2016 Postmortem
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NAACP Journey for Justice Marches from Selma through GA, SC, NC, VA to DCDozens of marchers crossed through Hoke County on Monday as "America's Journey for Justice" made its way into North Carolina, with a voting rights rally scheduled for Thursday at the State Capitol in Raleigh. The march is part of an 850-mile trek from Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C., organized by the NAACP to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to call for increased protections at the polls.
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Bernie Sanders and other Dem Activists Meet them in Burlington, Virginia!
MANY THANKS to DU'er demmiblue for this Original Post
BURLINGTON, Va., U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday joined civil rights demonstrators on the last leg of a 860-mile march from Selma, Alabama, to call on Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act.
Sponsored by the NAACP, the Journey for Justice crossed Memorial Bridge into Washington, D.C., and ended on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
We are a few steps from Arlington Cemetery where people fought and died for democracy, not to make it harder to vote, Sanders said before the last leg of the march began. Our job is to make it easier to vote. Our job is to try to increase voter turnout. And these Republican governors are afraid when people get into the ballot box and they dont want them to vote. Were gonna change that.
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Armstead
(47,803 posts)Bernie doesn't care about racism or social justice.
Forget facts. That mantra is all that matters.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)"Bernie Sander's supporters are racists" and that we are lousy people, in general.
That's sure to change people's minds and get them to support Hillary Clinton. There's nothing quite like attacking an entire group and smearing them to make them suddenly decide that you are right.
I mean, who wouldn't agree with people that say "You are a racist and you are a horrible person just like all of his other millions of supporters"? And on a Democratic website no less!
That's SURE to wake us all up and get us to vote in droves for Hillary Clinton!
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)And to the extent that some of her supporters are pushing racist op-eds, those people have some questions to answer too.
Catherina
(35,568 posts)Quote from Alicia Garza, co-founder of BlackLivesMatter about HRC
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18394/from-hashtag-to-strategy-the-growing-pains-of-black-lives-matter
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, KoKo.
Good to see you Uncle Joe.
It's good to see you, Mabus, it has been awhile.
CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)He didn't need to do this...and, how he keeps going shows incredible stamina.
mak3cats
(1,573 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)He has stood up for people of all races and sexual orientation for decades.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)Voter suppression in "The Greatest Nation on Earth" is antithetical to it's Dream.