Bernie held a rally today in Baltimore. For an event held in the city something seems off...

[ProudToBeLiberal]

[Autumn]

1. Let me guess, it's all white people?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

3. I didn't say that. Nt

[Autumn]

9. Let's point out what we don't see shall we? I don't see any Bernie signs, not one

I don't see Bernie talking behind the podium. I don't see any security. What do you see since you pulled out this picture out of...somewhere?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

17. There's a lot of empty seats.

Usually his rallies are jammed packed, but I have heard his recent rallies in PA and now in Baltimore are partly empty.

[Autumn]

20. Behind the guy at the podium in your picture there is no raised dais. But you keep on trying bless

your heart.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

24. I got this picture from Deray, the BLM activist who is running for Mayor of Baltimore.

He attended this rally to see Bernie speak. You can check out his twitter for proof.

[Autumn]

26. Agenda, you got one.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

27. Here's the direct link to his twitter post

https://twitter.com/deray/status/723906991127683072

[annavictorious]

43. Safeco Field in Seattle was

three-quarters empty weeks ago when Sanders had his rally.

[uppityperson]

58. 15,000+ attended his 2nd Seattle event in a wk, this one had only a few days planning and minimal

advertising.

[brooklynite]

38. There wre upside down Bernie signs left of the bunting

[JSup]

69. The signs...

...are being held, upside down, by the people in front on the left.

[Duckhunter935]

35. Yes you did

Just admit it

[ProudToBeLiberal]

37. Nope. Autumn put words in my mouth. I am just defending myself. Nt

[Autumn]

42. Nonsense. Man up to your actions I commented on your cryptic OP. I put no words in your mouth

For an event held in the city something seems off...

[ProudToBeLiberal]

44. Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland. His rally in the city is partly empty. Nt

[polly7]

46. Three different events today, I believe.

Bernie Sanders brought his brand of "political revolution" to Baltimore Saturday before an adoring crowd of thousands in the downtown civic center in the run-up to Tuesday's Maryland primary.

The Vermont senator won an enthusiastic response from a diverse crowd for an hourlong jeremiad against the establishment, the status quo and what he called the greed of Wall Street. He faces a showdown with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday in several Eastern states besides Maryland.

Sanders sprinkled his speech with frequent references to Baltimore and its problems with poverty at an event that came nearly a year after the rioting following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

"How do we have money for tax breaks for billionaires but not money to feed hungry children in Baltimore?" he demanded.

Ahead of the event, Sanders supporters ringed the blocks surrounding the Royal Farms Arena hours before his noon rally. The diverse crowd began forming in the early morning hours despite rain that forced a move to the arena from Druid Hill Park.

Ben Jealous, the former NAACP president who has become one of Sanders' chief surrogates, marveled at the crowd waiting outside.

"It's something to behold -- people coming together across lines of race and class," he said.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/presidential-elections/bs-md-bernie-sanders-rally-20160423-story.html

[Duckhunter935]

64. Bullshit, everyone knows what you meant

Now you have been caught, you are trying to cover your ass for that.

[mythology]

63. I doubt anyone buys that including your mom

[SwampG8r]

5. Its taken over the shoulder of a black guy

And a black girl about 10 is looking right in the camera bottom right frame.
You would think embarrassment would set in at some point but they keep going there

[ProudToBeLiberal]

6. Well because you brought it up...

Baltimore is 63.7% black...

[SwampG8r]

10. I didnt bring it up

I commented to someone wbo brought it up
Now.go on with your day and i hope.your accuracy improves

[ProudToBeLiberal]

19. Autumn is just defending her candidate. Can we have a little more civility, please? Nt

[panader0]

56. you should be embarrassed

[SwampG8r]

66. Can we have civility? Sure....you first

[Chan790]

52. Baltimore City is 63.7% black.

Baltimore Co. is, however, overwhelmingly white, as are adjacent Howard, Anne Arundel, Carroll and Harford counties. They make up the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore City is just the downtown area though.

I get the impression that you're from the DC-S. MD area and already knew that though. It really amazed me living there, for an area considered to be racially diverse, how terribly-white both metro DC and metro Baltimore are outside of the downtown city-proper and urban centers. (With the odd exception of Prince George's Co. which is filled with black-majority suburbs.)

No point, really. It's just an oddity of how much one's expectations of "place" don't always correspond to the realities of that place.

[Calista241]

39. The first dude in the foreground of the picture is a black dude.

[seabeyond]

2. Too early for a Saturday morning? Nt

[polly7]

34. Slackers? Hung over? What's your point? nt.

[GeorgeGist]

4. I'm pretty sure that's not Bernie.

[polly7]

7. Seems like it was great!

Best comment so far:

Christopher Pratt17 minutes ago

"I am not voting for Big Money control in politics , I am not voting for Monsanto , I am not voting for fracking, I'm not voting for ongoing War, I am not voting for Wall Street, I am not voting for big Banks, I am not voting for government spying, I am not voting for internet censorship, I am not voting for oil dependency, I am not voting for environmental destruction, I am not voting for private prisons, I am not voting for a border fence, I am not voting for The Patriot Act I am not voting for TARP, TPP or NAFTA I am voting for Bernie Sanders and I will not vote for anybody who supports any of these things"



http://www.trbimg.com/img-571b9b1b/turbine/bs-md-bernie-sanders-rally-20160423-001/750/750x422

Bernie Sanders brought his brand of "political revolution" to Baltimore Saturday before an adoring crowd of thousands in the downtown civic center in the run-up to Tuesday's Maryland primary.

