Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop at the Showbox in Seattle Saturday. This time his rally was not for himself, but on behalf of Pramila Jayapal, one of the two Democrats running in the 7th congressional district. Her opponent is Brady Walkinshaw.

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Sanders told the crowd that if elected to Congress, Jayapal will stand up to the wealthy to advocate for single-payer healthcare, free college education and raising the federal minimum wage.

Sanders had words of praise for Seattle’s minimum wage hike. He said many people thought raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour wasn’t possible, but Seattle’s actions are how ideas that were unthinkable become mainstream.

Sanders: “Let me thank all of the folks here in Seattle and on the city council for all their effort and all your effort, you have led the country!”