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| Bernie Sanders gives speech on 'where we go from here' – campaign live | Bernie Sanders gives speech on 'where we go from here' – campaign live |
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| “You know, I think most Americans would agree that when we talk about what constitutes a great nation, it is not the number of billionaires that you have, it is not the number of nuclear weapons you have, it is how you treat the most vulnerable people in the country,” Bernie Sanders says, again reiterating nearly verbatim a frequent adage from his stump speech. | |
| “And year after year after year, the numbers cry out at us,” Sanders says. “This country today has the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. These children are the future of this country, and they are growing up in extremely bad conditions. Housing is inadequate, nutrition is inadequate, childcare is inadequate. That is not acceptable if you are a patriotic person who loves this county - you’ve gotta love the children of this country!” | |
| The audience leaps to its feat for roughly the twentieth time. | |
| “There are schools in America where more of the kids in those schools end up in jail than they do graduating college,” Sanders continues, before dropping another frequent invocation: “Maybe its time for us to invest in jobs and education for our young people, not jails and incarceration!” | |
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| “Some people think that it is idealistic, that it is utopian, to talk about making a moral economy in which the function of the economy is to provide wealth for children and the elderly and the middle class,” Sanders says. | |
| “That is the practicality of what we have got to do, and what we can do!” | |
| “We cannot allow ourselves to become used to the fact that we’ve got hundreds of thousands of children in this country who are homeless!” Sanders says. “That is our greatest danger - becoming used to it and thinking that it is normal. It is not normal - it is an outrage!” | |
| “Never, ever lose your sense of outrage!” | |
| The audience goes wild - “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” | |
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| Finally touching on the issue of “where we go from here,” Bernie Sanders tells the crowd that he has “great people” involved in the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia who will push his populist agenda. | |
| “We have great people on the rules committee, and one of the issues that we’re going to push for on the rules committee is to end closed primaries!” Sanders says. “It is also a fight to end the absurd situation where superdelegates can overrule the rule of the people!” | |
| “We might as well transform the entire Democratic party!” | |
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| Bernie Sanders tells the audience that supporters on limited incomes who raised money for his campaign were in it to win it. | |
| “Because we love you!” a voice shouts from the crowd. | |
| “Nonono - not about me!” Sanders responds, as the audience laughs and applauds. “It has to be about us!” | |
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| “You know what? You can beat the establishment,” Bernie Sanders says, in reference to his primary campaign. “We won! In New York state, we had to take on the entire Democratic establishment.” | |
| “I have no doubt that a strong, well-organized grassroots movement can take on the establishment and can defeat the establishment, and that is precisely what we have got to do and what the political revolution is about.” | |
| For those unfamiliar with Sanders’s stump speech, much of what follows largely reiterates aspects of the same speech he has been giving for more than a year. | |
| “In this campaign, in every single state, we won, often by big numbers, the votes of young people!” Sanders says. “What it means is that our vision, a vision of economic, social, racial, environmental justice is the vision of the people who will create the future of America!” | |
| “In this campaign, hundreds of thousands of volunteers made 75 million telephone calls,” Sanders says. “And we are just getting started!” | |
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| “Real change is not easy and real change never takes place from the top on down - always from the bottom on up,” Bernie Sanders says, echoing a line frequently used in his stump speeches. “And that is what our political revolution is all about.” | |
| Sanders reveals that his new schedule of upcoming events - unusual for a candidate who has functionally lost the nomination but has not yet conceded - will be held in support of downballot candidates seeking to enter politics. | |
| In Syracuse tomorrow evening, Sanders says, “we’ll be campaigning for a guy who is running for the United States Congress - I am gonna do everything I can do make sure that he wins. We are gonna go back to California and campaign for a woman running for the state senate in California and make sure that she wins!” | |
| “We’re gonna go all over this country, because that is what this political revolution is all about!” Sanders says. “It’s not about me - it’s about people at the grassroots level. It’s about people running for school boards, for mayor, for the state legislature!” | |
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| What our campaign has been about and is about is saying - sorry! we’re thinking big, we want real change! | |
| The audience leaps to its feet, chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” | |
