As Donald Trump plans to descend on the San Jose Convention Center Thursday night, his polar opposite, Bernie Sanders, released a time-lapse video showing the progressive presidential candidate’s last stop in Oakland on Memorial Day.
Oakland police estimated about 20,000 people came to Frank Ogawa Plaza at City Center Monday evening to see Sanders speak – and don a Warriors cap, hours before the basketball team clinched the Western Conference Finals.
While he trails behind Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the polls, and it’s unclear who would better beat Trump in the general elections, Sanders definitely has loving fans in the Bay Area.
His Facebook video, which had more than one million views and 17,000 shares on Thursday, shows how the line to see him speak went on for miles.
“Hillary Clinton said the primary is over," the Sanders camp posted."Donald J. Trump thinks we can be ignored. Oakland California disagrees.”
The marquee at Oakland's Grand Lake Theater. #BernieInOakland pic.twitter.com/mnc5qyydn4
— Lisa Fernandez (@ljfernandez) June 1, 2016
A view of the Bernie Sanders rally in Oakland from the press box. pic.twitter.com/zs39BAbEFN
— Lisa Fernandez (@ljfernandez) May 31, 2016
Patty Reilly supports "everything Bernie Sanders believes in" #bernieinoakland pic.twitter.com/X7roxh34KV
— Lisa Fernandez (@ljfernandez) May 30, 2016
#BernieInOakland. Queue of 27 blocks. 25,000 people on the streets at last estimate. pic.twitter.com/ODbG60qmss
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) May 30, 2016
.@BernieSanders gives @Warriors some love at Oakland rally. https://t.co/xKRRwWYcoJ #DubNation #BernieInOaklandhttps://t.co/3FP0sSw2iZ
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) May 31, 2016
"Si se puede" chant. Says Bernie: "yes we can" #remember2008 ? #BernieInOakland pic.twitter.com/5exCcMS0dj
— Sam-Omar Hall (@sozh) May 31, 2016
Listening to #BernieInOakland pic.twitter.com/qUV6ND9qri
— Rebecca Kaplan (@Kaplan4Oakland) May 31, 2016
Long but peaceful lines to hear #BernieinOakland. OPD very courteous to supporters. pic.twitter.com/bLndQtgtk1
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) May 30, 2016
Leave it to Oakland to take @RAYGUNshirts' shirt design to the next level #BernieInOakland pic.twitter.com/KytxIgXHKt
— People For Bernie (@People4Bernie) May 30, 2016
