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In reply to the discussion: Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders [View all]Omaha Steve
(109,360 posts)7. Further into the story
Snip: The CBC PAC endorsement of Clinton was hosted at the Capitol Hill headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, which raises questions about the DNC's supposed impartiality in the Clinton-Sanders race. An official at the Democratic National Committee says that the party had nothing to do with the CBC PAC's event, which was held at DNC headquarters on Capitol Hill. "Members of Congress who are dues paying members of the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] can reserve the space," he told Mother Jones in an email.
As Mother Jones reported previously, Sanders was involved in the campus chapter of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), another civil rights group:
During his junior year, Sanders, by then president of the university's CORE chapter, led a picket of a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Chicago, part of a coordinated nationwide protest against the motel and restaurant chain's racially discriminatory policies. Sanders eventually resigned his post at CORE, citing a heavy workload, and took some time off from school.
Under Sanders' leadership, the CORE group at University of Chicago joined forces with SNCC's campus chapter, held sit-ins to protest segregation in university-owned apartment buildings, and raised money for voter registration efforts focused on African Americans.
FULL story at link.
IF they are impartial, they should have turned down the event!
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"I'm going to cut you off" before you start detailing Bernie's civil rights record.
arcane1
Feb 2016
#13
The potential price of not actively supporting the establishment of the Democratic Party
GeoWilliam750
Feb 2016
#36
Specifically, the 20-person board is made up of seven CBC members and eleven lobbyists.
arcane1
Feb 2016
#8
He's not lying. He is a politician, indicating a preference for another politician.
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#16
He didn't lie, just said he didn't see him there. It's politics. Let it go.
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#22
This is not a fight worth picking. Going after Lewis plays into the wrong hands.
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#27
Push back by respectfully disagreeing, promote the facts, and otherwise
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#33
John Lewis voted no on DOMA but he disppoints me by implying he met Hillary and Bill during the 60's
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2016
#47
How is the CBC PAC going to raise money now? Oh I see. Same was as before, from corporations. nt
thereismore
Feb 2016
#48
The Clintons ooze on down the road... infecting all in their political path. Ugh.
AzDar
Feb 2016
#49
How would he know he didn't see him? Bernie would have been one of the many...
Odin2005
Feb 2016
#50