Once #BlackLivesMatter leader (and newly minted Baltimore mayoral candidate) DeRay Mckesson and his team met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton knew she had to get in on the action and accepted an invitation to meet and discuss the details of her criminal justice platform.
This was last September, and it was clear even then that Sanders owned the issue of criminal justice reform, while Clinton was saddled with her husband’s legacy of getting tough on crime and putting 100,000 more cops on the street. McKesson says he told Clinton not to take the black vote for granted.
When we met with Hillary, we told her to not take the black vote for granted. She could've led on a host of important issues.
— deray (@deray) February 11, 2016
@deray do you think she outright rejected that advice? or ignored/undervalued it in a more passive way? or neither? thanks!
— Danny Friel (@dafriel) February 11, 2016
@deray Wow! Like #Bernie did for 25 years in Congress? It's time for some serious vetting. #JustUs4All
— Sandra J Gadsden (@StPeteSandi) February 11, 2016
Hmmm @deray take for granted, the establishment of Democrat party thinks they own your vote
— TrillSouth (@TrillSouth) February 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/elle_a_waite/status/697925469522399232
Even her own list of her greatest accomplishments posted to her campaign website is remarkably thin.
https://twitter.com/Jamiefolk45/status/697924195523678211
https://twitter.com/PaoliBulldog/status/697924141920468992
https://twitter.com/devonchenee/status/697924912342822914
@deray some southern white women are just like that, bless their hearts.
— Lisa Helgenberg (@snowsurfvt) February 11, 2016
@deray can't put my finger on it, but I trust HRC a lot less than the standard politician. she just seems fake.
— Dadbod Dobalina (@houndiest) February 11, 2016
Speaking of endorsements, Clinton managed to pick up the support of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC.
https://twitter.com/Ms_BiAnCa_BiSa/status/697924021787213824
That wasn’t technically the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Keith Ellison wants to be sure that’s made clear.
Cong'l Black Caucus (CBC) has NOT endorsed in presidential. Separate CBCPAC endorsed withOUT input from CBC membership, including me.
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) February 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/matty_ost/status/697825913799454720
The point it that endorsements should be the product of a fair open process. Didn't happen. https://t.co/SRdFkTup3C
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) February 11, 2016
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