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(11,641 posts)
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 01:35 PM Jan 2016

Eric Garner’s daughter endorses Sanders

Eric Garner’s daughter endorses Sanders

By Mark Hensch - January 29, 2016, 11:42 am

The daughter of an African-American man who died after a 2014 encounter with police is picking Bernie Sanders for the Oval Office.

Erica Garner said Friday that the Democratic presidential candidate is the best option for improving relations between police and minority communities.

“Black Americans — all Americans — need a leader with a record that speaks for itself,” she wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

“To me, it’s clear,” added Garner, whose father Eric Garner died in New York City nearly two years ago. "Of all the candidates, Sen. Bernie Sanders is our strongest ally.”....

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/267516-eric-garners-daughter-endorses-sanders
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Eric Garner’s daughter endorses Sanders (Original Post) think Jan 2016 OP
Good read...naming names and kicking political butt. Far past time for Ms. Garner's voice libdem4life Jan 2016 #1
I can still hardly bear what happened to her dad roguevalley Jan 2016 #2
 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
1. Good read...naming names and kicking political butt. Far past time for Ms. Garner's voice
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 01:43 PM
Jan 2016

to be heard.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
2. I can still hardly bear what happened to her dad
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 02:58 PM
Jan 2016

whatever someone from a family that has this as their fate wants, they are entitled. I don't feel anything but love for all of them. I wish for them that they get what they want and need.

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