Bernie Sanders slams Donald Trump, Elon Musk in 'Fighting Oligarchy' stop in Iowa City

[Uncle Joe]

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to the crowd duirng his “Fighting Oligarchy” speaking event Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa.
Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen

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Lines circled the block for the event more than an hour before doors opened despite temperatures in the teens. Attendees of all ages packed the theater. An overflow crowd also packed in and around a conference room a few blocks away near the Bread Garden Market, where Sanders stopped after his remarks.

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"What we do now, in the coming days, in the coming weeks, in the coming months will impact not only our lives, but the lives of our kids, the lives of our grandkids and in fact, the very well-being of the planet in terms of climate," Sanders said.

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He urged audience members to take action, to call U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks and urge her to vote against any legislation that offers tax cuts to billionaires and slashes Medicaid, education and housing. Sanders said Republicans' three-vote majority means it takes only two "no" votes to kill these legislative proposals.

Sanders' two-part "Fighting Oligarchy" speech targeted locations where Republicans won by slim margins in the 2024 general election. In Iowa's 1st District, which includes Johnson County, Associated Press data showed Miller-Meeks was victorious by a margin of 798 votes, one of the tightest races in the country.

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