Mothers of the movement

In the recent Siena poll (New York, April the 13th), it is stated that:

“Clinton maintains a commanding 60-31 percent lead among black voters, and extends her lead among Latino voters to 54-42 percent”. And: “Clinton leads by 18 points with women”.

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In other words: Clinton continues to do well among black voters, Latino voters and women.

Today Hillary picked up some more endorsements from immigrant rights coalitions:

“Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton picked up a key endorsement from the largest immigrant rights coalition in the country after unveiling a proposal to create a new federal office dedicated solely to immigrant affairs”.

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Or as Ruben Diaz jr. voiced it:

“We all know her. We've worked with her. We want someone who's been with us there.”

“NYC Council Speaker and Delores Huerta Bash Bernie Sanders as Anti-Latino.

It’s important that New Yorkers understand that, while Hillary Clinton has been fighting for us her entire life, Senator Sanders has not only been entirely absent from our community, but has also stood on the wrong side of the issues that matter most to Latinos,” she said. “The reality is that Latinos and immigrants have never been a part of Sanders’ vision for America.”

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On top of that Clinton today gained the endorsement of some more labour unions:

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She also continues to have the support of a number of black leaders/ groups:

Most notably (imo): the Mothers of the movement will come to NY to campaign with Hillary!!

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“The other candidate on the Democratic side did not reach out to us,” Annette Nance-Holt, whose 16-year-old son, Blair Holt, was shot on a Chicago bus in 2007, said at a campaign event last month. She explained starkly that she was not swayed by Mr. Sanders’s promise of free college “because my child is dead.”

““She’s been fighting for a long time with these issues,” Eric Garner’s mother said.”

John Lewis is campaigning for her in PA.

"I never saw him. I never met him," Lewis said. "I was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed (the) voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President (Bill) Clinton."

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The above quotes from both Latino and Black organizations and individuals echo the same sentiment: Sanders has not reached out to them, prior to the last months. On top of that he’s been invisible to them in the past 26 years that he was in Washington.

Or, as the Sanders campaign admitted:

“Cornel West, one of Mr. Sanders’s most visible African-American surrogates, said that he thought that Mr. Sanders could win the nomination but that the senator should have fought to be “well-known quicker and much earlier” among voters, especially blacks.

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In the meantime important organizations for women’s rights continue to strongly endorse Mrs Clinton. Just today the EMILY list blasted Senator Sanders for misrepresenting their position in a campaign e-mail:

“Bernie Sanders believes the political revolution is built by calling women leaders ‘unqualified’ and calling abortion a ‘social issue.’ So it’s not surprising at all that he doesn’t get what we do and has resorted to these false, disingenuous attacks,” said Marcy Stech, the group’s communications director. “Perhaps if Sanders stuck to issues, not insults, he’d realize that electing pro-Democratic women is, in fact, revolutionary. The key difference is, we don’t just talk about it — we know how to get it done.”

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All the while Clinton continues to hold endorsements from Planned Parenthood, and NOW, to name just a few of the women’s groups endorsing Clinton.

Another group which strongly stands behind Mrs Clinton are the family members of gun violence victims.

To name just a few of them:

Erica Smegielski, whose mother, Dawn Hochsprung was killed.

Mark and Jackie Barden who lost their son Daniel (7).

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Jillian Soto who lost her sister, Victoria Soto.

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“My son did not get the chance to grow up, Bernie you will not get my vote.”

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A parent of a victim of the Aurora shooting told the press Sanders was just downright rude to them in a telephone conversation. Making them wait 15 minutes and then telling them he was busy...

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And last, but certainly not least: gay organizations across the country strongly endorse Mrs Clinton, because she’s been an advocate for gay rights for years, most importantly when she was Secretary of State:

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She has among others the endorsement of the The Human Rights Campaign:

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So lets see:

The Black vote: Check!

The Latino vote: Check!

The Gay vote: Check!

Women’s vote: Check!

Victims of gun violence groups: Check!

And THAT ladies and gentlemen is how you build a real revolution/ coalition of progressives!