Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders drew a welcome so warm Sunday night that the crowd broke into a sweat in his Davenport campaign office.
Dozens of people crammed into the building where several people led cheers and chants minutes before the senator from Vermont arrived from Mt. Vernon.
“I think we’re going to win here in Iowa,” said Sanders, who spoke about education reform, reliance on fossil fuel and the American political system.
Several people in the crowd led chants. “Feel the … Bern! Feel the … Bern!” the crowd roared just before Sanders walked into the room.
“Congratulations, Iowa!” Sanders said. “Because I think you are certainly one of the leading states in this country. You’re getting something like 29 percent of your electricity from wind and that’s going to go up. You’re certainly leading in biofuels, helping us break our dependency on fossil fuels.”
He said his Republican colleagues understand the reality of climate change, but they also understand the reality if they stand up and tell the truth about climate change. “Their campaign funds from the Koch Brothers and the fossil fuel industry get cut off,” he said.