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Bakari Sellers

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Bakari Sellers is a prominent Democratic political figure and commentator from South Carolina. He gained national recognition as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he served from 2006 to 2014. Sellers has been an advocate for social justice, education reform, and healthcare access, often speaking on issues affecting the African American community. After leaving office, he has continued to influence public discourse through his work as a political analyst and author.

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Nov 16, 2017

The biggest problem with Ed's excuse, in many excuses, is that the Trump campaign started from a zero-sum game. And they said, we didn't have any contact with the Russians at all.

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Nov 16, 2017

If you want to appreciate what this woman said, the accuser said, then you have to appreciate. And some Democrats say, well, there were 13 accusers against Donald Trump. This isn't the same against one.

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Nov 16, 2017

The fact is, I mean, you can spin and twist and pretzel yourself into any position you want to do that.

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Nov 16, 2017

Donald Trump does not deserve to be president of the United States based upon these accusations.

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Nov 15, 2017

I think Al Franken should resign. I don't think -- I don't know if that's a Democratic talking point or not, but he committed a sexual assault, right? That's an unwanted touching to a woman who is asleep.

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Oct 19, 2017

the only person who was telling the truth in this entire scenario was Representative Frederica Wilson.

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Oct 19, 2017

I will go to my death being the problem of this country if I continue to speak the truth.

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Oct 19, 2017

The fact of the matter is, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, no, he has a lot to earn from many of us who don't look like him.

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Oct 19, 2017

the president of the United States for 12 days did not call these families.

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Oct 19, 2017

John Kelly, the chief of staff to the president of the United States, has lied about her.

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Oct 12, 2017

The only thing it's --I mean, it's irony. And I think that Donald Trump presidency has been full of irony.

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Oct 12, 2017

There's nothing, there's no good part of a federal investigation when somebody of a caliber of any FBI agent but let alone.

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Oct 12, 2017

What we're going to do now is we're going to see that Republicans now own this. Republicans own the fact that premiums are going to go up 20 percent because of the fact that they are reducing these subsidies.

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Oct 12, 2017

There is actually a chance because Senator Alexander and Senator Patty Murray are actually working on an Affordable Care Act fix.

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Oct 12, 2017

Today, premiums will go up 20 to 25 percent. And the deficit will go up $200 billion because of the actions that Donald Trump took today.

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Oct 11, 2017

Donald Trump and House Republicans do not know what they're doing with healthcare.

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Oct 11, 2017

This sabotages the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

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Sep 24, 2017

The hypocrisy is rich with them. Because you have owners like Daniel Snyder and Jerry Jones who donated $1 million to the President in his inauguration.

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Sep 24, 2017

Oppression and white supremacy run amok and we're going to shatter those systems one knee at a time.

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