Bernie Sanders leads thousands at UIC get-out-the-vote rally for Brandon Johnson: ‘We have the people’

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson walk on stage hand in hand Thursday at UIC Credit Union 1 Arena. Also joining Sanders to lift Johnson’s campaign were Martin Luther King III, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Rep. Jonathan Jackson and Rep. Delia Ramirez. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Thousands packed the UIC Credit Union 1 Arena on Thursday for a Brandon Johnson voter-turnout rally led by progressive icon Sen. Bernie Sanders, less than a week before the mayoral election. 

The independent senator from Vermont and two-time presidential candidate walked up on stage to deafening cheers and a standing ovation. Rally-goers chanted “Bernie, Bernie, Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!”