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| Thousands turn out at Bernie Sanders New York rally ahead of primary – politics live | Thousands turn out at Bernie Sanders New York rally ahead of primary – politics live |
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| Meanwhile, members of the American corporate elite are not feeling the Bern. Verizon chief executive Lowell McAdam has fired off an aggressive post on LinkedIn, lambasting what he calls Bernie Sanders’ “contemptible” views on corporate tax rates. | |
| “The senator’s uninformed views are, in a word, contemptible,” McAdam writes, before challenging Sanders “to show me a company that’s done more to invest in America than Verizon.” | |
| “I understand that rhetoric gets heated in a presidential campaign,” McAdam continues. “I also get that big companies are an easy target for candidates looking for convenient villains for the economic distress felt by many of our citizens. But when rhetoric becomes disconnected from reality, we’ve crossed a dangerous line. We deserve better from people aspiring to be president. At the very least, we should demand that candidates base their arguments on the facts … even when they don’t fit their campaign narratives.” | |
| The Democratic presidential candidate walked a picket line with Verizon protesters in New York earlier today, telling the roaring crowd that “you have chosen to stand up for dignity.” Nearly 40,000 Verizon workers walked off the job today in one of the largest US strikes in recent years after contract talks with the company’s union hit an impasse. | |
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| Next up on the rock concert playlist: Unbelievers, another Vampire Weekend hit (one of our favorites, if we may tip our cards). Sample lyrics: | |
| “I’m not excited, but should I be? / Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me? / I know I love you, and you love the sea / But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me...” | |
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| The stage has been mounted by Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors, two popular rock groups who have come out in support of Bernie Sanders. Vampire Weekend is composed of alumni of nearby Columbia University, whose students are probably highly annoyed that Sanders is making an appearance downtown instead of on their lush neo-classical Morningside Heights campus. | |
| “If there’s one place to put aside the bourgeois rivalries” of intercollegiate jockeying, one of the bandmates told the crowd, it’s here in Greenwich Village. | |
| Vampire Weekend breaks out into an a cappella rendition of Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, the band’s fourth-ever single from its eponymous album. Give a listen to the studio version here: | |
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| Paul Song, an oncologist and healthcare activist who supporters Bernie Sanders, just told the rally’s attendees that the health care system is broken - and any allegations to the contrary are “bullshit.” | |
| “Please do not believe the bullshit that our health care system is okay!” Song said, to loud cheers at what may be the first use of scatological swearing on the Democratic campaign trail. “The status quo sucks, and people are dying because of it.” | |
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| Lauren Gambino | |
| There are supporters and then there are fans. These two ladies are super fans. pic.twitter.com/QQ7SFYWq7s | |
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| Bernie Sanders’s star power may have brought the biggest group of people to Washington Square Park since then-senator Barack Obama held what the New York Times called “one of the largest campaign events of the year” in 2007, but that doesn’t mean he’s the only megawatt personality here in Greenwich Village tonight. | |
| Among the 24,000 people who have RSVPd for the rally in Washington Square Park include a huge roster of Hollywood celebrities, performance artists and other fixtures in the pop-culture firmament, including director Spike Lee, actor Tim Robbins, Daredevil star Rosario Dawson, REM frontman Michael Stipe and Divergent actress Shailene Woodley. | |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Well, that took longer than expected. | Well, that took longer than expected. |
| Not a bad day for a revolution. pic.twitter.com/3EL8iE7eJJ | Not a bad day for a revolution. pic.twitter.com/3EL8iE7eJJ |
