SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After nearly two months of traveling to mostly conservative parts of the country, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Fighting Oligarchy” tour is making its last stop in Montana on Wednesday.

Prior to the Montana visit, Sanders and AOC went to Folsom, California, on Tuesday evening, where Sanders said approximately 30,000 people were in attendance.

The city of Folsom has a population of nearly 85,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The suburban community is located about 30 minutes from Sacramento.

“We are here together because an extreme concentration of power, greed and corruption is taking over our country like never before,” said Ocasio-Cortez.

Elvia Triki, a Folsom resident, was among the attendees who waited hours in line to hear from the progressive congress members.  

“I love Bernie, I love AOC. I hope she’s our next president,” said Triki. “I’m here to watch her and hear everything she has to say. I like how she’s outspoken and she’s talking about we want to hear. She’s not quiet, and she says what we need to do now.”

Ocasio-Cortez also made it a point to welcome those who are looking for an alternative to the current political landscape.

“If you even voted for Donald Trump in the past and are open to changing your mind, come on in,” she told the crowd.

Ocasio-Cortez’s message and the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour were welcomed by Brian Bertke, who said it was “brilliant” to target red congressional districts — like the one in Folsom.

“They go to where the Republicans are strong,” said Bertke. “They don’t want to preach to the choir. They go where is needed, where they can make a change.”

GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley represents the suburban area where the event took place.

“I think that folks here want to protect the quality of life that we have and not see our communities starting to resemble San Francisco, Oakland or Los Angeles,” said Kiley when referring to progressive policies. “We don’t have the level of homeless and crime and all the other problems that these areas of California that have adopted the Bernie-AOC polices have.”

Chris Crory is a nearby real estate agent who had never been to a political rally in her nearly 59 years of age.

“I just couldn’t be quiet anymore. I had to speak up,” said the Roseville resident.

Crory’s teenage daughter is a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 10.

“She was in really rough shape, and it was an experience that changed all of our lives,” said Crory. “So I’m really passionate about childhood cancer research.”

As part of an effort to cut government spending, the Trump administration has taken a series of actions that have significantly impacted funding for pediatric cancer research.

“When those cuts started, when [Elon] Musk was putting all of that on the chopping block and Trump was supporting it, and nobody was standing up for it, I just couldn’t believe it,” said Crory in sharing one of the reasons why she wanted to attend the rally.

Throughout the tour that started in February, when Elon Musk started making regular appearances in the White House, Sanders called for grassroots mobilization to combat oligarchy.

“Let us stand together,” he said. “Let us defeat Trumpism. Let us create the kind of America we know we can become.”