After a video circulated on social media inaccurately suggested there was a “mostly empty” turnout for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Pride Night on Friday—prompting cheers among right-wing critics of the event that honored the controversial Sisters of Perpetual indulgence—the team ended up reporting an above-average turnout.
The Dodgers recorded an attendance of 49,074, slightly higher than its league-leading average of 47,800.
A video posted by a conservative writer to Twitter that received more than four million views, 30,000 likes and over 7,000 retweets claimed the Sisters were honored to a “mostly empty audience.”
More than 2,000 people protested the Dodger’s decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with a “Community Hero Award,” including a “prayerful procession” outside Dodger Stadium, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Dodgers recorded an attendance of 52,505 for its Pride Night last year, according to Baseball Reference, higher than its season average of 47,671.
Jack Posobiec, a far-right activist, responded to the video suggesting protestors had “thousands of people outside” while the Dodgers had “no one inside” the stadium. Ben Domenech, a Fox News contributor, also responded: “The Dodgers sold Christians out… for this?”
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