Leftist Filmmaker Uploads Video Showing His Shock At Just How Empty The DNC Is...

Leftist Filmmaker Uploads Video Showing His Shock At Just How Empty The DNC Is
July 27, 2016

If you’re watching the big news networks, you’d think the Democratic National Convention is a standing-room-only smashing success with zero controversy, angry protests, and tons of American flags.
Film director, Josh Fox, best known for his Oscar-nominated anti-fracking documentary Gasland, uploaded a video (below) to his Facebook page live from inside the Wells Fargo Center, where he was utterly shocked at the amount of empty seats.
Fox tells the camera, “This is amazing, this place is empty. There is nobody left in here. I mean this whole stadium, look at this,” as he pans his cellphone to show the lack of cheering Dems.
He continues in disbelief, adding, “This is not voter enthusiasm…. I can’t believe my eyes. I’ve never seen anything like this. This is the primetime of the Democratic National Convention right after the nomination of Hillary Clinton and this place is emptied out like crazy. I’m stunned.”
“This is insane. The whole California delegation is pretty much gone,” he adds.”I mean this has got to be something very worrisome for the Democrats. Voter enthusiasm wins elections.”
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from TRU News:
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