Watch CNN anchors talk about the “pretty empty” viewing stands above.
Parade route from Capital to WH. Entire stands empty. Crowd thin. pic.twitter.com/7AcpJkBO8O
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 20, 2017
In a video posted by NBC’s Katy Tur shortly before the start of the Donald Trump’s inauguration parade, the entire parade route is showing sparse crowds, with entire sections and bleachers empty.
As was reported earlier today, the inauguration ceremony at the National Mall attracted a crowd that was only a fraction of Barack Obama’s last two inaugurations. To that same end, yesterday’s inaugural concert drew a reported 10,000 attendees, compared to the 400,000 that the Obama 2009 concert pulled in.
Besides Tur’s video, there were other images floated around by those in DC showing the light crowds along the parade route.
So I'm above the #Inauguration parade route and I would say it's…sparsely attended. pic.twitter.com/kBEpihjR8j
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) January 20, 2017
I feel like there should be more people on this parade route pic.twitter.com/Um1tGjo9Ad
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 20, 2017
The parade route is not exactly packed. pic.twitter.com/3Y09wcLcyb
— Matthew Schofield (@MattSchodcnews) January 20, 2017
Parade Route bleachers pretty empty on 15th Street outside Treasury. pic.twitter.com/hpGrbYmHBL
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) January 20, 2017
Plenty of great spots still open along the parade route. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/kqAnzeXKh0
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 20, 2017
The Inaugural Parade will begin shortly! Very Low flying aircraft will fly over the parade route #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/93nhuFCiot
— Millie Weaver (@Millie__Weaver) January 20, 2017
Crowd starting to trickle in for prime parade seats outside the White House. But there still plenty of seats pic.twitter.com/lSeY2hadqi
— Deborah Berry (@dberrygannett) January 20, 2017
Crowd lining the parade route one and even two deep to catch a glimpse of the populist president pic.twitter.com/ppbNctXKPB
— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) January 20, 2017
Ben Carson, escorted by police, walks down parade route to presidential viewing stand. The crowd cheers again. #inauguration17 pic.twitter.com/reEMk3pb4o
— Deborah Berry (@dberrygannett) January 20, 2017
Meanwhile, there are protests occurring close to parts of the parade route, with police confronting some violent demonstrators who had thrown rocks and broken windows along their protest route. Per reports, at least 90 protesters had been arrested, some charged with rioting.
Watch the clip above, via NBC News.
[image via screengrab]
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