A road vendor gives merchandise previous to an look by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the Capitol Theater in Wheeling, W.Va., on Aug. 8, 2025. Lawrence Wilson/The Epoch Instances
WHEELING, W.Va.—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced his message of working-class empowerment to the Mountain State on Aug. 8, kicking off a three-day, four-event marketing campaign to rally grassroots assist in opposition to the moneyed pursuits in each events.
A capability crowd of some 2,500 turned out to listen to the four-term senator and two-time Democratic presidential candidate on the metropolis’s historic Capitol Theater.