Sanders draws diverse crowd of 13,000 supporters in San Diego - interviews with attendees
I was really struck by how different Bernie's rally was than those violence and hate-filled Trump rallies. You could feel the love, compassion and respect in that room. I also talked to an international media member who had some interesting things to say about Trump vs. Sanders.
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/bernie-sanders-draws-diverse-crowd-13000-supporters-san-diego
wanted to be here to be a part of history,” said Esmeralda Abarco (photo, left), a youthful voter who was first in line to see Vermont Senator and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the San Diego Convention Center last night. She drove down from Los Angeles, arriving at 5 a.m. to hear Sanders because “Bernie is our only hope. He is for the people.”
Alex Vega, an African-American voter from La Mesa (photo, above right), is supporting Sanders because “he supports politics and things that I believed in even before I knew Bernie, policies that align with what’s best for the black community. I think he’s the best candidate ever.”
Sanders spoke on populist themes including the need to end the wealth gap in America, provide a single-payer Medicare for all healthcare system or all Americans, raise the minimum wage and social security, rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, take action on climate change and provide free college education. He denounced the Brussels bombing and pledged, “We will crush and destroy ISIS” through a coalition led by Muslim nations, “without getting our brave men and women into a perpetual war.” In addition he took aim at voter suppression tactics.
He also spoke to minorities, pledging to fix a “broken” criminal justice system that disproportionately targets African-Americans give Native Americans the “respect they deserve,” and provide comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship and “unite, not divide.”
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