Nearly 2,000 people showed up at the Julian Carroll Convention Center in Paducah, Kentucky for a Bernie Sanders rally on Sunday, May 15.
The event kicked off at 11 a.m. Sunday, and Sanders took the stage a little after 1 p.m.
The Democratic senator from Vermont spoke for more than an hour to an adoring crowd. Sanders kept to his main points at the rally, sticking to most of the positions that have garnered him support from millions of Democrats and Independents alike.
He spoke on the issue of free education and free college tuition, an issue that has millions of young people flocking to the candidate.
He also talked about jobs and the unemployment rate, describing the federal unemployment rate as actually being higher than what most people believe.
Sanders said the real unemployment rate isn't talked about much, but it "includes people who have given up looking for work and people who are working part-time when they want to work full-time."
He said that when all of those factors are included, the real unemployment rate is somewhere near ten percent.
He also focused on his message of Wall Street's control over both other candidates and the nation's economy.
"If you don't think that that is what is happening, you are not paying attention," Sanders said to roaring applause.
He spoke a lot about the "redistribution of wealth", even calling out the owners of Wal-Mart, the Walton family, saying they are more wealthy than the bottom 40 percent of people combined.
"Why? Why is it happening? It is happening because the people on top want it all! Well, I got news for them! If together we make it to the White House, those days are over!"
Sanders also touched on the rising rate of drug abuse and addiction in the country.
"I don't know anyone who has a magical solution to the problem," he said. " But I do say this, we're not going to go forward unless we recognize that addiction, opiate, heroin addiction, substance abuse, have got to be treated as health issues, not criminal issues."
Sanders' stop in Paducah comes just before Kentucky voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, May 17 for the state's presidential primary.
Sanders' campaign stop comes amid his recent successes on the trail. He clinched victories over front-runner Hillary Clinton in both Indiana and West Virginia.
The same has been true this last week throughout Oregon. Young Oregonians are registering in record numbers. The major media aren't reporting any of this because they've written Bernie off. But the Bernie groundswell continues nonetheless.
Tomorrow’s primaries in Kentucky and Oregon are critical. Bernie is on a roll. Remember: It’s not over until it’s over.
http://www.wave3.com/story/31966171/bernie-sanders-hosts-campaign-rally-to-huge-crowd-in-paducah
The event kicked off at 11 a.m. Sunday, and Sanders took the stage a little after 1 p.m.
The Democratic senator from Vermont spoke for more than an hour to an adoring crowd. Sanders kept to his main points at the rally, sticking to most of the positions that have garnered him support from millions of Democrats and Independents alike.
He spoke on the issue of free education and free college tuition, an issue that has millions of young people flocking to the candidate.
He also talked about jobs and the unemployment rate, describing the federal unemployment rate as actually being higher than what most people believe.
Sanders said the real unemployment rate isn't talked about much, but it "includes people who have given up looking for work and people who are working part-time when they want to work full-time."
He said that when all of those factors are included, the real unemployment rate is somewhere near ten percent.
He also focused on his message of Wall Street's control over both other candidates and the nation's economy.
"If you don't think that that is what is happening, you are not paying attention," Sanders said to roaring applause.
He spoke a lot about the "redistribution of wealth", even calling out the owners of Wal-Mart, the Walton family, saying they are more wealthy than the bottom 40 percent of people combined.
"Why? Why is it happening? It is happening because the people on top want it all! Well, I got news for them! If together we make it to the White House, those days are over!"
Sanders also touched on the rising rate of drug abuse and addiction in the country.
"I don't know anyone who has a magical solution to the problem," he said. " But I do say this, we're not going to go forward unless we recognize that addiction, opiate, heroin addiction, substance abuse, have got to be treated as health issues, not criminal issues."
Sanders' stop in Paducah comes just before Kentucky voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, May 17 for the state's presidential primary.
Sanders' campaign stop comes amid his recent successes on the trail. He clinched victories over front-runner Hillary Clinton in both Indiana and West Virginia.
The same has been true this last week throughout Oregon. Young Oregonians are registering in record numbers. The major media aren't reporting any of this because they've written Bernie off. But the Bernie groundswell continues nonetheless.
Tomorrow’s primaries in Kentucky and Oregon are critical. Bernie is on a roll. Remember: It’s not over until it’s over.
http://www.wave3.com/story/31966171/bernie-sanders-hosts-campaign-rally-to-huge-crowd-in-paducah
