2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I was wrong. I'm sorry. .... [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)I named the city in my original post - North Mpls
Sanders delivered his standard populist message promising to get tough on Wall Street banks and institute universal healthcare and free college before taking questions from panelists. He pledged to support more tax breaks and subsidies for small businesses in areas of high unemployment, like north Minneapolis, in response to a question from small business owner Felicia Perry.
A row of public school teachers from around the Twin Cities came to cheer on Sanders, saying they were thinking not just of their own prospects but those of their low-income students.
Every student should have a shot, but how many of these kids wont get a chance to do that because of the system? said teacher Rich Bettini before the event. Theres so much promise thats lost how can we accept that?
As the forum wound down, White Earth Ojibwe activist Clyde Bellecourt stepped up from the audience to complain at length about injustices faced by American Indians. Moderator Anthony Newb repeatedly tried to cut him off, asking that he state a question.
http://www.startribune.com/sen-bernie-sanders-appears-in-north-minneapolis-at-forum/368674581/