Killer Mike Introduces Bernie Sanders in Atlanta
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2015
- Rapper Killer Mike of Run the Jewels gives a riveting speech to a raucous crowd in Atlanta, Georgia after endorsing Senator Sanders for president.
The Atlanta rapper, a prominent voice in the hip-hop community, is active in politics and explains why he believes in Senator Sanders' vision for the country.
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Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously served as mayor of Vermont’s largest city for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven grandchildren.
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech firsthand at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
After graduation, Bernie moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere 10 votes, shocking the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21 point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.
In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a “practical and successful legislator,” Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus’ ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.
Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
To learn more about Bernie on the issues, click here: berniesanders.com/issues/
This speech gave me chills. Killer Mike's passion to make the world a better place is inspirational.
Love the crowd. Its a breath of fresh air to see a wave of people from different backgrounds and colors at a presidential campaign. Feel the Bern baby! ☺👍
+1on1 Stfu
+1on1 "As other comments noted, the quote is attributed to LBJ in Ronald
Kessler's book, and was supposedly said to two southern governors. But
in the absence of a reliable objective record of that quotation, among
the best sources to answer your question are the presidential recordings
made during the Johnson administration, which I've listened to at
length during my undergrad studies. Several hundred conversations were
recorded dealing with issues of racial politics and the Civil Rights Act
of 1964. A discussion of those conversations can be found here.
Now, a quote like the one in OP's question is not found in any of
these recordings, nor do they contain the oft-cited statement to Bill
Moyers that LBJ had "lost to the South to the GOP for a generation." But
they do provide excellent insight into how LBJ talked about these
issues in private. For example, it is simply undisputed that LBJ did use the prevailing southern racial slurs of the time, including the word "n-----r," as this actual recording demonstrates. This is hardly the only example.
Another famous example is cited in "Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960",
by Robert Dallek. Johnson defended the Supreme Court appointment of the
famous Thurgood Marshall, rather than a black judge less identified
with the civil rights cause, by saying to a staff member, "Son, when I appoint a n-----r to the court, I want everyone to know he's a n-----r."
That being said, for a rural-born white Texan in the late 1960s, the
collected recordings show that LBJ had some astonishingly progressive
views on race in America, but his nomenclature leaves something to be
desired. It is also worth noting that LBJ knew his audience, and would
speak differently to a Georgia state legislator than, say, a Connecticut
governor. It's very difficult to tell when LBJ is putting on an act for
audience or when he's speaking with his "true" voice. Additionally, I
tend to detect a bit of self-aware irony in some of LBJ's discussion of
these issues. I think that's key to understanding how LBJ could say the
most radically progressive statements while simultaneously using a
racial slur.
But given the tone and tenor of LBJ's conversations on these issues, I
think the best we can say is that the quote cited by OP is not
inconsistent with LBJ's style. But it seems unlikely that we will ever
know if those exact words were uttered. From my own studies, I
personally think the quote is either genuine or a fair paraphrase. It's
the kind of thing LBJ might say to a Dixiecrat to convince them not to
oppose the CRA. Thus, if anyone got "tricked" over the CRA, it wasn't
black America -- it was Southern conservative democrats. In other words,
as u/Thurgood_Marshall and others note below, while the quote might be genuine, the sentiment was not.
So, I think it does a disservice when these kinds of quotes are used
to suggest that LBJ was duplicitous and uncaring about black America.
Personally, I have no doubt over the bona fides of LBJ's
empathy and humanity after listening to the conversations in June of
1963 during the Freedom Summer disappearances, where LBJ was positively
distraught.
It's also revealing that on July 24, 1964, Barry Goldwater met with
LBJ in the White House to discuss the issue of race in the presidential
campaigns. Goldwater suggested that both campaigns not address the issue
of race in order to avoid inflaming racial tensions. LBJ strongly
disagreed. There is no doubt from the presidential recordings that LBJ
considered race problems to be an issue of morality, going so far as to
compare the CRA of 1964 as a moral challenge similar to that facing the
Lincoln administration over whether to pursue the 13th Amendment.
EDIT: Because it hasn't been mentioned yet, I will
add that the source of the quotation, Ronald Kessler, is not what I
would call an unbiased historian. Mr. Kessler has been the chief
Washington correspondent for the far-right-wing Newsmax. He is known for
incorrectly reporting that Barack Obama was present for Rev. Wright's
"white arrogance" sermon, among other controversies. I'm not saying he's
a bad journalist, and I'm not indicting his politics. I'm just saying
that he comes to the table with his own biases.
TOP LEVEL EDIT: The more I consider the OP's quote
in light of my own time listening to the recordings at the LBJ library
at the University of Texas, the more I am convinced that LBJ is putting
on an act to these two southern governors to quiet their rancor over his
pursuit of the CRA. I think the statements in OP's quote directly
conflict with Johnson's private understanding of just how transformative
the CRA would be, both politically and legally.
