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Bernie Sanders to Huddle With Al Sharpton
Daily Beast ^ | February 9, 2016 | Goldie Taylor

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; blackvote; sanders; sharpton
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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!

1 posted on 02/09/2016 2:40:56 PM PST by Zakeet
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2 posted on 02/09/2016 2:42:20 PM PST by optiguy (A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8)
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3 posted on 02/09/2016 2:43:25 PM PST by digger48
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4 posted on 02/09/2016 2:43:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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5 posted on 02/09/2016 2:44:11 PM PST by optiguy (A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8)
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6 posted on 02/09/2016 2:44:22 PM PST by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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Whatever they discuss, I think Hillary will be livid about this.


7 posted on 02/09/2016 2:44:55 PM PST by NEMDF
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Absolutely disgusting.

Why on earth do politicians feel they have to “suck-up” to this racist?

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8 posted on 02/09/2016 2:45:10 PM PST by Mears
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Doesn’t Bernie know that it’s bad luck to speak with know criminals?


9 posted on 02/09/2016 2:46:12 PM PST by Farmer Dean
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Known.


10 posted on 02/09/2016 2:46:54 PM PST by Farmer Dean
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she loses al and the primaries in NH...she may be toast by next week. Warren comes in?


11 posted on 02/09/2016 2:46:57 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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Because They Suck...


12 posted on 02/09/2016 2:47:23 PM PST by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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Wow...the Revrunt must be sporting a huge woodie thinking how cash he can extract from Bernie...


13 posted on 02/09/2016 2:48:12 PM PST by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Hey? That’s my HS yearbook photo.


14 posted on 02/09/2016 2:49:23 PM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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Maybe they’re not as concerned with doing what’s right as they are about the opinions of the elites in their peer groups.


15 posted on 02/09/2016 2:50:09 PM PST by optiguy (A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8)
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Oh yeah.. I want Killer Mike’s endorsement,, for sure,, Al’s ? huh?


16 posted on 02/09/2016 2:52:31 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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AL looking for the VP slot.


17 posted on 02/09/2016 2:53:25 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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just for the record, has a vice president ever been assassinated?


18 posted on 02/09/2016 2:56:55 PM PST by Thibodeaux (leading from behind is following)
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Hitlery will not be happy to hear this.


19 posted on 02/09/2016 2:57:26 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Lot of blacks in SC.

We’ll get a good indication there.


20 posted on 02/09/2016 3:00:51 PM PST by MUDDOG
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