Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’

Sen.BernieSanders,I-Vt.,andU.S.Rep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,D-N.Y.,havedrawnlargecrowdsduringtheir“fightingoligarchy”tourcriticizingPresidentDonaldTrumpandDemocraticPartyleadersasoutoftouchwithAmericans. “WearewitnessinganoligarchyinAmerica,”Ocasio-CortezsaidMarch20beforeacrowdof10,000inanArizonaStateUniversityarenainTempe,Arizona.“Whenthosewiththemosteconomic,politicalandtechnologicalpowerdestroythepublicgoodinordertoenrichthemselvesatthepriceofmillionsofAmericans.”  Later,shesaid,“WeneedaDemocraticPartythatfightsharderforus,too.” SandersrepeatedsomeofhisfamiliarlinesaboutwealthinequalityandtheU.S.workingclass.His tour stoppedinArizona,Colorado,Nevada,MichiganandWisconsin.  Oligarchy,originallydefinedbytheGreekphilosopherAristotleasthe“ruleofthefew,”isaformofgovernmentinwhichpowerrestswithinasmallgroupofpeople,usuallyindividualsofextrem