Bernie rally in Pittsburgh - live

[Merryland]

[PonyUp]

1. Wow, a lot of young people! They don't want their future in the hands of Hillary. n/t

[Merryland]

2. He's inspirational! n/t

[Skwmom]

6. The young people understand that the corrupt politicians have sold their future down the river. n/t

[bkkyosemite]

3. I wonder what the count is. There are a lot of people there.

[BernieforPres2016]

4. Bernie is on fire and so is the crowd nt

[Nanjeanne]

5. Thanks for posting. Forgot he was there this morning.

[Merryland]

7. you're very welcome! n/t

[Divernan]

8. Thousands lined up before dawn! Doors opened at 7 a.m.!

Thousands of Western Pennsylvania supporters lined up before dawn to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders make his case to voters ahead of the April 26 Pennsylvania primary.

Abby Husband left Mercer County before 4 a.m. with her grandparents to travel to Pittsburgh to see the Vermont senator speak. “He is so much more genuine in his approach to government than Mrs. (Hillary) Clinton,” said Husband, 17, who will be 18 in time to vote for Sanders. Husband was with her grandparents, Hezz and Marcette Messer of Greenville.

“People should not underestimate Sanders in Pennsylvania,” said Hezz, 66, who served in Vietnam. “It's a state very similar to Michigan where he pulled a big upset, and Wisconsin where I suspect he will win next week.” Sanders leads former senator and secretary of state Clinton by four percentage points in Wisconsin, according to a Marquette University poll released Wednesday.

Sanders enters Pittsburgh fresh off three impressive caucus victories Saturday in Alaska, Washington and Hawaii.
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/10229792-74/delegates-sanders-pittsburgh
“I've been here all morning — I'm here because I love Bernie Sanders,” said Morgan Quinn, 18, of Allison Park.

His presidential campaign set up its first Pittsburgh office last week on East Carson Street in the South Side. Clinton set up her first Pennsylvania office in Pittsburgh last week as well; it is on North Highland Avenue in East Liberty.

[marions ghost]

9. Beautiful to see all those young people (and the not so young)!

Pennsylvania

OK PA--over to you --passing the torch now...........in this historic race for a healthier America

[Merryland]

10. and beautifully expressed - thanks!

[marions ghost]

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[Divernan]

12. “Together, we are going to rebuild the trade union movement in this country.”

Flanked by members of the United Steelworkers and other unions, Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told reporters at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center this morning that, “Together, we are going to rebuild the trade union movement in this country.”

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/03/31/Sanders-tackles-trade-before-

As he has throughout his campaign, and his career, Mr. Sanders offered caustic criticisms of trade deals like NAFTA, and the normalization of trade relations with China. The latter move alone, he said, had cost the United States some 3.2 million jobs, including 120,000 in Pennsylvania.

“Free trade is a good thing, but it has to be based on fair principles,” he said. Gesturing at the supporters behind him, he said, “Trade agreements have got to work for these people and their families, not just the CEOs.”

Mr. Sanders said he and his rival, Hillary Clinton, had “very strong differences of opinion” on trade. He noted that as Secretary of State, Ms. Clinton had favored the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Asian nations. But, "When a whole lot of people put pressure on her, she decided to oppose it,” he said.

Mr. Sanders was welcomed by speakers like Michael Smith, an employee at a Koppers chemical plant in Clairton, whose closure was announced in January. Mr. Smith said the closure was part of “the decimation of our industry by foreign imports, particularly from China.” And he called the Vermont Senator “the only candidate who has never wavered on his support for hard-working, middle-class Americans.”

In response to questions from reporters, Mr. Sanders said that UPMC’s move to raise wages to $15 an hour — an hourly rate he has backed — was “a step in the right direction.” Asked whether trade could be blamed for the loss of Pittsburgh's manufacturing base — much of which was hollowed out in the 1980, before trade deals like NAFTA were passed — he allowed that trade wasn’t the only problem facing American workers. But he said it was “significant,” and had facilitated a broad transfer of wealth from the middle to the upper classes. “We have to rethink the economy [to be] a moral economy, not an economy based on greed and selfishness,” he said.

[kgnu_fan]

13. kick

[disillusioned73]

14. ....

Come on over here on the east side of the state so I can come see ya!!!