Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-decribed Democratic Socialist, will visit Marquette Sunday afternoon.
The former Democratic presidential candidate is scheduled to speak at the Northern Michigan University “Northern Center” at 5:00. Sanders left the Democratic Party and is an independent, but still caucuses with Democrats, and is on the campaign trail urging people to vote for Democrats in the November 5th election.
The Radio Results Network will be on hand for the event and will provide extensive coverage on line, and on the air.
Meanwhile, the Upper Peninsula’s Republican lawmakers are not impressed with this upcoming visit. State Senator Ed McBroom (R-Norway), and State Reps. Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River) amd Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) issued the following statement Thursday night:
“There are so many wonderful people across the U.P. who have many federal issues in need of attention,” said McBroom. “I’m sure that Sen. Sanders will find people to be friendly but tired of the agenda of liberal elites in D.C. Fundraising for the current 109th Representative is already flush with dollars from folks like that, such as Fonda, Soros and Bonderman. Sen. Sanders is just adding to that list.”
“Our two U.S. senators have certainly not helped us with several important issues,” said Markkanen. “But Sanders has had complete hostility toward issues like building County Road 595 and the Line 5 tunnel, using natural gas and removing wolves from the endangered species list come readily to mind. This is why we should all be concerned that he is here campaigning for a local, U.P. representative race who shares his values and agenda.”
Sanders is one of many Democrat officials from the state and federal level descending on the central U.P. to help raise money for the Democrat state representative from Marquette. Sen. Debbie Stabenow was scheduled for a fundraiser this past Monday, the Michigan speaker of the House was in Marquette last week, the governor and lieutenant governor are highlighted guests at a fundraiser this week and the announcement of Sanders’ visit next week was just made.
“As we have been campaigning in our districts and with candidate Karl Bohnak in Marquette, we are hearing what the citizens of the U.P. really think about the green agenda and its impact on our way of life,” said Prestin. “Sen. Sanders, along with the governor and others, is coming up here to raise money for a legislator that supported these issues. I invite them all to come out and meet people at the doors and hear what real U.P. citizens are actually saying about new laws guaranteeing increases in resident energy bills, devastating cost increases to the iron mine and the loss of local control for huge, industrial solar panel projects. All of this could have been avoided if Rep. Hill had stood with the U.P. and voted ‘no.’”
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