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Trump compares his military parade crowd size to Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington

Trump slammed after claiming his Fourth of July parade was "very similar" to King's "I have a dream" speech

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At Wednesday’s coronavirus task force briefing, President Donald Trump let the topic drift to his Fourth of July military parade last year — and compared the crowd size to that for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech from the Lincoln Memorial.

The president’s comparison drew swift outrage on social media.

By Matthew Chapman


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