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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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Aug 17, 2016

Donald Trump, if we're talking about him weaving things in, weaving headlines in, if Donald Trump wants to talk to African-Americans, it would be good to do it in a room full of African-Americans or actually listen.

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Aug 7, 2016

You cannot let Donald Trump have a moment. You cannot let Donald Trump have a day.

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Aug 7, 2016

I think that Hillary Clinton wants to have a policy debate with Donald Trump. I think that most people want to have a policy debate with Donald Trump because one thing that we've learned, and I said it before is, Donald Trump on foreign…

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Aug 7, 2016

Someone who actually encourages our armed forces to go out and waterboard, to go out and kill innocent families, I mean, that is unconstitutional on its face.

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Aug 7, 2016

This letter wasn't as much about foreign policy as it was about temperament, and character and the ability to be commander in chief.

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Jul 23, 2016

I think there are some operational deficiencies in the Democratic Party.

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Jul 23, 2016

I think one of the more important speeches we're going to hear this week... is from Bill Clinton, because Bill Clinton is going to come out here this week and he's going to talk about his wife in a way that we probably have never heard him…

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Jul 23, 2016

I think only one candidate is an existential threat to the United States of America, and that's Donald Trump.

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Jul 23, 2016

I think Thomas Perez is a great individual, would be an asset on the ticket.

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Jul 23, 2016

Tim Kaine is actually -- he was the only United States senator or the first United States senator in the history of the United States senate to go to the world (ph) and speak a complete speech in Spanish on immigration supporting the Gang…

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May 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton is going to into the convention with the largest number of pledge delegates. You include Indiana, she's up 3.1 million votes.

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May 3, 2016

Every argument that Senator Sanders in his campaign kind to came out with, whether or not it her versus Donald Trump, she wins 11 out of last 12 match-ups in RealClearPolitics average polling.

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Apr 11, 2016

I think this is going to be a battle for the soul of this country.

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Apr 6, 2016

the delegate count, the pledge delegate count is what matters. Hillary Clinton is going into the convention with the most pledged delegates.

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Mar 16, 2016

I believe the Republican Party for all intents and purposes is giving up on winning the White House in 2016.

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Mar 16, 2016

A lot of my friends -- I am not relishing. I'm not like ecstatic or taking Trump lightly by any stretch, in fact it's more pride in being able to beat back on that George Wallace-esque xenophobia in November that I'm excited about doing.

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Mar 16, 2016

But there's also nobody to bring the Republican Party together. It's sure not Mitt Romney.

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Feb 28, 2016

I mean, that is the level of political discourse that we're having in this country on the republican side.

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Feb 28, 2016

Marco Rubio who is a complete superstar winning democrat will tell you they really don't want to run against in November if they're being honest with themselves.

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Feb 23, 2016

We have to have this discussion. We have to have it honestly. Bernie Sanders has to be held to the same standard.

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Feb 23, 2016

I want a plan to help limit mass incarceration. I want somebody like Hillary Clinton who is actually talking about adopting President Obama's Ferguson Commission standards.

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Feb 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton actually apologized for actually being a part of that.

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