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Schumer Under Fire for Lack of Diversity on Senate Staff
New York Post ^ | January 12, 2017 | Carl Campanile

Posted on 01/13/2017 1:02:12 PM PST by nickcarraway

Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer is getting hit with friendly fire over the lack of diversity in Senate staffers from a veteran black New York party activist with ties to Gov. Cuomo and Al Sharpton.

Charlie King, former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party, plans to stand outside Schumer’s D.C. office to protest the under-representation of minorities employed in top staff positions by Senate Democrats.

King said he’s holding the one-man vigil in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King.

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To: M Kehoe

“Has anyone seen Jesse Jackson recently?”

Actually, yes. He was on TV last night. I don’t know if it was a news talk show or an interview - I was surfing and went right on by.


21 posted on 01/13/2017 4:39:25 PM PST by beelzepug (For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
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To: Red Badger
As I have posted before, the Democrat Party will become the party of minorities ONLY within a short time. Whites, even very liberal ones, need not apply

If graft revenue is stagnant, then it becomes a game of which faction can nudge the other factions off, so as to seize the most of the remaining graft for themselves.

22 posted on 01/13/2017 4:42:11 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: nickcarraway

I want to know the diversity numbers of the staffs of the Congressional Black Caucus members.


23 posted on 01/13/2017 5:15:00 PM PST by falcon99
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To: Palio di Siena

yup


24 posted on 01/13/2017 7:17:07 PM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: M Kehoe

FYI - Walter’s World Chicago aired yesterday.


25 posted on 01/13/2017 7:20:00 PM PST by keving (We get the government we vote)
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