COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren framed their Democratic presidential bids in personal, faith-based terms Saturday before black millennial Christians who could help determine which candidate becomes the leading progressive alternative to former Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders, the Vermont senator whose struggles with black voters helped cost him the 2016 […]
Cardi B has teamed with Bernie Sanders to convince young voters to support the Democratic ticket come next year’s presidential election. Sanders and the Bronx rapper have created a video that will be part of Bernie’s’ 2020 campaign bid. The independent senator from Vermont said of the younger generations’ political participation: “They are voting in large numbers, but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens became an unexpected proving ground in the Democratic presidential primary on Wednesday as two leading 2020 candidates offered their endorsements. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont gave their backing to Tiffany Caban, who’s vying against […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made an appeal Monday to black voters in the Deep South, stopping at a historically African American church and calling health care a “human right” that he equated to the civil rights movement. Speaking before a racially diverse crowd at Mt. Zion Church AME Church in […]
As candidates begin campaigning for the presidency in 2020 Jacque Reid says that “Black women have political clout like never before.” Black women and the issues that they care about has seemingly created a road map for the 2020 election. Reid goes Inside Her Story with Karine Jean-Pierre, who is a democratic strategist and spokesperson […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced endorsements from seven black lawmakers in the critical early voting state of South Carolina, a show of force in the first place where African American voters feature prominently in next year’s primary elections. Sanders’ 2020 campaign made the announcement just ahead of a […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and establishing himself as an indisputable front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Less than two months into his second White House bid , no other declared candidate in the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates on Friday touted their plans on criminal justice reform, the study of reparations and other racial equality issues, highlighting the critical role black voters will play in choosing the party’s 2020 nominee. Speaking at the National Action Network’s conference in New York, California Sen. Kamala Harris pledged to […]
2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke with The Breakfast Club on Monday and when co-host Charlamagne tha God noted that “44 out of 45 presidents in this country have been white men,” he then asked the lawmaker “Do you think we need another one?” To which Sanders replied, “Well, I think you need this […]
Bernie Sanders just announced that he’s running for president, again. People everywhere were excited and that excitement really is obvious in the amount of money his campaign has received. In just one day his campaign has received $8 million in donations with the average donation being $27. Chris Paul thinks he’s too old to be […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. “Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald Trump,” the 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist said in an email to supporters. “Our campaign is about transforming our country and creating a […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — As Bernie Sanders contemplates making another president bid in 2020, the Vermont senator still is searching for the right way to attract more black voters who backed Hillary Clinton and effectively denied him the Democratic nomination in 2016. His challenge was on display in Mississippi this week, where he traveled to […]
