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AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2018, 10:55 PM Jul 2018

Bernie Sanders fires up 4,000 in Wichita with rally for James Thompson against Trump

https://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article215250395.html

With the gruff and at times angry rhetoric that made him famous on the campaign trail, former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders fired up a crowd of about 4,000 on Friday with a speech calling on Kansans to support progressive ideals and a local Democrat for Congress.

Sanders and Democratic rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to Wichita to rally on behalf of James Thompson, running for Kansas’ 4th Congressional District seat.

The crowd nearly filled the 5,000-capacity hall at the Century II Convention and Performing Arts Center.

“We must have gotten off at the wrong stop because people told me Kansas was a Republican.

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