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Nanjeanne

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Tue Feb 16, 2016, 05:02 PM Feb 2016

Latino Assemblyman from the Bronx - endorsing Sanders

The Bronx is Berning—or would be, if Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda had his way.

Mr. Sepulveda, a Bronx Democrat, told the Observer that he is breaking with most other New York City elected officials by backing Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the Democratic nomination for president over Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state. In particular, he criticized Ms. Clinton for backing her husband’s tough-on-crime, anti-gay marriage, free-trade policies in the 1990s, as well as her vote for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

“I’ve never really understood the Latino and African-American population’s fascination with the Clintons,” Mr. Sepulveda said in a phone interview. “All these things she’s supported I’ve found very disturbing.”



http://observer.com/2016/02/latino-bronx-lawmaker-backs-bernie-sanders-over-hillary-clinton/
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Latino Assemblyman from the Bronx - endorsing Sanders (Original Post) Nanjeanne Feb 2016 OP
If someone from the Bronx is endorsing someone from Brooklyn... Wilms Feb 2016 #1
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