Bernie Sanders has lengthy been amassing crowds at his political rallies all through the nation, however he may need drawn his greatest viewers but through a shock look at Coachella final night time, introducing indie artist Clairo and making an pressing plea to younger individuals to “combat for justice.”
The leftist senator from Vermont began his address by thanking the “Luggage” 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 relies upon your era,” Sanders instructed the jubilant crowd. “Now you’ll be able to flip away and ignore what goes on, however for those who do this, you do it at your personal peril. We want you to face up and combat for justice, to combat 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, girls’s reproductive rights, wealth inequality and healthcare inaccessibility.
“We’ve an financial system right this moment that’s working very nicely for the billionaire class, however not for working households,” he stated. “We want you to assist us to create an financial system that works nicely 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 individuals. We want you to face as much as the insurance coverage corporations and the drug corporations and perceive that healthcare is a human proper.”
Sanders then launched Clairo on stage, and thanked her for “not solely being in an incredible band, however for the nice work she is doing,” saying that the musician has “used her prominence to combat for girls’s rights, to attempt to finish the horrible, brutal conflict in Gaza, the place 1000’s of girls and youngsters are being killed.”
Within the video and social media posts made by Clairo, the 2 might 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 right this moment, adopted by stops in Idaho, California and Montana.
