Bernie, There Will Be No Revolution Without Reproductive Rights

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118. Here is a link to a video of the actual event

Here is the link, I listened to it at no place does he call, imply, or state that Mello is a "future star" He does not use those words nor does he try to imply it.

Mello is mentioned three times. At the beginning, Bernie says it is important to elect Mello. He then goes on to mention and thank all the other supporters and attendees of the event including Planned Parenthood, firefighters, the DNC for Nebraska.

The second reference to Mello is in the middle of his speech talking about Republican control over the States. Bernie says (paraphrasing not quoting) that Nebraska is totally controlled by Republicans and then mentions the Mello election as trying to break that in Nebraska. He does not boost or say anything about Mello's political future. Repeat that he does not say a single thing about Mello and either the future of Mello or the future of the Democratic Party.

The Third is at the end where again he asks people to vote for Mello as a way of beating the republicans and forming grass root coalitions. Again, nothing about Mello as a future star of the democratic party just another fight against republicans

The times got some things right, mostly it was a speech about Bernie's main issues and against Republicans similar to the themes of his campaign. This is about 99% of his hour speech. The times reporter distorted his 3 mentions of Mello for no reason whatsoever and you compound it by putting quotes around it and saying Bernie said it even though the Times does not even go that far. That is the problem with relying on Newspaper articles and then adding your own quotes.

Go ahead listen to it yourself. You will not find anything supporting your claim that Bernie stated that Mello was a future star of the Democratic Party. This is the actual video of the Event.