It's not just about, I fought for civil rights and I protested and I sat at the lunch counters, that is important and that is great, but that was 50 years ago. And he has a lot more to stand on than what he did 50 years ago.

Symone Sanders

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This has been and is about health care, and we want to be able to have a high-level policy conversation, and as Democrats, we should be able to disagree without asserting that someone doesn't know what they're talking about or should be kicked out of the party or is corrupt.

Except that Andrew Jackson was a plantation owner that also owned... by Symone Sanders

Except that Andrew Jackson was a plantation owner that also owned slaves.

No other candidate has made such a concerted effort to reach out to HBCUs, we are taking the message right to the people.

Brothers and sisters, what a turnout, it doesn't seem true but we began this campaign about three and a half months ago, and the momentum has been unbelievable.

It makes more sense to me to be investing in jobs and education for our kids than in jails and incarceration.

You know which candidate will have the courage to fight unjust mandatory minimums and the death penalty.

People are not fighting every day, there's not consternation among aides. That is not true. ... I hear that there are critics. Those who talk often do not know and those who know usually are not the ones talking.

We are not making rainbows and bunnies all day. What I hear is that people have hard jobs and I’m like ‘welcome to the club,’ we have created a culture where people, if there is anything anyone would like to raise, there are avenues for them to do so. Whoever has something they would like to raise, they should raise it directly.

We are looking forward to the debate on Oct. 15 in Miami.

Nobody has ever had to campaign for a general election in the midst of a pandemic while everyone is at home, but we still have to meet people where they are and give these individual communities the attention that they deserve.