GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As the presidential election grows closer, more big names are making stops in Michigan.
On Sunday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain visited Grand Rapids to campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket.
“We need to go forward not backwards,” Sanders said to a crowd who chanted back, “We’re not going back.”
The independent was met with a cheering crowd as he took the stage at the rally at Rosa Parks Circle. It was part of a two-day swing campaign across the state.
Sanders spent a lot of time highlighting the high stakes of the election and making digs at former President Donald Trump. He preached working together to create a better future and said this is a time for America to be united.
In-person absentee voting is now underway in Michigan. Sanders and the UAW president also appeared together at an event in Warren Saturday. They traveled on to East Lansing Sunday night.