“Power to the People ,” the speakers blare as 83-year-old senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage to loud cheers from the thirty thousand attendees. His protégé, 39-year-old New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, welcomes him with a big hug. With his cap tilted on his head and his hands characteristically riveted to the lectern, the senator from Vermont thunderously paraphrases Abraham Lincoln: “Government is of the people and for the people—not by billionaires for billionaires!” The sports field in Folsom, California, two hours northwest of San Francisco, is buzzing.
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De revolutie volgens Bernie Sanders
The 83-year-old independent senator Bernie Sanders is touring America with his protégé, the 39-year-old congresswoman for the Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Together they are going to war against the oligarchy and trying to convince the disappointed Democratic voters with a new progressive story. This week in Folsom, California, where thirty thousand Bernie fans have gathered.
