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Half or more of the eligible voters who to vote in CA in the Democratic primary were forced to vote provisional ballots, which were not counted. It is believed that, if these were counted, Bernie would have won a landslide election. Here he speaks to the crowd and lets them know the campaign continues. Audio is a bit muffled as two staff members (possible moles) would only let some of the press connect to the sound system. Video recorded by Einar Storm of the Justice Gazette. RELATED VIDEOS
Robert Reich’s Open Letter to Bernie Sanders Is Going Viral
Robert Reich — Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor — is one of Bernie Sanders’ biggest supporters. His recent open letter thanking Sanders for his game-changing campaign is going viral.
Reich congratulated the Vermont senator for rising from a fringe candidacy with zero name recognition from a far-flung corner of the country to becoming an international political phenomenon who seriously challenged the entrenched corporate establishment while refusing to sell out to big money.
“You have helped shape the next generation,” Reich wrote. “You’ve done it without SuperPACs or big money from corporations, Wall Street, and billionaires. You did it with small contributions from millions of us. You’ve shown it can be done without selling your soul or compromising your conviction.”
Reich, a college professor who is also known for his activism around the issue of income inequality, thanked Sanders for running a fierce campaign around the most serious issues of our time — and for being the only candidate to seriously talk about poverty, Wall Street greed, and campaign finance reform.
“Your message – about the necessity of single-payer healthcare, free tuition at public universities, a $15 minimum wage, busting up the biggest Wall Street banks, taxing the financial speculation, expanding Social Security, imposing a tax on carbon, and getting big money out of politics – will shape the progressive agenda from here on,” Reich wrote.
Reich ended his letter with a promise to continue Sanders’ fight for a political revolution beyond the Democratic National Convention and into the next election cycles.
“We will not succumb to cynicism. We are in it for the long haul. We will never give up,” Reich wrote.
During an energetic speech last night in Santa Monica, California, Sanders vowed to continue fighting for every vote in next week’s primary in Washington, D.C., and all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Read the full text of Reich’s letter below:
The only thing I can think of doing this morning is to write a public note to my friend, Bernie Sanders: Dear Bernie:
I don’t know what you’re going to do from here on, and I’m not going to advise you. You’ve earned the right to figure out the next steps for your campaign and the movement you have launched.
But let me tell you this: You’ve already succeeded.
At the start they labeled you a “fringe” candidate – a 74-year-old, political Independent, Jewish, self-described democratic socialist, who stood zero chance against the Democratic political establishment, the mainstream media, and the moneyed interests.
Then you won 22 states.
And in almost every state – even in those you lost — you won vast majorities of voters under 30, including a majority of young women and Latinos. And most voters under 45.
You have helped shape the next generation.
You’ve done it without SuperPACs or big money from corporations, Wall Street, and billionaires. You did it with small contributions from millions of us. You’ve shown it can be done without selling your soul or compromising your conviction.
You’ve also inspired millions of us to get involved in politics — and to fight the most important and basic of all fights on which all else depends: to reclaim our economy and democracy from the moneyed interests.
Your message – about the necessity of single-payer healthcare, free tuition at public universities, a $15 minimum wage, busting up the biggest Wall Street banks, taxing the financial speculation, expanding Social Security, imposing a tax on carbon, and getting big money out of politics – will shape the progressive agenda from here on.
Your courage in taking on the political establishment has emboldened millions of us to stand up and demand our voices be heard.
Regardless of what you decide to do now, you have ignited a movement that will fight onward. We will fight to put more progressives into the House and Senate. We will fight at the state level. We will organize for the 2020 presidential election.
We will not succumb to cynicism. We are in it for the long haul. We will never give up.
