Earlier in the day, the Vermont Senator spoke at the annual Nevada AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas.
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Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is not pulling any punches. Clinton and Sanders met with the Nevada AFL-CIO at the Luxor Hotel and Casino on Tuesday; O’Malley was addressing the group on Wednesday. He came out swinging in his address to more than a thousand supporters at the University of Nevada, Reno tonight.
Rosa Misner, right, cries as she and Juana Leia-Jordan, left, listen to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speak at a town hall meeting Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in North Las Vegas, Nev. He says he doesn’t want the political establishment’s money.
Sanders also questioned Republican candidates’ ideas about immigration reform.
Undocumented immigrants need a pathway to citizenship and expanded legal protections as soon as possible, Sanders said. He said, “When you have one family spending more than either of the two politcal parties, that is not called democracy, that is called oligarchy and we have to stop it”. “Comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue”.
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“Business as usual has not worked”, said Larry Cohen, former president of the Communications Workers of America who is now helping Sanders’ campaign. His campaign has grown a lot faster than expected, he said. “The challenge is how you get all that grassroots support and put it into an effective political organization”. Check back for updates.
