"Fuck Trump," were some of the first words uttered out of the PA system during a soundcheck, at an enormous rally for Bernie Sanders. This statement, while not voiced by anyone affiliated with the Sanders campaign, was a sentiment held by many of the thousands of Sanders supporters at Bonney Field near Sacramento on Monday. According to the Sander's campaign approximately 15,000 people attended the rally, with Bernie hopefuls lining up as early as 2 p.m. on May 9 for Sanders' 8 p.m. speech. By the time the doors opened at 5 p.m., the line for entry was miles long.

Despite the hours of standing in line patrons described the atmosphere as "amazing" and "chill" as attendees passed the time by doing the wave, enjoying musical acts such as Joe Kye, and choruses of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" and "We Shall Overcome."

Norma Alcala began the evening, explaining that as a school board chair she understood the need for free community college and saw the inspiration that Bernie gave to young voter. As a Latina, she urged fellow Latino and Latina voters to get out and vote for Bernie to defeat xenophobic Donal Trump. As she finished her speech, the entire crowd chanted, "Si Se Puede." Next, Bill Camp spoke directly to the youth voters, "Brothers and sisters, we welcome all you troublemakers! You're making trouble because you're leaders." Both speakers helped to roll out Bernie's new volunteer campaign, urging rally-goers to use the 30 Days leading up to the California Primary to knock on 1 million doors.

Actor Danny Glover introduced Bernie Sanders as a candidate for "honesty, integrity, and justice, and repeating the phrase, "Bernie Sanders is with us," to the crowd who chanted, "Bernie, Bernie" right back. Glover concluded that, "California belongs to the people," and that he was, "so proud to be a part of this."

Bernie Sanders, the man of the hour, took the stage at 8:35 p.m. Behind him, a crowd consisting chiefly of millennials held up signs that said: A FUTURE TO BELIEVE IN in bold white letters. A number of the young supporters were people of color and a young woman in a hijab held up a noticeable white sign in a sea of blue that said: MUSLIMS FOR BERNIE with a large crescent and star.

Sanders played to his crowd of supporters, a series of his greatest hits, more reiterating his rhetoric for his supporters to pass on than possibly convincing any voters on the fence.

Bernie spoke of political revolution:

"The corporate establishment is getting nervous. The political establishment is getting nervous. When they see 15,000 people come out in Sacramento, they get very nervous. And they should be getting nervous because real change is coming. Over the last year, we have won 18 primaries and caucuses...we have won, up to this point, over 45 percent of pledged delegates."

Campaign Finance

"Democracy is one person one vote, it's not about billionaires and wall street and super PACs buying their election...to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, this is a campaign of the people, by the people, for the people."

A Living Wage, Pay Equity, and the Economy

"People who work 40 hours a week should not be living in poverty, and while we are mentioning equitable wages, and I know every man here will stand with women in a fight for pay equity."

"We need a financial system that works for small and medium-sized businesses and consumers, not a system that functions as an island unto itself."

"One family owns more than the bottom 40 percent of people...How crazy is it that the middle class has to subsidize the wages of America's wealthiest family, so I say to the Walton Family, 'get off welfare, pay your workers a living wage'"

The Environment

"Climate change is real, climate change is caused by human activity, and you know here in California, all over the country, all over the world, is already causing devastating harm...We have, as custodians of the planet, a moral responsibility that the planet that we leave your future generations is one that is habitable and healthy. This is why we will tell the fossil fuel industry that their short term profits are not worth it. Together we are going to transform our energy from fossil fuels to sustainable energy. I believe that we must be extremely aggressive in transforming our energy system. It is my view that we need a tax on carbon...Now is the time to ban fracking in America."

Foreign and Military Policy

When mentioning the war in Iraq, Sanders said that he took the words of then-president Bush and Vice President Cheney into considerations but ultimately, "not only voted against that war but led the opposition to that war." and also pointed out the position of then-Senator Hilary Clinton, "She voted for that disastrous war." The response from the crowd at this point was not the usual tropes of "Bernie, Bernie" or "Not for Sale" or "U.S.A." but thousands of people, standing silently, holding their hands up in peace signs.

Education

"The reality today is people need more education. That is why when we talk about public education today, it is not good enough to be talking about 1st grade through 12th grade. We have got to make public colleges and universities tuition-free. Does anyone here think this is a radical idea? No. It exists in Germany; it exists in Switzerland, and 40 years ago it existed in California. In New York, in California, we had universities that were practically free. If we could do that 50 years ago, we can do that today."

Minorities in America

"We have got to move toward comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship and if congress does not do their job I will use executive powers. Our immigration policy should be to bring families together not divide them."

"We are listening to our brothers and sisters in the African-American communities...We are going to change our priorities. We are not going to rebuild infrastructure in Iraq or Afghanistan, we are going to rebuild the inner cities in America."

"We are listening to our brothers and sisters in the Native American communities. We owe the Native American people a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. They have taught one of the most profound lessons anyone can teach: that as human beings we are part of nature. We must coexist with nature, and if we destroy nature, we are destroying the human species."

"100 years ago when the workers had no rights...workers stood together and said enough is enough. We are going to stand together and form trade unions. African-Americans stood with their allies and said enough; the day will come when bigotry is erased from this county."

"100 years ago today women in America did not have the right to vote and could not get the education and jobs they wanted but women stood up and fought back, and women in American and their male allies said women would not be second calls citizens in thiscountry...the gay community and their straight allies fought back to say that in American people have the right to love whoever they want regardless of their gender"

Sanders Concluded with Assurances and Painted a Picture of a Unified America

"Trump will not become president because in poll after poll we are beating him by 12, 15 points. We will not elect a candidate who insults Latinos, insults Muslims, insults veterans, and women, insults African-Americans. That when Black and White and Latino and Asian-Americans and Native Americans, when gays and straight and men and women stand together, that is when we are strongest. And the American people understand that when your family is in trouble, my family is here to help and you are there for us. The American people understand that helping each other trumps selfishness. At the end of the day love always trumps hatred. All of you understand that real political change in this country always has historically taken place not from the top on down but from the bottom on up...brothers and sisters that is how change takes place...the status quo is not working, establishment politics, establishment economics is not working we need real change...No president, not Bernie, not anyone, can do it alone. The only way we can transform this country is when we stand up fight back and demand a government that represents all of us."