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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSen. Cory Booker: Sanders has 'long record of civil rights'
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/250686-booker-sanders-has-long-record-of-civil-rights
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Sunday that 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a life-long defender of minorities.
Booker added that his Senate colleagues record is one of deep respect for civil rights.
Bernie has become somebody I have tremendous respect for and is an ally of mine in addressing issues in the United States Senate that affect minority communities, he said.
He has a long record of civil rights, Booker told host George Stephanopoulos on ABCs This Week.
Bookers defense of Sanders follows a protest of the Vermont lawmakers campaign stop in Seattle the day before.
This article is from August of last year, but it seemed relevant today, given what is being said by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
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Sen. Cory Booker: Sanders has 'long record of civil rights' (Original Post)
Dems to Win
Feb 2016
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Booker is a good man who may be running one day himself for an Executive position
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
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ucrdem
(15,512 posts)1. June 29, 2015: "N.J.'s Cory Booker endorses Hillary Clinton for president"
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)2. Booker is a good man who may be running one day himself for an Executive position
I don't agree with his endorsement of Hillary, but I respect his right to do so.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)3. His praise of Sanders was 2 months after his endorsement of Clinton.
Just pointing out that at the time when Clinton was buying endorsements and superdelegates, Sanders had barely entered the race and wasn't considered to have a chance. She will lose some as she takes her campaign into the gutter, and the remainder at the convention when Sanders has more pledged delegates.
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)4. Cory described Bernie honestly, while supporting Hillary
I respect that.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Hillary today and completely mischaracterized Bernie as a 'new friend' of civil rights.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)5. Thanks, Senator!
cali
(114,904 posts)6. Thank you. Strong evidence that the attacks on his record now
are just politically motivated.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)7. The brotha is a good man, but too close to Wall Street.
TTUBatfan2008
(3,623 posts)8. These days...
...the sad truth is that just about everyone in party politics is too close to Wall Street. This scene in L.A. Confidential sums it up:
I think a lot of good people just go along to get along and before you know it there is widespread corruption in both major parties.