Progressive vision is the future of America, Bernie Sanders tells Kansas Democrats
TOPEKA -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, delivering the keynote speech Kansas Democratic Party’s annual convention Saturday night in Topeka, told a crowd of progressives not to despair in the face of President Donald Trump’s election.
Sanders, who won the 2016 Kansas caucus by more than 35 percentage points, touted the support he received from young voters during his presidential campaign and said that he ended the campaign much more optimistic about the direction of the country than when he started it.
“Our vision, our progressive vision, is not only the future of the Democratic Party, it is the future of America,” Sanders said.
The Vermont independent covered a broad range of topics from voting rights to economic inequality during the hourlong speech.
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