GLENDALE, Calif.—Bernie Sanders celebrated his new book “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In” at something of a rally plus comedy show on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Alex Theatre with comedian Sarah Silverman.
Attendees shouted, “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” as the Vermont senator walked on stage at the Southern California event organized by Vroman’s Bookstore.
“I think we’re going to have some fun this evening. I think we need some fun, right?” he said to rousing cheers.
Sanders’s rise as a viable Democratic candidate during the presidential campaign was unexpectedly fast, but he nevertheless lost the nomination of the Democratic Party to Hillary Clinton during the primaries. Sanders’s new book chronicles his campaign and his political goals.
At the Tuesday event, Sanders began with a speech to encourage his fans to continue to participate in the political process far beyond the election.
“Please do not believe that members of Congress can do this alone. We need a mass movement of millions of people who are engaged,” he said.
Sanders said he believes that the majority of Americans agree with much of his “progressive” agenda, including raising the minimum wage to a living wage, putting millions to work rebuilding the country’s crumbling infrastructure, demanding that wealthy people pay their fair share of taxes, making public colleges and universities tuition free, and combating climate change.
As a newly appointed member of the Democratic Party’s leadership team, Sanders said he would be working hard to bring new life to the Party.
“I assure you, I will do outreach,” he said. “What we are going to try to do is completely restructure and reform the Democratic Party.”
