Post by Logan on Feb 26, 2016 1:53:28 GMT -6
Bernie Sanders brought his Democratic presidential campaign to Chicago on Thursday night, making a populist pitch to the young, working-class and minority voters to join him in a “political revolution” against wealthy backers of the status quo.
The Vermont senator, vying for the nomination against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, spoke to several thousand people at Chicago State University, questioning the priorities of a gridlocked state government that has left the college in financial trouble.
Sanders used the rally, as well as an earlier televised appearance at the University of Chicago, to restate his call for free public college and university tuition and to ease the loan debt of graduates — issues that have helped earn him the edge over Clinton among younger voters.
At the same time, Sanders has been looking to increase support among African-American voters, a group that has heavily favored Clinton. Sanders promoted the need for fixing a “broken” criminal justice system, saying he had heard a community questioning how “unarmed African-Americans are being shot and killed by police departments.”
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bernie-sanders-chicago-rally-met-0226-20160225-story.html
The Vermont senator, vying for the nomination against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, spoke to several thousand people at Chicago State University, questioning the priorities of a gridlocked state government that has left the college in financial trouble.
Sanders used the rally, as well as an earlier televised appearance at the University of Chicago, to restate his call for free public college and university tuition and to ease the loan debt of graduates — issues that have helped earn him the edge over Clinton among younger voters.
At the same time, Sanders has been looking to increase support among African-American voters, a group that has heavily favored Clinton. Sanders promoted the need for fixing a “broken” criminal justice system, saying he had heard a community questioning how “unarmed African-Americans are being shot and killed by police departments.”
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bernie-sanders-chicago-rally-met-0226-20160225-story.html