Bernie Sanders Dominates Washington, Alaska, And Hawaii Primaries - TYT

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Published on Mar 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders had a pretty good weekend, crushing Hillary Clinton in all three states. Minority voters also felt the bern. John Iadarola (ThinkTank) and Jimmy Dore, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

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1. Easter Rebellion: Three States Give Bernie Sanders Landslide Victories

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/28/easter-rebellion-three-states-give-bernie-sanders-landslide-victories

At his stop in Madison, Sanders spent little time talking about Clinton, but did take aim at the state's unpopular governor.

"At a time when this country has one of the lowest voter turn outs than any other country on earth, the idea that Governor Walker, or any other governor, would make it harder to participate in the political process is beyond comprehension," said Sanders referencing Wisconsin's voter ID bill that will be in effect for the first time in the April primary.

"I say to Governor Walker and all of the other cowardly Republican governors, if you cannot participate in a free and fair election where everybody votes, get out of politics--get another job!" said Sanders. The Wisconsin bill threatens to disenfranchise 300,000, according to the federal court which temporarily stopped its implementation.

Sanders also took aim at the Koch brothers network, which pledged to spend $900 million in the 2016 election cycle.

"When we have nationally a situation where the Koch brothers and a handful of billionaires. Oh, I forgot. I hope I didn't offend the governor. I understand that he and the Koch brothers are good pals. But when you have the Koch brothers and a handful of billionaires prepared to spend $900 billion in this election cycle, that my friends is not democracy. That is oligarchy, and we will change that," said Sanders to cheers from the crowd.

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2. With 3 Wins, Bernie Sanders Claims the Momentum Is On His Side

http://www.thenation.com/article/with-3-wins-bernie-sanders-claims-the-momentum-is-on-his-side/

Most national polls still give Clinton the lead. But that reference to a new Bloomberg Poll—which put Sanders at 49 percent to 48 percent for Clinton—drew wild cheers from the Madison crowd, as did the senator’s outlining of a scenario for how to get from here to there.

“We think we have a lot of momentum,” Sanders told the Wisconsinites. “We want to take that momentum here to this beautiful state, and if we do well here in Wisconsin, we do well in New York State, we do well in California, you know what, we’re on our way to the White House.”

The senator will get pushback against that sort of talk. He’ll have to fight for Wisconsin, where Clinton is set to mount a serious campaign that takes her to the state’s largest cities and several smaller ones. And New York, the state Clinton represented for eight years, will be a tough nut for Sanders to crack.

But Cantor, the executive director of a labor-backed progressive party with deep roots in New York politics, says he is convinced that “The political revolution is growing. Every day, Bernie Sanders is inspiring Americans to take the brave step of voting for the future we want to see, and not just what the political and financial elite tells us we’re allowed to have.”

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3. just so you know, Alaska is more diverse than 44 other states. Hawaii is the most diverse. Anything

else is bs.