Bernie Sanders’ shock look on the Coachella pageant was cheered and jeered by some on social media.
Because the Coachella music pageant occurred final Saturday night time (April 12), singer and songwriter Clairo took the stage alongside Democratic Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida. Moments later, Frost launched Senator Bernie Sanders to a stunned crowd.
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“I needed to thank Clairo for permitting me to stand up right here and to thank this man, chances are you’ll or might not know him, however Maxwell Frost, he’s a member of the USA Congress, the youngest and for my part top-of-the-line members,” Sanders started. “I’m not going to be lengthy however that is what I wish to say. This nation faces some very tough challenges, and the way forward for what occurs to America depends upon your era.”
Sanders spoke concerning the want for these within the crowd to struggle “for financial justice, social justice, and racial justice.” As he talked about President Donald Trump in his remarks, the group booed lustily. “I agree,” Sanders replied. “He [Trump] thinks that local weather change is a hoax. He’s dangerously mistaken. And also you and I are gonna have to face as much as the fossil gasoline trade and inform them to cease destroying this planet.” He would shut his remarks by praising Clairo for her help for girls’s rights and the Palestinian folks of Gaza.
Sanders’ look occurred on the identical day that he and Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared at a rally on their “Combating Oligarchy” tour in Los Angeles. The 83-year-old unbiased senator representing Vermont has appeared at Coachella earlier than, introducing Run The Jewels earlier than their set in 2016.
The shock displaying by Sanders obtained detraction from customers on social media, notably on X, previously, Twitter. Fox Information persona Jeanine Pirro known as Sanders out in a submit, blaming him for divisiveness compared to Trump’s look at a UFC struggle the identical night time bringing “folks collectively routinely they usually spontaneously began patriotically cheering “USA” in unison.”
Many extra applauded Sanders’ outreach to the Coachella crowd, feeling it was one other good transfer by Democratic politicians and people aligned with them to rally help from the general public. “I anticipate to see extra natural engagement like this from Dems this yr as they work to rebrand,” stated author Rachel Janfaza.
