Bernie Sanders coming to Covington, Kentucky on Sunday to fight Republican health care bill

[Donkees]

July 5, 2017

Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders will come to Covington on Sunday to lead a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act.

It will cap a day of protest in Covington against the Republican health care bill. Before Sanders' speech, several protest and social justice groups will stage a rally across the Roebling Suspension Bridge from 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Called "Bridging the Gap for Healthcare Rally," demonstrators will link hands across the bridge, said Connie Grubbs, a Fort Thomas resident involved in the event and a member of the executive committee of the Campbell County Democrats.

So will a rally with Sanders actually change any minds? Grubbs hopes so.

"I hope with the increased visibility, that will show we are in solidarity across state lines and that we are in this fight together," Grubbs said. "I hesitate to use the word fight. We're all in this together. It is all the people in the nation, not just Democrats."

To RSVP for Sanders' speech, go to https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/gpghmq.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2017/07/05/bernie-sanders-coming-covington-sunday-fight-republican-health-care-bill/453692001/

[yortsed snacilbuper]

1. I attended his rally in PGH, it was fun.

link
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029253839

[Donkees]

2. I remember posting to you after the rally :)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029241261

[blue neen]

3. This is what needs to be done.

Taking the message to the people who really need to hear it.

[Staph]

4. He will be in Morgantown, West Virginia, the same day.

From the email I received:

Come see Bernie in Morgantown
DATE: Sunday, July 9, 2017
TIME: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Doors open at 12:30 PM)
WHERE: Morgantown Event Center, Platinum Ballroom (Morgantown, WV)
Three Waterfront Place
Morgantown, WV 26501


Edited to add:
Your post implies that Senator Sanders speech in Covington begins at 1:30. It actually doesn't start until 6:00 pm. I checked, because I could not figure out how he could give speeches in two cities 300 miles apart!

[George II]

5. Seems like an odd choice for a demonstration - Kentucky is one of the states that has...

...expanded Medicaid under the ACA and where it's working better than most. Wouldn't a wiser choice would be where Medicaid wasn't expanded?

And if it's truly a "Kentucky demonstration", why start off in Cincinnati?