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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVermont senator Bernie Sanders fires up progressive crowd in Richmond, Calif.
Source: Richmond Confidential
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, delivered an impassioned speech to an overflowing audience Thursday that focused heavily on growing income inequality and the influence of big money in politics.
"At this profound moment in American history, where the billionaire class wants to get it all ... we have got to fight back tooth and nail," Sanders said, drawing boisterous applause from a crowd of about 500 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. "We cannot allow them to take over Richmond ... we cannot allow them to take over America."
Sanders was invited to Richmond by Mayor Gayle McLaughlin to help rally her progressive base in the face of $3 million in spending by Chevron Corp. to oppose McLaughlin and her allies in the Nov. 4 election. Federal law allows unlimited spending by large donors in independent campaign committees.
... When Sanders finished his remarks, the crowd erupted into a chant of "run, Bernie, run!"
Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_26748840/vermont-senator-fires-up-progressive-crowd-richmond
Richmond Confidential is an online news service produced by the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
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(11,641 posts)Sirveri
(4,517 posts)Maybe not that Chevron was behind it, but seeing piles of advertisements against a city council candidate for a town numbering under 1M people... Pretty obvious that big money is bankrolling it, so just vote the opposite way of the commercial spam and you're fine. Probably why I'll vote yes on 46, just because they've run so many unopposed commercials.