Bernie Sanders shares vision for justice during first SC visit as presidential candidate

[Uncle Joe]

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At a political rally that more closely resembled a church revival with call-and-response moments — both planned and impromptu — the senator from Vermont outlined his definition of justice.

“Brothers and sisters,” Sanders began. “Welcome to the political revolution.”

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Four black South Carolina state lawmakers — state Reps. Wendell Gailliard, JA Moore, Krystle Simmons, and Terry Alexander — voiced their support of Sanders moments before he spoke, two of them opting to use prophetic terms.

Gilliard, a Charleston Democrat, said Sanders was a man with “a heart full of grace.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/bernie-sanders-shares-vision-for-justice-during-first-sc-visit/article_fd96fc8e-4429-11e9-a583-a36c3222b7a2.html

[forklift]

1. Was the booing of John Lewis mentioned?

Any apology or atonement for that horrific spectacle?

[sheshe2]

7. We should always be alert.

And stay alert to racism.

John Lewis.



Congressman: 'I thought I was going to die' in Selma 03:13
Watch live coverage of ceremonies in Selma commemorating 50 years since "Bloody Sunday" starting at 11 a.m. ET Saturday on CNN and CNNgo.
(CNN)Fifty years ago this weekend, a 25-year-old John Lewis was beaten so badly by Alabama state troopers that they fractured his skull.

Lewis calls the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- where the troopers and and a group of white men deputized into a posse by the sheriff attacked hundreds of peaceful protesters on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965 -- an "almost holy place."

https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/politics/selma-50-years-john-lewis-bridge-anniversary/index.html


He nearly died here.

[forklift]

8. That bridge should be renamed John Lewis bridge nt

[sheshe2]

20. Yes! nt

[George II]

2. Did you see any photographs of the attendees at that rally?

[Uncle Joe]

3. I viewed the video and the majority was white but there were more blacks than I observed in 2016 and

the race is just beginning.

[George II]

5. Ragnarok Lobster (@electricbrotha) on twitter reported, with a photograph.....

....that there was one African American other than the one on stage. The rally was held in a neighborhood that is 47% African American.



Was the rally in 2016 at the same venue?

[sheshe2]

6. Wow.

[forklift]

9. They said there were more African Americans this time

Perhaps there was only one or none in 2016 ..... so ... factually accurate.

[Gothmog]

11. Really?

Link to tweet

?s=20

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Uncle Joe]

12. This link has live video footage.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds rally in North Charleston


http://www.live5news.com/2019/03/15/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-holds-rally-north-charleston/

On Edit P.S.

The youtube does even better.

[SidDithers]

13. Isn't this picture from Kamala Harris' rally at the same venue?...

ETA: It is. The green and pink are sorority sisters.

Sid

[MrsCoffee]

15. Yes it is.

[Uncle Joe]

16. I corrected it, I was mistaken from bigtree's post on my other thread.

[MrsCoffee]

17. Thank you.

[Gothmog]

19. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

?s=20

[George II]

18. A picture is worth a thousand words.

[workinclasszero]

4. It was a great rally!

I really enjoyed watching it on Bernie's YouTube channel.

[sheshe2]

10. It is a paywall.

I can't view the crowds.

[Uncle Joe]

14. Photos: Bernie Sanders returns to North Charleston

https://www.postandcourier.com/multimedia/photos-bernie-sanders-returns-to-north-charleston/collection_f9e78992-46d0-11e9-b001-1b9be201737f.html#15