Ocasio-Cortez adds excitement to Sanders rally as campaign claims record crowd
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday made the first trip of her life to Iowa, and helped draw what U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign is calling the largest crowd in the state so far in the 2020 cycle.
More than 2,400 people filled an Iowa Western Community College arena to hear Ocasio-Cortez, a political celebrity who recently endorsed Sanders’ presidential campaign, and Sanders himself.
It’s a hundred more than South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign estimated drawing a week prior at the Iowa State Democratic...