Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 4:52:43 GMT -6
The “Bernie Bus” is coming. A bright red charter bus plastered with an image of the Vermont senator among a sea of nurses is expected to cross the California state line in early May.
The billboards are already here. Drivers see a silhouette of Bernie Sanders’ unkempt white head of hair and glasses with a checklist of his stances on jumbo-sized ads along Auburn Boulevard outside Carmichael, Highway 50 and Interstate 80.
Both types of political advertisements bear the name of the same sponsor: National Nurses United.
The union, representing some 185,00 nurses, is enthusiastically supporting Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Thus far, the NNU has spent $2.6 million on an independent campaign to support his Democratic bid for the presidency.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article71916802.html
The billboards are already here. Drivers see a silhouette of Bernie Sanders’ unkempt white head of hair and glasses with a checklist of his stances on jumbo-sized ads along Auburn Boulevard outside Carmichael, Highway 50 and Interstate 80.
Both types of political advertisements bear the name of the same sponsor: National Nurses United.
The union, representing some 185,00 nurses, is enthusiastically supporting Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Thus far, the NNU has spent $2.6 million on an independent campaign to support his Democratic bid for the presidency.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article71916802.html