Tempe, Ariz. – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York and Senator Bernie Sanders Van Vermont – Champions from the left – repeatedly focused on President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk when they started a three -day swing by three electorally important Western states.
But Sanders, and above all OccasionAlso trained part of their fire on the Democratic party, with the best known member of the so -called “team” of various and progressive house members who encouraged her own party to “have the courage to fight” against Republicans.
Trump has been tears two months ago in a tear since his return to the White House, so that he bends his political muscles to expand presidential powers, because he has built up the long -standing government policy and has made major cuts on the federal workforce through a flurry of executive orders and actions.
And Sanders and Cortez went on stage during their first stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, while Trump signed an executive order to start the long -standing conservative goal to demolish the Ministry of Education during a Ceremony of the White House.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., greet the audience together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour event in Arizona State University, Thursday 20 March 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Occasion accused Trump And his gop allies of “lying against and ruining working and middle-class Americans so that they can steal our health care, social security and veteran benefits to pay their tax reductions for the billionaires and rescue operations for their crypto friends.”
And Sanders accused that “every day Trump tries to take the power away from the congress. He tries to take the power away from the judiciary.”
“We have a message for Mr. Trump and that is, we will not allow you to move this country to an oligarchy,” Sanders emphasized. “We are not going to allow you and your friend Mr. Musk and the other billionaires to damage this country.”
But the inability of Democrats in the congress, who are of power in the White House and the Huis and the Senate, to stop the majority of Republicans, causes tensions within the party in the midst of increasing calls for leaders to devise a stronger strategy to resist Trump.
“This is not just about Republicans,” said Ocasio-Cortez de crowd in Arizona. “We need a democratic party that fights harder for us. That means that each of us chooses and votes for Democrats and chosen officials who know how to stand for the working class … I want you to look at every edge level and support Democrats who fight, because those are those who can actually win against Republicans.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., arrives to speak during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour event in Arizona State University, Thursday 20 March 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The Sanders-Occasio-Cortez-Stops draw large crowds. The firefighter in Tempe, Arizona, said that 11,300 packed the Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University, with thousands in an overflow section outside the Arena.
The Tour, dubbed by Sanders as ‘Fighting Oligarchy’, continues on Friday in Denver and Greeley, Colorado and ends on Saturday with a rally in Tucson, Arizona.
It comes when Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, The top democrat in the Chamber is confronted with increasing fire from his own party for his support last week for a republican -made federal financing law that has averted a government closure.
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Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Sanders mentioned Schumer during their speeches in Las Vegas or Tempe.
And Sanders, an independent who has long been caved with the Democrats and who has been part of the Schumer leadership team in the Senate, refused in an interview with Fox News Digital prior to the Tempe Rally, to answer whether he agreed with calls for Schumer to resign.
“That’s a bit in the Beltway stuff,” said Sanders.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., Speaks during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour event at Arizona State University, Thursday 20 March 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
But it was in the minds of some of those who attended the rallies.
There were songs of “Primary Chuck” aimed at Ocasio-Cortez during the Las Vegas Rally.
And in Tempe, Cindy Garman and Pat Robinson, both from Prescott, Arizona, FOX News, told them that they were “really disappointed” with Schumer’s movement.
And Amanda Ratloff van Gilbert, Arizona, said that Schumer “is not the leader we need now. We need someone who will actually fight back and fight for the American people and not just admit to Elon Musk and Donald Trump.”
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Sanders promised to fight in his speech.
“We are going to fight against Trump and his Oligarchy friends,” he emphasized. “From the ground of my heart, I am convinced that they can be defeated.”
