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Uncle Joe

(58,112 posts)
Wed May 4, 2016, 01:17 PM May 2016

Bernie Sanders Receives Endorsement from State Democratic Party Leader



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Democratic Party Vice Chair Chris Regan joined gubernatorial candidate and State Senator Jeff Kessler (D – Marshall, 02) in endorsing Senator Sanders for the nomination in West Virginia.

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“He supports investing in people and investing in infrastructure,” Kessler said during a conference call with Regan and Symone Sanders, the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders (no relation) campaign. “That’s been the hallmark of my platform for Governor, and it lines up with Senator Sanders 100 percent.”

Regan cited the Vermont Senator’s energy policy, as part of an effort to move on from over reliance on coal, as part of the reason he is throwing in his support with Sanders.


“There’s an increasing realization that world markets and the markets here in the United States have changed and also a realization that if coal was going to save West Virginia by itself, it would have done it by now,” Regan said.

“It has not been the solution, and it is not going to be the main part of the solution going forward. We need a new economy here, and Senator Sanders is pointing the way towards it.”


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“The key part of our campaign is that we live in a rigged economy that is kept in place by a corrupt system of campaign finance,” Symone Sanders said. “When we travel the country, when we go places, it’s McDowell County. It’s places in South Carolina. It’s Baltimore. All over the country you see pockets of extreme poverty–people that are really feeling the fact that the wealth has been concentrated at the top and not trickled down. Every day Americans haven’t seen that.”

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http://wajr.com/bernie-sanders-receives-endorsement-from-chris-regan/

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Bernie Sanders Receives Endorsement from State Democratic Party Leader (Original Post) Uncle Joe May 2016 OP
Great news. Thanks U J. nm floriduck May 2016 #1
Courageous Ash_F May 2016 #2
A nice vote of confidence. Better late than never. n/t JimDandy May 2016 #3
The more Democratic leaders who support him, the greater his momentum will be RufusTFirefly May 2016 #4
Thank you, RufusTFirefly. Uncle Joe May 2016 #6
Shocking. . . . maybe this is another sign . .. . or maybe it's just about coal and Clinton pdsimdars May 2016 #5
K&R amborin May 2016 #7
so Hillary gets trashed because she put out a plan long ago to do just what Chris Regan said. Jitter65 May 2016 #8
K&R silvershadow May 2016 #9

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
4. The more Democratic leaders who support him, the greater his momentum will be
Wed May 4, 2016, 01:30 PM
May 2016

Granted, although some of them are gorging at the same corporate trough, I think a lot of Democratic leaders are terrified of being run over by the Clinton juggernaut.

The courage of a few can generate a movement among elected leaders.

A big THANK YOU to leaders like Tulsi Gabbard, Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, and now, Chris Regan for their courageous, principled support.

And thanks to you, Uncle Joe!

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