Bernie Sanders and his ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour are coming to this Idaho city
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is coming to Idaho as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
Sanders will speak at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa on Monday, April 14. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m., and the speaking program is set to begin at 6 p.m.
“Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be hitting the road to have real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country,” Sanders said in a statement on his website.
The tour has already made stops in Las Vegas, Colorado and Arizona as it heads to the West. Sanders is set to speak in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 12, before making his way to Utah and then the Gem State.
The event in Nampa is free and open to the public. Parking will be free on a first-come, first-served basis, and participants are asked not to bring bags, signs or firearms.
More than 30,000 people attended Sanders’ event in Denver last month, according to NPR.
Sanders, 83, made presidential runs in 2016 and 2020. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has appeared on the Fighting Oligarchy tour with Sanders at some places.
“This is like presidential campaign rallies, isn’t it? But I’m not running for President, and this is not a campaign,” Sanders told The Associated Press. “You gotta do what you gotta do. The country’s in trouble and I want to play my role.”
