Thread by @benrileysmith

Wow. How many people are here for Bernie? 2000+?? Huge turnout.

You could hear the cheers from 100m away outside the stadium.

Cynthia Nixon, Sex&City star and progressive Dem, on stage now. Boos ring out when she says she wanted Clinton to win in 2016. “No,” she interrupts. “We’re not going to do that here.”

Cynthia Nixon on #Bernie + his rivals

“The reason they’re even talking about Medicare for all, the reason they’re even talking about free college for all, the reason they’re even talking about a $15 min wage nationally... is because Bernie has made it impossible for them not to”

Political rock star? Certainly in this Bernie crowd. Listen to the reaction as @AOC takes the stage.

Waves of “Bernie, Bernie” as he arrives. Family join on stage.

Bernie says US has a president who is “a racist a sexist a xenophobe a homophobe and a religious bigot”.

(beat)

“And those are his nice qualities.”

A big part of Bernie’s appeal are his bold simple policies. Medicare for all, $15 min wag, scrap tuition fees, wave student debt, end ICE etc etc. For which other rival can you name 5 policies easily? (Or at all)

Things Bernie crowd have booed

- “crooks” who broke Wall St
- 3 people w/ more wealth than bottom 1/2
- Trump’s tax break helping top 1%
- Amazon not paying income tax
- proscription drug prices
- big pharma
- medical bill debt
- Trump thinking climate change is a “hoax”

Sidenote - there is much more booing at Bernie events than any other candidate. (By a mile)

Bernie using this ‘billionaires buying elections’ line tonight much more than past events, presumably to counter Buttigieg + Bloomberg. Vows to end the “corrupt” practice.

Bernie welcomes The Strokes onto stage. Crowd screams, some rush forward. They start with ‘Bern-ing down the house’.
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