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Donkees's JournalFull text: Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign kickoff speech
https://vtdigger.org/2019/03/02/full-text-sen-bernie-sanders-2020-presidential-campaign-kickoff-speech/Excerpt:
My experience as a kid, living in a family that struggled economically, powerfully influenced my life and my values. Unlike Donald Trump, who shut down the government and left 800,000 federal employees without income to pay the bills, I know what it’s like to be in a family that lives paycheck to paycheck.
Now it’s true: I did not have a father who gave me millions of dollars to build luxury skyscrapers, casinos and country clubs. I did not come from a family that gave me a $200,000 allowance every year beginning at the age of 3. As I recall, my allowance was 25 cents a week.
But I had something more valuable: I had the role model of a father who had unbelievable courage in journeying across an ocean, with no money in his pocket, to start a new and better life.
I did not come from a family of privilege that prepared me to entertain people on television by telling workers: “You’re fired.” I came from a family who knew all too well the frightening power employers can have over everyday workers.
I did not come from a politically connected family whose multinational corporation got special tax breaks and subsidies. I came from a family where my parents paid their taxes and understood the important role that government plays in a democracy.
I did not come from a family that could afford to send my brother and me to an elite boarding school. In fact, I was educated in high quality public schools here in Brooklyn and began the first year of my college life on this very campus. I should also mention that my brother graduated from Brooklyn College.
Having attended an excellent public college that was then virtually tuition free and living in a rent-controlled apartment, I can assure you that my family believed that government in a democratic society had a very important role to play in protecting working families.
I did not come from a family that taught me to build a corporate empire through housing discrimination. I protested housing discrimination, was arrested for protesting school segregation, and attended Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington for jobs and freedom.
Bernie exits as the crowd goes wild!
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''We are going to be a part of a political revolution that will change this country''
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ON LOCATION for @BernieSanders. Volunteers are lined up to begin.
LINES FORMING BOTH SIDES OF STREET
LIVE FROM THE LINE
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Photos: I grew up in Brooklyn, in a three-and-a-half room, rent-controlled apartment on E. 26th St.
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Sanders plans to weave family story into first major 2020 speech
By Gregory Krieg, CNN
Updated 6:10 PM ET, Fri March 1, 2019
Excerpt:
Sen. Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally on Saturday will deliver some of his most deeply personal remarks since emerging as a national political figure, according to excerpts provided to CNN by a campaign source.
Casting his own family's working class struggles against President Donald Trump's childhood as the son of a wealthy real estate developer, Sanders is expected to tell supporters at Brooklyn College, "I did not have a mom and dad who gave me millions of dollars to build luxury skyscrapers and casinos and country clubs. But I had something more valuable: I had the role model of a father who had unbelievable courage in journeying across an ocean, with no money in his pocket and not knowing a word of English."
Sanders has spoken at times and written occasionally about his youth in Brooklyn, where he was raised in a small, rent-controlled apartment the decade after World War II. But his refusal to weave it more deeply into his campaign message, or address his family history in a political context, has been a source of frustration among some of his allies, who are desperate for the 77-year-old to articulate a fuller picture of his life to voters. Aides say that in a pair of speeches this weekend, the second coming on Sunday night in Chicago -- where he graduated from college and became an activist in the heat of the Civil Rights movement -- that will change.
"I did not come from a family that had the power to go on television to entertain people by telling workers: 'You're fired,'" Sanders is expected to say on Saturday, a shot at Trump that aligns with his broader message. "I came from a family who knew all too well the frightening power employers can have over everyday workers."
"People need to know how he got to where he is right now, what makes him tick," Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner told CNN on Friday morning. "All of us have stories, everybody has a story and our stories are our strength, our stories are what connect us. So (people) need to hear his biography from him."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/bernie-sanders-personal-story-new-york-brooklyn-college/index.html
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