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| Bernie Sanders reminds the audience that other social movements, like those for civil rights and women’s suffrage, lasted for decades before eventually succeeding. Remind yourselves, Sanders tells the crowd, to the “people who were killed, people who were beaten, people who were jailed standing up for dignity and human rights.” | |
| “Think about the gay movement! Think about Stonewall!” Sanders says. “Think about the revolutionary changes that have taken place because the gay community and their straight allies said that people should have, must have, he right to be with who they love, regardless of gender!” | |
| “I want you al to remember - now I was there, I’m a little bit older than many of you,” Sanders jokes, bringing laughs from the youthful crowd, “but people stood up proudly and with dignity and they continued the fight for gay rights.” | |
| Thirty-one years ago, Sanders signed a proclamation as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, declaring June 22 “Gay Pride Day.” | |
| Thirty-one years ago, @BernieSanders proclaimed "Gay Pride Day" in Burlington. pic.twitter.com/6WzHRicuDr | |
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| Speaking to the crowd of 1,500 supporters at the Town Hall theater in Midtown Manhattan, Bernie Sanders promises that although his path to the Democratic presidential nomination remains uncertain, his “political revolution” will continue. | |
| “The main point that I’m gonna make tonight,” Sanders says, “is this political rev is not about Bernie Sanders, it’s not about Nina Turner - it’s about you and millions of other people.” | |
| In the political revolution inspired by his candidacy, Sanders says, “you are the revolutionaries! And what this campaign has shown, not just in winning 13 million votes, not just taking on the establishment all over this county, what is has shown is that millions of people are prepared to stand up, fight back and create the nation that we know we can become.” | |
| The audience explodes into applause. | |
| “All of you know, who have studied history, that election days come and go but what is much more important is that political and social revolutions continue.” | |
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| Bernie Sanders speaks in New York City | Bernie Sanders speaks in New York City |
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| Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner continues, telling the crowd that because of Sanders’ “political revolution,” American politics “will never ever, ever ever, ever ever be the same!” | Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner continues, telling the crowd that because of Sanders’ “political revolution,” American politics “will never ever, ever ever, ever ever be the same!” |
| “We need more doers of the deeds!” Turner shouts, as the audience leaps to its feet to welcome Sanders to the stage. | “We need more doers of the deeds!” Turner shouts, as the audience leaps to its feet to welcome Sanders to the stage. |
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| First at bat at the Bernie Sanders speech: Nina Turner, former Ohio state senator, who has been an aggressive supporter of Sanders. | First at bat at the Bernie Sanders speech: Nina Turner, former Ohio state senator, who has been an aggressive supporter of Sanders. |
| “Senator Sanders started a spark - can I get an amen? And whatever sleeping giants there were, we are all awake!” | “Senator Sanders started a spark - can I get an amen? And whatever sleeping giants there were, we are all awake!” |
| “Amen!” the audience shouts back. | “Amen!” the audience shouts back. |
| “It is our responsibility to continue this movement beyond this election cycle,” Turner says. “His run was not about him, but it was about us.” | “It is our responsibility to continue this movement beyond this election cycle,” Turner says. “His run was not about him, but it was about us.” |
| Reading from remarks Sanders once made, Turner reminds the crowd that “it is not the critic who counts - not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better,” but the man in the arena, “whose face is mired by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly... because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.” | Reading from remarks Sanders once made, Turner reminds the crowd that “it is not the critic who counts - not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better,” but the man in the arena, “whose face is mired by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly... because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.” |
| “We got our very own doer of the deeds!” Turner shouts, to rabid applause. | “We got our very own doer of the deeds!” Turner shouts, to rabid applause. |
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| The audience at Bernie Sanders’ speech in Midtown Manhattan, antsy after nearly two hours in aging theater seats, is cheering for the most creative signs - or, at least, the most virulently #NeverHillary signs: | The audience at Bernie Sanders’ speech in Midtown Manhattan, antsy after nearly two hours in aging theater seats, is cheering for the most creative signs - or, at least, the most virulently #NeverHillary signs: |
| Cheers from inside Town Hall where @BernieSanders will speak when woman holds up sign that says "Never H$llary". Back side: Run Bernie Run | Cheers from inside Town Hall where @BernieSanders will speak when woman holds up sign that says "Never H$llary". Back side: Run Bernie Run |
| The audience then breaks out into a chant of “Brand new Congress! Brand new Congress! Brand new Congress!” | The audience then breaks out into a chant of “Brand new Congress! Brand new Congress! Brand new Congress!” |
