At a "Fight Oligarchy" event in Montana on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for voter action.
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00:01I want to say a word about Alexandria, which has less to do with her than to do with you.
00:08And that is that I think six years ago or so, Alexandria was a waitress in New York City.
00:18That's what she did. She was a waitress.
00:21And she looked around her in a community which has very serious problems,
00:27and she said, you know what, we can do better.
00:31And she decided with no money, with no organization, but with just a spirit to fight for justice,
00:41she organized and she took on one of the most powerful people in the U.S. Congress, and she defeated him.
00:57Now, why I say this is not just about Alexandria, it is about you,
01:04because I suspect that in this room of 7,000 or 8,000 people and a couple of thousand people outside who couldn't get in,
01:13we have a lot of Alexandrias, and Josephs, and Harrys, and Marys.
01:25And what we are asking you today is to understand that coming to this rally
01:30is just the first step in moving forward to transforming this country.
01:37Donald Trump has taken us into an unprecedented moment in modern American history,
01:52and we have got to respond in an unprecedented way.
01:57And that means you can't look around and say, well, Alexandria's going to do it,
02:13Bernie's going to do it, somebody else is going to do it.
02:15Ain't going to happen.
02:16You are going to have to do it.
02:18You are going to have to do it.