State Rep. Summer Lee says she will endorse Bernie Sanders

[Uncle Joe]

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The Sanders campaign is expected to roll out the endorsement Friday morning, and will deem her someone who "understands what it means to fight on behalf of the people" as the first black woman to be elected state representative in Western Pennsylvania.

Ms. Lee, 32, of Swissvale said she sees many similarities between her campaign in 2018, which overcame the longtime incumbency of Democrat Paul Costa, and Mr. Sanders' bid for the presidency — most notably, that they have both found themselves facing the "machine politics" of the old guard.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is neck-and-neck with Mr. Sanders for the nomination, is part of that machine, Ms. Lee said. He represents a "yearning" for a time that wasn't inclusive and rooted in the status quo, and maintains that the system isn't fundamentally broken, she added.

"We're saying the system is what needs indicted right now, and we need to do that in a way that doesn't just say we're just trying to tear down something for the sake of tearing down something," Ms. Lee said. "We're trying to build up something that's even better — something that is even more inclusive."

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https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2020/03/06/Bernie-Sanders-endorsement-state-Rep-Summer-Lee/stories/202003060102

Kudos to Summer Lee