Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has denounced inequality and racism promulgated by the new US administration, calling on the public to “stand up and fight back.”
The Vermont senator made the scathing remarks during a commencement address at Brooklyn College in New York City on Tuesday.
“We must never allow demagogues to divide us up among race or religion, by national origin or sexual orientation … Black and whites, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Christians, Muslims, Jews, every religion, we must stand together. This country belongs to all of us,” Sanders said.
“The truth is that the only rational choice we have, the only real response we can make is to stand up and fight back and reclaim American democracy and create a government that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent,” he added, referencing the campaign themes that resonated with millions of Americans and allowed his 2016 bid to soar. “The issues we deal with…