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Uncle Joe

(58,284 posts)
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:21 PM Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders takes aim at Trump backer in Arizona



"It's easy for bullies like Sheriff Arpaio to pick on people who have no power," Sanders said of Maricopa County's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Trump backer the billionaire frequently references in his stump speech. "If I am elected president, the president of the United States does have power. So watch out, Joe."

Twelve-year-old Katherine Bueno introduced Sanders with tears in her eyes. She told the story of watching the TV as her father was deported and said that those images come back to her everyday.

"I want all deportations to stop," she said. "That is why we need Bernie Sanders to be our President."

Sanders, who described Arpaio as "un-American and uncivilized," said that the Sheriff need to stop picking on Katherine and other children.

"I think that was extremely appropriate," said 62-year-old Stan Clark of Flagstaff, on Sanders going after Arpaio. "He has been engaged in essentially what is illegal behavior and getting away with it."


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"She asked him about racial profiling and he didn't have an answer. She asked him about conditions in tent city and other abuses that he has perpetuated, and he didn't have an answer," Sanders said.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-takes-aim-at-trump-backer-in-arizona/

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Bernie Sanders takes aim at Trump backer in Arizona (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2016 OP
Well, that explains the lame attempts at shitting on him today. arcane1 Mar 2016 #1
It actually betrays the supposed confidence that Hillary supporters are all that sure she has Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #2

Uncle Joe

(58,284 posts)
2. It actually betrays the supposed confidence that Hillary supporters are all that sure she has
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:32 PM
Mar 2016

the nomination locked up.

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