Videos of Bernie Sanders and AOC Rally Crowd Sizes Take Off Online [View all]
Videos of massive crowds turning out for rallies held by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, have taken off online—showing thousands in attendance. Newsweek reached out to Sanders' and Ocasio-Cortez's press representatives for comment via email on Saturday.
Why It Matters
Democrats have struggled to respond to President Donald Trump, his billionaire ally Elon Musk and congressional Republicans in the wake of their defeat in last year's election. Polling shows approval of the party and its representatives in Congress at record lows. However, Sanders' and Ocasio-Cortez's efforts appears to be breaking through with many in the country. Thousands have turned out in multiple states to attend their rallies as part of the "Fight the Oligarchy" tour.
On Thursday evening, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez spoke to a crowd of some 15,000 in Phoenix, according to the senator's communications director Anna Bahr. Photos and videos from the event showed the Arizona State University's Mullett Arena packed, with the Arizona Mirror reporting that Trump's rally in the same facility last year "drew considerably fewer people."
"What does MAGA think about this Crowd size for a Senator ands congresswoman? This is the energy democrats need," Brian Krassenstein, an online commentator with over 860,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, wrote with a video of Ocasio-Cortez walking out on stage to a loudly cheering crowd. The clip had some 1.4 million views as of Saturday morning.
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