Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumThese are the faces of the Bernie Sanders grassroots army
By CHRISTINA BELLANTONI
They paint illegal murals in downtown Los Angeles. They collect email addresses they dont know where to send. They organize their own meetups, hand out political fliers in multiple languages, and register voters.
In liberal precincts of California and like-minded enclaves scattered across the country, ardent Bernie Sanders supporters are taking matters into their own hands with little if any guidance from the Vermont senators official campaign.
"I was five feet away from him and he was saying, 'Nothing will change even with me running, so its about building the grass-roots army behind me,'" said Suzanne O'Keeffe, 52. "And I thought, Yep, I can help build that army."
O'Keeffe, a Web developer, writer and filmmaker, met Sanders when he made an impromptu drop-in at Canter's Deli in Los Angeles following his appearance in June on "Real Time with Bill Maher." She was already part of a group of Sanders supporters, but the face-to-face interaction got her even more invested.
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marym625
(17,997 posts)And am building a group in an area of California that has none before.
#FeelTheBern
n8dogg83
(248 posts)If we can replicate the above across all 50 states then we will win this. I'm so proud of Sander's supporters. They are picking up the slack of the Sanders Campaign in a big way!
haikugal
(6,476 posts)This is what it takes to affect the change we must have.
Great post n2doc, Thanks!!