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Above: Bernie Sanders adresan the audience about what makes him a stand out from the other candidates. Bek,w: Students and others get an opporunhy to shake Sandel'S' hand toUowing his speech. Katie Hartwiw'5entinel
Cards take Spokane trip to feel the Bern Katie Hartwig Staff Writer
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders took his political campaign to the Pacific
Northwest on March 20. Taking his platform to the Spokane Convention, there was an estimate of around 10,000 people that eagerly waited in a line that looped around the freeway.
The main room of the convention center was full along with other overflow rooms set inside the center. Along with the main room and overflow rooms were the thousands who waited outside in the rain. Although Sanders is trailing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the delegate count, he was eager to speak to the huge audience. He took time to speak to the crowd outside in length about his policy and what he planned to do if he was President of the United States. He spoke about his vision for the future of the people and was firm on making change and bringing equa1 rights to everyone. Sanders then made his way to the main stage of the convention center where the crowd began to chant "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!" The room was full of cheers as
well some tears of those who were witnessing history. There were a number of college age supporters, many from NIC. Sergey Grankin of Coeur D'Alene told me that he believed Bernie Sanders was the best and ONLY choice for our future president. He went on to tell me that Bernie has the passion, the experience and strong will to make this politicaJ revolution happen. Sergey believes people lined up by the thousands outside because they too believe in change and believe we can do better as a country than the status quo. "I've truly never seen anything like it, it was incredible," Grankin said. Not only did students feel the Bern, but local political activists did as well. Johnathan Shuffield works for Outspoken, deaJing with equa1ity issues and LGBT rights in the Spokane area. "In the current political environment in this country we have two sides who adamantly refuse to work for the good of the people to the point of government shut downs and refusal
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to do their constitutionaJ duties, we have a hate filled bully taking over our airwaves and high jacking a political party, we have money calling the shots on Capitol hill from big pharma to Wall Street," Shuffield said. "We cannot afford to move along as we always have, BIG CHANGE is needed and Bernie Sanders is
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the only candidate offering that change to government He wants to bring the government back to the people. If we want to change the world we have to shoot for the stars, anything Jess is futile" Many audience members heard talking amongst each other reiterated the fact that big change was needed and
that Bernie was capable of getting there. No matter each audience members personal views, it was undoubtable that Sanders has an extreme passion and care for people, shaking their hands and speaking to them in the rain. For those waiting out in the cold, the Bern kept them warm.
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