In a red state, Bernie Sanders just drew his biggest crowd yet

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) doesn't seem content to sit in the shadow of fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. At a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday night, Sanders amassed a crowd of more than 11,000 people. That's his largest group to date, The Washington Post reports.

"Somebody told me people are giving up on the political process," Sanders said Saturday. "Not what I see here tonight."

Sanders drew on his familiar stump speech in the solidly red state, focusing on income inequality.

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