Bernie Sanders has lengthy been amassing crowds at his political rallies all through the nation, however he might need drawn his largest viewers but through a shock look at Coachella final night time, introducing indie artist Clairo and making an pressing plea to younger folks to “battle for justice.”
The leftist senator from Vermont started his handle by thanking the “Baggage” singer-songwriter for the invite and introducing Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, who joined him onstage.
“This nation faces some very troublesome challenges, and the way forward for what occurs to America depends upon your era,” Sanders informed the jubilant crowd. “Now you possibly can flip away and ignore what goes on, however should you do this, you do it at your personal peril. We’d like you to face up and battle for justice, to battle for financial justice, social justice and racial justice.”
Persevering with on, Sanders referenced POTUS, whose identify elicited sturdy boos from the viewers. Pausing, Sanders added, “I agree.”
Within the five-minute-long speech, the once-Democratic presidential candidate additionally addressed local weather change, ladies’s reproductive rights, wealth inequality and healthcare inaccessibility.
“We’ve an financial system as we speak that’s working very properly for the billionaire class, however not for working households,” he stated. “We’d like you to assist us to create an financial system that works properly for everyone, not simply the 1%.”
The senator continued, “We’ve a healthcare system that’s damaged. We’re the one main nation to not assure healthcare to all folks. We’d like you to face as much as the insurance coverage firms and the drug firms and perceive that healthcare is a human proper.”
Sanders then launched Clairo on stage, and thanked her for “not solely being in a fantastic band, however for the nice work she is doing,” saying that the musician has “used her prominence to battle for ladies’s rights, to attempt to finish the horrible, brutal warfare in Gaza, the place hundreds of ladies and kids are being killed.”
Within the video and social media posts made by Clairo, the 2 may very well be seen embracing, along with her affectionately dubbing the second “Berniechella.”
The no-nonsense Sanders, who’s 83, made the looks after an enormous rally additionally that includes New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Los Angeles’ Gloria Molina Grand Park earlier within the day, which drew a crowd of 36,000 who, as he posted to his Instagram story, “got here out to say NO to oligarchy and NO to a rigged financial system.” The 2 will proceed on with their Combating Oligarchy excursions in Utah as we speak, adopted by stops in Idaho, California and Montana.
