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Related: About this forumBernie campaign sent a new spokesperson to be interviewed on CNN this morning
I was still a bit sleepy so I didn't get her name, but she is a black woman. I watch CNN a lot and I am pretty sure this was her first appearance for the Sanders campaign. Before now it was always a white guy speaking for the for Bernie's organization. With a crucial primary coming up in SC, I found the sudden change of the campaign spokesperson a little.....well, obvious and may even a little condescending, but certainly interesting.
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Bernie campaign sent a new spokesperson to be interviewed on CNN this morning (Original Post)
CajunBlazer
Feb 2016
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Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)1. I assume it was Nina Turner
She has been part of his campaign since late last year when she switched from Hillary to Bernie.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/former-state-senator-nina-turners-growing-role-as-campaign-surrogate-for-bernie-sanders
Cha
(297,322 posts)3. that's okay she'll switch back to Hillary in the GE.
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)4. Yep, that's her, but she didn't have her glasses on this morning.
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)2. Well, the Nurses Union taught the Sanders folks how to talk to black women
so they had a leg up on recruiting her