Area Voters #FeeltheBern to Hear Senator Sanders

Hundreds and hundreds were in line outside of Vancouver's Hudson's Bay High School hours before the man they wanted to hear was scheduled to speak.

It was by the far the biggest political rally in the area that many could remember.

And when they got inside and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders did not disappoint.

"We have a moral responsibility," he told the crowd as he urged them to turn out again next Saturday for the Democratic Caucus in Washington.

"You are doing something very unusual in American politics," he said. "You are telling the truth.

"The American people know that we have some very serious crises that are not going to be solved by establishment politics," he said to the crowd. "I do not believe that real change is going to come from a candidate like Secretary Clinton."

In addition to contrasting himself with his opponent for the Democratic nomination, Sanders touched upon familiar themes including the water crisis in Flint and the need to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Referring to the Walton family, which owns Walmart, Sanders said: "Pay your workers a decent wage and get them off welfare!."

Sanders walked on stage to Neil Young's "Rockin in the Free World" and left to the strains of "Starman" by David Bowie.

Besides Vancouver, Sanders had stops scheduled in Spokane and Seattle.

On Monday, Hillary Clinton will have rallies in Washington as well. And while she won't be there, she will have a pretty good campaigner appearing on her behalf - her husband, former President Bill Clinton.