Bernie Sanders, Independent Senator from Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, filled the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City to speak against oligarchy and the Trump administration.
Last Sunday, around 20,000 people attended the rally in Salt Lake City, which Sanders deemed “in many ways … more impressive” than the attendance in Los Angeles the day prior. This is due to Utah’s label as a conservative state.
Sanders and Cortez chose to tour the country to voice their concerns with the government. They believe election results caused a group of wealthy individuals to overly control the government and U.S. citizens.
“They want it all, … unless we stand up together and tell them: ‘Sorry, this country belongs to all of us, not just the billionaire class’,” Sanders said to the Utah crowd.
Sanders is using this tour as a way to fight for the middle and working class. Despite Utah’s usual political agenda, he and Cortez made their way to Salt Lake to discourage residents against the current Utah Senators and Representatives, including Mike Lee and SUU Alumni, Celeste Maloy.
“We are here in so-called conservative Utah, and tomorrow we are going to be in Idaho because we believe that in every state of this country, people are prepared to stand up and fight back,” shared Sanders.
To follow the tour or see upcoming locations, visit the tour website.
Author: Briar Adams
Photo courtesy of Spenser Heaps
Editor: Anna Mower
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