Being the good socialist that he is, Bern is probably going to talk to the Rev. about nonpayment of taxes rather than pandering for black votes!
Posted on 02/09/2016 2:40:56 PM PST by Zakeet
The day after he’s expected to wallop Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire's primary, Bernie Sanders will get to work on tearing down her so-called South Carolina firewall.
His first stop on that mission? Breakfast in Harlem with Rev. Al Sharpton.
In recent weeks, the Sanders campaign has been touting endorsements from key African-American leaders—including Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, ex-NAACP president Ben Jealous and rapper Killer Mike, who has become one of his strongest surrogates with young black voters. Meanwhile, Clinton has rolled out an impressive list of prominent black pastors—all of whom are veterans of the Obama coalition and have a demonstrated record of turning out votes come Election Day.
Clinton has a comfortable lead among black voters in South Carolina, where, according to recent polls, she commands four out of every five votes. (Notably, she will pre-tape an interview with Sharpton tomorrow that will air on MSNBC this weekend.)
However, by meeting with Sharpton at Sylvia's Restaurant—the very place then-Sen. Barack Obama sat down with the preacher in 2008—Sanders is sending a message to Clinton forces: Don't sleep.
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Being the good socialist that he is, Bern is probably going to talk to the Rev. about nonpayment of taxes rather than pandering for black votes!
Whatever they discuss, I think Hillary will be livid about this.
Absolutely disgusting.
Why on earth do politicians feel they have to “suck-up” to this racist?
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Doesn’t Bernie know that it’s bad luck to speak with know criminals?
Known.
she loses al and the primaries in NH...she may be toast by next week. Warren comes in?
Because They Suck...
Wow...the Revrunt must be sporting a huge woodie thinking how cash he can extract from Bernie...
Hey? That’s my HS yearbook photo.
Maybe they’re not as concerned with doing what’s right as they are about the opinions of the elites in their peer groups.
Oh yeah.. I want Killer Mike’s endorsement,, for sure,, Al’s ? huh?
AL looking for the VP slot.
just for the record, has a vice president ever been assassinated?
Hitlery will not be happy to hear this.
Lot of blacks in SC.
We’ll get a good indication there.
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