Desperation seems to be coming on pretty strong from the Clinton campaign. I wonder if things are moving in South Carolina. David Brock, Clinton ally and leader of her super PAC (which coordinates with the campaign), basically just called Bernie Sanders a racist. Brock refers to the Sanders’ campaign’s recent ad.
“From this ad it seems black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders," Brock told the AP.
Brock, formerly a conservative journalist, runs numerous super PACs supporting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
The Sanders campaign fired back in a statement to the AP, saying Clinton should be "ashamed" of her association with Brock.
"Twenty-five years ago it was Brock—a mud-slinging, right-wing extremist—who tried to destroy Anita Hill, a distinguished African-American law professor. He later was forced to apologize for his lies about her," Sanders campaign spokesman Michael Briggs told the AP. "Today, he is lying about Sen. Sanders."
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I know when I see Bernie Sanders’ ad called “America” filmed in rural Iowa, I am not inspired. No. I think, “what a racist” (sarcasm).
Iowa is 92% white. Despite this, the campaign clearly made efforts to put many minorities in the video. Each one of these points in the video represent either a group of minorities or an individual minority in close with Sanders.
- 18 seconds
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- 32 seconds
- 33-36 seconds (many many many)
- 37-39 seconds (crowd shots showing lots of people, including minorities)
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- 52 seconds (crowd shots showing lots of people, including minorities)
- 57 seconds (minorities on stage)
So, does Bernie Sanders not care about black lives? Let’s see what Shaun King, Black Lives Matter activist, has to say about Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter:
When women from the Black Lives Matter movement interrupted his campaign speeches and demanded he not only acknowledge state violence against black bodies, but that he also needed to have strong policy positions on the issue, I was all for it. At the time, thousands of liberal white folks were irritated to no end when they saw the demonstration.
Looking back on it, I truly think it was the most important moment of his campaign. He took the brave interruption to heart. Instead of simply saying "Black Lives Matter" here and there, he released the most comprehensive, thorough, specific plan of any candidate on either side to address police brutality, economic inequality, voting rights, education, health care, gun safety and more.
It shocked me, actually. I had grown used to politicians shrugging off the pain and pleas of black folks and just assuming we'd vote for them anyway. Bernie didn't do anything like that.
He hired Symone Sanders, a black woman who has fought for juvenile justice issues her whole life, not as his juvenile justice liaison, but as his national press secretary.
He hired one of the most respected immigration activists in the country, Erika Andiola, to not only connect with Latino voters, but to also shape his campaign on immigration issues.
Those two moves meant everything to me, but three separate moments hooked me once and for all, and got me feeling the Bern.
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Shaun King expanded on this in another article.
I've said this publicly, but Sanders was an acquired taste for me. I hardly knew who he was a year ago, but over this past year, I've grown to believe he is about the most honest, consistent and compassionate politician we have in the country right now.
I also believe that he, more than any other candidate, is fully aware of the systemic injustices done to black America and wants to help create a fair and balanced country to put all people on a level playing field.
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I know the Clinton campaign is trying to keep African American voters from feeling the Bern, but accusing him of racism is ridiculous. Do David Brock and the Clinton campaign have the right to speak for the Black Lives Matter movement?
