Courting black voters, Bernie Sanders draws personal contrast with Trump [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

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"I am the son of an immigrant whose family was murdered by the Nazis, and so, from a very young age, I knew that we must stand up to bigotry wherever it exists."

Sanders, whose father was an immigrant from Poland, struggled to win black support in his losing 2016 Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton, who along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had proven appeal to black voters

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'HE HAS LIVED UP TO EVERYTHING'

At the conference, Sanders drew words of praise from Sharpton, who has said he will not endorse a Democratic candidate until later in the year. Sharpton reminded the crowd, however, of his breakfast in Harlem with Sanders at the height of the campaign for president in 2016.

"I can say in the two years since, he has lived up to everything he has said to me and more. I want you to know he has done what he said," Sharpton told the crowd.

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