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I challenge anyone to find a pic of Michelle Obama/Oprah audience at Chicago’s United Center this week. I can’t find any.
I’d also like to know how many top-price tickets for her tour are being bought by corporates and dem orgs.

mention is made in media of 14,000 being at the Chicago event, yet “tens of thousands” are said to have bought tickets!

14 Nov: AP: Michelle Obama begins arena tour in talk with Oprah
By MICHAEL TARM; AP Writer Jeff Karoub in Detroit also contributed
The crowd of 14,000 roared as the former first lady stepped onto a stage at the sold-out United Center event...
Tens of thousands of people purchased tickets to Obama’s United Center appearance — paying from just under $30 to hundreds or even thousands of dollars for VIP packages. No tickets are available online for some stops.
Although some fans have complained about the high cost, 10 percent of tickets costs are being donated to local charities, schools and community groups.
https://www.apnews.com/ed9ddaa2ae4f4eddae12b6bed99b8375

16 Nov: Axios AM by Mike Allen
5. Michelle Obama book rips Trump as “misogynist”
“Obama launches her promotional tour Tuesday not at a bookstore, but at Chicago’s United Center, where tens of thousands of people have purchased tickets — from just under $30 to thousands of dollars — to attend the event moderated by Oprah Winfrey.”
Other stops on a tour scaled to rock star dimensions are planned at large arenas from New York City’s Barclays Center to the Los Angeles Forum, with guests including Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker.”
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-1899b782-6731-429b-a4dd-dfdd8da03579.html

the MSM is so blatant with their PR for the Obamas.

an example of how they are filling the seats?

13 Nov: Chicago Tribune: Surprise! Indiana students find out on bus they’re going to Michelle Obama’s book tour at United Center
By Christen A. Johnson
Decked out in matching red blazers adorned with bold, black-and-white “Ecier Foundation” logos in the corner, students from northwest Indiana marched onto a charter bus Tuesday night, under the impression they were going to an entrepreneurial workshop.
After cozying into their seats, Chariece White, founder of the Ecier Foundation, a nonprofit based in Merrillville, Ind., that teaches students how to be innovators and entrepreneurs, shared the real destination: Michelle Obama’s first book tour stop with Oprah Winfrey at the United Center...

“I honestly thought we were going to a real pretty banquet, a person would talk about entrepreneurship, we would eat, then go back home,” said Tamron Matheny, a 17-year-old high school senior from Gary. “But, she talkin’ about Michelle Obama and Oprah, and I’m like what? That was deep.”...

Thirty-one students came with the organization — 12 were part of the Ecier Foundation program and the rest guest students. White orchestrated the surprise trip after hearing that Obama would select organizations to donate tickets to.
“I sent in a request … and our foundation was selected,” White said. “She gave us 50 tickets for our students and chaperones.” The students — and their parents — knew nothing about the trip, White explained...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-michelle-obama-united-center-student-surprise-1114-story.html

this piece will make you sick. note no mention of numbers, no pics at all of the audience!

14 Nov: Chicago Tribune: We flocked to the United Center, hungry for direction and joy. Michelle Obama fed us.
By Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-wednesday-michelle-obama-oprah-1114-story.html