This weeked, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was greeted by a massive crowd that filled the Phoenix Convention Center. Sanders’ populist message is filling venues across the country and Arizona, traditionally a Red State, was no exception.
“When we were coming to Arizona, someone said Arizona is a conservative state. Somebody told me that people are giving up on the political process. Not what I see hear tonight. I cannot believe this crowd,” said Sanders to the crowd.
That crowd, according to Phoenix Fire Marshal, was over 11,000 strong.
“What this campaign is about is saying that our great country and our government belong to all of the people and not a handful of billionaires,” Sanders said. “My Republican friends think that the CEOs of large corporations are the job-creators,” he said. “You know who the job creators are? You are the job creators. When working people have money in their pocket, they go out and they buy goods and they buy services, and when they do that, they create jobs. But when millions of people have nothing to spend, we’re not creating the jobs that we need.”
Sanders has presented an alternative to Hillary Clinton, who represents the establishment in the Democratic Party.