| Security at Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ rally in Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park is at an all-time high, with lines of thousands of supporters stretching out for blocks in every direction as Sanders fans feel the burn (Bern!) of strict Secret Service oversight. Any New Yorker who has survived the Macy’s Day Parade or Times Square during the holiday shopping season would tell you that the chaos here is relatively controlled, but there are still some complications - particularly in the press line. | Security at Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ rally in Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park is at an all-time high, with lines of thousands of supporters stretching out for blocks in every direction as Sanders fans feel the burn (Bern!) of strict Secret Service oversight. Any New Yorker who has survived the Macy’s Day Parade or Times Square during the holiday shopping season would tell you that the chaos here is relatively controlled, but there are still some complications - particularly in the press line. |
| The Sanders campaign is fairly libertine with its press credentialing - unlike certain other candidates - but as today’s rally careens off schedule, the lack of a hard press pass means that I’ve been relegated to covering the rally via a livestream obtained over the WiFi of a nearby burger restaurant. | The Sanders campaign is fairly libertine with its press credentialing - unlike certain other candidates - but as today’s rally careens off schedule, the lack of a hard press pass means that I’ve been relegated to covering the rally via a livestream obtained over the WiFi of a nearby burger restaurant. |
| Fortunately, the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino had more success gaining entry to the press area than myself - and we’ll be bringing you every bit of action in tandem. | Fortunately, the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino had more success gaining entry to the press area than myself - and we’ll be bringing you every bit of action in tandem. |
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| I’d estimate about 8,000 people here, maybe more. The lines go for blocks in every direction. | I’d estimate about 8,000 people here, maybe more. The lines go for blocks in every direction. |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| A heavy police presence, Christian evangelists and oppressively long lines radiating out in every direction from Manhattan’s Washington Square Park have done little to dampen the jubilant mood of Bernie Sanders supporters here, who have congregated in Greenwich Village to witness the Democratic presidential candidate give what may prove to be the most widely attended rally of the campaign. | A heavy police presence, Christian evangelists and oppressively long lines radiating out in every direction from Manhattan’s Washington Square Park have done little to dampen the jubilant mood of Bernie Sanders supporters here, who have congregated in Greenwich Village to witness the Democratic presidential candidate give what may prove to be the most widely attended rally of the campaign. |
| With high-profile music acts like Vampire Weekend celebrities like Rosario Dawson and numerous fans in home-fashioned Bernie Sanders costumes, there is a carnival-esque feeling in the air, right down to barkers selling Sanders campaign swag and a very young schoolboy asking attendees if they feel the Bern over a megaphone held by his father. | With high-profile music acts like Vampire Weekend celebrities like Rosario Dawson and numerous fans in home-fashioned Bernie Sanders costumes, there is a carnival-esque feeling in the air, right down to barkers selling Sanders campaign swag and a very young schoolboy asking attendees if they feel the Bern over a megaphone held by his father. |
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| Others seem to be facing a long wait to get in too ... | Others seem to be facing a long wait to get in too ... |
| Waiting for three hours so far with thousands of others to see Bernie! #feelthebern #bernie2016 #nyc pic.twitter.com/GFPKFfUrIn | Waiting for three hours so far with thousands of others to see Bernie! #feelthebern #bernie2016 #nyc pic.twitter.com/GFPKFfUrIn |
| #Bernie's rally in Washington Pk hours away, but thousand's already for several blocks #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/QN0R8ouJsf @vegansmithsfan | #Bernie's rally in Washington Pk hours away, but thousand's already for several blocks #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/QN0R8ouJsf @vegansmithsfan |
| A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR BERNIE pic.twitter.com/VoQmOUc6qA | A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR BERNIE pic.twitter.com/VoQmOUc6qA |
| Birazdan Bernie Sanders mitingi başlıyor. Binlerce genç, solcu ilk defa iktidara yakın olmanın sevincini yaşıyor. pic.twitter.com/Cv81Mkf4oI | Birazdan Bernie Sanders mitingi başlıyor. Binlerce genç, solcu ilk defa iktidara yakın olmanın sevincini yaşıyor. pic.twitter.com/Cv81Mkf4oI |
| Um all right vampire weekend and Bernie AND Washington square park pic.twitter.com/SCzyApZV0n | Um all right vampire weekend and Bernie AND Washington square park pic.twitter.com/SCzyApZV0n |