Social media captures incredible line to see Bernie Sanders’ Oakland speech

20160531_1542 Social media captures incredible line to see Sanders Oakland speech.jpg Social media captures incredible line to see Bernie Sanders’ Oakland speech
By Dianne de Guzman

(May 31, 2016 3:42 p.m.) — Local supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders were hella feeling the Bern.

On Monday, they were also feeling the pain of standing on their feet: an epic line preceded the presidential candidate’s speech at Frank Ogawa Plaza and traversed six city blocks.

While that may not sound impressive, given that the line was given the amusement park treatment and snaked throughout the six blocks, the feat has a bit more gravitas. Sanders supporters seemed pretty pleased with the turnout, with one person recording a (thankfully) sped up video of the line, estimating that the walk was about 17 minutes long:

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Believing he can win California, Bernie Sanders stumps in Oakland

20160530_1126 Believing he can win California, Bernie Sanders stumps in Oakland.jpg Believing he can win California, Bernie Sanders stumps in Oakland
By Matthew Artz, Tom Lochner and Katy Murphy, Bay Area News Group

(May 30, 2016 11:26 am) — OAKLAND — Bernie Sanders might have a new rallying cry for his longshot battle to wrest the Democratic nomination for president away from Hillary Clinton: “We Believe!”

Moments before he stepped outside Oakland City Hall to rally more than 11,000 adoring fans, Sanders pointed to the Golden State Warriors as proof that the final buzzer hadn’t yet sounded on his presidential campaign.

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