Bernie Sanders Defends Rapper Killer Mike — and Slams Bill Clinton
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Politics
Feb 18 2016, 7:56 pm ET
by Kasie Hunt
[quote] ABOARD AIR BERNIE — Sen. Bernie Sanders is standing up for Killer Mike after the Atlanta-based rapper stood onstage at a Sanders rally and quoted a feminist activist as saying "a uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States."
And he was even more direct when asked about Bill Clinton's remarks on the campaign trail that seemed to compare fervor for Sanders on the left with the populist anger that created the tea party on the right.
Aboard his campaign plane Thursday, Sanders told reporters that Killer Mike was quoting someone else — but that he agreed with the basic premise.
"What Mike said essentially is that ... people should not be voting for candidates based on their gender, but based on what they believe. I think that makes sense," said Sanders, who has mounted an unexpectedly strong challenge against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"I don't go around, no one has ever heard me say, 'Hey guys, let's stand together, vote for a man.' I would never do that, never have."
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"The welfare rights bill, I think many of the leading civil rights advocates in this country will tell you, was extraordinarily detrimental to the African-American community," Sanders said. "I spoke out against it. I voted against it. Secretary Clinton supported it."
As for the former president, he said: "Bill Clinton was the president who led the effort to deregulate Wall Street, was the president who fought for the disastrous NAFTA trade agreement and was the president who pushed this so-called welfare reform, which was absolutely disastrous for low-income people in general and the African-American community in particular." [/quote]
[url]http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-defends-rapper-killer-mike-slams-bill-clinton-n521166[/url]
Killer Mike is awesome and Bernie Sanders is awesome. Glad to see these sorts of games not working on them.
Don't get me wrong I love Killer Mike, and Sanders is probably gonna get my vote come November if everything shakes out like it's probably going to, but this whole Bernie Sanders/Killer Mike dynamic is fucking hilarious in a really weird way
Killer Mike as VP? :v:
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49774153]Killer Mike as VP? :v:[/QUOTE]
If Mike gets any sort of official position I think we're just gonna see Reagan's body on a pike in the oval office
would see the worlds dopest presidency if mike was VP
Bernie has Mikes back because he knows Mikes got Bernie's back. Both very honest and passionate people and I'm glad to have Killer Mike help push Bernie's message.
Killer Mike is the fucking man.
It'd be interesting to see RTJ3 have a voice sample of Bernie. And I mean interesting in the most bizarre way possible.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49774153]Killer Mike as VP? :v:[/QUOTE]
So fuck you fuckboys forever, I hope I said it politely,
And that's about the psyche of Bernie and Mikey,
You meet another pair better - highly unlikely.
And if we don't get the votes, fuck it, fight me,
I live for the thrill of the race, yes it excites me.
You know your candidates ain't shit and me, I might be
The best motherfuckin' Vice Prez you might see.
Looking forward to Killer Mike slaying it on stage at the Bernie victory speech.
How can anyone not vote for Sanders? Maybe it's cause i'm external but the guy seems honest, has been campaigning for equality and civil rights for decades, and his economic policy numbers add up. I don't see what Hilary has over that?
[QUOTE=Occlusion;49778112]How can anyone not vote for Sanders? Maybe it's cause i'm external but the guy seems honest, has been campaigning for equality and civil rights for decades, and his economic policy numbers add up. I don't see what Hilary has over that?[/QUOTE]
Basically, Hillary has the fact that she's a Clinton, the fact that she's got significantly more name recognition and popularity going in to this, she's got significantly more money and big companies behind her, the fact that for the past fucking year or two she's been roving TV shows teasing an obviously-going-to-happen campaign and everyone reacted by assuming she was going to be the natural pick for the Democrats, and also that she's a woman. Clinton is the default choice everyone had going in to this and Bernie's basically got to win everyone over. I mean, I doubt people could be rooting for her based on her strength of character, that's for fucking sure.
[QUOTE=Chickens!;49777934]So fuck you fuckboys forever, I hope I said it politely,
And that's about the psyche of Bernie and Mikey,
You meet another pair better - highly unlikely.
And if we don't get the votes, fuck it, fight me,
I live for the thrill of the race, yes it excites me.
You know your candidates ain't shit and me, I might be
The best motherfuckin' Vice Prez you might see.
Looking forward to Killer Mike slaying it on stage at the Bernie victory speech.[/QUOTE]
killer mike and bernie sanders collab
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49774153]Killer Mike as VP? :v:[/QUOTE]
Bernie Sanders as the third member of Run the Jewels?
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Wonder how he'll deal with Putin?
KM I mean.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;49778112]How can anyone not vote for Sanders? Maybe it's cause i'm external but the guy seems honest, has been campaigning for equality and civil rights for decades, and his economic policy numbers add up. I don't see what Hilary has over that?[/QUOTE]
Because both sets of Powers That Be (Corporate and Logistical/Governmental) stand to lose an enormous amount of money continually with him in office, also way more regulation will be introduced.
No one in corporate America wants to live in abject poverty like people in Norway and Sweden do. Have you been on a bus? It's like being in a Somali work camp. Living in destitution and only having one vehicle and a house with only four bedrooms is not what Amercia is about.
Have you never seen a Kanye West video?
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49778348]Wonder how he'll deal with Putin?
KM I mean.[/QUOTE]
"Nigga, you raw and that's tight" *smiles*
"But seriously you gotta stop shooting people and fucking it up for [I]everyone[/I] in the middle east" *serious face*
Sanders is slowly going on the offensive and it's beautiful.
I'm so hyped to see who gets elected tbh
KM as VP would be doing a usual press conference and then say
"oh btw, check my soundcloud"
[QUOTE=V3nom;49774138]Don't get me wrong I love Killer Mike, and Sanders is probably gonna get my vote come November if everything shakes out like it's probably going to, but this whole Bernie Sanders/Killer Mike dynamic is fucking hilarious in a really weird way[/QUOTE]
it's good news for Bernie cause it'll show more racial minority voters that Bernie's on their side more than Hilary, dealing with poverty will do loads for their position in America right now considering how much of modern issues for minorities revolve around economic status which is more intangible a problem. Quite a few who are more apolitical were just going to vote Clinton for being part of the Obama administration judging from polls.
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