SAN FRANCISCO — Senator Bernie Sanders has long promised to run a different kind of campaign and be a different kind of president. On Saturday night, what was billed as his first “grass-roots fund-raiser” of the 2020 campaign was certainly different, as donor events go. The night had the vibe of a Sanders rally, only smaller, darker and more intimate, and with booze. When the lights flashed briefly during his remarks, Mr. Sanders joked about the special effects. This was, after all, Mr. Sanders’s crowd to lose, and he did not lose them, despite some delays before taking the stage.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2019 17:48 UTC