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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders is bringing his populist message to Los Angeles
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont talks to supporters during a rally at the University of Washington, in Seattle, on Saturday. (Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com)
By KURTIS LEE
From Madison, Wis., to Seattle, staunchly liberal crowds intrigued by an alternative to Hillary Rodham Clinton have arrived by the thousands to hear Bernie Sanders speak.
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has weaved together a populist message that touches on issues such as tuition-free college and raising the federal minimum wage.
And on Monday, the Vermont senator and long shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination is scheduled to bring that message to the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
Sanders' Los Angeles rally comes on the heels of a weekend swing through Seattle and Portland, Ore., in deeply blue states that have not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984.
Before his Los Angeles visit, Sanders plans to stop in Oakland on Monday for a brunch meeting with leaders of National Nurses United, a union that represents nearly 185,000 nurses from California to Florida. Last week, Clinton traveled to Los Angeles to visit with healthcare workers and do a round of fundraisers.
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Bernie Sanders is bringing his populist message to Los Angeles (Original Post)
n2doc
Aug 2015
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. Nice piece, even with the added favor.
Last edited Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:56 PM - Edit history (1)
Of course no mention of stops in Phoenix, Houston, or Dallas, known liberal hotbeds.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)2. Well at least it isn't completely dismissive and insulting, like the Wa Post piece today.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)6. I think among the liberals there you will find every flavor of
thought. That is why he is special and unique. I think God has taken pity on us and sent him. I love his wife too.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)3. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena...
Seats about 16,000+.
On his FB page alone (apparently does not include RSVPs done directly on BernieSanders.com) has about 7,000 RSVPs.
Go Bernie!
n2doc
(47,953 posts)4. Not gonna be big enough, I think n/t