#Feel The Bern: South Carolina

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Bernie Sanders Takes His Message to South Carolina Churches November 22, 2015

ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos "My name is Bernie Sanders. I am a United States senator from the state of Vermont," he began at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. "I am running for president of the United States, because I believe that in our great country we can do a lot better for working people and poor people than we are currently doing. "I want to see the United States as a country that does not have more people in jail but has the best educated population on earth," he said. The 74-year-old senator continues to face an uphill climb with this core Democratic constituency, but according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released today, Sanders is seeing more and more support from minorities nationwide. Read More Here.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Bernie's Weekend Headline Roundup: November 6-9, 2015

Bernie Sanders Stole the Show at the SC Democratic Forum on Friday November 6

Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-soft-side-democratic-forum

by Alex Seitz-Wald

ROCK HILL, South Carolina – Bernie Sanders made a pitch to black voters Friday at the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum here sponsored by MSNBC. But he also defended his record on guns and said the Democratic Party must do a better job of reaching out to white working class voters.

The Vermont senator also showed off a lighter side, joking with moderator Rachel Maddow and declaring that his seven grandchildren “are the joy of my life. “

Black voters in the south, including this state, have been Sanders’ weakness in building durable campaign against frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but he made a direct ask for their votes. “I have the economic and social justice agenda that will resonate with African-American community,” he said. “I was there with Martin Luther King Jr. - Dr. King - in the March on Washington.”

MSNBC, New York Times, The SC Dem Forum, On Civil Rights, Young Turks on Why Bernie Won, Dr. Adolphus Belk, Jr. on Bernie Sanders,

Bernie Sanders Gave Keynote at Southern Region of Nat. Federation of Dem. Women

Retrieved at http://counton2.com/2015/11/02/sanders-to-deliver-keynote-address-to-southern-region-of-national-federation-of-democratic-women/

CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver the keynote address to the Southern Regional Meeting of the National Federation of Democratic Women on Saturday, the South Carolina Women’s Democratic Council announced.

“We are elated that he has chosen to speak to our Southern Region women,” the South Carolina Women’s Democratic Council said in a statement announcing the event.

Sanders’ keynote address comes days after more than 1,000 women across the Palmetto state endorsed his candidacy, signaling the campaign’s growing strength among South Carolina women.

“Sen. Sanders has been a dedicated advocate of women’s rights for more than thirty years,” state director Christopher Covert said Sunday. “We are thrilled to partner with an organization whose mission is to encourage political engagement among women in South Carolina.”

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Sanders Announced His SC Campaign Staff, Was Endorsed by Key Black Leaders

Retrieved at http://counton2.com/2015/11/06/sanders-to-unveil-south-carolina-campaign-committee-saturday-in-columbia/

CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil his South Carolina campaign committee on Saturday at a press conference in Columbia, the campaign announced.

Sanders’ South Carolina committee includes a group of 25 local and state elected officials, faith and Black Lives Matter leaders, county party chairs, labor activists and student organizers. More than a dozen are expected to be on hand for Saturday’s 2:00 p.m. press conference at the Columbia Conference Center.

“Saturday will be a special moment for our campaign here in South Carolina,” state director Christopher Covert said. “We are honored to have the support of such prominent community leaders and look forward to working with them closely to help elect Bernie Sanders in the Palmetto State.”

“Bernie Sanders has consistently fought for the African-American community throughout his life. His policies to enact a $15 minimum wage, reform our broken criminal justice system, eliminate felon disenfranchisement laws and ensure tuition-free public education would would benefit African-Americans in South Carolina tremendously,” said state Rep. Terry Alexander (D-Florence).

Dr. Gloria Tinubu, the first African-American woman in the state to win the Democratic nomination for Congress, said “Sanders is in the tradition of President Franklin Roosevelt, who led our parents and grandparents through one of the most challenging times in our nation’s history. Like President Roosevelt, Bernie Sanders is fighting to protect our democratic way of life and our four freedoms.”

“I support Sanders’ civil rights platform and his positions to address institutional racism and structural inequality,” Omari Fox, the leader of Columbia’s Black Lives Matter organization, said. “Sanders has been a champion of the Black Lives Matter movement and his policies to end the disastrous War on Drugs and the failed era of mass incarceration are the strongest of any candidate in the race.”

The Slate, Rep. Terry Alexander Endorsement, Dr. Gloria Tinubu Endorsement,

Bernie Sanders Held A Rally in Aiken, SC

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Don't Ask Me How, But on Sunday Sanders Appeared on CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN

CBS Sunday Morning with Jim Axelrod

NBC Meet the Press with Chuck Todd (Chuck Todd was so bad, I don't want to post it)

ABC This Week with George Stephonopoulos

CNN Gloria Borger

Tio Bernie Held A Rally in Las Vegas on Sunday Nov. 8 Tailored to the Latino Community

Retrieved at http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-bernie-sanders-20151108-story.html

by Kate Linthicum

In a speech that appeared tailored to Latino residents on the city’s northeast side, Sanders vowed to stop large-scale deportations and close privately owned immigrant detention centers. He was introduced by two young Latino activists — one of whom told the story of her father’s deportation — as well as a 10-piece mariachi band.

On Monday, Sanders will speak at a national gathering of immigration activists.

Sanders' explicit appeals to Nevada’s growing Latino electorate are not accidental.

The senator from Vermont would need to capture large numbers of Latino and African American votes to best Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in Nevada’s Feb. 20 caucus.