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Letter: Graham fudged turnout figures

I’m afraid Franklin Graham exaggerated the number of attendees to his Decision America rally in Richland’s Columbia Point Park on Tuesday.

His Twitter estimate was 13,000. I live in a condominium on the street side of Columbia Point Drive. I watched the people walking down the sidewalk, and I (along with a few hundred other residents) suffered through an hour of very loud, raucous music. Then I actually went over to hear Franklin’s spiel.

I can assure you that there were not 13,000 people in that little park – it was more like 2,000 or 3,000. They did not even fill it. Sorry, Mr. Graham.

Patricia Cleavenger, Richland

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