Bernie Sanders fires up 4,000 in Wichita with rally for James Thompson, against Trump [View all]
With the gruff and at times angry rhetoric that made him famous on the campaign trail, former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders fired up a crowd of about 4,000 on Friday with a speech calling on Kansans to support progressive ideals and a local Democrat for Congress.
Sanders and Democratic rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to Wichita to rally on behalf of James Thompson, running for Kansas’ 4th Congressional District seat.
The crowd nearly filled the 5,000-capacity hall at the Century II Convention and Performing Arts Center.
“We must have gotten off at the wrong stop because people told me Kansas was a Republican state,” Sanders thundered. “It doesn’t look like it.”
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The article is from the Wichita Eagle which is part of the McClatchy Group which is conservative. I am posting the article within the Kansas Group since it provides the perspective the local journalists covering the event.
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