Latinx Group Mijente's First-Ever Presidential Endorsement: Bernie Sanders

[Uncle Joe]

Progressive Latinx group Mijente on Tuesday announced its first ever presidential endorsement, for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, just days before Nevadans caucus in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary on Saturday.

"Something that's very appealing to people is his consistency and the concept of palabra," Mijente's director and cofounder Marisa Franco told Politico. "And what that means in our community is giving people your 'word.'"

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As the group explained:

We need urgent change on a whole host of issues—climate change, deportations, education, health care. To get that change, first things first, we gotta get Donald Trump out and make him a one term president. We need a candidate who can assemble a vibrant, diverse coalition that presents a clear alternative. Today it's official—we believe that candidate is Senator Bernie Sanders.

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The group asked members to endorse one, more, or no candidates in January after months of discussion and analysis. Over 70% of members backed a Sanders endorsement.

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/18/latinx-group-mijentes-first-ever-presidential-endorsement-bernie-sanders

[George II]

1. They have 1,000 members.

[Uncle Joe]

2. With a 300,000 person email list.

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Mijente said it will mobilize Latino voters to support Sanders in Nevada and elsewhere through social media, its roughly 1,000 dues-paying members and its more than 300,000-person email list, according to Politico.

The group also said it will run a volunteer effort aimed at getting more than 500 people to commit to phone banks and door knocking for Sanders in the key Super Tuesday states of North Carolina, California and Texas.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483410-key-latino-group-endorses-sanders-ahead-of-nevada-caucuses