Also, I think he absolutely knows, at the moment that he is smiling
and assuring these good ole boys that their political future is secure,
that he is actually about to end their careers, as well as the present
and future careers of a great many other conservative democrats in the
south (as reflected in the Moyers quote, above).
I won't begin to deny that LBJ was a ruthless political operator, and
indeed, an unrepentant liar. But I cringe that this single quote,
robbed of its context, would be used by some to imply that LBJ was a
heartless racist manipulator. That's one notion that I think the
historical record soundly disproves." - Banks (poster)
+Maria Rivera VERY RIGHT , IT IS VERY NEEDED NOW TO DO WORK HARD FOR BERNIE TO MAKE A GRATE REVOLUTION WHICH WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF USA & OUTSIDE OF USA WHICH IS VERY NEEDED NOW & FOR THIS REASON WITHOUT BERNIE THERE IS NO WAY,
Bernie Sanders is the 1st genuine politician who is actually worth voting for. You can feel he really means what he says. A politician who speaks the truth does not come around very often. Hes probably the first and last politican i will vote for. I hope others like him come in the future but i doubt we will see someone like him again for a while.
+Maria Rivera THANKS A LOT, IF I WERE BE IN HERE THEN OF COURSE I COULD DO THE BEST FOR HIM & I FEEL IT IS OUR VERY GRATE DUTY TO MAKE REVOLUTION WITH BERNIE TO REMOVE POVERTY WHICH IS THE & SHOULD BE A REAL ISSUE FOR 48 MILLION POOR OF AMERICA & IT WILL BE INSPIRED GLOBALLY, SO RAISE THE VOICE FOR BERNIE TO GET NOMINATION & TO WIN WITH REVOLUTION TO REMOVE POVERTY FROM USA,
This made me cry... Just woke up and watched the video. Killer mike's real feeling
Lol, I just woke up, too. Nice speech to wake up to! His passion is addictive.
@Edward Roberts Da fuq?
Feel the BERN
Excellent speach. Straight out Truth.
+Anthony Tobin ...Straight out Truth-"The goal of socialism is communism." -Lenin (Stalin's leader) Bernie hung a Soviet Flag in office when he was mayor. Bernie in Soviet Union, he honeymooned there. Too many coincidences adding up
+1on1 You're simplifying things far too much.
+1on1 - In 1988, President Reagan went to the Soviet Union to meet with Gorbachev; Mayor Bernie Sanders went there to meet with the mayor of Yaroslavl, a sister-city of Burlington, Vermont.
Bernie Sanders jokingly calls that trip a honeymoon because he brought his second wife and it was right after their wedding, but there were 10 other people with them on that trip.
Sanders also had a Soviet flag because Burlington has Yaroslavl as a sister city.
+1on1 you've been Foxitized my friend... fact check yourself n see the truth... In fact look up everything you question.....
#FEELTHEBERN !!
Damn, nice job Killer Mike! Oh and I should note to conservatives that Killer Mike isn't literally a killer. It's kind of like when Jesus rose from the dead, he wasn't literally a zombie.
good that you clarified that, wouldn't want the Morons in the media to falsely accuse him of that.
People evangelize Jesus- I evangelize senator sanders. Both socialist jews, but there's only one that can truly make a difference in the world today.
this is the perfect comment
@Preet Dhami I mean, he DID exist, most probably. He just wasn't a divine deity, but simply an awesome dude with humanist philosophies way ahead of his time. :-)
@Edward Roberts no one here is a COMMUNIST
@Edward Roberts all because they disagree with you??
What a fucking bitch you are
What happened to the diversity of ideas
@Edward Roberts and no none of them are even socialist
He'll most of them aren't even Democratic socialist
They are moderately left just like the rest of the world you ignorant fuck
Watching this now still gives me chills... The dream :'(
The dream never dies Bibbus.
BibbusTV #Bernie2020
No BS, just straight to the facts. Only man who's been fighting for the people his entire life.
#FeelTheBern
@Edward Roberts Cringe
@Edward Roberts Im not american, and your country is a shit stain on the world. Its people like you who keep it that way.
The NRA loves Bernie.
@Edward Roberts Bernie living in your head rent free I see.
He's been fighting to do nothing more than line his pockets just like every other leftist
I already loved Killer Mike for Run The Jewels (easily my favorite rap group) and now seeing this it just warms my heart to know, in his heart of hearts, he feels the bern #RunTheBerns
+payz hayz I've heard Bernie rap. "Reboot Needed" did a great one I rather like, even though I don't typically like rap. I'm a metalhead. And I want Bern-metal, damn it!
