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Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the courage to brawl for the working class (www.theguardian.com)

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The Vermont senator and the New York representative are rallying huge crowds with a message to reshape the Democratic party

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

The kind of courage The Guardian does not have.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

According to a memo by Sanders’ longtime adviser, Faiz Shakir, the senator has raised more than $7m from more than 200,000 donors since February, and is drawing crowds 25% to 100% larger than at the height of his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020. On Friday, more than 30,000 people attended a rally in Denver – the largest audience Sanders has ever drawn, his team said.

But if they just keep moving to the middle, they'll get all those sad Mitt Romney fans!