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Million Canadian Deplorables March slightly short of desired number of attendees...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-trump-canadians-throw-million-deplorable-march-rightwing-media-counts-5000-cops-say-hundredsAlthough it was dubbed the “Million Canadian Deplorables March,” both The Daily Caller and Breitbart claimed about 5,000 people showed up in Ottawa to protest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and to show favor for Donald Trump, whom protest organizer Mike Waine called a “smart man.”
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A spokesperson for the Parliamentary Protection Services estimated to Canada’s iPolicy, who first reported on the discrepancy, that 300 to 400 people in total went to the rally in at the Canadian capital.
