Sanders a big hit at red-state University of South Carolina [View all]
Source: Dallas Morning News
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republicans can count on winning South Carolina in November. And the state’s flagship campus is likewise overwhelmingly Republican. But there are still plenty of Democrats, and while they’re badly outnumbered, boy were they thrilled to see Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
The self-proclaimed democratic socialist packed an auditorium at the University of South Carolina with hundreds of cheering students. The line stretched far out of the door of the student union building, and Sanders gave 10 minutes to over 100 students shut out of the main event by fire marshals and police.
“Democracy is a big deal. … Democracy — and I know I say this in South Carolina — unlike football, football is a spectator sport. Democracy is not a spectator sport… It’s your job to fight for your rights,” the 74-year-old Sanders told the overflow crowd.
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“I want everybody here to know that the major recipient of welfare in America is the wealthiest family in America – the Walton family,” Sanders said, speaking in front of a banner that read “A FUTURE TO BELIEVE IN.” “Let’s get the wealthiest family in America, the Walton family, off of welfare. Let’s have them pay their workers a living wage.”
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