Welcome to Caucus Weekend! The Political Action Club of Monomoy Regional High School is barnstorming Iowa!
We met at MRHS at 3:45am for the bus ride to Logan Airport where we caught a 7am flight to Chicago-O'Hare. By 9:30 Central time we had boarded our coach bus with our driver, Victor, and headed to Dubuque.
After stopping for a photo at the U.S. Grant Home in Galena, we headed across the Mississippi to Dubuque for lunch at the Sunshine Family Restaurant.
After some good Iowa diner grub, we went over to the Loras College Fieldhouse for the Buttigieg Rally. He gave a good speech in front of a crowd of ~500.
We then got on the bus and drove to Ceder Rapids for the Sanders Rally at the US Cellular Center. This was a big venue and about 3000 people were there.
The energy was high and there were a bunch of surrogate speeches that featured Michael Moore, Ilhan Olmar, Cornel West, and others.
Finally we got to Bernie who gave a rousing speech, followed by a set by Vampire Weekend. We were there for more than three hours (standing! the video above is the full set of speeches - Bernie is the last 30 minutes) and still had to leave before VW was done,
After, we grabbed a late dinner at Wendy's and then headed for a very late check-in at our hotel - LaQuinta in Altoona. Up early tomorrow for more rallies.
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