Sanders was joined in North Carolina by Pharrell Williams, the pop star behind such hits as “Happy” and “Blurred Lines”, who is also supporting Clinton in this election. After election, need to seriously address, further expose DNC bias, change membership, rules. https://t.co/QZeT0ExmIV – Jane O’Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) November 5, 2016 Agreeing, Mrs. Sanders declared that after the election, it will be necessary to address problems with membership and rules in the DNC, and to further expose the bias Bernie and his voters faced from the organization. “Bernie!” and enthusiastic renditions of the wave.
For an hour, Sanders gesticulated wildly and meandered from Citizens United to immigration reform to universal health care to sustainable energy to criminal-justice reform to civil rights.
Sanders stated on countless occasions that the political revolution is not about one person or one candidate; it is about advocating for progressive issues. In an interview with CNBC in May, Sanders was asked about the impact of Clinton’s wealth on her policy-making decisions. She had to overcome what had previously been an insurmountable barrier to entry by being a woman popular enough to beat out her male primary competitors and qualify to compete in the ultimate popularity contest of the general election. “But it was a great primary because it was about ideas and issues not insults, and I’m proud of the race that Sen”.
Sanders stumps for Clintion at Rally in Phoenix.
“I will keep you in suspense”: That’s just what Trump said at the third debate on October 19 when asked if he would concede if he loses the election. Even Donald Trump called him a sellout.
While Phish generally shies way from politics, drummer Jon Fishman got himself way involved in this year’s presidential election as he stumped and performed for the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Overall, Sanders’ speech was fiery yet optimistic. “Voting for another lesser of two evils, there’s no point”. “We don’t want to have to hear about it anymore”, he said. And Bernie got most of his issues into her platform.
“We’ve been Bernie supporters for a long time”, audience member Jose Gruner told New Times.
As this man quickly discovered, that is not always a good thing.
Others seemed less enthusiastic about the Democratic nominee.
“You all cleaned my clock in the primary, I know”, Clinton said Sunday night in Manchester.
“That again is going to be a political morass if we don’t tackle it directly”. Part of his mission has been to boost turnout among Millennials – a group that largely supported Sanders’ candidacy and that Clinton needs to win by a substantial margin. Yet you have clear, concrete evidence that the Clinton Foundation is, at the very least, engaged in some very underhanded practices when it comes to accepting millions of dollars from overseas, from Gulf Arab countries in exchange for meetings with the Secretary of State, meetings with former president Clinton.
Kaleb Vanfosson, Iowa State University sophomore and president of the school’s Young Democratic Socialists student group, started by mocking Republican Donald Trump, calling him a “part-time reality TV star and full-time bigot”. “‘The first bad news is that you’re going to lose on Tuesday, you’re going to lose here in Arizona”.
“You helped write this!” he said.