Rep. Gregory Meeks: Sanders Is the One Trying to Exploit Black People

RUSH TRANSCRIPT COSTELLO With ░░░░░░░░ now chairman of the ░░░░░░░░ Black Caucus who supports ░░░░░░░░ Clinton Thank you for ░░░░░░░░ with me this morning ░░░░░░░░ Good being with you ░░░░░░░░ COSTELLO Should president Bill ░░░░░░░░ apologize for the crime ░░░░░░░░ and his wife s ░░░░░░░░ of the term superpredator ░░░░░░░░ Look I think you ░░░░░░░░ it exactly right in ░░░░░░░░ interview just a few ░░░░░░░░ ago People need to ░░░░░░░░ at what was taking ░░░░░░░░ in the 90s In ░░░░░░░░ when I listen to ░░░░░░░░ was just said some ░░░░░░░░ what I think is ░░░░░░░░ to African Americans you ░░░░░░░░ saying that African Americans ░░░░░░░░ t know who or ░░░░░░░░ they vote for individuals ░░░░░░░░ go back to 1994 ░░░░░░░░ 1996 African Americans voted ░░░░░░░░ Bill Clinton 88 of ░░░░░░░░ Are you saying that ░░░░░░░░ people don t know ░░░░░░░░ talk and move in ░░░░░░░░ best interest It s ░░░░░░░░ insulting And so to ░░░░░░░░ some 20 years almost ░░░░░░░░ years later I think ░░░░░░░░ they are doing and ░░░░░░░░ he s trying to ░░░░░░░░ is to exploit black ░░░░░░░░ to say either you ░░░░░░░░ did not know what ░░░░░░░░ were doing 20 years ░░░░░░░░ in the 90s COSTELLO ░░░░░░░░ think Bernie Sanders is ░░░░░░░░ African Americans MEEKS I ░░░░░░░░ saying that if in ░░░░░░░░ what they re trying ░░░░░░░░ do is cherry pick ░░░░░░░░ and a statement that ░░░░░░░░ I think that clearly ░░░░░░░░ Hillary Clinton has said ░░░░░░░░ wished had used another ░░░░░░░░ It s clear but ░░░░░░░░ s clear also in ░░░░░░░░ 90s who was doing ░░░░░░░░ When you look at ░░░░░░░░ African American community if ░░░░░░░░ look at the wage ░░░░░░░░ it was decreasing under ░░░░░░░░ Clinton If you look ░░░░░░░░ the unemployment gap it ░░░░░░░░ decreasing under Bill Clinton ░░░░░░░░ wealth gap more African ░░░░░░░░ were gaining Look at ░░░░░░░░ in American society as ░░░░░░░░ Americans in the Clinton ░░░░░░░░ at that time more ░░░░░░░░ anybody in history I ░░░░░░░░ t hear them talking ░░░░░░░░ that What he s ░░░░░░░░ to do is to ░░░░░░░░ certain things out and ░░░░░░░░ that African Americans were ░░░░░░░░ taken advantage of by ░░░░░░░░ Clinton administration That s ░░░░░░░░ the case.”