sizes."

"And then you had this crazy Beto. Beto had like 400 people in a parking lot, they said his crowd was wonderful." Quote verified against source