Sharpton: ‘There Is No Presumed Holder’ of the Black Vote

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SCARBOROUGH: "There are some black leaders that have already jumped over to supporting him. I’ve heard you talk before about how you don’t want the Democrats to take you for granted, you don’t want the Democrats to take black voters for granted, other minorities for granted. I wonder if this might be an opportunity to shake things up and not just say, oh, the front-runner is Hillary Clinton, we’ve always supported Clinton, our groups have always supported Clinton, let’s support Hillary Clinton. Does Sanders offer an opportunity for the democratic Party, for several rights leaders to diversify a bit and not just mindlessly line up behind the same establishment democratic candidate?"
SHARPTON: "I do think he gives the opportunity to make sure there’s a real discussion here that the vote is earned and that there is no presumed holder of the vote because we have serious problems, from the economic conditions to Flint Michigan to across the board to education and clearly in policing and no one, especially, Joe, you must remember, whoever wins this election, Republican or Democrat this will be the first time in American history we will see a white succeed a black president. Civil rights leaders have a responsibility to press them on the issues before we get into who we like or who we know and that’s what we’ve got to do. Make them earn the vote."