Following his Nevada caucus win and ahead of Super Tuesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders spoke a good game during a rally at Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX.
Almost 13,000 people attended the rally to show their support for the Democratic Presidential Nominee.
On Super Tuesday, a day when most states hold a presidential preference primary or caucus on March 3rd, 14 states, including California, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, will have the opportunity to vote.
Sanders has been sweeping the state of Texas with rallies, kicking off in El Paso, then traveling through San Antonio, Houston and ending in Austin.
Sanders went through his bullet points on the changes that would be implemented if elected to go against Trump. Regarding the criminal justice system, Sanders promised to expunge the records of people who have been caught up in the prison system due to marijuana offenses.
He said he would legalize marijuana so that justice could be served equally among all. In addition, he plans to remove cash bail and terminate private prisons.
“When we talk about what we have got to do as a people, we have got to end a broken and racist criminal justice system,” Sanders said.
Sanders was very passionate about reforming immigration law, bidding that he will change restrictive border policies, revamp the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program to ensure the protection of immigrant children from deportation, and ban immigration raids that intrude on families.
Sanders also promised not to propel those against pro-abortion decision Roe v. Wade into the Supreme Court and to also direct more funds to Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the U.S.
His final promise was to increase gun safety legislation by enforcing regulations such as, the ban of assault weapons and requiring universal background checks.
Super Tuesday marks a monumental day in the presidential nominating process with about forty percent of the U.S. population expected to vote.
Thousands of people may have received their voting ballots in the mail. If the ballots have not been sent back by now then most likely voters will have to drop their ballots off at election drop boxes located at local polling centers. If this is not an option, people can do in-person balloting.
Voters can expect to see the following candidates on the ballots:
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Minn. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Businessman Tom Steyer and Former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
