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Video: Bernie Sanders Causes A Commotion On Hollywood Blvd.
Not a Hollywood Blvd. Imposter, but the Real Bernie Sanders Hi...Bernie does Hollywood. abc7.la/1RyvQkVIt was no imposter. The real presidential candidate surprised tourists, and even his own Secret Service detail, by taking a sudden stroll down Hollywood Boulevard. But what happens next might have surprised even Sanders.
Posted by ABC7 on Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Hollywood was feeling the Bern yesterday. America's favorite democratic socialist strolled down Hollywood Boulevard ahead of his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.
It's kind of an odd thing seeing Bernie Sanders right in the middle of Tinseltown, but the crowd was loving it and so was he. He shook hands, snapped selfies with voters and waved to the crowd calling out "Bernie Sanders 2016" and "We love you!" ABC 7 says.
BRUHHHH I WAS JUST WALKING ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD WITH @BERNIESANDERS LIKE NO BIG DEAL!! LOL. #FORTHEPEOPLE #FEELTHEBERN pic.twitter.com/2B4AH4qjl8
— The Protagonist (@MuthaphukkinBo) March 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders makes way down Hollywood Boulevard prior to taping Jimmy Kimmel. pic.twitter.com/ci0VjVrLBH
— John Wagner (@WPJohnWagner) March 22, 2016
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More @BernieSanders in LA #bernieinCA pic.twitter.com/uvAxrXyuQv
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) March 22, 2016
.@BernieSanders visits LA for @JimmyKimmelLive... And subsequently shuts down Hollywood Blvd pic.twitter.com/NGTzNEY4Oq
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) March 23, 2016
:@BernieSanders is now walking down Hollywood Blvd taking selfies - yup pic.twitter.com/p62NvXyqd3
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) March 22, 2016
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, he discussed income inequality, national security in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, the poisonous water of Flint and he confessed that while marijuana wasn't his thing, his grandkids were. ("You smoke your grandchildren?!!" Kimmel asks.)
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