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Bernie Sanders

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts) Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:18 PM Feb 2016

Videos that could get african americans to take a second look at Bernie

Last edited Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)

These two videos from the early 90s shows how passionate Bernie has been on issues that affect minorities, including poverty and victimization from the criminal justice system:

And here is Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Jesse Jackson in 1988:

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Videos that could get african americans to take a second look at Bernie (Original Post) AZ Progressive Feb 2016 OP

He said "punishing blacks" at the end of the first video. He knows. He has been consistent. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #1

"We can either educate or electrocute." He is my man. He said this while Pres. Clinton was pushing thereismore Feb 2016 #2

We also need to add (particulary for the younger AA crowd) the Killer Mike barber shop dialogues... n8dogg83 Feb 2016 #3

thereismore

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1. He said "punishing blacks" at the end of the first video. He knows. He has been consistent. nt

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:27 PM

Feb 2016

thereismore

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2. "We can either educate or electrocute." He is my man. He said this while Pres. Clinton was pushing

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:32 PM

Feb 2016

his crime bill, in 1994.

n8dogg83

(248 posts)

3. We also need to add (particulary for the younger AA crowd) the Killer Mike barber shop dialogues...

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:06 PM

Feb 2016

I think those series of videos are very powerful and will sway a lot of undecided AA voters. I was listening to Thom Hartmann's show yesterday and an AA called in and said he was leaning Hillary up until he saw the Killer Mike videos. Now he is feeling the Bern! They must be spread far and wide!!

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