Whereas President Trump thrilled crowds in Miami — Senator Bernie Sanders discovered a extra left-leaning viewers at Coachella Saturday the place the socialist firebrand took the stage to rant about his pet causes.
The impartial Vermont senator was the shock opening act for singer-songwriter Clairo, who Sanders thanked for “permitting him” to talk to the captive viewers forward of her much-anticipated efficiency — a speech he used to rail towards the 1%, President Trump, and the battle in Gaza.
“This nation faces some very troublesome challenges and the way forward for what occurs to America depends in your era,” Sanders stated on the opening of his remarks to the gang of partygoers on the occasion in Indio, Calif.
“We’d like you to face as much as struggle for justice. To struggle for financial justice. Social justice. And racial justice,” the Vermont senator pontificated to an enthusiastic crowd.
Whereas Trump received a thunderous response from the gang in Miami on the UFC 314 occasion, his identify didn’t get a heat welcome when Sanders referenced him earlier than the music followers in blue California.
“Now we received a president of america,” Sanders began earlier than being interrupted by a loud refrain of boos, to which he replied, “I agree.”
“He thinks that local weather change is a hoax. He’s dangerously mistaken. And also you and I are going to have to face as much as the fossil gasoline trade and inform them to cease destroying this planet,” Sanders raged with the approval of Coachella revelers.
Sanders additionally harped on points corresponding to girls’s rights, raged towards the “billionaire class,” and harped on the inadequacies of the American healthcare trade.
“We’d like you to face as much as insurance coverage firms and the drug firms and perceive that healthcare is a human proper,” Sanders roused.
The 83-year-old revealed within the speech that he’s a significant fan of Gen-Z musician Clairo, who he characterised as a correct liberal advocate.
“I’m right here as a result of Clairo has used her prominence to struggle for ladies’s rights, to try to finish the horrible brutal battle in Gaza, the place hundreds of girls and kids are being killed. So I need to thank Clairo for not solely being an excellent band, however for the good work she is doing,” Sanders stated earlier than introducing the musical set.
Sanders is presently on a talking tour entitled “Combating Oligarchy: The place We Go from Right here,” which drew the senator large crowds in Tempe, AZ., Denver, CO., and Los Angeles, Calif., within the final three days.
