Bernie Sanders pledges political change in US
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has pledged to make fundamental changes to the country’s political, criminal justice, health care and education system, if he becomes president.
Touting his “political revolution”, Sanders said he would work to reform campaign finance laws and the criminal justice system, expand social welfare, create universal health care and make public college tuition-free.
The independent US senator from Vermont was addressing his supporters during a rally in the city of Milwaukee on Tuesday ahead of the Democratic nominating contest in Wisconsin on April fifth.
Wisconsin is widely viewed to be a Sanders-friendly state.
During the campaign rally, Sanders criticized Clinton on a number of fronts, including her reliance on super PAC political finance organizations and for supporting trade agreements that have sent tens of thousands of American jobs abroad.
"We don't represent Wall Street. We don't represent the drug companies or the fossil fuel industry. We don't want their money," said Sanders.
Sanders has repeatedly vowed that as president, he would reduce the nation’s growing income inequality and ensure corporations and the wealthy pay a larger share of taxes.
He also criticized Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump for making controversial remarks about Muslims and immigrants instead of trying to deal with the real problems.
Sanders, 74, is facing an uphill battle against frontrunner Hillary Clinton. He is hoping to cut into her delegate lead by winning Wisconsin.
His campaign gained significant momentum on Saturday after winning the Western states of Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii by wide margins. He also won in Utah and Idaho by similar large margins on March 22.
But despite those impressive wins, Sanders still trails Clinton in the delegate count, largely because of her lead among superdelegates.
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