Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings Fighting Oligarchy Tour To Viroqua, Wis.

August 23, 2025, Viroqua, Wi, USA: Two people walk past hay bales on a rural property outside Viroqua, Wis. on their way into a speech by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Sanders brought his ''Fighting Oligarchy'' tour to tiny Viroqua in southwestern Wisconsin, where he stumped for Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke. Riffing on Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Sanders told crowd, ''Today we have a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class. (Credit Image: © Jeff M. Brown/ZUMA Press Wire)