What local news outlets in red states reported on Jan 30–31 anti‑ICE protests and what attendance figures did they provide?
Executive summary
A review of the supplied reporting finds very few clear examples where named local news outlets based in reliably red states published specific attendance figures for the Jan. 30–31 anti‑ICE actions; most of the concrete crowd estimates in the kit of sources come from national outlets or local outlets in blue or swing jurisdictions (for example, Los Angeles and Minneapolis) rather than from identified red‑state local papers or TV stations [1] [2] [3]. The available material more often names cities in red states where protests occurred (Knoxville, Tenn.; Tucson, Ariz.) without tying those reports to a local outlet that gave an on‑the‑record attendance number in the excerpts provided [4] [1].
1. What the sources actually contain about “red‑state” coverage and attendance figures
Several of the supplied stories mention protests taking place in cities located in states that typically vote Republican — Knoxville, Tennessee and Tucson, Arizona are explicitly named among nationwide actions — but the cited passages do not include a clear, attributable attendance figure published by a local Knoxville or Tucson outlet in the provided snippets [4] [1]. Reuters and The Guardian, both national outlets in the file, report that thousands took part in Minneapolis and that walkouts and local actions occurred across the country including “Knoxville, Tennessee” and “Tucson, Arizona,” but those pieces do not quote a local red‑state news organization giving a specific crowd estimate in the passages supplied [4] [1].
2. Local outlets in the sources that did provide attendance figures — but not from red states
Where named local outlets in the provided set did give numbers, they were generally in non‑red jurisdictions: ABC7 Los Angeles reported “thousands” for a downtown Los Angeles Friday protest and estimated “about 500” for a subsequent Saturday City Hall demonstration [2], and Fox‑9 (a Minneapolis local outlet quoted in the packet) described large gatherings and concert events in Minneapolis without giving a single city‑wide numeric total in the supplied excerpt but framed the action as a large, sold‑out concert/protest [3]. Those are useful contemporaneous local counts, but both Los Angeles and Minneapolis lie in states not classified here as red states [2] [3].
3. National outlets citing red‑state events but not local outlet attendance estimates
Major national outlets in the materials—Reuters, The Guardian, NPR and The New York Times—documented actions taking place in red‑state cities and provided general estimates (e.g., “thousands” nationwide or “thousands” in specific cities) and reported school closures or walkouts in locations like Tucson and Aurora, Colorado [1] [4] [5]. Those pieces offer city names and policy impacts (school cancellations in Tucson; walkouts in Knoxville) but the excerpts supplied do not attribute a specific crowd count to a locally based red‑state newsroom [1] [4].
4. Why a clear list of red‑state local outlets and their crowd numbers is not available in these sources
The reporting supplied emphasizes national tallies, organizer claims and local coverage in larger blue jurisdictions; it names red‑state cities where events occurred but the snippets either do not include local newsroom bylines or do not carry an on‑the‑record numeric crowd estimate from a red‑state local outlet [4] [1] [5]. Where local numbers are present, they appear in outlets based in California or Minnesota rather than in the red states that the question targets [2] [3]. Therefore, based solely on the supplied reporting, it is not possible to produce a verified list of local news outlets in red states that reported on Jan. 30–31 protests together with the attendance figures they provided.
5. Bottom line and recommended next steps for verification
The supplied reporting documents anti‑ICE actions in red‑state cities but does not contain clear citations of red‑state local news outlets supplying attendance figures; to answer the question with precision would require checking contemporaneous local outlets in the named red‑state cities (for example, local TV stations and newspapers in Knoxville and Tucson) or expanded wire copy that attributes numerical estimates to named local reporters [4] [1]. The national pieces (Reuters, Guardian, NPR, NYT, ABC7 LA) can be used to identify which red‑state cities to query, but they do not substitute for on‑the‑record local attendance figures from red‑state newsrooms in the material provided [1] [4] [5] [2].