Photos: Embarrassing Turnout For Hillary Clinton Keynote Speech At Baptist Convention

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton delivered a keynote speech at the National Baptist Convention Thursday night, but photos show that many people failed to show up.

Prior to the speech, workers moved in wall partitions in the giant venue, according to tweets from several reporters who were there.

Workers cutting the room down by a third with lower than expected turnout for #clintonkc speech. pic.twitter.com/L60YFfBpO1

— Frank Morris (@FrankNewsman) September 8, 2016

Convention hall turned out lights in un-occupied part of hall for @HillaryClinton speech, now partitioning it off pic.twitter.com/O5Az8EfiRD

— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) September 8, 2016

Even during the speech, however, many of the chairs at the venue were not filled.

Here are the requested “during speech” pics of KC convention hall pic.twitter.com/ZRGOm77xnO

— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) September 8, 2016

According to local 41 Action News reporter Brian Abel, roughly 3,000 attended the speech although there were 5,000 seats set up in the venue.

Abel also published photos of the venue prior to Clinton’s speech.

Convention hall turned out lights in un-occupied part of hall for @HillaryClinton speech, now partitioning it off pic.twitter.com/O5Az8EfiRD

— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) September 8, 2016

Clinton repeatedly cited scripture during her speech, praising Baptist pastors around the country and promised increased government spending to assist their congregations.

(H/T American Mirror)