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Fri Jul 3, 2015, 11:34 AM Jul 2015

Thank You Wisconsin, Sanders Tells 10,000 at Madison Coliseum

Addressing the largest campaign crowd so far in a packed coliseum here on Wednesday night, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called wealth and income inequality the great moral, economic and political issue of our time.

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The crowd at Veterans Memorial Coliseum – The Associated Press put the count at 10,000 – was the largest turnout so far this campaign season for any presidential nominee.

“Tonight we have made a little bit of history,” Sanders said as the crowd roared. “Tonight, we have more people at a meeting for a candidate for president of the United States than any other candidate …,” he said as the applause drowned him out. “Thank you.”

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