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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Surrogate Wrongly Counts Newark Mayor as an Endorser
When Sen. Bernie Sanders twin, Queens State Senator James Sanders Jr., took the stage in Manhattan earlier today, he broke some news for the Sanders fans and reporters in the crowd: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was feeling the Bern.
We have great hope. We have the mayor of Newark in here, Ras Baraka is in here, Mr. Sanders, the Queens Democrat, declared at Town Hall in Midtown, where the Vermont independent, running in the Democratic primary for president, was about to deliver a blistering speech on Wall Street reform.
After name-checking Mr. Baraka, and earning plenty of cheers from the crowd, the Queens senator, who announced the endorsement of his namesake last week, noted that New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins and Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal had all backed Mr. Sanders, who is of no relation. (Mr. Sanders, the presidential contender, later joked that Mr. Sanders, the Queens Democrat, is his senator twin.)
But Mr. Baraka, unlike the other men, did not endorse Mr. Sanders and was not sitting in Town Hall. He was miles away in Newark, New Jersey, having meetings at City Hall, according to his public policy director, Tai Cooper.
We have great hope. We have the mayor of Newark in here, Ras Baraka is in here, Mr. Sanders, the Queens Democrat, declared at Town Hall in Midtown, where the Vermont independent, running in the Democratic primary for president, was about to deliver a blistering speech on Wall Street reform.
After name-checking Mr. Baraka, and earning plenty of cheers from the crowd, the Queens senator, who announced the endorsement of his namesake last week, noted that New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins and Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal had all backed Mr. Sanders, who is of no relation. (Mr. Sanders, the presidential contender, later joked that Mr. Sanders, the Queens Democrat, is his senator twin.)
But Mr. Baraka, unlike the other men, did not endorse Mr. Sanders and was not sitting in Town Hall. He was miles away in Newark, New Jersey, having meetings at City Hall, according to his public policy director, Tai Cooper.
More at http://observer.com/2016/01/bernie-sanders-surrogate-wrongly-counts-newark-mayor-as-an-endorser/
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Bernie Sanders Surrogate Wrongly Counts Newark Mayor as an Endorser (Original Post)
ProudToBeLiberal
Jan 2016
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dlwickham
(3,316 posts)1. oops
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)2. Really?
An actual news reporter found enough from this slip up to turn it into a full length story?
At least he apologized on the same day. It took Clinton years to apologize for her "oops" moment when voting for the IWR.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. The Observer? Trump's son-in-law's right wing rag?
Scraping the bottom of the barrel for slime aren't you?
I guess since your op accusing him of undermining Obama's push for gun control didn't go as planned you had to find something to make up for it.
Pathetic.
ProudToBeLiberal
(3,964 posts)4. Hey scottie. How was your day? nt