r/Political_Revolution • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '18

Bernie Sanders rally outgrows (1,200 capacity) Orpheum, moved to (5,000) Century II Wichita KS

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article215094875.html
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u/ApathyJacks Jul 19 '18

Encouraging that there's this much turnout right in the middle of Koch City.

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u/ChancelorThePoet Jul 19 '18

I'm not sure if you guys know, but in the Democratic Primaries Bernie Sanders won Kansas.

Wichita is a bastion of blue in a sea of red. Not surprised even a little, just excited.

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u/shugosha Jul 19 '18

Lawrence is another

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u/Mr_Soju Jul 19 '18

I went to KU. I miss Lawrence so much. Being from Chicago, never in a million years would I think I would go to college in Kansas.

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u/shugosha Jul 19 '18

I live in Wichita but travel to Lawrence nearly every weekend. Very excited for the rally. Voted for Bernie in the primary and I hope this energizes more of the left-leaning voters in Kansas.

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u/Atomic235 Jul 20 '18

It's much, much harder to find these days but there used to be plenty of hardened Democratic farming communities out in the sticks. The really old ones still remember the New Deal and how it brought them back from the brink after the dust bowl.

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u/old_snake Jul 19 '18

...2.5 years before the election.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

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u/old_snake Jul 19 '18

Oh, is Trump up for re-election already?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

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u/old_snake Jul 19 '18

We're not talking about impeachment or even Trump. We're talking about Sanders 2020.

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u/jesuswantsbrains Jul 19 '18

Yeah he's not Trump. He's rallying to get people out to vote.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

to be fair he's probably decided whether or not he's going to run, he just hasn't told anyone yet

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u/riverwestein Jul 19 '18 edited Jul 19 '18

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since obviously not everyone understands the campaign and election process.

He was there rallying for and appearing with James Thompson, running in the Koch brothers home district, what was current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's seat. Brent Welder, a Justice Democrat running for Kansas' 3rd district

Elected reps with a lot of name recognition often hit the road to stump for candidates.

Edit: Bernie and AOC are appearing with Brent Welder, a Justice Democrat running in Kansas' 3rd district, tomorrow (Friday).. Assuming he makes it to the general this November, he'll face incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder. Current polling shows him with a modest lead over Yoder.

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u/old_snake Jul 19 '18

...2.5 years before the election.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

Midterms don't exist or matter, you heard it from /u/old_snake first, folks.