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"It was worth it," she told Refinery29 during a livestream of the rally on Facebook.
Sanders energized the crowd with promises to address the key issues cited by Wu — along with other planks of his platform — during a 40-minute stump speech. Vows to act on income inequality, climate change, paid family leave, and single payer health care were met with cheers and applause.
"What this campaign is about," Sanders told the supporters gathered in Saint Mary's Park, "is creating a political revolution."
Both Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have ramped up campaigning in New York ahead of the state's April 19 primary. With about 250 delegates at stake, the Empire State is a major prize in the final stretch of the primary campaign for the Democratic nomination. Big wins in major contests on the calendar in April could help give Sanders the momentum — and delegate math — needed to close in on Clinton's lead.
“I got my whole family registered," said Oscar Salazar, a 20-year-old supporter who had a shirt featuring a montage of the candidate's face and a "Free Bernie Hugs" sign. Salazar, who is from Westchester County, said he's been a Sanders supporter since the start of the senator's candidacy. "He's been on the right side of history, his whole life," he said.
Salazar dismissed the narrative that Sanders' base is dominated by older, white Americans. “A lot of people think it’s just white people supporting him, but every person I know, Hispanic, white, Black, are representing Bernie all the way," he said.
But many Sanders supporters in the crowd weren't buying that argument. Rebecca Vitale said she worries that Clinton will bring “more of the same sh*t" for the country." But when it comes to Sanders, Vitale said she "can’t think of anything he's said that doesn’t make sense to me."
"I think Hillary is probably pretty scared right now," the 34-year-old Manhattanite said said. "He has momentum."
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