AFTER a resounding defeat by Bernie Sanders in the primaries in New Hampshire and only a razor-thin victory in the caucuses in Iowa, two largely white states, Hillary Clinton is doubling down on her courtship of black and Hispanic voters. After three days of intense campaigning in Nevada, where Democrats will vote in the next caucuses on February 20th, she visited Chicago on February 17th for three fundraisers and a rally in Bronzeville, a neighbourhood on the largely black south side of the city.
Flanked by a group of black women, Mrs Clinton was introduced at the rally by Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail of apparent suicide after a routine traffic stop. Ms Reed-Veal recited a poem about Mrs Clinton whom she described as “selfless” and as someone with staying power after so many years in politics. “Now is the time and this is place / Now we are ready and Hillary is the face,” she read.
Mrs Clinton comforted Ms Reed-Veal when she teared up talking about her daughter, and praised her as an advocate of police reform. She vowed to change police practices so “no one is pulled over in their...Continue reading
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