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'Peace' bird sends Sanders crowd a-flutter

Were they hollering for Bernie, or the birdie?

Bernie Sanders was speaking at a Portland, Oregon, rally Friday when a tiny bird landed on his lectern, sending the crowd a-flutter.

“Now this little bird doesn’t know it,” the Vermont senator began as the bird hopped around him before alighting on a sign in front of the him that read “A future to believe in.”

Sanders laughed as the crowd jumped to its feet and cheered.

“I think that maybe there may be some symbolism here. I know it doesn’t look like it but that bird is really a dove asking us for world peace,” the Democratic candidate said. "No more wars."