Sanders takes ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour into Trump strongholds
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stephanie and Ryan Burnett were perplexed. The crowd was enormous. The line snaked endlessly between buildings. Were they in the right place?As the mother and son approached an aging college basketball arena in Salt Lake City, the mass of people seemed way too big for theBernie Sandersrally they were planning to attend in one of the most conservative states in the country.“We’re not used to that in a place like Utah,” said Ryan, a 28-year-old server and retail manager from South Weber, about 20 miles north of the arena.Sanders, alongside his fellow progressive championAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, took his“Fighting Oligarchy” tourdeep intoTrumpterritory this week and drew the same types oflarge crowdsthey got in liberal and battleground states.Outside Boise on Monday, the Ford Idaho Center arena wasfilled to capacity, with staff forced to close the doors after admitting 12,500 people. There are just 11,902 registered Democratic Party voters in Canyon County, where the...