Overflow Omaha crowd launches U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour

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‘We are living in two Americas,’ says the Vermont senator and former presidential candidate

OMAHA – U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders kicked off his “Fighting Oligarchy” nationwide tour in Omaha Friday night, drawing an overflow crowd of more than 2,500, with hundreds more turned away.

The progressive independent from Vermont spoke to supporters about what he said is division in the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Sanders said he chose Omaha as his first tour stop because of its working-class voters who were swayed toward Republican candidates in the 2024 election. The former presidential candidate said he wants to encourage people, similar to those living in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, to recognize policies that could hurt them and their livelihoods.

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‘Dangerous divide’

Before Sanders took the stage, Eric Williams, Omaha Public Power District board member, Precious McKesson, executive director of the Nebraska Democratic Party, and Ron Kaminski, business manager for the Laborers International Union Local #1140, spoke about how policies coming out of Washington D.C. create a “dangerous divide” between the nation’s richer population and the working class.

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https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/02/22/overflow-omaha-crowd-launches-u-s-sen-bernie-sanders-fighting-oligarchy-tour/

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