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| Meanwhile, in TrumpLand: In an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declared that a frequently employed criticism of opponent Hillary Clinton - that she was “asleep” during the 2012 terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi - may not be the truth. | Meanwhile, in TrumpLand: In an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declared that a frequently employed criticism of opponent Hillary Clinton - that she was “asleep” during the 2012 terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi - may not be the truth. |
| “It happened all during the day and was going on for a long period of time - it was going on for a long period of time and she was asleep at the wheel, whether she was sleeping or not, who knows if she was sleeping?” Trump said contentiously, when Holt pointed out that Clinton had testified before Congress that she was not asleep - and that the attack occurred during daylight hours in the US. | “It happened all during the day and was going on for a long period of time - it was going on for a long period of time and she was asleep at the wheel, whether she was sleeping or not, who knows if she was sleeping?” Trump said contentiously, when Holt pointed out that Clinton had testified before Congress that she was not asleep - and that the attack occurred during daylight hours in the US. |
| “Were you there? Were you there with her?” Trump retorted. “I can tell you this: Whether she was sleeping or not, and she might have been sleeping, it was a disaster. It was a horrible disaster, and it was on her watch.” | “Were you there? Were you there with her?” Trump retorted. “I can tell you this: Whether she was sleeping or not, and she might have been sleeping, it was a disaster. It was a horrible disaster, and it was on her watch.” |
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| Plenty of people here still believe in a future for @BernieSanders presidential campaign pic.twitter.com/imkb6qamBz | Plenty of people here still believe in a future for @BernieSanders presidential campaign pic.twitter.com/imkb6qamBz |
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| Currently playing in the lead-up to Bernie Sanders’ speech in Midtown: “Disco Inferno (Burn Baby Burn)” by the Trammps. | Currently playing in the lead-up to Bernie Sanders’ speech in Midtown: “Disco Inferno (Burn Baby Burn)” by the Trammps. |
| “Bern, baby, Bern!” | “Bern, baby, Bern!” |
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| Bernie Sanders is set to speak here at the Town Hall theater in Midtown Manhattan in 85 minutes - here’s a quick reminder of where the candidate stands after the conclusion of the Democratic primary contests: | Bernie Sanders is set to speak here at the Town Hall theater in Midtown Manhattan in 85 minutes - here’s a quick reminder of where the candidate stands after the conclusion of the Democratic primary contests: |
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| The 1,500-seat Town Hall theater in Times Square is slowly filling up with the hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters who lined up for up to two hours before the doors opened at 5:30 pm. | The 1,500-seat Town Hall theater in Times Square is slowly filling up with the hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters who lined up for up to two hours before the doors opened at 5:30 pm. |
| The crowd - in keeping with the demographics at other Sanders events - skews younger and more diverse than your typical Times Square-on-a-Thursday-afternoon scene. | The crowd - in keeping with the demographics at other Sanders events - skews younger and more diverse than your typical Times Square-on-a-Thursday-afternoon scene. |
| Fun fact about the Town Hall theater’s progressive pedigree: Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was once forcibly removed from the stage in 1921 for speaking to a mixed-sex audience about the importance of contraception. | Fun fact about the Town Hall theater’s progressive pedigree: Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was once forcibly removed from the stage in 1921 for speaking to a mixed-sex audience about the importance of contraception. |
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| Texas senator and former presidential candidate Ted Cruz has endorsed his second endorsement of the campaign season, endorsing Georgia state senator Mike Crane’s campaign for Congress. | Texas senator and former presidential candidate Ted Cruz has endorsed his second endorsement of the campaign season, endorsing Georgia state senator Mike Crane’s campaign for Congress. |
| “We need conservative fighters like Mike Crane in the House of Representatives,” Cruz said in a press release. “Today, I’m proud to join thousands of Peach State conservatives in supporting Mike to represent Georgia’s Third Congressional District, and I look forward to fighting alongside him for jobs, freedom, and security for Georgians and all Americans.” | “We need conservative fighters like Mike Crane in the House of Representatives,” Cruz said in a press release. “Today, I’m proud to join thousands of Peach State conservatives in supporting Mike to represent Georgia’s Third Congressional District, and I look forward to fighting alongside him for jobs, freedom, and security for Georgians and all Americans.” |
| Crane, running as the “proven conservative,” is currently locked in a tight runoff with fellow Republican Drew Ferguson for the Republican nomination, after the two finished within 93 votes of each other in the March 1 primary. | Crane, running as the “proven conservative,” is currently locked in a tight runoff with fellow Republican Drew Ferguson for the Republican nomination, after the two finished within 93 votes of each other in the March 1 primary. |