Bernie Sanders Annihilates Scott Walker At Record Setting Madison Rally

[Purveyor]

By: Jason Easley more from Jason Easley
Wednesday, July, 1st, 2015, 9:23 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke before the largest crowd drawn by any candidate in 2016 and used his platform to completely annihilate Republican Gov. Scott Walker in his own backyard.

Sanders announced at the beginning of his speech that they drew the most people to a rally of any candidate this year. Sanders responded to Wisconsin Republicans who called him an extremist, “Let me just say a few words to my friends in the Republican Party about extremism. When you deny the right of workers to come together in collective bargaining that’s extremism. When you tell a woman that she can not control her own body, that’s extremism. When you think a woman is a child and can’t purchase a contraceptive, that is extremism. When you give tax breaks to billionaires and refuse to wage the minimum wage, that’s extremism.”

Bernie Sanders might have been talking about Republicans in general, but he was specifically detailing the record of Scott Walker.

Sanders delivered his message that billionaires can’t have it all. Sen. Sanders called out Gov. Scott Walker directly, “What we are saying to the Koch brothers, Gov. Walker, and all of those people is that this great country, and our government belong to all of the people, and not just a handful of very wealthy people.”

Sen. Sanders also took down Walker on the minimum wage, “Gov. Walker may disagree, but to my mind the federal minimum wage of seven and a quarter an hour is a starvation wage, which must be raised.”

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[Jefferson23]

1. ahem:

“Let me just say a few words to my friends in the Republican Party about extremism. When you deny the right of workers to come together in collective bargaining that’s extremism. When you tell a woman that she can not control her own body, that’s extremism. When you think a woman is a child and can’t purchase a contraceptive, that is extremism. When you give tax breaks to billionaires and refuse to wage the minimum wage, that’s extremism.”

Bernie Sanders might have been talking about Republicans in general, but he was specifically detailing the record of Scott Walker.

[Purveyor]

3. The more I hear, the more I like and I'm certain a lot of the other common folks will too...eom

[joshcryer]

8. Beautifully stated.

[Jefferson23]

21. I thought so too..and much more to come. n/t

[Admiral Loinpresser]

2. Proud to be the fifth rec!

[Duckhunter935]

4. 16 here

So glad he is drawing those crowds and scaring the crap out of the OTHER candidates.

[sabrina 1]

5. Omg when he 'addressed' Scott Walker the crowd BOO'ED so loudly it was a hilarious!

He definitely was in fine form tonight, went after the Republicans, Walker, the Koch Bros, left nothing out.

[Purveyor]

6. Going to fire up the Roku and watch on youtube before I go to bed this evening. Come to Michigan

Bernie and give the same treatment to Synder and his cronies...PLEASE!!!

[midnight]

7. Thank you for sharing with me Bernie Sanders reasonable take on extremism.

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. bernie mentioned that there was a Billboard on display in Wisc.calling him extreme

Great way for Bernie to respond - talk about backfire....they got Bern'd - excellent start - great crowd..and even bettah message..

[kenfrequed]

10. Wow...

I love how he pounded on Scott Walker in his home state.

There is no way Walker is going to pack a stadium like this for his announcement. I think it is telling that Bernie Sanders announcement practically knocked three republican candidates off the news cycle the week he announced and now this? I imagine Walker is probably going to have to accept any event he throws is going to be compared to this one.

[kairos12]

11. Kick

[me b zola]

12. K&R

[DFW]

13. If only Madison were representative of all Wisconsin

My brother in law is from Madison, goes home frequently enough. Madison and Milwaukee are not the problem. The rest of the state is. Walker comfortably survived the recall effort and coasted to re-election just last year.

Just because the faithful all came to church doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people outside who want to set fire to it.

Remember the old story about Adlai Stevenson. Supposedly, a woman shouted to him at a campaign rally, "you have the support of every thinking American!" Stevenson is supposed to have replied: "That's not enough. I need a majority!"

[Scuba]

16. Note that "centrist Democrats" lost to Walker 3X but the "Madison liberal lesbian" beat Tommy T...

... in a state-wide election.

Time to stop running "corpo-Dems" and run true progressives.

