The University of Central Florida’s Knights for Bernie club put together an event this morning at the corner of Alafaya and University called “Honk for Bernie” to show support for the Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders.
“The purpose of the Honk for Bernie event is that we want lots of people to watch the debate,” President of Knights for Bernie Daniel Koster said. “We feel Bernie Sanders has a message resonate with everyday people, especially with college students. So we want to make sure lots of people hear what he has to say and we think tonight is a good time to do it.”
Knights for Bernie members created signs and waved to traffic as drivers honked their horns showing their support for Bernie Sanders.
“We are out here. We are involved in this movement,” Knights for Bernie vice president Steven Lynch said. “There’s been a lot of apathy in the past towards politics in general; we are just trying to show people are actually interested this time, because we have a candidate to get behind. A candidate that actually represents all the people.”
Tonight is the first of six Democratic Candidate debates. Bernie Sanders will be facing off against Poll Leader Hillary Clinton as well as Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb, and Lincoln Chaffee during the debate on CNN beginning at 8:30 p.m.
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