Bernie Sanders argued that the U.S. is at a moment as urgent as the one it found itself in during the 1930s
Sanders drew a line between the Nazis who gathered in New York City in 1939 to the neo-Nazis who marched in Charlottesville in 2017. At the same time, he tied himself to Roosevelt: One of his biggest applause lines came when he recalled a well-known campaign speech that Roosevelt delivered in 1936.
Sanders repeated Roosevelt’s famous words that he had to struggle against "class antagonism," "sectionalism," "war-profiteering" and other foes: “Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred,” Sanders said.
The audience erupted, chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” Some of them wore red T-shirts boosting Sanders' proposed “Medicare for All.”The independent presidential candidate also used the speech to tie himself to the Democratic Party, rattling off numerous examples of times that Democratic presidents, from FDR to John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, were derided as socialists.
“Today, our Bill of Rights guarantees the American people a number of constitutionally protected political rights,” Sanders said. “Now, we must take the next step forward and guarantee every man, woman and child in our country basic economic rights — the right to quality health care, the right to as much education as one needs to succeed in our society, the right to a decent job, the right to affordable housing, the right to a secure retirement and the right to live in a clean environment.
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