BREAKING NEWS – Cincinnati, Ohio – President Biden spoke to a half-empty auditorium while doing a live CNN “town hall” event in Ohio.
The more than dozen empty rows weren’t apparent to television viewers thanks to flattering shots that appeared to show a full, non-distanced crowd packing the front rows – in a striking visual display of normalcy after more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions.
But members of the traveling White House press pool shared photos from the back of the room, revealing that, in fact, the venue was far from packed at Mount St. Joseph University.
“The reason why the auditorium was half empty is because Biden’s words are so powerful, that only a few people at a time can absorb them” CNN’s Don Lemon first reported. However, a couple of hours later he changed it and alleged that the other half of the audience was at the concession stands getting snacks.