[Babel_17]

29. They came across as insincere and in these troubling times people

They came across as insincere and in these troubling times people want to think that the person they are voting for is of a knowable quantity and quality. No gimmicks, for people who have been burned.

[Lifelong Protester]

14. Last time I saw that many folks in Madison

we were marching around the capitol and carrying placards.

[Fairgo]

15. Cheeseheads for Bernie

Thats amazing!

[rhett o rick]

17. I agree with the good Senator that a national min wage of $7.25 is a disgrace. Pres Obama agrees

and wants to raise it to $10.10 per hour. Wow! Wait, did I hear someone say "Let them eat cake"? Maybe Goldman-Sachs.

[L0oniX]

18. K & R

[LWolf]

19. K & R

[KeepItReal]

20. Sen. Sanders keepin it real.

Love it!

[Babel_17]

22. This is how we take back Congress

Even in red states there will be Republican incumbents that look like corporate shills to Republican voters. If we run candidates that endorse the platform Sanders will be running on then we will have a shot at those seats.
Lots of Republican voters do not agree with their representatives being toadies for the big donors.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/16196/rightwing_coalition_opposes_tpp_calling_it_obamatrade

The Republican party is very vulnerable to having their corporate shills getting picked off. We just need the right message to get their voters up in arms.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

23. Like I have said before.

It is time for a real progressive populist movement, but the message needs to be clear and not overly complex and it needs to be repeated over and over to drive it home into the minds of the people.

Then Bernie will win

[Babel_17]

27. When people see Sanders popularity with the small farmers

When people see Sanders popularity with the small farmers, they'll be willing to really consider that Sanders is the real deal, and the total package.

The pundits are feeling their cloistered world tremble. The smarter amongst them see the possibility of a paradigm shift.

[iandhr]

25. Wow

You really believe that.

[Babel_17]

26. It's a proven tactic, the Republicans repeatedly used it against us

And they still do today. My last Democratic Congressperson got creamed because, and this was just flat out amazing, his Republican opponent convinced a lot of voters that our guy was in the pocket of special interests. Yes, here in NY, and in this day and age, Democratic voters can be convinced that it's actually the Republican who isn't in the pocket of the business lobby.
A sterling example: Reagan Democrats, with them the Republicans utterly schooled us and took control away from our party.

I have faith in my party's platform, when it's delivered convincingly, to win back voters we lost to the Republicans, and to even peel away some of those revolted by what they see as betrayals to globalism.

I take it you think our platform not strong enough, or Sanders not a good enough messenger. "You make me sad".

[iandhr]

28. A poster was mentioning how a true progressive

can win red states. I find it laughable that Sanders can win anywhere outside of New England.

[Babel_17]

31. Sure, scepticism is always fine in politics

Here's to hoping both of our expectations are exceeded. It will either happen as a rapid surge ... or not at all.

On a related note, I think the early primaries are going to be a wake up call for dormant voters. And this will help us as the Republican primaries are going to be populated by the passengers of a very sad looking, and broken down, clown car.

Our primaries will be where the action is, and it's our eventual platform that will be of vital interest.

[iandhr]

24. Wondering how many people

... at the event didn't manage to vote in 2014

[blackspade]

30. Ah, that same old tired canard...

[iandhr]

32. Really?

Sitting out 2014 doesn't matter? If the people who voted in 2012 voted in 2014 Walker looses. Are you suggesting that is not a difference between Mary Burke and Scott Walker?

[blackspade]

33. So you somehow equate the Sanders crowd with non-voters?

That is the tired canard, that 'liberals' sat out so <insert name> lost in 2014, 2010, etc.....

[iandhr]

34. It's extremely accurate.

Turnout on the UW campus was pathetic. Turnout in the city of Milwaukee was low to.

[blackspade]

35. So, you have no data to back your statement up.

You are just supposing that Sanders supporters are the same voters that you claim didn't vote in 2014 and that they also just happen to be liberals as well.

[iandhr]

36. Though turnout was higher for typical midterm elections

Turnout declined 16 point from 2012

Check out the voter turn out tab of this site.

http://www.gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/statistics/turnout

[blackspade]

37. And what does that have to do with the makeup of the Sanders rally?

That would be nothing.