Bernie Sanders held a rally Monday in Oakland at the Frank Ogawa Plaza with conservative estimates counting attendance between 20,000 and 30,000 people.
The media continues to berate Bernie Sanders for taking his campaign all the way to the Democratic National Convention with headlines like “Why Won’t Bernie Sanders Just Give Up Already?” However, his supporters continue to prove his relevance by showing up in droves to his rallies.
Bernie Sanders held a rally Monday in Oakland at the Frank Ogawa Plaza with conservative estimates counting attendance between 20,000 and 30,000 people. While some estimates go as high as 60,000 and claim the Oakland Police Department as a source, this does not seem verified and should be taken with a grain of salt. Nevertheless,this is particularly incredible given that the rally was competing with the Oakland-based team Golden State Warriors, who were in the midst of their 7th Game in the NBA playoffs.
The hashtag #BernieInOakland is currently trending on Twitter at over 30 thousand tweets in only a few hours.
Lines wound outside of the rally for several blocks, according to multiple accounts. Bernie supporters were peaceful, and unlike many Trump rallies, no clashes with the police were reported.
Meanwhile, Twitter users lamented the lack of mainstream media coverage for the event, which largely covered the interruption of the protester exclusively (if at all), barely mentioning the humongous, peaceful crowd that simply wanted to rally around their candidate.