Brianna Luster loved what Sen. Bernie Sanders had to say from the moment she heard him speak about social injustice.
On Friday, the Madison native and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student got to “Feel the Bern” in person. She said she was happy to support a candidate crusading for women, minorities, working class families and other marginalized Americans.
“A lot of times, I don’t think people realize the struggles of the black, Latino or Native American communities,” Luster said. “Not that they necessarily don’t want to see it, but they’re maybe unknowingly blind to it. I think it’s a big problem that Bernie can fix.”
During an hour-long speech in front of about 2,000 people at the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus Friday night, Sanders attributed his campaign’s momentum to the broad coalition behind him. He told them if they stay energetic and engaged, he can defeat Hillary Clinton in the April 5 Wisconsin primary and continue battling for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“With your help, we’re going to win Wisconsin,” Sanders said. “We cannot go forward as a nation unless we have the courage to put the real issues out there on the table, dissect them, solve them and go forward.”