{"id":29159,"date":"2019-12-02T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/?p=29159"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:14:23","slug":"sanders-draws-eclectic-crowd-at-uofsc-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/sanders-draws-eclectic-crowd-at-uofsc-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders draws eclectic crowd at UofSC visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|0px|8px|0px&#8221; _i=&#8221;0&#8243; _address=&#8221;0.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; 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Despite the perception that veterans generally vote Republican, Fulmer came to the University of South Carolina\u00a0campus Sunday afternoon to see his preferred candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s opposed to these continuous interventions and regime changes that we have,&#8221; Fulmer said. &#8220;It&#8217;s time for the change that we do not pursue all of these regime change actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders came to the UofSC Russell House Ballroom for an &#8220;Eat and Greet&#8221; event, where supporters were served fried chicken and waffles before his speech. As one of the most progressive candidates for the Democratic nomination, Sanders drew an extremely diverse crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Although Fulmer is an unlikely Sanders supporter, he said many of his veteran friends are losing faith in President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ones that I thought maybe supported Donald Trump initially, I think the majority do not now,&#8221; Fulmer said. &#8220;He&#8217;s been a very undignified commander in chief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The senator was preceded on stage by campaign co-chair Nina Turner, who gave a fiery speech in favor of the senator&#8217;s platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Either you are on the side of the people, or you are not,&#8221; Turner said. &#8220;We need fundamental change in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hayden Shipley, a first-year finance student at UofSC, attended the event despite his lack of support for Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing that worries me about Bernie is he has a consistent track record of having socialist ideas, but his actions tend to come out in capitalist manners,&#8221; Shipley said. &#8220;His campaign themselves were paying under a $15 minimum wage that he&#8217;s advocating for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sanders campaign was accused of underpaying staffers last July, but the issue was resolved between the workers&#8217; union and campaign manager Faiz Shakir.<\/p>\n<p>Another student who shared a table with Shipley was Gabriel Tirado, a third-year information technology student and Sanders supporter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, the biggest draw to Bernie as a candidate is his consistency,&#8221; Tirado said. &#8220;His comprehensive domestic policy is what we need in America right now, from the Green New Deal to free college tuition to legalization of marijuana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While speaking about his policies, Sanders often posed questions to the audience and called on attendees to answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What do I mean by a rigged economy? Day-to-day life for millions of people, what does it mean,&#8221; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wage slavery,&#8221; Tirado answered. &#8220;There are many people across the nation not getting paid the value that they produce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good,&#8221; Sanders responded.<\/p>\n<p>Another attendee who was skeptical of Sanders was Olive Mathison, a self-described communist and former music education student at UofSC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the only person I would vote for, but people like to consider Bernie as someone who is very far left, but honestly I kind of view him as a centrist,&#8221; Mathison said. &#8220;The idea that healthcare should be free, rent control, LGBT rights, all that is the bare minimum that a society should have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mathison went on to say that, although they would support him in the presidential race, Sanders gets too much credit from the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone needs to stop giving this guy such a pat on the back, he needs criticism too. 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