Clinton’s South Carolina ground game strengthened by Congressional Black Caucus PAC (Clinton Group)

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160211/PC1603/160219826/clinton-x2019-s-sc-ground-game-strengthened-by-black-caucus-pac-endorsement


Emma Dumain
Feb 11 2016

"...U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., said Clinton had a record of fighting for issues important to minority communities.

“When you look at Hillary Rodham Clinton’s total body of work, you see her as a young person working with the Children’s Defense Fund. You look at her recognizing that the criminal justice system is rigged from a very early stage in her professional career. You look at her when she was elected to the United States Senate and the legislation she introduced to do a wide array of criminal justice reform, or when she was first lady with the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Those are things that make an enormous difference in minority families and working families.”

Nearly all the speakers drew distinctions between Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

“We need a president who doesn’t simply campaign and just promise wonderful things, things that are politically impossible to achieve,” said caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C.

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said when it came to guns, “there is no comparison. Hillary Clinton has been there to deal with the gun violence epidemic and its impact on African-American communities. And Bernie Sanders has not just simply been missing in action, he’s been on the wrong side.”...

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