🐦 6/24 Bernie Sanders A Future To Believe In Rally featuring Congressional Candidate Eric Kingson

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This event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged. Admission is first come, first served.

For security reasons, please do not bring bags and limit what you bring to small, personal items like keys and cell phones. Weapons, sharp objects, chairs, and signs or banners will not be allowed through security.

DOORS OPEN: 4:00 p.m.

DATE: Friday, June 24, 2016

HOST: Bernie Sanders

LOCATION: Oncenter Convention Center Ballroom (Syracuse, NY)
800 S State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202


DIRECTIONS:
Limited parking is available for $6 (cash only) in neighboring surface lot and $5 (cash or card) in the parking garage located on the corner of South State Street and Adams Street. Carpooling and the use of public transportation are strongly encouraged. Take public transportation to the Centro Transit Hub to arrive one block west of the Oncenter.

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1. Bernie Sanders will campaign Friday in Syracuse for Eric Kingson

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will return to Syracuse on Friday to rally voters for Eric Kingson in the 24th Congressional District primary.

Sanders will appear at the Oncenter Convention Center ballroom for a public rally, the Kingson and the Sanders campaign confirmed Wednesday night.

Doors to the rally will open at 4 p.m. Friday. RSVPs are encouraged through the Sanders campaign website.

Sanders will be making a two-day swing through New York state that includes a visit Thursday to New York City where he will deliver a speech titled, "Where we go from here."

Kingson, a progressive Democrat in a three-person primary for the Syracuse-area seat in Congress, had previously been endorsed by Sanders.

"It would have been enough if he had given me a statement of support," Kingson said in an interview Wednesday night after learning of the Sanders visit. "The reality is I'm very grateful and I'm excited. I think it will be quite significant for my campaign and the underlying values that we share."

Kingson, 70, of Manlius, is a Syracuse University professor and nationally known expert on Social Security. He is co-founder of the national group Social Security Works, and founded a group of more than 300 national and state organizations that want to strengthen and expand Social Security.

Last week, Sanders appointed Kingson to a committee that will help write the platform for the Democratic National Convention in July. Kingson will be one of five New York representatives on the national committee.

Kingson has been considered an underdog in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. He faces Colleen Deacon, 39, of Syracuse, and Syracuse lawyer Steve Williams, 53, of Baldwinsville. The winner will face U.S. Rep. John Katko, R-Camillus, in the November election.

The 24th Congressional District covers all of Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties and the western half of Oswego County, including the cities of Fulton and Oswego.

http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/bernie_sanders_will_campaign_friday_in_syracuse_for_eric_kingson.html

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2. Syracuse professor Eric Kingson will help write Democratic national platform

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Eric Kingson, a candidate in the Syracuse area's Democratic primary for Congress, has been appointed to the platform committee for the Democratic National Convention.

Kingson, 70, of Manlius, said Friday he will serve as one of five New York representatives on the national committee.

The Syracuse University professor said he was appointed by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Sanders endorsed Kingson last week, leading to a flood of campaign donations to Kingson's campaign for the 24th Congressional District seat.

Kingson is opposed in the Democratic primary by Colleen Deacon, 39, of Syracuse, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and Syracuse lawyer Steve Williams, 53, of Baldwinsville.

Kingson, a nationally recognized expert on Social Security, said he will travel to Orlando in early July to serve on the committee. The panel's recommendations will be voted on at the Democratic National Convention July 25-July 28 in Philadelphia.

http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/syracuse_professor_eric_kingson_will_help_write_democratic_national_platform.html

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3. It makes my heart sing when I hear politicians say what I'm thinking

and really mean it. Some Democrats are just so perfect and some are all talk and spit (especially the ones that are like llamas).

[Old Codger]

4. Good deal n/t

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5. kick