Bernie Sanders Joins Striking Government Workers Ahead of Pope’s Visit
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It was Tuesday morning on the day of Pope Francis arrival in Washington, D.C., and over a thousand low-wage government workers had crowded in and around the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on East Capitol Street to protest for a $15 minimum wage.
Today, as we welcome Pope Francis to the United States and the U.S. Capitol, I hope that every member of Congress and the President will heed his call for social and economic justice, Sanders said, his voice growing hoarse. There is no justice in America when the largest low-wage employer is not McDonalds, not Burger King, not Walmartit is the United States government!
When Sanders took the pulpit, some in the mostly African-American audience cheered, Bernie! Enough is enough! the crowd said in unison with Sanders.
He has drawn hundreds of thousands of small-dollar individual donors who are clamoring to be part of his movement. Jaime Molina, a union organizer wearing a black Bernie t-shirt, said he donates $40 a month to Sanders campaign. Bernie Sanders is the champion of working class people, Molina said. Hes standing up to the rich.