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That said, I was all for Bernie when Black Lives Matter took over his microphone and drove him off the stage his campaign had organized and probably paid to rent the venue. I felt he should have stood up to them and talked about how "diversity" includes listening to diverse opinions.[/U] a third term of it named Hillary Clinton.
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"Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity," he said then. "But if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people."
Sanders has started to address race issues more than he did at the start of his campaign,
but he still regularly frames issues of race and inequality as economic matters, arguing that the key to combating racial disparities is by raising wages and increasing opportunities.
Bernie Sanders Black Lives Matter: Protesters disrupt - CNNPolitics.com
I think you should be all for Bernie again. He doesn't see the issue as diversity. And the solution as tolerance. He sees the issue as an economic one, the haves and the have nots. I like that philosophy. If you don't want me to be here , that's OK. I like that message too.