Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders’ First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump

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  1. Glad that it’s free to the public…Edited to add (and thank you “username” for mentioning Bernie’s video: [Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-4OPJaqkP4)

    “Whatever we can do, we must do”!

    Snippet part 1:

    >After addressing [more than 3,400](https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1893331494485000524) Nebraska residents in Omaha Friday evening, U.S. Sen. [Bernie Sanders](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/bernie-sanders) on Saturday made his second stop on his National Tour to Fight Oligarchy—telling Iowa City, Iowa residents that “Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the D.C. Beltway.”

    >”For better or worse, that is not going to happen,” said the Vermont Independent senator, whose broadly popular policy proposals have long been dismissed by Democratic leaders as unrealistic and radical while President [Donald Trump](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/donald-trump) has [increasingly captured](https://www.commondreams.org/news/working-class-voters) the attention of the working class Americans who would benefit most from Sanders’ ideas.

    >”It will only be defeated by millions of Americans in Iowa, in Vermont, in Nebraska, in every state in this country, who come together in a strong grassroots movement and say no to oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy, no to massive cuts to programs that low-income and working Americans desperately need, no to huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country,” said Sanders.

    >The senator [announced](https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy-2671150482) his tour earlier this month as [Elon Musk](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/elon-musk), the head of the Trump-created [Department of Government Efficiency](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/department-of-government-efficiency)( [DOGE](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/doge)) who poured $277 million on the president’s campaign, swept through numerous agencies, with DOGE staffers setting up [illegal servers](https://www.commondreams.org/news/federal-workers-sue-over-musk-led-exfiltration-of-data-using-illegal-server), seizing control of [data](https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-treasury-access), shutting federal employees out of offices, and working to shut down operations across the government.

    >Since Trump took office for his second term just over a month ago, roughly 30,000 federal employees have been [fired or laid off](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-many-federal-employees-fired-jobs-cut-trump-doge.html)—part of Musk’s push to cut $2 trillion in federal spending in order to fill the $4.6 trillion hole that Trump’s extension of the 2017 tax cuts would blow in the deficit.

    >

  2. Sanders is the only left leaning guy who historically has been able to connect with GOP voters as well

    If the Dem machine had really put all their resources behind him in 2016 it’s certainly possible we never would have gotten into this whole MAGA mess to begin with. But at this point it’s just wistful speculative fiction now.

  3. Meanwhile my Democratic representative is Trying to message how much of a blue dog Democrat she is and will reach across the aisle. Most of the democrats are not even trying

  5. can’t be true, the pelosi schumer apologist are telling us that people have resoundingly rejected Bernie’s working class message and we really need to just chill.

  6. What’s the rest of the schedule? Will he be coming to Kansas or Missouri?

  8. …and we propped Clinton and Harris up over this. Hello?

  9. Because sanders doesn’t have time for bullshit. He has a point to make and he doesn’t sugar coat it.

  10. Imagine the alternate world where the DNC didn’t force Hilary on us. There would be no Trump today.

  11. I wish Jack Schlossberg pivoted away from journalism. He’s smart, edgy, and charismatic. I love Bernie, but we also need some young messengers. Still, bravo Bernie for taking the fight to the streets. His messaging is also on point. Take down the oligarchs.

  12. This is great. But this is what the progressive wing of the party should have been doing for fucking years. Who is going to carry the torch when Bernie dies?

  13. Sanders would have beaten Trump in 2016 I’m convinced

  14. Bernie needs to start his own party. The only argument for not doing so was the risk of neutering the Dem coalition and preventing them from getting anything done…which doesn’t seem to be a problem anymore because the Democrats are fucking useless.

    Bernie might be able to swing moderates from both current parties en masse to form a new party and win. It’s worth trying at this point, everything having come off the rails, anyway.

  15. *THIS* is how you reach Republican voters. Parading Dick Cheney out there isn’t going to do shit lol.

  18. i feel bad for bernie. man has been fighting for decades and is seeing things get even worse, screwed by his own party, and in his final decade or so. like it’s amazing he keeps fighting and working when i would be so disheartened

    democrats screwed him 2016 and played a huge part in trump winning

  19. As much as I like him, Sanders is too old to run for president, though. He needs to tap someone to be his heir.

  20. This is the kind of thing that really makes me think 2016 was a missed opportunity, really, as was 2020.

  21. Imagine if sanders had 10-15 years less… he would be the presidential candidate

  22. Proud he is my states Senator. Only person with balls to say what has to be said.

  23. And they will still turn around and vote republican.

  24. Anyone have the tour dates? I got frustrated trying to find them online but would like to attend if nearby.

  28. We should have put Bernie in office in 2016. The man has been about action his whole life

  29. Bernie needs the military industrial complex, so he is pro ww3… nice…

    Historically, the wne the rich and wealthy class wages war its the poor that die, and today we have the 90%, the 10% and the 1%… guess who is going to fight for whom, if the military industrial complex with the fascists in charge decide to bring back forced conscription.

  30. Save us Bernie, I’m getting a little scared and I’m sick to death of them.

  31. Imagine what life would be like if the Dems ran Bernie instead of Hillary. Bernie, the candidate that the majority of Dem voters actually wanted. He could have beaten Trump. He could have beaten him twice.

    He could have reinvigorated the working class and reminded them why they historically voted blue.

    He also is a democratic candidate that you can actually defend – someone who actually cares about public service more than a diversified stock portfolio.

    Ah, what could have been.

    No back to the dumpster fire…

  32. Iowa City, Iowa is one of the most liberal towns in America. Its where the University of Iowa is located. Its the opposite of a GOP district.

  35. Iowa City district keeps voting in Mariette Miller Meeks due to some redistricting, but the city bleeds blue. We’ve run Christina Bohannon twice against her and lose by a couple hundred votes.

    I did a good amount of canvassing for her, but she was never exciting. Would rather get someone more firmly of Bernie’s ilk.

  36. I love me some Bernie. Doing what he can to stop the madness. A politician for the masses, and not the 1%. I voted for him in 2016 (write in vote) and I would vote for him again if he was running for president. I wish he were our president. One of the few politicians who truly cares about people.

  38. In a perfect world Bernie Sanders would have just finished his second term, milions of middle class citizens would have been better off, billionaires would be paying taxes instead of breaking the government… but here we are

  39. Tried to find tour date info but missing it…anybody know where he’s going???

  40. I knew the bird that landed on his podium at a rally was a sign. You really can’t get not ‘DIVINE SIGNS FROM THE UNIVERSE’ than that imo.

    Hes what we needed back in 2016.

  42. Cool. They will still vote republican and lick the boot, so this literally means nothing. Super interesting that they showed up to a tour stop though🤡

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