MI-GOV: Bernie Sanders rallies for Gretchen Whitmer, rails on President Trump
Ann Arbor — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his star power to the University of Michigan late Friday, urging supporters to turn out the vote for gubernatorial hopeful Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats in what he called "the most most important mid-term election in the history of our country."
An enthusiastic crowd packed the 1,100-seat Rackham Auditorium to hear Whitmer and Sanders, who also spoke to a smaller overflow crowd on the fourth floor of the building before joining the larger rally.
“No more complaining, no more despair,” said Sanders, who blasted Republican President Donald Trump and what he called “ugly” policies coming out of Washington D.C. “Now is the time to stand up, fight back and vote.”
The 77-year-old democratic socialist from Vermont, who scored a surprise win in Michigan’s 2016 presidential primary by energizing young voters, has not yet said whether he’ll run for president again in 2020. But in his speech, he said he understood why Michigan voters picked Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election.
"You’re hurting financially. You’re working longer hours for lower wages. You’re worried about your jobs leaving the country,” Sanders said. “But what I want to say to you, and what I think people are realizing, is that in Donald Trump, we have a president who is a pathological liar.”
Whitmer, the former state Senate minority leader from East Lansing who is running for governor against Republican Bill Schuette, rallied the crowd on state and national issues, drawing Democrats to their feet with calls to stand up for reproductive rights, LGBT rights, clean drinking water, worker’s rights and education.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/10/19/bernie-sanders-rally-democrats-ann-arbor/1685728002/
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