The Old Man and the AOC

[Uncle Joe]

Bernie Sanders and his millennial sidekick are barnstorming through Trump country. Is their ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour the answer to the Dems’ woes?

By Olivia Reingold

BETHLEHEM, PA—On Saturday afternoon, the Stabler Arena at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had the energy of a Taylor Swift concert. There were high fives, tears, and the sound of 5,000 attendees rising from their chairs for a glimpse of their rock star. Boomers leaned over the metal barricades, hands outstretched. A brunette in a “Protect Trans Kids” shirt sent a sharp whistle soaring through the arena.

All this fanfare was for an 83-year-old democratic socialist from Vermont: Senator Bernie Sanders. On the 19th stop along his Fighting Oligarchy tour, a series of rallies raging against “oligarchs and corporate interests,” the senator, now a seasoned performer, shuffled onto the stage just as the beat of John Lennon's “Power to the People” dropped.

“Thank you, Lehigh Valley,” he boomed in his signature Brooklyn accent. “This is not only a great turnout, but you are loud.”

A pause, and then a grin: “I think Trump is hearing you in Mar-a-Lago, and he wants to turn down the volume—but we ain’t gonna let him.”

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https://www.thefp.com/p/the-old-man-and-the-aoc-democrats-trump

[CrispyQ]

1. They're drawing old time repubs to their events.

There was a vid a few weeks ago of someone interviewing mostly older white guys who claimed they were republicans but fed up with Trump/GOP & they said Bernie's message resonated. Not one mentioned AOC, though.

[democrank]

2. Bottom-up activism

The best kind. Power to the people.