John Lewis to endorse Hillary today Fri Oct 30--picked up a dozen endorsements in SC

[riversedge]

Looks like she picked up some endorsements yesterday in SC.



http://www.whig.com/story/30391722/clinton-to-pitch-sentencing-police-changes-to-black-voters


Clinton to pitch sentencing, police changes to black voters

Updated: Oct 30, 2015 8:00 AM CST
By BILL BARROW
Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is using a Southern campaign swing to outline criminal justice proposals she says would treat black Americans more fairly.

The trip to Georgia and South Carolina comes as Clinton works to solidify her advantage in the African-American community over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Both candidates have called for ending mass incarceration in the United States, an issue that resonates strongly among black voters who will play a key role in choosing a nominee.



.............In states such as Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana, blacks could make up a majority or close to a majority of the Democratic primary electorate, potentially positioning Clinton to build an early - or even decisive - lead in delegates over Sanders and a third Democratic candidate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Clinton already has built a network of African-American leaders in those early states.

In Georgia, she'll be joined Friday by Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon and veteran Atlanta congressman. On Thursday, her campaign announced endorsements from a dozen chairmen, present and past, of the South Carolina Legislature's Black Caucus.

In Alabama earlier this month, she used a speech in front of black Democrats to blast the state's white Republican governor for closing driver's licenses offices in 31 counties, many of them overwhelmingly black. Alabama requires photo identification to vote, and driver's licenses are the most common form of government-issued photo IDs.

Rousing the crowd of 700 people, many of them elected officials and local party leaders, Clinton called Alabama's action "a blast from the Jim Crow past."

***Also see a story form today I just posted in LBN**

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141246674

[stonecutter357]

1. K&R!

[RandySF]

2. K&R

[Amimnoch]

3. Rolling along!

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I believe he already did at the beginning of the month

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/congressman-john-lewis-endorses-hillary-clinton-n440201

(and was promptly thrown under the bus by DUers to join the rest of the corpses)

[riversedge]

8. This is the official ceremony and initiation of African Ameicans for Hillary kickoff.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Okay - that is what I was deducing....

as part of something else!

[rbrnmw]

5. K&R

[108vcd]

6. politicians being politicians

d party is useless to me at this point...just carrying water for each other

you hc fans are going to be in for a rude awakening if she wins the primary...voter turnout is going to be very low for her...actual liberals are completely disenfranchised at this point by how little the 2 parties differ....she is no Obama, and she is hated unlike any politician in the modern era going into an election

there's literally not one thing inspiring about her other than voting for the first woman president....guess that's enough for people

[RandySF]

7. Cong. Lewis, meet bus.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Remember that Bernie was not a member of the Democratic party

when he was first elected to Congress and during his entire 25 year career there. That gave him a certain amount of freedom although he did generally caucus with the party. These endorsements are party members endorsing party members.

[mcar]

10. K&R

John Lewis is a hero.

[Gothmog]

12. This is a very important endorsement

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. K&R