Thread by @People4Bernie

🔥 Bernie Sanders is LIVE in Des Moines, Iowa 🔥 #BernieInIowa pscp.tv/w/1YqKDyeBYkzGV

.@BernieSanders starts off with a story about how he wasn't sure if he should run for President, and how the support of Des Moines helped him decide to run for President in 2016. By the look of today's crowd, the support is still there!

"The nature of our campaign is not belittling people, it's not opposition research, it's not about attacking people, but it's a serious discussion about the issues facing the American people" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa #DesMoines

"We're not gonna continue a system that allows the very rich to get richer while 3/4 of the children in the Des Moines public schools are on free or reduced school lunch programs" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa

WE need a Congress AND a President who will stand up for the working class and not the billionaires!!! #BernieInIowa

"We said that Democratic candidates should not be having Super PACs and relying on millionaire for their campaign funds... too radical Bernie we need money from the rich" snarky @BernieSanders is the best Bernie. #BernieInIowa

"Some employers don't hire people for 40 hours a week, they hire people for 34 hours a week, and you don't get health care " @BernieSanders saying what tens of millions of American workers have experienced and yet no one else running for President mentions it #MedicareForAll

"Let me tell you the pharmaceutical industry: you can spend all the money you want on 30 second ads against us, you can do all the lying you want, but we are going to lower prescription drug costs in this country" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa

"We have a child care system that is not working for the parents, not working for the children, not working for the child care workers.. we are going to create a high quality universal child care system in this country" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa

"The tobacco industry lied and the fossil fuel industry is lying today.. climate change is not just an economic issue, this is a profound moral issue." @BernieSanders #GreenNewDeal #BernieInIowa

"I'm tired of hearing about austerity on working families, well we are gonna end austerity for working families and bring some austerity to the 1% and the large profitable corporations" @BernieSanders

cc: @lloydblankfein

"In rural America, we are seeing a decline in life expectancy. We need policies that represent the needs of working people and farmers, not agribusiness and multinational corporations" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa

"Bottom line: 60% of rural counties in America are de-populating, rural America faces serious problems, and I pledge to you that if elected President, we're going to start paying attention to rural America" #BernieInIowa

We can't win our demands without taking on powerful forces, and no President can do that alone.

"At the end of the day, they may have money and power, but there are a hell of alot more of us than them. After all, the 1% IS 1%. We got the bottom 99%!" @BernieSanders #BernieInIowa