Summary

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew 34,000 people to a rally in Denver and 11,000 in Greeley as part of their “Fighting Oligarchy Tour.”

They advocated progressive policies and condemned billionaire influence in politics, with Sanders urging resistance to “Trumpism” and oligarchy.

Attendees expressed frustration over economic inequality and corporate influence.

Critics, including Republican Reps. Gabe Evans and Lauren Boebert, dismissed their message as extreme and anti-energy.

Sanders and AOC pledged continued efforts to advance progressive change nationwide.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “They want to know if the people of America are going to stand up to Trumpism, oligarchy,” Sanders said to a cheering crowd.

    fuck y’all

    been nowhere for decades and country been needing a revolution but just now decide to do something acting like MLK

    where was this “energy” a decade ago or two or at any time? Trump is just the latest spokesperson and not the only time we faced shit like this

    if another rally is held most likely be in a blue state and odds are these two are just opportunistically cashing out like last time

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      5 months ago

      You have a point if you’re talking about Dems as a whole, but both Sanders and AOC have been pushing to stand up since the beginning. They are definitely not on the list of people sitting by the sidelines and letting it happen.

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        I don’t want to be too much of an infighter, but look at Bernie’s immigration stance over the years. He isn’t sobbing too much about the undocumented getting deported because he claims they take from documented Americans. It makes it hard to believe him knowing how he has looked directly into the eyes of innocent humans and still chooses to treat them as drains of documented american society.

        These people want three things:

        1. for the democratic party to continue existing
        2. for different democrats to be elected and for us to be the ones in Washington to change it from the inside as democrats
        3. for your votes and donation dollars to go to the Democratic Party because they need to win those elections

        Their plan: in two or more years, replace many old liberal, Republican-lite dems with young progressives. This will allow them to push more progressive policies. The problem is they had 8 years, nearly a decade, to do that or else we get fascism and failed and now want to believe in their two year plan to start the change of fascism to a progressive democracy.

        I hope fascism is willing to wait for democracy to do its thing as much as these two are betting on it with their strategy, but there are democrats out there taking on AIPAC money and stomping out progressives because they aren’t getting the donations going to the Democratic Party fundraisers because they don’t take corporate donations. There has to be more from the party “of the people” than this.

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          He isn’t sobbing too much about the undocumented getting deported

          Source demonstrating that he doesn’t care?

          he claims they take from documented Americans

          Ah, now I see what confused you!

          Bernie speaks out against billionaires and their corporations driving down wages by exploiting undocumented immigrants.

          He doesn’t blame immigrants for being exploited and he has certainly never been in favor of the draconian, abusive, and counterproductive immigration laws of the GOP.

          Unlike the leadership of both parties, he places the blame firmly where it belongs: on the rich people and companies profiting off of abusing everyone else.

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            Believe whatever you want, I don’t care. I’m for open borders and he is not. I would have voted for him like I voted for Kamala, but libs be libs and many anre not for open borders like I am. I want Ellis island back like my ancestors were afforded to come here, but Bernie and many libs are not for an Ellis island. It is what it is, and it is my main gripe with the guy.

            https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437790-bernie-sanders-blasts-open-borders-theres-a-lot-of-poverty-in-this-world/

            He’s not for deporting the dreamers, but get their parents outta here says he lol. If you’re poor and want to come to America? “America’s closed!” says he. He chooses his words so carefully. He is for deporting innocent illegals humans. He doesn’t think they’re innocent and deserve deportation by armed forces. He’s wrong, flat out, I welcome the poor from around the world to come here. I love my immigrant family and I love my immigrant neighbors and I love the immigrants coming here for economic prosperity, and I want that to be as easy as Ellis island again.

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      I seem to remember lots of pro-Bernie energy in 2016. Voting for Bernie would have been much more satisfying than voting for Clinton, at least for me and many of the people I personally know.

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      I hope you start following AOC’s social media from now on if you still think she lacks the energy or whatever. She and Ms. Crockett have been killing it for a long while now.

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      The same day they spoke at a rally in Greeley which is a red city and the crowd was 10,000 out of a city population of 100,000

      They have support in both red and blue counties and cities.