Bernie Sanders Rally in Los Angeles attracts thousands to protest from Trump: “We can’t simply let this happen” | Los Angeles
The Senator of Vermont Bernie Sanders He attracted a record crowd to his event in Los Angeles Saturday, which included musical acts by Joan Baez and Neil Young, who encouraged the crowd to “resume America”.
Sanders’ fighter oligarchy: where we go from here the tour attracted huge crowds. Helped by the progressive representative of New York Alexandria Ocasio-CortezThe team set the record in Tempe, in Arizona, for the largest political event in that state three weeks ago. In Denver, in Colorado, over 34,000 people showed up: a career crowd for 83 -year -old Sanders. On Saturday in Los Angeles he saw another record: at least 36,000 people made a park in the center packed.
A series of musical performances have started the high energy event, including the Indie Rock Band The Red Pears, Maggie Rogers, Indigo de Souza and Legends Baez and Young.
On a day of Los Angeles perfect with a delicate breeze and a blue sky, Young, who wears everything black, performed for the crowd before presenting Ocasio-Cortez, who met the wild applause usually reserved for a rock star.
Ocasio-Cortez, 35 years old, told Gloria Molina Grand Park-one space that takes its name from the ANGELAZING Angeleno often accredited for having paved the way for women and Latins in the Los Angeles politics-What power, the greed and corruption are taking our country as never before “. He called some California The legislators who supported the recent Policies of Trump, including the Bakersfield representative David Valadao and the Young Kim representative of the Orange County.
The chorus of the raised Gospel sang “Power to the people” and Sanders climbed on stage. “We are experiencing at a time when the republican party to a large extent has become a cult of the individual, obeying every desire of Trump,” Sanders said to the crowd, adding that the Trump administration is now “planning how they can give $ 1.1 TN in tax breaks to the rich”.
The criticism of the politician to the Administration – and the corruptive influence of great money and billionaires American politics – It lasted more than 40 minutes. The message has taken on a new resonance in the second administration of Trump, while the Americans saw Elon Musk take a chainsaw in the federal government and threaten popular programs of security networks such as social security and medicate.
These are the problems that have highlighted Cindy and Victor Villanuevo. Cindy has fought multiple sclerosis over the past ten years. “I’m here because I am disgusted for what Trump is doing to science. It’s a shame. When you cut funding, there is no hope for any of us,” said Buena Park’s mother.
Her sister, Rose Matthews, retired teacher, is worried about social security, for people who work in the affairs of veterans and for the benefits of veterans. “I know Long Beach people very well go because my husband fought the SLA for four years,” he said. “The work they do with veterinarians is incredible and very necessary. Now I am worried that he is going away. We cannot simply let this happen.”
Ali Wolff and Myylo Lewis took the 94 bus from Silver Lake to participate. They said that the bus had been full of Bernie’s supporters – and he felt well.
“What is happening is terrifying,” said Wolff. “It is only a relief to be here with so many related people.”
Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie are the “thing closest to a version of America where you really want to live,” said Lewis.
Sanders, an independent that votes with the Democrats, launched the tour at the end of February, offering democratic voters an outlet for their fury and pain at a time when most of their leaders in Washington seemed disoriented by the speed of Trump’s second -term power sockets. The Senator of Vermont has held events in large cities such as Denver and Phoenix, also taking into consideration the districts held by the Republicans who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, while the Democrats contemplate a path to power in 2026.
Ocasio-Cortez joined Sanders for a part of his tour last month, raising questions about his political aspirations and on the future of the progressive movement he has built before his birth. On stage in Los AngelesThe members of the progressive congress from Pram Jayapal of the State of Washington and Ro Khanna of California, as well as many union leaders representing teachers, nurses, Longshoremen and health workers have all faced each other. Eunissess Hernandez, which represents the first district of the Los Angeles City Council, held a particularly powerful address, saying that the Trump administration was trying to divide people and have them blame each other for their problems instead of blaming people who “actually profits from our pain”.
Sanders’ western tour will continue with stops in Utah, Idaho and Montana. The tour will return to California on Tuesday for events in Folsom and Bakersfield, a republican stronghold, which has one of the highest levels of medium-cal registration in the state. The agricultural community, which is located in the county of Kern, was also the place of an immigration raid in January which caused 78 arrests that many contenders were the result of shocking and illegal racial profiling. Sanders blocked himself against the Raid, describing it as the government of the United States who “disappears people”.
