Interview with Rep. Justin Bamberg after the Democratic Debate 2/11

[Gregorian]

This young man says the young black community is going to support Bernie.

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1. 'The cut off is 50 and below'. The Sanders message and platform reaching more and more

blacks, PoC and many others in South Carolina and all over through social media, student groups, millennials and outreach to colleges and ground work by Bernie workers. Bamberg, Nina Turner and others disagree about the mainly media spin concept of a 'firewall' pertaining to black voters that denotes monolith behavior.
SC State Rep. and attny. Justin Bamberg (D) endorsed Bernie on Jan. 25, and dropped Clinton. Since then he's given media interviews about his decision. Feel the Bern!

Honesty, boldness and trustworthy are some of the reasons Bamberg decided to change his support to Sanders recently. The Vermont candidate's position on single-payer health care is a critical issue in Bamberg's area and another main reason for switching his endorsement to Sanders from Clinton in Dec.
The S. C. state representative and attorney was a prominent figure in the effort to take the Confederate flag down from the South Carolina Statehouse.
Justin T. Bamberg was also the lawyer for the family of Walter Scott, the police-shooting victim. Mr. Scott, age 50 and unarmed, was shot and killed in April 2015 while running away from North Charleston police officer Michael Slager. Slager was subsequently arrested, indicted, denied bail for months and then released earlier this month once a new trial date was set. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/justin-bamberg-bernie-sanders_us_56a6447be4b076aadcc7366b

[Gregorian]

2. That is actually huge.

Another transformation story. I didn't know this. Thank you so much for putting a smile on what has been a dreary and confusing morning.

There's something that is donning on me. It's about unity and sharing of common goals. If we come together in our diversity, think of what this could mean. I see this as the big potential win before the race is over, if we're lucky. It's nearing Martin King's wish. .This inspires me, and brings happiness. That revolution is not only not scary, but it's fun.

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3. The real thing. Today: 'MSNBC/Joy Reid Talks w SC AA Voters, Finds No Clinton Supporters'

Feeling the Bern in The Palmetto State!




(Joy Reid is considered a Clinton supporter)

[Gregorian]

5. These are all encouraging.

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6. It means much to have these S.C. public figures, also Ben Jealous, Harry Belafonte,

Ta-Nehisi Coates and other prominent endorsers on the national level. Combined with the millions of Bernie supporters working allover as hard as they can to lift this vital political revolution. The establishment has caught on, which we expect and will cause positive change. I truly believe that and it's exhilarating.

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4. Former Chairman of Democratic Party of South Carolina Richard Harpootlian Endorses Sanders, Feb. 3

-SANDERS ENDORSED BY KEY SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRAT - The Hill, Feb, 3, 2016

Former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Richard Harpootlian on Wednesday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president.
"You sort of say, 'Well, can he do it?' " Harpootlian said, according to the New York Times. "It's like 2007, when I met Barack Obama fully intending to support Hillary Clinton. And after a half hour with him he convinced me, not convinced me so much as I saw a passion in him.

Hillary is not an agent of change — I mean, her campaign slogan should be, ‘It’s my turn,’ ” he added.
“It’s hard for me to listen to how Hillary says she would fight Wall Street when she took hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs — not 20 years ago, but a couple years ago. She’s talking the talk, but not walking the walk.”



- Richard Harpootlian served twice as the Chairman of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, 1998-2003 and 2011-2013

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/268162-former-south-carolina-dem-party-chair-endorses-sanders