“The vote is powerful, it is precious, it is the most powerful nonviolent tool in the democratic society and we must use it”, Lewis added.
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Over the past month, Hillary Clinton has gone after Bernie Sanders on a host of issues as he’s encroached on her in the polls: Guns, health care and his campaign’s defining issue – Wall Street reform.
Earlier in the day, Sen.
Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver first insisted that “the Democrats are running a more issue-oriented campaign than the Republicans”.
The paths of the two Democratic candidates for the White House converged at the same historic Baptist church here on Sunday, as both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sought to leverage African American support ahead of Saturday’s high-stakes caucuses here.
A second petition by three progressive groups asks superdelegates to “announce that in the event of a close race, you’ll align yourself with regular voters – not party elites”. And you’d be right: It’s profoundly unfair.
Sanders responded by noting that Clinton ran against Obama in the 2008 presidential race. Of the state’s 24 delegates awarded by the primary vote, Sanders won 15 while Clinton won nine delegates.
At Victory Missionary Baptist Church, one of the largest black churches in the valley, both candidates preached brief messages to members of the congregation. And she accused Sanders of trying to shade the truth about what she said would be a 40 percent increase in the size of the federal government in order to implement his policies.
“This is obviously my first national campaign”, Sanders said, “but I am really stunned by some of the attacks we are getting from Secretary Clinton”. “I think the issue is taking the situation to the American people, and I think fair-minded Americans no matter what their political point of view may be will say, ‘this is absurd, this is obstructionism, this is not what democracy and the Congress is supposed to be about'”.
While Hillary Clinton has the support of a number of other activists – including the mother of Trayvon Martin – Sanders appears to be making headway with black voters thanks to his new ads and stronger messaging aimed at his own history fighting for civil rights.
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The race now moves to what should be more favorable ground for Clinton in Nevada and SC, states with more black and Hispanic voters, who, polls show, have been more supportive of Clinton so far. “Let me concur with the Secretary”, Sanders said at another. Elections, though, are often decided by ads, coverage and PR, and the funding can only help Clinton materially in what is a closely-fought contest with the Vermont senator. Trump doesn’t need one because he’s a billionaire who once said, “You know the nice part about me?”
