DENVER (KDVR) — Congressional Democrats Senator, Bernie Sanders, and Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez known as AOC, were in Colorado Friday, headlining two anti-Trump rallies, and drawing huge crowds. The one in Denver started Friday evening, but first, the two political firebrands rallied in Greeley early in the day.
Bernie Sanders and AOC’s message to Coloradans was that they do not believe the new administration in Washington is working for working-class people.
AOC and Senator Sanders made a stop in the heart of Colorado’s eighth congressional district. AOC wasted no time putting a spotlight on the recently elected Republican Representative, Gabe Evans.
“Now I hear that you have a representative who has not done a town hall,” Ocasio-Cortez said to a booing crowd. “You know I will say, usually your first three months you’re on your best behavior and working your hardest and doing your best. I don’t know if anyone has had like a probationary period at a job before. Can you imagine if we had those for members of Congress? All of that is to say is that if this is the best you all are getting, I think you deserve better.”
Cuts to federal agencies were top of mind for many rally-goers we spoke to.
Senator Sanders suspects those cuts will lead to an even wider income gap in America.
“We will not accept the richest guy in the world running all over Washington making cuts to the Social Security Administration, cuts to the Veterans Administration, almost destroying the Department of Education all so that they can give almost a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the wealthiest one percent,” Senator Sanders told the crowd.
Trump supporters held their own counter-rally in the area, saying they wanted to defend the work the administration has done so far.
“Our nation is heading towards a fiscal breakdown. Only by executing the will of the people, that’s what we sent President Trump there to do, is to right-size government and stop this fiscal madness, that’s the only way we are going to avoid going off of a cliff. Really this rally is about our next generation and saving America for future generations,” said Lori Saine, a Weld County Commissioner and candidate for Colorado GOP Chair.
A spokesperson for Congressman Gabe Evans responded to today’s rally by saying: “Democrats may not know what their brand is right now, but Congressman Gabe Evans knows his. Gabe Evans is fighting for lower costs, safer communities, and making the American Dream possible for all Coloradans. His commonsense approach stands in stark contrast to AOC and Bernie Sanders’ radical, out-of-touch rhetoric.”
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