Alex McIntyre
Senator Bernie Sanders urges the crowd to vote for Democractic Part presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the November election at the Tucson Early Vote Rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders on the UA mall on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2016.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stumped to over 5,000 people on the UA Mall for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, calling on supporters to elect her president this November.
The night began when Zaira Serrato, a UA senior studying neuroscience and cognitive science, took the stage to recount her experience as an undocumented migrant.
As a first-generation American and college student, Serrato never thought she would be able to attend the UA.
She said once at UA though, like many other students, she was forced to go into debt to obtain an education.
With friends driving cabs on the weekend to pay their debts, Serrato said Sanders and Clinton’s message of free college tuition and the promise of good jobs after graduation resonated with her.
“I urge you to vote for Secretary Clinton this November,” Serrato said.
Sanders said local Congressmen Raul Grijalva is a leader on every important issue for working families.
“There is only one legitimate, rational, capable choice and that is Hillary Clinton,” Grijalva said.
Grijalva who introduced Sanders to the stage with chants of “Bernie” resounding from the crowd, said he is a crusader and the leader of a redemptive political movement in this country.
“Arizona is a battleground state, and you can make the difference in terms of who the next president will be,” Sanders said.
FiveThirtyEight.com currently forecasts that Clinton will win Arizona’s electoral votes—the first time since Bill Clinton won the state in 1996.
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