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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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Dec 25, 2019

There are four million voters who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 who did not come out and vote at all in 2016.

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Dec 25, 2019

The path to the White House, for Democrats doesn't go through the Republican Party.

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Nov 26, 2019

There are many people like myself and others who think that Cory and Kamala are in the best position if he falters.

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Nov 26, 2019

Joe Biden has been resilient. The biggest problem that people like Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, and Bernie Sanders have is that they have to win Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Oct 21, 2019

Men have no courage when it comes to the President of the United States and that's a sad comment there.

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Oct 21, 2019

The fact is that not only is Donald Trump betraying his oath of office or violating it.

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Jul 2, 2019

the support for Joe Biden is very, very wide but it doesn't have much depth.

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Jul 2, 2019

if you have a problem with the debate tactics of Kamala Harris, imagine when Joe Biden has to stand toe-to-toe or if Joe Biden has to stand toe-to-toe with Donald Trump.

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Jun 19, 2019

This is just as much generational as anything else. I wish Joe Biden instead of hearkening on Strom Thurmond and Jim Eastland would be talking about issues of the future not heroes that he digs up from yesterday.

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Jun 17, 2019

I think if the election was today... I think that Donald Trump will be effected for another four years.

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Jun 17, 2019

We have to make sure our base is excited about whatever candidate is going to be.

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Jun 17, 2019

The President of the United States, though, is ill equipped to deal with this because the President of the United States does not have the character, the patience or the compassion to deal with this issue in the way that it should be.

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Jun 16, 2019

I think that there's a big issue and it's been going on since Steve Bannon was in the White House about leaking.

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May 23, 2019

I think that what Nancy Pelosi is going off of is what many people say is that the president behaves in a manner in which draws some concern.

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May 23, 2019

Yes, I honestly believe that the friends of the president of the United States, if he has any, the friends and family of the president of the United States, I think those individuals who are close to him, the Lindsey Grahams and the Bill…

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Apr 24, 2019

I think Anita Hill's deserved this apology for nearly 30 years.

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Apr 24, 2019

I think you'll find people who appreciate, who love Joe Biden, who appreciate the fact that he has given up 40 years of his life for service to this country.

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Apr 7, 2019

One of the faux pas that was made in this immigration policy or lack thereof was cutting the funding to those three countries.

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Mar 17, 2019

I think the country is being desensitized to the president of the United States' psychopathy.

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Mar 17, 2019

I think that anyone who raises $6.1 million has to be taken seriously.

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Mar 17, 2019

Do we want substance or do we want charisma or do we want find some combination of both?

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