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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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Jan 28, 2018

People are saying that Donald Trump is above the rule of law, and that simply is not the case.

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Jan 28, 2018

The fact of the matter is if Richard Nixon was President and Paul Ryan was the speaker of the House, then he probably would nominate Richard Nixon for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Jan 18, 2018

I really don't believe, although there are real lives in the balance. I do not believe that this has much effect when it comes to November elections.

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Jan 18, 2018

I hope that Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party, Democratic caucus have some fortitude and stand up for DREAMers now because they may not have another opportunity to.

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Jan 18, 2018

DACA is a popular issue. This isn't something in which there is a divided spectrum in the United States.

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Jan 18, 2018

Our message is clear, we are fight for DACA, we are fighting for DREAMers, we are fighting for Americans, period.

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Jan 14, 2018

I think that one of the things that Donald Trump is having difficulty doing is understanding his past, understanding that many of us are not fooled by anything that he does today.

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Jan 14, 2018

Now is not the time to be a coward. Now is the time to stand up.

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Dec 25, 2017

Democrats understand that Obamacare needs to be fixed. We understand that markets need to be stabilized. And while the White House wants to sabotage Obamacare, I'm hopeful that there will be a bipartisan fix with Murray/Alexander that…

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Dec 25, 2017

Thank God, many Americans depend on this, need this. And in fact many people who are new enrollees into Obamacare actually live in Trump states.

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Dec 13, 2017

The last thing he said nobody really believes, because we have had tax cuts before for corporations and it hasn't translated to wages growing.

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Dec 13, 2017

What we do know is that individuals impersonated Black Lives Matter activists in places like Ferguson and Baltimore to sow discord.

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Dec 11, 2017

African-American voters particularly black women are carrying the load for the Democratic Party.

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Dec 11, 2017

The reason that Democrats lose this race tonight would not be because of the African-American vote.

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Dec 11, 2017

I mean, this is not even a question. You know, for me, it's -- the travesty is that you've had a lot of people who put the policy and the party over the moral fabric of this country.

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Dec 11, 2017

Roy Moore is a really bad candidate because of the things that he said, because of the xenophobia, because of the bigotry, because of the homophobia.

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Dec 11, 2017

The question is whether or not he will get the number of college educated white voters he needs, particularly we need to look at Jefferson County, which is Birmingham and we also need to look at Huntsville.

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Dec 11, 2017

One of the downside is that Barack Obama showed the country that you could win and get the 270 without going through the south.

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Nov 20, 2017

I think that now we recognized the importance thereof after the Kavanaugh hearings, we've seen what happens with Gorsuch.

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Nov 20, 2017

I don't think that he chants 'lock her up' and I don't think he says that, you know, hope and change, praise god for Barack Obama.

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Nov 20, 2017

I think that Donald Trump believes that judges should be beholden to him. I think that he believes judges do have a D or R beside their name.

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Nov 20, 2017

One, he is very abusive of the tenets of democracy, or two, he's ignorant of how government works.

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Nov 20, 2017

Nobody stands up to the President of the United States. They make excuses for him.

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