Bernie Sanders: Election is about survival of middle class

Bernie Sanders: Election is about survival of middle class
Kathleen Gray , Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau 7:02 p.m. EDT October 6, 2016


“This campaign is not a personality contest. We’re not voting for class president of our high school. We are fighting. And what this campaign is about is the survival of the middle class,” he told a crowd of about 500 people at a UAW hall in Dearborn on Thursday. “This campaign is not about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. It is about you, and your family, and your kids.”


“In one day, Donald Trump did more than I did in a year to tell the American people how corrupt the political system is. How corrupt our tax system is, how rigged our economy is. In one day, we learned that this multibillionaire, who owns mansions all over the world … does not pay a nickel in federal income tax, and he’s proud of that. He thinks we can just stiff the middle class.


At U-M and MSU, Sanders told students that he'll continue to push for his plan for free tuition at public colleges and universities. Clinton's plan would make college more affordable for lower-income families. He also tried to remind the students of why they supported him and said they should transfer that loyalty to Clinton.


“We have come a long way in fighting racism, sexism, homophobia. But today, we have one huge struggle in front of us, and that is the economic struggle," he said at MSU. "And that means that we should not be living in a nation which has more wealth and income inequality than any other major country on Earth.”


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