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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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Sep 24, 2017

I mean, I don't know why on God's green earth the President of the United States has time to or wants to wage cultural wars.

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Sep 24, 2017

But yes, the issue is about race, the issue is about race in this country and race relations in this country and even more specifically structure inequalities that we have.

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Sep 24, 2017

This isn't about disrespecting the national anthem. This isn't about disrespecting the flag or disrespecting the military.

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Sep 24, 2017

This wasn't a dog whistle. This was a bullhorn and we're going to keep protesting.

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Sep 14, 2017

It's not appropriate for the White House to go after private company or private individual and talk about that it's a fireable offense.

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Aug 24, 2017

Let's not forget that he was one of the first cheerleaders in the birther movement against Barack Obama.

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Aug 24, 2017

This serves -- this does not serve to meet any end of justice whatsoever. I mean you're pardoning a racist.

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Aug 24, 2017

There are a large group of people who are terrorized by Sheriff Arpaio. There are immigrants, undocumented immigrants, there are people who actually well legitimate citizens of this country who are ripped apart, had to show their papers…

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Aug 24, 2017

Today, you know, regardless of the man, Donald Trump pardoned racism.

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Aug 24, 2017

Barack Obama during his pardon process had what the White House affectionately called a double blind process.

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Aug 23, 2017

I think Bob Corker was correct. I think it's also fair to say that an element of this actually it delves off of being a strategy into being unhinged.

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Aug 23, 2017

I think that we've had enough time to judge whether or not it's a smart strategy or not. And I think he gets a 'D-', I mean, the only reason it's not an 'F' is because it's highly entertaining.

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Aug 14, 2017

I want people to set aside those prejudices and actually understand what it means to be a patriot.

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Aug 14, 2017

I think this is about hate and bigotry versus what we want to be as a country.

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Aug 14, 2017

Donald Trump is a morally bankrupt individual. I think we all knew that. I think individuals who supported him knew that.

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Aug 14, 2017

I firmly believe wholeheartedly that Donald Trump is a white supremacist in chief.

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Aug 14, 2017

I actually do think that it was very easy for the President of the United States to actually be on the right side of history.

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Aug 13, 2017

I also think, though, that many Americans who are persecuted by the same neo-Nazis... are not surprised by this at all.

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Jul 31, 2017

The fact is, we know the president misled the public. What happens when we need to trust him?

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Jul 31, 2017

What we know to be the truth is that this meeting was not about adoptions or Russian adoptions. We also know that the president dictated that statement. What did we deduce from that? That the president lied, period.

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Jul 31, 2017

There are many parents right now who fear their children going out, having encounters with law enforcement because they may not come home.

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Jul 31, 2017

I just want Donald Trump to care about people who look like me.

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Jul 31, 2017

It's a very troubling statement when you see the leader of the free world condone that statement.

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