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

August 23, 2025, Viroqua, Wi, USA: Audience members stand on the steps to the balcony during an address by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to several hundred people outside Viroqua, Wis. 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)