{"id":11415,"date":"2020-01-28T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:16:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:16:02","slug":"bernie-comes-to-sioux-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/11415","title":{"rendered":"Bernie comes to Sioux City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Hailey Barrus \u2013 <\/strong>United States Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders was at the Sioux City Convention Center on January 26. Sanders, along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and filmmaker Michael Moore, were doing some last-minute rallying before the caucuses that take place in Iowa during the first week of February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With standing room only, the rally started with a performance by Portugal, The Man who, at the end of their set, gave tribute to the Sioux City Winnebago tribes. John Gourley, the band\u2019s lead singer, spoke of the importance of giving back to indigenous people and the band\u2019s support for Sanders\u2019 Campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the band, Michael Moore took over the stage before introducing U.S. House of Representative\u2019s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the stage. Ocasio-Cortez has continually shown her support for Sanders throughout his 2020 campaign, and has traveled with him throughout Iowa. She credits her own political success to Senator Sanders for igniting a spark in her back in his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocasio-Cortez,\none of the most outspoken representatives against President Trump, spoke of\nfighting for the Americans that cannot fight for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Americans we need to fight for those that we don\u2019t know. We as Americans need to fight for the underclass. Fight for the Walmart workers. Fight for the unjustly targeted and incarcerated. Americans need to stand up to powerful hateful rhetoric,\u201d Cortez proclaimed.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before\nintroducing Senator Sanders, Cortez ended her speech by speaking of the\nimportance of expanding the electorate in this election and how crucial it is\nto win not only the Democratic election but the Presidential election as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n