“We never dreamed that this campaign would move as quickly as it has and in fact the problem that we are having is that the campaign is moving much faster than our political infrastructure”, Sanders said after his video message.
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The event in Fort Collins was a collaboration among unofficial support groups for Sanders who decided to come together for the event they called, “Bernie Fest”.
Since launching his long-shot effort against Clinton in the spring, Sanders has mostly avoided the immigration issue, though he said in a June speech he supports immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship for current illegal immigrants.
Speaking to Al Jazeera earlier on Wednesday, Sanders said the most important thing to happen at those events would be communication between various activists and volunteers. “It was Latino voters who kept her candidacy alive in 2008 until the very end”, said Arturo Vargas, the executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), in an interview with CBS News. Many of them are alumni from the Occupy movement. Despite being more aligned on issues, some union leaders fear Sanders may not be electable.
Sanders has also said, “The United States must lead the world in tackling climate change”, proposing a transformation of energy systems “away from polluting fossil fuels, and towards energy efficiency and sustainability”.
Clinton’s rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, most notably liberal Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, are also trying to win the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, which represents a wide range of professions, from brick layers to machinists to nurses.
Numerous local events supporting the Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be taking place in Oakland County and throughout Michigan on Tuesday evening. The implications of that point of view, Klein suggested, include “things like sharply raising the level of immigration we permit, even up to a level of open borders”.
“And that is what I mean by political revolution, and that is what you are involved in today”, he added, looking into the camera.
Bernie Sanders’ supporters and organizers are typically well-versed in using the internet to mobilize support. “People hear the term “socialist’ and just shut it down”, he said”.
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Wertz, who described himself as a political progressive, said afterward some of the stories shared almost moved him to tears. According to CNN, Sanders has more than 8.5 million subscribers to his Reddit and his subreddit “SandersForPresident” has over 69,000 readers.
