{"id":2423013,"date":"2025-04-13T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-targets-youth-at-coachella-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T11:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:14:58","slug":"bernie-sanders-targets-youth-at-coachella-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-targets-youth-at-coachella-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders targets youth at Coachella &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-targets-youth-at-coachella-washington-examiner%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=2423013&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 made an unexpected appearance at the Coachella music festival, where he addressed the crowd while introducing singer-songwriter Clairo. During his speech, he emphasized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-comments-on-trump-jan-6-indictment\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley discusses ...&#039;s Jan. 6 indictment.\">critical challenges facing<\/a> the United States and the importance of the younger generation in shaping the country&#8217;s future.He urged attendees to actively fight for economic,social,and racial justice,asserting that complacency coudl have dire consequences. Sanders also criticized President Donald Trump, especially on issues such as climate change, stating that Trump is &#8220;dangerously wrong&#8221; about its reality. This event follows a rally in Los Angeles, part of Sanders&#8217; &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour, which aims to galvanize support against economic inequality and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-poised-to-complete-maga-takeover-of-gop-in-haleys-home-state-of-south-carolina\/\" title=\"... set to solidify MAGA control over GOP in Haley&#039;s South Carolina\">drawn large crowds<\/a> in areas traditionally aligned with the opposition. Sanders&#8217; message stressed the need for collective action to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">address pressing societal issues<\/a>, insisting that &#8220;despair is not an option.&#8221;  <\/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 surprises Coachella crowd with call to action: &lsquo;Have to stand up&rsquo;<\/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_2039557\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bernie Sanders <\/a>(I-VT) made a surprise appearance at the Coachella music festival in Southern California, during which he continued his attacks on billionaires and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He introduced singer-songwriter Clairo before her set. Sanders told the crowd that the U.S. &ldquo;faces some very difficult challenges,&rdquo; and said &ldquo;the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3377362\/michael-bennet-launches-bid-colorado-governor-succeed-jared-polis\/\">Michael Bennet launches bid for Colorado governor to succeed term-limited Jared Polis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3377566\/senate-confirms-dan-caine-joint-chiefs\/\">Senate confirms Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead Joint Chiefs in overnight vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3371961\/david-mccormick-impose-term-limits-congress-new-legislative-proposal\/\">McCormick seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-groups-unite-to-undo-trumps-judicial-legacy\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Unite to Undo ...\u2019s Judicial Legacy\">impose term limits<\/a> on Congress with new legislative proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Now you can turn away, and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;We need you to stand up to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, Coachella.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed introducing the great <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clairo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@clairo<\/a> tonight.<\/p>\n<p>These are tough times.<\/p>\n<p>The younger generation has to help lead in the fight to combat climate change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-are-men-still-allowed-to-batter-women-in-their-own-sports\/\" title=\"Why Are Men Still Allowed To Batter Women In Their Own Sports?\">protect women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s rights, and build an economy that works for all, not just the few. https:\/\/t.co\/8sGvKAuNYY<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1911268414456549619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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>The crowd at the festival booed President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> when Sanders mentioned him, to which the Vermont independent replied, &ldquo;I agree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He thinks that climate change is a hoax. He is dangerously wrong, and you and I are going to have to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them to stop destroying this planet,&rdquo; Sanders added.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL), the first Gen Z member of Congress, introduced Sanders onstage at Coachella.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) held an event in Los Angeles as part of their &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour. The Los Angeles rally drew 36,000 people, marking his largest crowd ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anna_bahr\/status\/1911174842273210817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to Sanders&rsquo;s team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3336382\/house-republican-members-in-person-town-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CHIEF ADVISES MEMBERS TO AVOID IN-PERSON TOWN HALLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have to tell anyone here that this is a difficult moment in the modern history of our country,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve never gone through anything like this, but &hellip; despair is not an option. Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. The stakes are just too high.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So far, the &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour has mostly gone to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3346905\/tim-walz-bernie-sanders-town-halls-republican-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">areas held by Republicans<\/a> in Congress, such as Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin.<\/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_2039557\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039557\"}});<\/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 surprises Coachella crowd with a call to action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2423014,"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\/04\/barnie-sanders-coachellla.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32175,3857,5894,32076,49872],"class_list":["post-2423013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-coachella","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner","tag-youth-engagement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barnie-sanders-coachellla.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423013","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423017,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423013\/revisions\/2423017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}