According to Bernie Sanders senior advisor Faiz Shakir, Bernie Sanders is drawing larger crowds than even his 2020 presidential campaign rallies in recent events in swing districts across the U.S.

He’s facing several hundred ecstatic voters huddled outside a suburban Detroit high school — the group that did not fit inside the high school’s gym or two overflow rooms. The crowd screams in delight when he tells them that a combined total of 9,000 people had shown up for the rally.