Bernie Sanders is drawing record crowds as he pushes Democrats to 'fight oligarchy'
Source: NPR
March 22, 2025 7:00 AM ET
TEMPE, Ariz. – Sen. Bernie Sanders has emerged as a leading voice for voters opposed to President Trump's rapid push to dismantle the federal government — and frustrated with the Democratic Party's response.
Sanders and his fiery form of economic populism attacking the growing influence of billionaires and corporations in politics are not new, but interest in both message and messenger has been renewed by Trump's second term and the outsized role Elon Musk has played in cutting federal spending and pushing agencies to fire workers.
"Well, when I talked about oligarchy over the years, I think for some people it was an abstraction," Sanders said in an interview with NPR. Now though, "people understand you have to be blind not to see that what we have today is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires."
But the independent senator from Vermont said, at the same time, the Democratic Party has also turned its back on the American working class and suggested the party capitalize on this moment by championing policies that address things like income inequality, health care and climate change. "If they do that, I think working people will come back into the fold," he predicted. "If not, I suspect the party will continue to decline."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5334488/bernie-sanders-fight-oligarchy-tour-trump-musk-doge-democrats
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although I am not sure what Town Halls they are doing and whether it is even covered "nationally" (most of the time, you can find local reports but the national M$M seem to only want to focus on a handful).
E.g., Indivisible is sponsoring Town Halls and one happened today up in Boston Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Community Event · Hosted by Indivisible
About this event
Rep. Ayanna Pressley is hosting a town hall on Saturday, March 22 in Boston.
We're calling on Indivisibles to turn out and support Rep. Pressley for continuing to fight back against the Trump-Musk coup and extremist budget cuts.
📍 Where: Boston - please complete the second registration form in order to receive the address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/town-hall-with-congresswoman-ayanna-pressley-tickets-1279860339729
📅 When: Saturday, March 22 at 2:30
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblewestmetro/event/763880/
And then there is Jasmine Crockett.
And he is hailing from FL.
My own Congressman - Dwight Evans (PA-3) - is recovering from a stroke he experienced last spring but he held a "telephone Town Hall" on March 8 and there were over 1000 people on the call.
They do little "polls" that callers can respond to by pressing a designated keypad number for a "yes" or a "no" and the moderator mentioned how many callers had dialed in. So people are definitely paying attention!
Governor Josh Shapiro popped on at the beginng to update everyone on what the state (at least his office) has been trying to do to thwart the madness. And since the PA AG is a (R), he had invited the AG of Delaware - Kathy Jennings - to brief everyone on what her and other (D) AGs have been doing including filing numerous suits against the administration.
