Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president, made a campaign stop in Council Bluffs on Thursday.

Sanders took the stage at the Mid-America Center around 7 p.m. Thursday, making an appearance in Council Bluffs for the first time since

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The Council Bluffs stop was part of a three-day Iowa tour for the senator. He has stops planned in Iowa City on Friday night and in Des Moines on Sunday morning.

Entry to all the rallies are free. Like many political rallies these days, attendees were encouraged to RSVP to the event ahead of time.

Ahead of the rally, the chairman of Iowa's Republican Party issued a statement on Sanders' Iowa stops:

“Socialist Sanders’ radical agenda calls for a $32 trillion government takeover of health care and a $93 trillion Green New Deal, which would destroy Iowa’s rural economy. Sanders' not-so-subtle plan to turn America into a socialist regime like Venezuela is abhorrent. Sanders still refuses to condemn Maduro, even with all the political and economic chaos that has unfolded there. He might think breadlines are 'a good thing,' but Iowans and Americans prefer freedom and liberty, not the Sanders way.”

Sanders touched on a laundry list of campaign promises. Everything from criminal justice reform, free college, and expanding voter registration.

The crowded room met each topic with cheers. Sanders painting himself as the opposite of the current administration. His slogan 'Not me. Us.' remaining the central theme of the evening.

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