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John Lewis: 'I Never Saw' Sanders at Civil Rights Events

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gwangung2/11/2016 1:26:35 pm PST

re: #37 ausador

Big part of the reaction on Twitter is because of that picture that purportedly shows Bernie marching in Selma. Being tweeted at people over and over even after Sander’s campaign confirmed it wasn’t him and that he wasn’t at Selma.

“Did you know that Bernie marched with MLK? Look at this picture!” Says the dozenth nearly identical tweet of the day sent to anyone with a black avatar by a white college kid. Folks are sick of it and honestly don’t give a fuck what he did then. They don’t see him engaging or embracing them NOW!

And they wonder why they’re thought of as patronizing….

(And Sanders is not doing himself favors by running against Obama….)