The first mention of Trump earned a loud negative reaction from the crowd. Sanders said in response, "He thinks that climate change is a hoax. He is dangerously wrong, and you and I are going to have to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them to stop destroying this planet. "You can turn away, and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril," Sanders said. "We need you to stand up, to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice and racial justice." Sanders turned his attention to Clairo shortly before she came on stage. "I'm here because Clairo has used her prominence to fight for women's rights, to try to end the terrible, brutal war in Gaza where thousands of women and children are being killed.
Sanders introduced artist Clairo and spoke to the thousands of young people in the crowd. It’s the latest in the Vermont senator’s speaking tour across the country. “The country faces some very difficult challenges, and the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation. Now you can turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up to fight for justice,” Sanders said, drawing cheers from the crowd. Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have been on a speaking tour in various cities across the country, titled “Fighting Oligarchy,” in response to the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
While Trump got a thunderous reaction from the crowd in Miami at the UFC 314 event, his name didn’t get a warm welcome when Sanders referenced him before the music fans in blue California. “Now we got a president of the United States,” Sanders started before being interrupted by a loud chorus of boos, to which he replied, “I agree.” “He thinks that climate change is a hoax. He is dangerously wrong. And you and I are going to have to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them to stop destroying this planet,” Sanders raged with the approval of Coachella revelers. Sanders also harped on issues such as women’s rights, raged against the “billionaire class,” and harped on the inadequacies of the American healthcare industry.
