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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie actually LISTENED to the BLM/NetRoots disrupters, and within a few hours [View all]
He rocks the house in Phoenix before 11,000+ peeps, including many AAs and Latinos, with this;
"And like everybody in this room, I want to see an America where when young black men walk down the street they will not be harassed by police officers, they will not be killed; they will not be shot!" (Standing Ovation)
"To his credit, President Obama did something extraordinary the other day, he had the courage to go to a federal jail and talk about the absurdity of a criminal justice system in which if we don't change it 1 out of 4 male African Americans born today will end up behind bars. That is NOT the America we believe in."
"And that's why we believe it makes more sense to invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration!"
"And to our 11 million brothers and sisters who are living in the shadows today, we say loudly and we say clearly we are going to bring you out of the shadows and on a path toward citizenship. And we're not going to divide families up, brothers and sisters... we are the wealthiest nation in the world, there is nothing we cannot accomplish."
That's my candidate! Thank you Bernie for actually listening and responding to BLM's passion and adroitly addressing the epidemic of black being murdered by cops. GO BERNIE!!
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Bernie actually LISTENED to the BLM/NetRoots disrupters, and within a few hours [View all]
99th_Monkey
Jul 2015
OP
He has said things like that before. The strategy seems to be to pretend he didn't.
merrily
Jul 2015
#7
"Karl Roveian tactic ... that says 'turn your opponents actual strengths into a weakness'." Good
GoneFishin
Jul 2015
#23
I listened to Up with Steve Kornake and Joan Walsh thought Bernie blew it, and the rest of the panel
Larkspur
Jul 2015
#32
Lately I'm disappointed in what I've read of Joan Walsh if true. I didn't realize she's
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#41
K & R. Thanks for the post. Bernie also made those points to the 8,000 in Dallas and earlier
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#42