During Friday’s ‘Fight Oligarchy’ event in Denver, Colorado, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed the work people can do to push back on the Trump Administration at the local, state, and federal level.
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00:00This is unbelievable.
00:07I want to say that when you run for president, two times you do a lot of rallies.
00:16In fact, we were here some years ago, right here, and we had a great rally.
00:22I think we had about 10,000 people out.
00:25In the hundreds of rallies that I have done, we have never ever had a rally as large as this.
00:34In fact, your presence here today is not just significant for Colorado.
01:00You are sending a profound message all over the world.
01:09The whole world is watching.
01:14And they want to know if the people of America are going to stand up to Trumpism, Albuquerque,
01:26or California.
01:29And I want to say that it's the reason Alexandria is with me today.
01:34It's not just that she is doing a great job representing her district in the Congress.
01:44It's more than that.
01:46She has become an inspiration for billions of young people.
02:06When she was a kid, she worked with her mom cleaning houses in order to help the family survive.
02:16Before she ran for Congress, she was a barista.
02:25Alexandria has not forgotten where she came from.
02:35More importantly, when she decided to run, she was taking on one of the most powerful members in the Democratic Party.
02:48And everybody said, you're crazy, how are you going to beat this guy?
02:54Maybe a future leader of the Democratic Party.
02:58She had no money.
02:59She had no political experience.
03:01But what she did is what all of us have got to do.
03:07She went out and worked with her friends and she raised a few thousand dollars.
03:15And she worked hard and in a disciplined way.
03:19What Alexandria did is what millions of Americans can do.
03:30We can organize at the grassroots level.
03:35We can become strong trade unionists.
03:42We can run for school board or president of the United States.
03:49We're not going to let the billionaire class have all of the power.
03:58So the message today is yes, here in Colorado, in Vermont, in New York, all over this country.
04:06And Mr. Trump, people fought and died to create a democratic society.