Feeling the “Bern” in the cold, Bernie Sanders supporters go door-to-door to rally support

On Sunday, January 26, members of the community in support of presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, gathered at the Democrats of Hemet San Jacinto at 530 ½ E. Florida Ave., Hemet, as part of their campaigning efforts to mobilize Sanders voters.

Volunteers from all walks of life, who’d like to see Bernie Sanders as the next President of the United States, were gathered Sunday for a canvasing event called “Knock for Bernie.”

Vanessa Castro Scott, a public elementary school teacher of 17 years, was present with like-minded supporters as she dispensed Bernie posters, voter registration forms, vote-by-mail forms, literature, scripts, and other Sanders paraphernalia to help inform potential voters in the area.

“We are knocking on doors of those registered as Democrat or no-party preference, and we’re asking if they’ve made a choice in who they’re going to be voting for in the California primary, March 3rd. If they’re not registered to vote, we register them; and if they’re not registered as Democrat, we try to register them as such in hopes they will consider voting for Sanders,” says Castro.

Participants don’t just go randomly knocking on doors, they are using technology via an app to hone in on potential support, explains Castro: “We use PDI, an app that informs campaigners through a survey-that is where we keep track of whether or not they are leaning towards Sanders, if they are planning on voting, and if they’d be willing to request a Democratic ballot,” said Castro.

Each Sunday, participants meet up and fulfill two shifts: the first stretch from 10am to 1pm and the second shift from 2 to 5pm.

Today, Castro and her husband knocked on 43 doors during their first shift and canvassed approximately the same amount during the second shift – another couple managed 55 doors.

“We go out and volunteer our time.  We don’t get paid for this and we talk to registered voters,” says the elementary school teacher, adding, “Bernie is the candidate; he’s the only candidate with a comprehensive, equitable plan for public education called the Thurgood Marshall Plan, and so he has my support for that 100%.”

Castro first got involved with campaigning for Sanders through the local club, “Feel the Bern Democrats of Riverside County,” here in Hemet, and continues to do so, tirelessly. Her love for teaching, the climate, and higher education harmonizes well with the political policies that Sanders proposes, and believes it is imperative for young people to get involved.

Castro encourages those interested in campaigning to visit berniesanders.com, click on “Events” and enter zip code for a list of events from phone banking to crowd canvasing and knocking on doors.

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Pro-life group seeks a larger turnout than last year’s pro-life rally

In an era where the Mainstream Media (MSM) or “Legacy” media has been proven to have been lying on a daily basis (CNN has just had to pay out millions, and Rachel Maddow literally said in court that what she says, “…shouldn’t be taken literally…”), two things are still certain: life and death.  Too many lives are threatened with premature death at the hands of doctors who have taken an oath to preserve life.  

Abortion has taken more than 60 million lives in America, including 19 million blacks and 15 million Hispanics.  This make abortion proponents history’s most efficient killing machine, eclipsing the likes of Josef Stalin, Pol Pot and others.  One need only consult sites like blackgenocide.org to see the devastation wrought by this “practice.”

On Saturday 25, 2020 the annual pro-life walk and rally is planned to be held at Gibbel Park.

Pro-life proponents had actually asked the HSJ Chronicle not to run an article last week announcing the group’s gathering.  They did this out of fear of reprisal.  That those who are trying to save lives have to fear the very mention of a gathering is anathema to everything stands for, and the group hopes that by holding rallies such as these, they will be able to shed light on a practice that takes thousands of lives each year.

More than 600 people registered for last year’s rally and organizers know that not all who attended had registered. 

This is a peaceful event, the purpose of which purpose is to commemorate the 3000-plus lives taken through abortion each day here in the United States. The rally begins at 10:00am and will run for one hour.

For those who wish to participate, there is a walk to Prince of Peace Church where wooden crosses are placed in the lot just north of the church, and the walk will culminate at this spot.

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