“Three years ago they thought that we were kind of crazy and extreme; not the case anymore,” Sanders told a crowd of more than 12,000 people gathered at Chicago’s Navy Pier. We have begun the political revolution and now we’re going to complete it.” The stop came amid a whirlwind campaign rollout for the Vermont lawmaker this weekend. On Saturday, Sanders spoke to supporters in Brooklyn about his modest childhood in New York living in a rent-controlled apartment. ASSOCIATED PRESS Sanders spoke at length about his time living in Chicago, which he said "taught me a very important lesson that I have never forgotten." “The reason I tell you all of this is because my activities here in Chicago taught me a very important lesson,” Sanders said.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2019 04:52 UTC