An official with Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign said that former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE “actively courted pro-segregation senators” to block black students from white schools.
Nina Turner, the Sanders’s campaign national co-chair, said African American voters have a “consequential decision to make” when deciding between the top two frontrunners, in an op-ed in The State, a newspaper based in Columbia, S.C.
“By supporting a racial justice champion like Sanders — and his popular progressive agenda — black Americans will forge a multiracial, multigenerational working-class alliance that will generate the high turnout necessary to beat President Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE,” Turner wrote.
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“In standing with Sanders over Biden, we will declare that we are not going backward — we are going forward into a future of empowerment and equality for all,” she added.
The former Ohio state senator contrasted Biden and Sanders throughout her piece, saying that Biden started his career with personal letters to pro-segregation senators to support legislation preventing black students from attending schools with white students. She wrote that Sanders instead began his career protesting in desegregation movements.
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Turner also condemned Biden for his treatment of Anita HillAnita Faye HillTrump sets up for bruising campaign against Biden Clarence Thomas breaks his silence in theaters nationwide Anita Hill to Iowa crowd: ‘Statute of limitations’ for Biden apology is ‘up’ MORE when she accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence ThomasClarence ThomasSenate at logjam over changing ‘qualified immunity’ for police Chief Justice Roberts wisely defers to California governor in church challenge Supreme Court rules immigrants who fear torture can appeal deportations in court MORE of sexual harassment.
She criticized the vice president’s earlier ideas surrounding welfare reform, crime reform and economics as a Delaware senator, saying that Sanders was on the right side of history by disapproving of Biden’s approaches.
“And today the differences between Biden and Sanders remain stark,” she wrote, citing their views on marijuana legalization, Medicare for All and student loan forgiveness.
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The op-ed was published in one of the early voting states with a high amount of African American voters. So far in polls, Biden has maintained a plurality of African American support and the lead in South Carolina.
Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.) targeted Biden in the first presidential debate for his opposition to busing in the 1970s. Biden at the time called the senator’s comments a “mischaracterization” of his views, saying he took issue with the Department of Education managing the busing policies.
Harris saw increased support after the first debate, but dropped out of the presidential race after it lagged.
In 1974, Sanders told the Middlebury College campus newspaper that he believed busing risked producing racial hostility where it didn’t previously exist.
“The government doesn’t give a shit about black people,” he said.
–This report was updated at 1:24 p.m.