At Grand Prairie Rally, Bernie Sanders Urges Crowd of 2,000 to Fight Back in Texas
Around 2,000 people gathered in Grand Prairie Thursday to hear Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders address the future of the Democratic Party as part of a nine-state, 6,000-mile trip billed as the “Come Together and Fight Back” tour. Sanders promoted a 50-state Democratic strategy focusing on purple states as well as red states with low voter turnout, including Texas.
“Some people say you can’t win in these red conservative states, but I don’t believe that,” said Sanders, a few minutes after taking the stage at the Verizon Theater to thunderous applause. “When you’ve got right-wing governors trying to throw people off their health insurance while giving tax breaks to billionaires, don’t tell me we can’t win in each and every state in this country, including the great state of Texas.”
Organized by the Democratic National Committee, the tour aims to unify the party after the fractious 2016 primary and foment grassroots support in the lead-up to 2018.
Sanders urged members of the crowd to run for local office. “You can do it,” he said. “Don’t be intimidated, thinking that the people up in Congress are some kind of geniuses; I can assure you they are not.”
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