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Detroit Action Endorses Sanders
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/06/detroit-group-backs-bernie-sanders-promises-reach-40-k-residents/4973337002/An organization that advocates for workers and people of color in Detroit has thrown its support behind Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
The endorsement from Detroit Action is one of the Vermont U.S. senator’s first in the Detroit area, where many local leaders have endorsed his opponent former Vice President Joe Biden.
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“We believe that a vote for Sen. Sanders is a strategic intervention into the Democratic primary system and against neoliberal economic policy and the political status quo that candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden represent,” said Branden Snyder, executive director for Detroit Action who was recently named vice chair of the state leadership committee for the Sanders campaign.
“While we believe Sen. Sanders would move us much closer to a country where everyone has the freedom to thrive, our endorsement recognizes that no candidate is perfect and that we must continue to hold them accountable," Snyder said.
The group, which initially supported both Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, has plans to contact 40,000 Detroit residents ahead of Michigan’s Tuesday primary and 275,000 ahead of November's general election, according to the statement.