Al Sharpton Calls out Bernie’s Campaign Co-Chair for Sanders Voting in Favor of the 1994 Crime Bill

‘Bernie Sanders voted for the bill you attacked Joe Biden of’

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SHARPTON: " You call Bernie Sanders, quote, one of the leading dissenters to that agenda. But Bernie Sanders voted for the infamous 1994 crime bill. If we are going to talk about facts, the fact is while many of us, me included, were protesting this bill, Bernie Sanders voted for the bill you attacked Joe Biden of."
TURNER: "Rev, it’s not an attack to lay out somebody’s record. So I’m glad we’re having this conversation. In 1991 Senator Bernie Sanders voted against the crime bill."
SHARPTON: "In 1994 he voted for the crime bill. Is that a fact or not?"
TURNER: "Reverend let me -- I’m getting to 1994. [crosstalk] In 1991 he voted against the crime bill. In 1994 he stood up against that crime bill."
SHARPTON: "And voted for it."
TURNER: "And it wasn’t until last-minute amendments, as you well know, the Violence Against Women Act and the ban on assault weapons the senator did indeed vote for that bill —"
SHARPTON: "But, Ms. Turner. He voted for the bill that resulted in mass incarceration over the country."
TURNER: "Reverend."
SHARPTON: "Don’t you think it would be a better argument to say I made a mistake, apologize for that, and move on, than to act like — he voted for the bill.”

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