Photo: Volunteers at the Bernie & AOC rally in Venice - Dec 21

[Donkees]

[TexasTowelie]

1. Where are the POC?

With all of the outreach that Bernie has done, I would expect a much more diverse crowd in a city like LA.

[George II]

3. Venice is 81% white. Curious that they go all the way to Southern California for a rally.....

....and choose a venue in one of the whitest communities out there.

[David__77]

4. It's 64% non-Hispanic white.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice,_Los_Angeles

[Hortensis]

16. And the rest are European-background Hispanic.

Like my fellow MIL Spanish-Danish heritage, whose family spread from Europe to Colombia, or our Spanish-American friend Ray, married to Zapotec/Hispanic-American Maria.

[RandiFan1290]

9. They are in the picture.

What a disgusting comment

[TexasTowelie]

10. I see less than a dozen in the photo.

The truth hurts, doesn't it?

If it weren't for the mild weather and palm trees in the photo, I would have thought they were in Vermont.

[RandiFan1290]

11. Yes, they are in the picture

Disgusting to actually sit there and count people of color.

[TexasTowelie]

12. Putting aside your moral indignation...

...you're the one that made me look again to count.

[RandiFan1290]

13. It's obvious in the picture

You were actually counting?

[TexasTowelie]

14. So what if I did?

The lack of diversity in that crowd is obvious.

[RandiFan1290]

15. Yeah, have fun with that. nt

[George II]

2. Guess who didn't wish her constituents back in Queens/Bronx a Happy Chanukah this morning?

[irisblue]

18. To be fair, she put one out during candle lighting time today

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) Tweeted:
Wishing all our families celebrating in NY-14 and beyond a #HappyHanukkah! May our celebrations be filled with family, light, hope, and love. 💟

Link to tweet

[David__77]

5. Video to rally

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[appalachiablue]

6. Wonderful event with great photos of the crowd & speakers.

- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks at a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Venice, CA on Saturday.

Promising a 'Radical Realignment of Our Priorities,' Ocasio-Cortez Tells Los Angeles Crowd That the Sanders Campaign Can Change the Country. "For anyone that accuses us of instituting purity tests, it's called having values. It's called giving a damn." Common Dreams, Dec. 21, 2019.

A crowd of around 20,000 people listened on Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out how the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign would work to reshape society in a fundamentally fairer and more democratic way.

"This is a movement decades in the making," said Ocasio-Cortez.

“We can’t go back to where we were because where we were got us where we are”.... @AOC is on . Brother Cornel West set the tone and Sister Alexandria is keeping it going. #BernieInVenice pic.twitter.com/OuGp0KXU0z
— DemSoc Amazon FC Ambassador (@SocDemNow) December 21, 2019
The first-term New York Democrat told the crowd that the fact pundits and politicians only care about how to fund government programs when they benefit the poor, but not when they're for war or tax breaks for the rich, shows that budgets are moral documents that determine a society's priorities.

"They tell us, dollar and dime, how much we value ourselves and our priorities," said Ocasio-Cortez. "In that order." "And what this campaign is about," she continued, "is a radial realignment of our priorities in the United States of America." The crowd for the rally was estimated at 20,000 people. They’re estimating 20,000 people at @BernieSanders @AOC LA rally today. pic.twitter.com/qZG72nJhxg
— CJ Berina for Congress (@CJ4Congress2020) December 21, 2019...

More, https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/21/promising-radical-realignment-our-priorities-ocasio-cortez-tells-los-angeles-crowd

[Donkees]

7. 📸

[George II]

17. ....

Link to tweet

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Donkees.