Bern Return: Sanders' New Hampshire Homecoming
SEPTEMBER 06, 2017
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"Clearly people who voted for him here and worked for him are extremely interested in what's going to happen," says Kurt Ehrenberg, New Hampshire political director for Sanders' 2016 campaign. "We'll see him here either as a candidate or as the leader of the progressive movement in the United States."
New Hampshire's top Democrats view him as a force to be reckoned with. They speak of him with respect and choose their words carefully.
"Sen. Sanders has been a supporter of the New Hampshire Democratic Party for years," says Ray Buckley, chair of the state party since 2007. "He has never said no to standing with us. That's why we stood with him when he was being challenged during the 2016 primary about whether or not he was a bona fide Democrat. The New Hampshire state party stood solid with him because we believe he's a Democrat and a good Democrat."
By the time Sanders took the stage, the event was nearly two hours old. Quite a few seats had emptied. But those who remained were, as ever, enthralled by his message. He opened with the obligatory nod to organized labor.
"The union movement reminds us of a very simple but important reality," he said. "When people come together in solidarity, when we understand that your struggle is my struggle and my struggle is yours, when we come together, we win!"
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast in Manchester, NH.
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