Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are hosting two events in Colorado on Friday. The first stop for “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders” will be at Bank of Colorado Arena at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Doors open at noon, and the speaking program is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will then hold another event at Civic Center Park, located at 101 14th Ave. in Denver. People will be allowed in at 4 p.m. and speaking is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
I think it’s simple enough, they’re trying to convince more people that we need to get big money out of politics. Bernie is probably also trying to pass the torch (and his followers) to someone young who can continue the fight after he’s gone.
Is hard to say for sure exactly how everything is going to pan out given that random dark horse events seem to drive US politics so hard. The administration could say or do something completely unhinged tomorrow that ends up galvanizing massive support for who knows what. I think AOC and Bernie rightfully recognize that they need to raise awareness of the problem to maximize the probability things go in a better direction. I don’t get the feeling they’re overly concerned with how that happens because completely restructuring the Dems is not a hyper likely outcome.
All that said, forcing the Dems to coalition build with a nascent anti-money faction in the same way the tech/crypto bros and libertarians were able to force the GOP to might be a possibility.
If Bernie and crew wanted to do that they’d have done it already. I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
Bernie has been trying most of his life, but recent events have finally made it obvious enough that the average American can wrap their head around the concept and give enough of a shit to maybe consider voting based on that.