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The Preventing Oligarchy tour will probably be heading west this weekend and can kick off with a giant occasion in Los Angeles that may function Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Neil Younger, and Joan Baez.
Sen. Sanders has introduced that AOC will probably be becoming a member of him on the entire stops on the West Coast swing:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) immediately introduced that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will be part of the senator for all six stops of the upcoming Western swing of his Preventing Oligarchy tour, which kicks off this weekend.
The primary rally, in L.A.’s Grand Park, will function performances by Neil Younger, Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, Indigo de Souza, Soiled Projectors Jeff Rosenstock, The Purple Pears, and the Increase Gospel Choir. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), in addition to California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez and SEIU President April Verrett will even make particular appearances.
From Los Angeles, Bernie and AOC will take off on a five-day tour throughout 4 states, touching down in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, the place they are going to be joined by Worldwide President of AFA-CWA Sara Nelson. The swing particularly targets contested and Republican-held districts, making stops in areas the place Democrats not often marketing campaign.
To accommodate a bigger than anticipated crowd, the third California cease was moved from Auburn to Folsom.
New musical expertise has additionally been added to the tour, together with:
Sen. Sanders was already drawing over-capacity crowds on his personal for the Preventing Oligarchy tour, however the measurement of the crowds went to a brand new degree when Ocasio-Cortez joined the tour.
Sanders stated, “The American folks, whether or not they’re Democrats, Republicans or Independents, don’t want billionaires to regulate our authorities or purchase our elections. They don’t want Republicans to decimate Social Safety and the Veterans Administration. They don’t want enormous tax breaks for the wealthiest folks within the nation paid for by large cuts to Medicaid and different applications that working households depend on. That’s the reason I will probably be visiting Republican-held districts everywhere in the Western United States. After we are organized and battle again, we are able to defeat oligarchy.”
Over 107,000 folks have attended Preventing Oligarchy rallies in seven states to date. Over 5 million folks have watched the livestreams.
An enormous crowd is anticipated in Los Angeles at 1 PM on Saturday. The battle in opposition to Trump and his oligarchs goes to coast to coast and equally as necessary is the mobilization of individuals that’s taking place to probably flip the Home and make Trump the lamest of the lame geese within the 2026 midterm election.
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