As Bernie Sanders Says 'No Apologies' for His Position, 70+ Groups Back Call

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45. Many of us Democrats DO care about this, though, Beck.

It's hardly a new issue to a bunch of us, including many in office. I'm just surprised that as a Democrat this issue is new to you. My husband and I have been members of the ACLU for most of the past 3 decades, have known people who've been disenfranchised, and have contacted legislators working for and against this issue before.

But I don't remember Sanders ever rising to visibility on this in the past. I imagine he probably would have been on the right side, but perhaps not "caring" enough to lower himself to join Democrats of past decades in efforts that would require more than his usual +1 vote to the Democratic caucus. One might have thought a person who wants to be president might have tried to rise to leadership at some point, though.

But that was then. It's used used for many decades especially to disenfranchise PoC and low-income groups, and Vermont is a very white state isn't it?

And this is now. No surprise that he's making a public statement (!) at a time when he needs to produce some caring on issues PoC tend to consider their own.