NEW HAVEN, CT - Bernie Sanders brought his message of equality for all to a charged crowd of more than 10,000 people on the New Haven Green Sunday night.

He spoke for about an hour to the energetic crowd with only one pause to help direct medical personnel to a person who passed out in the crowd. Sanders began his speech to the packed Green by ripping the current system and the concentrated wealth.

He specifically criticized the Walton family which owns more than half of Walmart for paying its workers low wages that can force them to rely on food stamps. "I say to the Walton family, get off of welfare, pay your workers a living wage," he said.

New Haven is a metaphor for much of America, Sanders said. Yale University is one of the most renowned universities in the world with a multi-billion dollar endowment, but blocks away city residents struggle to make ends meet and more than 30 percent of children live in poverty. Sanders said that if the nation wanted to survive from a moral standpoint it has to make a commitment to revitalize inner cities.

He showed no signs of slowing down his criticism of Hillary Clinton and said unlike her he hasn't raised $15 million from Wall Street donors. He also joked that he would reveal the transcripts of his paid Wall Street speaking engagements in New Haven.

"Shh' there it goes," he said to a crowd filled with laughter.

He spoke of how the country needs to invest in mental health care and how heroin has ravaged Connecticut and his home state of Vermont. "Addiction and substance abuse must be seen as a health issue and not a criminal issue," he said.