Bernie Sanders Tells Vancouver: “This Country Is Not Going To Become An Oligarchy”
“We are doing something unusual in American politics,” Sanders said. “We’re telling the truth.”
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) drew a crowd of more than 6,000 supporters to a rally in Vancouver, Wash. this afternoon.
"We are doing something unusual in American politics," Sanders said. "We're telling the truth."
The campaign event, which was free and open to the public, drew crowds to Hudson's Bay High School. Some people arrived as early as 4:30 this morning, and thousands were gathered in a zigzagging line by the time the doors opened at 11 am.
Sanders is swinging through Washington this weekend—with stops later today in Seattle and Spokane—in advance of the March 26 caucus, where he badly needs a win against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Sanders presented myriad reform ideas—a greatest-hits stump speech that featured a $15 an hour national minimum wage, increased accountability for police forces, federal legalization of marijuana and a tax on Wall Street that would raise money for public education.
He condemned corporate power in America and the influence of wealthy individuals in elections, stating that the current campaign finance system is undermining American democracy.
"We are not establishment politics," Sanders said. "We are going to stand up and say no, this country is not going to become an oligarchy."
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I hear Hillary has been hanging out with the "Oligarchs" these days and not the regular folks....is this true????
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