The Vermont senator won an enthusiastic response from a diverse crowd for an hourlong jeremiad against the establishment, the status quo and what he called the greed of Wall Street. He faces a showdown with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday in several Eastern states besides Maryland.

Sanders sprinkled his speech with frequent references to Baltimore and its problems with poverty at an event that came nearly a year after the rioting following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

"How do we have money for tax breaks for billionaires but not money to feed hungry children in Baltimore?" he demanded.

Ahead of the event, Sanders supporters ringed the blocks surrounding the Royal Farms Arena hours before his noon rally. The diverse crowd began forming in the early morning hours despite rain that forced a move to the arena from Druid Hill Park.

Ben Jealous, the former NAACP president who has become one of Sanders' chief surrogates, marveled at the crowd waiting outside.

"It's something to behold -- people coming together across lines of race and class," he said.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/presidential-elections/bs-md-bernie-sanders-rally-20160423-story.html

[Autumn]

18. That one is great. But notice in the one pic posted by the OP not a single Bernie sign?

To be fair they might have has them in their little pockets though. Notice the absence of a dais behind the person standing at the podium in the OPs pic? That's not at the event in your video.

[polly7]

21. Yeah, that's strange.

He had/has? three different rallies today, I think ... maybe it was from another one?

[Autumn]

23. Who knows? Posting a picture with no link seems to fit an agenda that some have here.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

28. Here's the link

https://twitter.com/deray/status/723906991127683072

[bobbobbins01]

30. Nah, I see some Bernie signs and some shirts.

But that looks like a photo taken well before most of the crowd arrived.

[Else You Are Mad]

8. Uhh, what seems off..

Is that isn't Bernie speaking....

ETA after seeing the smug comments from the poster, the non Bernie person speaking looks Black to me

[Else You Are Mad]

14. Wait, isn't he too old for this sh*t?

[enid602]

12. seats

Quite a few empty seats upstairs.

[JaneyVee]

13. It will become less and less as the campaign unravels.

The media already moved on.

[oldandhappy]

31. what media??!!

MSM pretends Bernie is not real.

[grasswire]

53. and the media is in charge of democratic populism now?

OOh. Maybe they have moved on to focus on Hillary's FBI problem.

[Matt_in_STL]

15. I know exactly what is wrong with this picture

You accidentally opened the talking points from 5 months ago and are working from that outdated document.

[KingFlorez]

16. What a big crowd...

The message is finally loud and clear, so those big crowds are no more.

[Donkees]

22. This event was rescheduled yesterday to an indoor arena due to inclement weather.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

29. Thanks for having my back. People didn't believe me that this was Bernie's rally. Nt

[CorporatistNation]

25. It IS SAD That The FASCIST stablishment May Prevail In Placing A Wall Street Owned Self Serving War

Monger in The WH rather than someone whose entire life has been dedicated to helping bring up the little guy. Shows just how far down the tubes Amerika has descended!

[Marr]

32. As opposed to Hillary, who can *almost* fill a foyer.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

36. This picture was taken at a fundraiser. Nice try. Nt

[azurnoir]

45. oh but a picture may be worth a thousands but a video is priceless

[ProudToBeLiberal]

47. Thank you for corroborating my statement. I told you the picture was taken at a fundraiser :). Nt

[azurnoir]

65. yep and what do you think of Hillary's back to the issues after the BLM activist was escorted out?

[Autumn]

50. Here's Hillary at a High School gym in Dunmore. When I was young, those gyms were huge

went to a game at a high school the other day. I was amazed at how small those gyms really are.

http://wnep.com/2016/04/22/hillary-clinton-rallying-in-dumore/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

33. Good crowd!

I was there.

[Eric J in MN]

55. Why do you think that all the seats weren't filled?

Was there short notice or something?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

57. all the seats?

[Eric J in MN]

62. So the photo in the OP was taken before everyone was seated? NT

NT

[RayOfHope]

68. Because they typically open the doors hours early and there is hella security to go thru

and this photo could have been taken several hours before the event was scheduled to start.

[annavictorious]

40. The same thing happened

at the Sanders rally in the South Bronx. Thousands of hipsters parachuted in and then high-tailed it when the event ended.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

41. I think he lost all three locations where he held his rally in NYC. Nt

[annavictorious]

49. Well, we all know

that Hillary only does well in the South.

[imagine2015]

48. Got a link? I'd like to see a photo of the rally, not just a small slice of it.

You can't even see any of the crowd in front of the podium. Just some of the crowd behind the speaker and to the right.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

51. This is from deray's own twitter account. I trust him. Nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

60. ?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

59. here

[imagine2015]

70. Thanks! It's huge! The first picture posted was very misleading.

[Buns_of_Fire]

61. Sure. The guy at the podium isn't Bernie.

The guy 8 rows from the top in section 209 is dressed like a pilgrim, but his belt buckle reads "Dallas Cowboys", totally spoiling the effect.

And the guy two people to the left of Danny Glover's hat is wearing glasses. He doesn't need them.

I couldn't find Waldo anywhere, though. I'll keep looking.

[RayOfHope]

67. At what point in the rally is this? I went to a Bernie rally, doors opened 3 hrs before he spoke..

and if someone would have taken a picture after the doors opened, it would have looked much like this. 3 hrs later, the place was full.