Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders draw huge crowd to Folsom Lake College

Attendees waited in line for hours to hear from two Lions of the Left

The Wary One managing editor Mick Dunning and California Aggie reporter Emme Dunning were part of a large press contingent covering the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Bernie Sanders rally Tuesday evening at Folsom Lake College. The gathering drew a crowd estimated at 35,000.

Their photo essay of the evening is presented here.

AOC and Bernie Sanders give a final farewell to the crowd (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Rallygoers arrived hours early for the 6 p.m. event (Photo by Mick Dunning)

AOC greets the crowd as she takes the stage (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Hundreds of faces from a crowd of 35,000 (Photo by Mick Dunning)

AOC delivers (Photo by Mick Dunning)

The line to get in stretched for three miles (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Bernie Sanders makes a point with his characteristic gesture (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Folsom was one of several stops on the AOC/Sanders tour (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Tuesday’s event was part of the nationwide “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” (Photo by Mick Dunning)

Security was ever-present (Photo by Mick Dunning)

There is a naysayer in every crowd (Photo by Mick Dunning)

(Photo by Mick Dunning)

Standing ovations were frequent, partly because the crowd was standing throughout (Photo by Emme Dunning)