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Hillary Clinton

IamMab

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2. I can't recall where, but I heard a great quote about Bernie Sanders and Brooklyn recently.

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:18 PM

Apr 2016

"No one in Brooklyn even has the same accent as Bernie Sanders anymore." In other words, it's a very different city than the one he moved out of over 40 years ago.

Maybe having lived in NY for the past 15 years was more valuable than having been born there over half a century ago.

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Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders lost his childhood block to Hillary Clinton in N.Y. primary [View all] WI_DEM Apr 2016 OP

I am born in Kings County !!! in Brooklyn, NY! Her Sister Apr 2016 #1

I can't recall where, but I heard a great quote about Bernie Sanders and Brooklyn recently. IamMab Apr 2016 #2

Local roots, my ass jmowreader Apr 2016 #3

Why is important where someone is born & raised? Captain_New_York Apr 2016 #4

Makes sense. Sanders abandoned NY; Clinton adopted it. nt SunSeeker Apr 2016 #5