Posted on 10/07/2015 2:00:37 PM PDT by simpson96
Senator Bernie Sanders has scored his first endorsement from a member of Congress, getting it just ahead of next week’s first Democratic debate.
The backing of Representative Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona is especially significant as he is a longstanding member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, offering the independent from Vermont a valuable spokesman as he seeks to court Hispanic voters. They will campaign together in Tuscon, Ariz., at a rally ahead of the debate in Las Vegas next Tuesday.
“I couldn’t sit on the sidelines and wait for the tea leaves to be read better,” Mr. Grijalva said in an interview. “The positions he has taken and the values he holds are ones I share.”
Mr. Grijalva said he has known Mr. Sanders for 14 years and that he agrees with him on income inequality, trade, education and the environment. Avoiding being critical of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Sanders’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Mr. Grijalva said that the Vermont senator’s consistency on such issues is the main reason he is offering his support.
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Yet another rising star in the galaxy of Communists in America. He's not only a Communist, but a Mexican-Communist.
We knew full well that Bernie was a card-carrying Communist as he and his Communist wife spent their honeymoon in Moscow.
Bern, Bernie, Bern!
Seems like Bernie is really “berning” up the competition.
Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, is going to have to get on both UniMas and Univision to counter this.
Does Herself even HAVE any Hispanic outreach effort? The Muslim outreach is working well....
I call Hitlery, the ‘Bitch of Kosovo’.
Sanders coming to Tucson on 10/9. I suppose Raul will be there to give his comrade a salute.
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