Sanders revs up N. Carolina crowd in weekend Southern swing

[mhatrw]

Source: Associated Press



Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders told a North Carolina crowd Sunday night that young people - particularly blacks and other minorities - are being devastated by high unemployment stemming from an inequitable economy and erosion of voting rights engineered by Republicans. Wrapping up a weekend campaign swing through the South, the independent Vermont senator told a raucous meeting hall and an overflow crowd totaling more than 9,000 people "to join the political revolution" of his upstart campaign based less on big money and more on equality. ...

Sanders emphasized during his speech problems specific to young people and those caused by lingering institutional racism. He cited data showing "real" unemployment among black high school graduates between 17 and 20 years old at 51 percent and a study that found 69 percent of young black people who drop out of schools end up in jail.

"What we are doing is turning our backs on an entire generation of young people," Sanders said. His solutions included free college tuition, an overhaul of the criminal justice system and a massive federal infrastructure program that would create jobs.

He criticized efforts by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina and other states to change voting laws after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key portion of the federal Voting Rights Act in 2013. The North Carolina legislature reduced the number of early voting days, eliminated same-day registration during early voting and mandated photo identification to vote in person. The North Carolina legislation remains in the courts.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article35150076.html

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This article does its best not to mention what Sanders actually said that got the crowd so riled up. I guess all that landed on the corporate cutting room floor.

[mnhtnbb]

1. A number of NC DU'ers were in attendance and hopefully, will report

on what was said and have photos. The place was jammed and overflowing from what I've heard.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251582644

[LiberalElite]

8. Lots of photos now in the Bernie Sanders group eom

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bernie should be taken seriously

Republicans regard him as a 'fringe' candidate

but then Democrats think the same about Trump T. Trump

[merrily]

4. .

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: This is the difference between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/09/02/kareem-abdul-jabbar-this-is-the-difference-between-donald-trump-and-bernie-sanders/

[merrily]

3. Thank you for posting.

The crowd seems to have been feeling the Bern, to understate it.

[youceyec]

5. who

is that next him?

[djean111]

6. His wife, Jane. n/t

[merrily]

7. Great post. Thanks.

[retrowire]

9. Here's my frontline report!

I was right in front against the rails! I shook his hand and my wife and I both got selfies with him and Jane.

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I made a Google Drive page for everyone to access freely to see all the pictures I took as well as video.

Check it out!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By_AwDVj_xg2QWZYZm1qcEpCSmM&usp=drive_web

[Babel_17]

10. It's like the message of the Sanders campaign is running unopposed (nt)