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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:05 PM Feb 2016

Can you imagine anyone else speaking more passionately than Bernie on crime, punishment, and poverty?

These two videos could show how passionate Bernie could be on fighting against the oppression of blacks and latinos in America





You just can't imagine anyone else having the passion that Bernie has on these issues.
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Can you imagine anyone else speaking more passionately than Bernie on crime, punishment, and poverty? (Original Post) AZ Progressive Feb 2016 OP
Too bad GummyBearz Feb 2016 #1
It should be the opposite. The Clintons have punished many poor black people. Bernie only voted AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #2

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
2. It should be the opposite. The Clintons have punished many poor black people. Bernie only voted
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:13 PM
Feb 2016

for the 1994 bill because of the violence against women act and the assault weapon ban, but he was against the rest of the bill. Bernie was against it while the Clintons were trying to play "who's tougher on crime" with Republicans back then. Clintonian triangulation pushed this country a lot farther to the right with a lot of people who suffered as a result.

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