Shaun King will be traveling with Bernie to historically black colleges and universities

[virtualobserver]

https://mobile.twitter.com/shaunking/status/688111340632719361



Great endorsement!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-bernie-sanders-best-candidate-president-article-1.2498007?cid=bitly

Today — on what happens to be Dr. King's birthday — I am proud to endorse the presidential candidate who I believe most embodies the values and ideals of the man who scared the hell out of the American government and was assassinated in 1968 after so bravely fighting against the Vietnam War and for income equality.

As a general rule, I don't trust many politicians, but I trust Bernie Sanders — the man walks the walk and talks the talk. He is, without a doubt, the most consistent politician in America and has been fighting for universal health care, access to education, equal pay, equal rights and the complete overhaul of how we do justice in this country for his entire career. I dig it.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Fantastic!

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, virtualobserver.

[CharlotteVale]

3. K&R

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[cui bono]

5. What an outlier!

.

[cali]

6. Am I just missing where it says he'll be joining Bernie for this?

[virtualobserver]

7. no, he tweeted that......I don't know how to embed a tweet

[thereismore]

8. Thank you - this is really great!!! nt

[Luminous Animal]

9. Here is the link to the tweet

https://mobile.twitter.com/shaunking/status/688111340632719361

[virtualobserver]

10. thank you for your help!

I'll put in the OP

[99th_Monkey]

11. This is awesome news indeed. Not "just" an endorsement

Shaun;s stumping for Bernie, and putting his passion, time & energy on the
line in support of getting the word out to the AA community.

YES!!!!!!!

Frankly I wish this^ was the new endorsement that Bernie had a presser for
yesterday. It's much more significant and potentially game-changing.

[virtualobserver]

13. I'm thrilled.....Bernie draws wonderful people to him.

I've always hoped, but now I'm starting to believe.

[EriktheRedder]

20. Bernie getting an endorsement from

Shaun King is not a good thing. Shaun is a white dude pretending to be a POC and is a fraudster...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/16/where-did-all-the-money-shaun-king-raised-for-black-lives-go.html

[99th_Monkey]

21. Under the bus with BLM. got it. n/t

[EriktheRedder]

22. Not sure what you mean

Who is under the bus, Bernie or Shaun King? I just don't think Bernie should welcome an endorsement from a BLM fraudster. Shaun is a white dude pretending to be AA while collecting donations with no record of using the money to help people in need.

[99th_Monkey]

23. So who exactly are these "real" BLM spokespeople, who are saying Shaun is a "fraud"?

wait, let me guess ... the ones supporting Hillary, right?

[Fawke Em]

25. Um... King is not "white."

Not sure of his lineage, but he's biracial.

The only people contending he is white are right-wing websites.

[EriktheRedder]

26. Uhm, I'm not white either

I'm biracial Irish Norwegian. Does ginger count as a POC? No matter, but Shaun King is a fraudster and has stolen money under the BLM cause. Face facts and hold him accountable.

[Dont call me Shirley]

12. Great news!

[Thespian2]

14. K & R!!!

[bigtree]

15. k&r

[libodem]

16. That Rocks

[MoreGOPoop]

17. K & R

I can dig it, too, Shaun! Bern it up!

[libdem4life]

18. Kind of lays to waste the meme that Bernie has a problem with POC. He's still in the introduction

stage, but can't wait to "follow" him on his tour. Killer Mike is campaigning, too, I think someone mentioned.

[azmom]

19. Great news.

[sabrina 1]

24. Airc, Shaun King was a FPer at DK when the debacle at Netroots Nation occurred. He was one of

those who used his mic to condemn Bernie. He generated a lot of anger as it was obvious at the time that he knew nothing of Bernie's history but was going along with the attempt to prevent Sanders from becoming known to AAs.

So this endorsement deserves a lot of credit as he gradually learned who really was the person who had fought his entire life for minorities.

He admits he knew nothing, so that is a vindication for those who told him that back then.

I admire someone who takes the time to listen, which he did over time, especially after he himself was attacked by Breitbart's infamous clowns and accused of not being bi-racial. It was Bernie supporters who came to his defense.

It is an important endorsement considering King's own history. He no is no longer a FPer at DK and free to express his own opinions.

Bernie has jumped from 1% to over 30% approval rating among AAs now that they have come to know him, and that is only going to continue and no doubt snowball as people like King, and many others help spread the truth about Bernie.

I for one will not forget those who tried to paint Bernie and his supporters as 'racists'. Forgive, well, yes, 'for they know not what they do' but forget, no.