Story highlights Bernie Sanders speaks to nearly 4,000 supporters at the second annual "People's Summit"Sanders: "... Trump didn't win the election, the Democratic Party lost the election"Chicago (CNN) Bernie Sanders' permanent "political revolution" rolled into Chicago on Saturday night, as the Vermont senator called on progressive activists gathered here to beat back President Donald Trump's agenda while remaking the Democratic Party. But it was his unsparing assessment of the party whose nomination he sought in 2016 that set off an audience of nearly 4,000 mostly dedicated "Berniecrats." The theater at the #PeoplesSummit in Chicago is packed waiting for Bernie Sanders to talk. he offered teasingly as chants of "Bernie would have won" filled the hall. "My answer is that Trump didn't win the election, the Democratic Party lost the election," Sanders said, reviving his own past criticismsRead More

Source: CNN June 10, 2017 23:46 UTC