{"id":2405563,"date":"2025-02-22T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-paves-way-for-democrats-comeback-in-national-town-halls\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:10:46","slug":"bernie-sanders-paves-way-for-democrats-comeback-in-national-town-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-paves-way-for-democrats-comeback-in-national-town-halls\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders paves way for Democrats\u2019 comeback in national town halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-paves-way-for-democrats-comeback-in-national-town-halls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator bernie Sanders\u2063 is actively working to rally support \u200bfor \u200bDemocrats as he holds town halls in Nebraska and Iowa. These events aim \u2063to\u2062 challenge the\u200b influence of billionaires like President Donald\u200d Trump and Elon Musk, especially amid ongoing budget discussions in Congress. Sanders emphasized \u2064the narrow Republican\u2063 majority in the House\u2064 and called on constituents to persuade their representatives to oppose \u200dlegislation that coudl negatively impact social programs like Medicaid \u200band education.<\/p>\n<p>During his town \u200challs, which attracted \u2063large crowds, Sanders reiterated\u200c his long-standing\u200c themes of\u200c combating oligarchy and authoritarianism. He is positioning\u2064 himself \u2062as a leader \u200cfor \u200cthe Democratic party, even as he has stated he does not intend to run for president again. Rather, he seeks to lay \u2063the groundwork for a possible future progressive candidate \u200din 2028.<\/p>\n<p>His calls for action have resonated\u200c with \u200dattendees, as evidenced by enthusiastic responses during his \u2063speeches. Sanders aims to energize the\u200d base and counter Republican dominance, particularly in vulnerable\u2064 districts, illustrating the growing \u2064support \u200dfor his message among \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bernie Sanders paves way for Democrats&rsquo; comeback in national town halls<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016266\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), the two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomos-apology-sorry-not-so-sorry\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Apology \u2013 Sorry, Not So Sorry\">-time presidential candidate<\/a>, is renewing his fight against the billionaires, holding town halls in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nebraska\">Nebraska<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iowa\">Iowa<\/a> this weekend in an effort to invigorate his fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democrats\">Democrats<\/a> to fight back against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and billionaire ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Donald Trump\">Elon Musk<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As the budget fight heats up on Capitol Hill, Sanders held town halls in Omaha and Iowa City on Friday and Saturday, in an effort to put pressure on Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) to vote against the looming legislation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the reasons that I was in Omaha last night and Iowa City now is that you have Republican members of Congress who won by relatively small margins,&rdquo; Sander said during his town hall in Iowa City on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sanders, a longtime Independent who caucuses with Democrats,&nbsp;went on to explain to the crowd at the event billed as a national tour to &ldquo;take on the oligarchy,&rdquo; that Republicans hold the most narrow House majority in nearly 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Republicans have 218 seats, and Democrats have 215, a three-vote majority. That means if two Republicans tell their leadership that they are not going to slash Medicaid, education, and housing in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-defends-bidens-student-loan-debt-cancellation-wants-public-colleges-tuition-free\/\" title=\"Bernie Defends Biden\u2019s Student Loan Debt Cancellation, Wants Public Colleges \u2018Tuition-Free\u2019\">give massive tax breaks<\/a> to the billionaires, that legislation is defeated,&rdquo; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;m asking you here in Iowa City is to tell your congresswoman to do just that &mdash; vote no on this legislation, if she does that and one other Republican does that, that bill is dead,&rdquo; he said to cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is taking the Democrats&rsquo; redirection into his own hands, getting out of the nation&rsquo;s capital and meeting working-class voters. In recent interviews, he has said he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/politics\/bernie-sanders-iowa-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">not interested<\/a> in mounting a third presidential campaign, but appears to be laying the groundwork for another progressive to follow in his footsteps in 2028. At a moment when the party lacks a clear leader, Sanders is attempting to make his move and take charge of the message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, brothers and sisters, we have a lot on the table. We&rsquo;ve got to fight oligarchy, we&rsquo;ve got to fight authoritarianism,&rdquo; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3321217\/on-illegal-immigration-trump-filing-lawsuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, IT&rsquo;S TRUMP FILING THE LAWSUITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emotional town halls were a centerpiece of Sanders&rsquo;s campaign when he ran for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a> in 2016 and 2020, often warning that the nation&rsquo;s richest people had too much power and wealth. Now, he&rsquo;s relaying a similar message, but this time, he&rsquo;s directing his comments toward the Trump administration and Elon Musk, the world&rsquo;s richest person, who is overseeing the firing of thousands of federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Trump] has tried to block funding and in some cases has blocked funding for Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, Head Start, food stamps, homeless veterans,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;Fortunately, the American people have fought back and the courts have stopped them from doing his worst. But, as you heard, he is still trying, and in fact, is throwing out federal workers illegally and unconstitutionally all over the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s 83 years old, and still has the same energy and message that he did back when he first ran in 2015, it&rsquo;s pretty remarkable,&rdquo; said a former Sanders campaign staffer who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the situation. &ldquo;I think what he&rsquo;s doing is laying the groundwork for the messaging strategy for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">midterms<\/a> in 2026 and beyond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you&rsquo;re seeing Sanders attempt to mount a real resistance strategy against Trump since we&rsquo;ve seen other Democrats on Capitol Hill who have been skittish and deploying strategies that have not been effective,&rdquo; the person added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So many people came out to see Bernie Sanders in Iowa City that he had to give not one, not two but three different speeches to overflow crowds. <\/p>\n<p>2,000+ people on a freezing cold day in a Republican district. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tSQABCW5fX\">pic.twitter.com\/tSQABCW5fX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremyslevin\/status\/1893368812340158578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Slevin, a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders, posted shots of crowds of people at both locations, writing that Sanders &ldquo;had to give not one, not two but three different speeches to overflow crowds. 2,000+ people on a freezing cold day in a Republican district,&rdquo; he said in a post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jeremyslevin\/status\/1893368812340158578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on X<\/a>, describing Sanders&rsquo; town hall in Iowa City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With 2,600 friends in Omaha, NE (plus another 800 in overflow). <\/p>\n<p>Unreal energy for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieSanders<\/a> in one of the most vulnerable Republican districts in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUYHJJjeec\">pic.twitter.com\/sUYHJJjeec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremyslevin\/status\/1893122398427189609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The day before, Slevin documented a crowd of 2,600 in Omaha and mentioned there was another 800 in an overflow room, &ldquo;Unreal energy for<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\"> @BernieSanders<\/a> in one of the most vulnerable Republican districts in the country,&rdquo; he said<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jeremyslevin\/status\/1893122398427189609\"> in a post<\/a> on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3303054\/trump-administration-leaves-democrats-scrambling-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">caught flat-footed <\/a>and have struggled to respond to the sheer volume of executive orders, personnel changes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">policy shifts taking place<\/a> one month since Trump&rsquo;s inauguration. Democrats, in recent days, have held news conferences in front of government agencies, tried to force Republicans to take damaging votes on the budget, and have attempted to cast Trump as advancing billionaires&rsquo; interests at the expense of the working class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016266\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016266\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernie Sanders leads Democrats&#8217; revival with town halls in Nebraska and Iowa, rallying against billionaires and Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2405564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25043797320083-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,32175,3685,36289,37789],"class_list":["post-2405563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-democrats","tag-political-comeback","tag-town-halls"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25043797320083-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405563\/revisions\/2405567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}