Is Bernie Stealing the Post-State of the Union Spotlight from Stacey Abrams?
https://www.usnews.com/news/politic...ate-of-the-union-spotlight-from-stacey-abrams
first time we get a progressive black woman to respond to the state of the Union and one other progressive felt it wasn’t good enough
WHEN DEMOCRATS announced that Stacey Abrams, who electrified the political world with her against-the-odds run for Georgia governor in 2018, would give the party's official response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union message, Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded.
Abrams is "a great choice," the independent Vermont senator said on Twitter, supporting Democrats' selection of a young African-American woman to represent them. Sanders declared he's eager to hear her message to Trump and the nation – right before he delivers his own prime-time national rebuttal to the president.
Black progressive Bernie voters
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Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.”
