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cal04

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Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:28 AM Sep 2015

3,000 in Rock Hill see presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his populist call for a “political revolution” to Rock Hill on Saturday, capping a daylong South Carolina tour with a rally that drew more than 3,000 chanting supporters to Winthrop University.

“We need a government that represents all of us and not just the billionaires,” he told a packed Byrnes Auditorium.

The U.S. senator from Vermont spoke for more than hour in a speech frequently interrupted by chants of “Ber-nie! Ber-nie!”

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“The people of this country are sick and tired of establishment politics,” he said. “They’re sick and tired of establishment economic … They understand that America is dominated by big-monied interests. They want a government to represent working families and not just the people on top.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article35081709.html#storylink=cpy


https://berniesanders.com/carolina-on-my-mind/

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3,000 in Rock Hill see presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (Original Post) cal04 Sep 2015 OP
Look at all those white people! HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #1
Yeah. I hate white people! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #4
Winthrop is my daughter's Alma Mater. stage left Sep 2015 #2
Cool! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #5
Great post. Major Hogwash Sep 2015 #3
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