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Reverend Jesse Jackson is backing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the Democratic presidential nomination on March 8, as Sanders is looking to make a comeback when more voters in six states go to the polls March 10.
“With the exception of Native Americans, African Americans are the people who are most behind, socially and economically, in the United States, and our needs are not moderate. A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path,” Jackson said in a statement to news outlets.
“The most progressive social and economic path gives us the best chance to catch up, and Sen. Bernie Sanders represents the most progressive path. That’s why I choose to endorse him today.”
Jackson, a longtime civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, said he will appear alongside Sanders at an event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 8. When he was the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, Sanders backed Jackson’s presidential campaign in 1988, which also featured Sanders’s current rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, as a Democratic candidate.
“I think with Rev. Jackson, I think we got a real boost in our campaign,” Sanders told CNN on March 8.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addresses a campaign rally at Grant Park Petrillo Music Shell in Chicago, Ill., on March 7, 2020. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)Jackson, at the same time, told news outlets that Biden’s campaign hasn’t reached out to him for an endorsement.
“The Biden campaign has not reached out to me or asked for my support,” he added. “The Sanders campaign has, and they responded to the issues I raised.”
His endorsement comes as the race for the Democratic nomination has narrowed to just two front runners, Biden and Sanders. Last week, during the Super Tuesday contest, Biden surged in the delegate race and overtook Sanders with wins in several key states, including Texas, while Sanders won California, which has the most delegates of any state.
Sanders is now focusing and campaigning in Michigan, which has around 100 delegates and will vote on March 10. Since Super Tuesday, Sanders has been escalating his claims that the Democratic establishment is working against him and his supporters by supporting Biden, who has tried to cast himself as a moderate in the face of Sanders’s progressivism.
On March 8, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) threw her support behind Biden after dropping out of the race several months ago.
“So I just wanted you guys to know, I have decided that I am with great enthusiasm going to endorse Joe Biden for the president of the United States,” she said in a video.
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