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State Rep. Summer Lee says she will endorse Bernie Sanders
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
jrouth@post-gazette.com
MAR 6, 2020 8:23 AM
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Insisting that the only way to bring real change to marginalized communities is by building a "movement" on the ground, state Rep. Summer Lee is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president.
Ms. Lee, whose own success in grass-roots organizing led to her ousting a longtime incumbent from the legislature two years ago, said she's backing the independent Vermont senator for the Democratic nomination because he will bring people into the electorate who may have never engaged with the system before.
Only then can a president usher in systemic change on issues of racial, environmental and economic justice, Ms. Lee said.
"At the end of the day, that's actually what we're going to need if we're really going to implement these changes," Ms. Lee said.
The Sanders campaign is expected to roll out the endorsement Friday morning, and will deem her someone who "understands what it means to fight on behalf of the people" as the first black woman to be elected state representative in Western Pennsylvania.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2020/03/06/Bernie-Sanders-endorsement-state-Rep-Summer-Lee/stories/202003060102