I was there and the was such good and positive energy from the crowd. Killer Mike's intro was a perfect way to get everyone pumped up and ready. It was an amazing event. #FEELTHEBERN
+Ryan McDowell I'm jealous :)
I'm jealous too...
Size of the crowd?
4 years later, this still hurts
I so love that you can actually hear him almost choking up!! Killer Mikes Passion is contagious!!
FEEL THE BERN!!
Awesome speech. Got to see it live! Too hype! Atlanta loves Killer Mike and they love Sen. Bernie Sanders.
You can feel the words just rushing to come out, you can hear the passion in his speech. That’s what being in the Bernie movement does for people.
Omg this is amazing.
So POWERFUL!! Where is this on MSNBC??? All they did was talk about Trump....... This should be on every major news network.... #Sanders2016
Yes that's the problem, Bernie will re-democratise politics and remove the influence of Pac/corporate money.. The media will lose millions do you think they are going to promote Bernie who is clearly their nemesis. You cant believe a word the media says, its owned. Bernie will win, I knew he would from the very first moment he announced, it's time for change, he is the best hope for the future #FeeltheBern
Well Trump is anti-establishment and they talk about him all day... lol
+UnordinaryLife Nope - Trump is non-establishment in terms of political parties, but he's the embodiment of the ruling class, the establishment of power.
+PHIL BURTOFT lol
+UnordinaryLife Trump always gets more publicity because he acts like a jackass on Keeping it Up With the Kardashians! What's even funnier, though, is that the other republicans are, they all know his plan to build a wall (and make one of the poorest nations in the world pay for it) and block some parts of the internet is fucking terrorism! He should move to North Korea and be buddies with Un.
4 years later, Energy is the exact same. Let’s Go! THE TIME IS NOW!
Amen!!!
F
Killer Mike for president in 9 years!
**cough** _bullshit_ **cough**
@@dr.everythingb.alright303 why don't you cut the bullshit and tell us how you really feel, you sniveling coward
Yes
At the very least, Councillor Killer Mike, Mayor Killer Mike, Congressman Killer Mike, or Senator Killer Mike as well. Your country needs more people representing the people at every level, President Bernie Sanders doesn't do this alone.
@ryan Washington kek
He wasn't just speaking to the crowd. All we Bernie supporters need to heed his words - take to the streets, share the ideology and philosophies of this man and leave those who listen on fire with the Bern!!
God this was great!
dam this guys a good speaker,he should be on the campaign trail
We were denied last time. This time we have the movement and the situation is ours. Bernie 2020 lets goooooooooo
The best thing we can do to support Bernie Sanders is act like civilized human beings and not go on the comment sections and get into shouting matches and calling people names. It looks ridiculous and sends the wrong message to people who may not know who to vote for.
+Trevor Foreplay I feel like it is more civilized to call Trump supporters racist ignorant idiots though, gotta put dip shits in their place.
+adamgreen222 you forgot Carson.
+Ben quinn stop lying.
+Ben quinn you got that off of that silly Facebook post. None of that information is true. While Bernie Sanders did have crappy jobs while he was in his early 20's and 30's, (like several Americans do) he was an activist that was fighting for higher pay and equal rights for all Americans. He was college educated and struggled to find good jobs like several other Americans. Who cares that he didn't have a good job. There are plenty of GOOD people out there who don't have good jobs. Leave it to some right-wing nut job to try to invalidate someone's campaign because the weren't fortune enough to have a good job like YOU.
+Ben quinn If you think you're going to get me to change my vote to a billionaire who could care less about the middle class, to the rest GOP who are so out of touch with reality it isn't funny, or to a woman who is in bed with Wall Street and couldn't do her job as Secretary of State correctly, you're sadly mistaken. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who makes sense. He isn't taking corporate donations or forming super pacs. He is legitimately trying to change the political landscape of this country and take money out of politics so that billionaires like the Koch's can't keep funneling money into special interests to keep their pockets fat. If you would seriously vote for any other candidate than the guy who actually cares about hard working people, then something is wrong with you. Furthermore, you aren't welcome on this video and in this comment section. Nothing you say is going to change anyone's mind. So please, go somewhere else.
should bring a tear to your eye and goosebumps by the end
Four years later. This time really feel the Bern. Bernie 2020.
Man... I watched it twice. That was beautiful and exciting!!
Do it again, Bernie! #Bernie2020
Let's hope everyone feels this passion for Bernie!!
This literally almost brought tears to my eyes.
Love the passion from him!
I could not love this speech any more than I do now. This is amazing. It gives me fucking chills!!
This has to be one of the greatest speeches I've ever heard in my life.
That was amazing. that left me in tears.
make em feel the bern
Amazing speech. We have to keep pushing.
Thank You Killer Mike ! Bernie Sanders has always fought for #EqualRights and your Support validates this fact!
the previous with the crowd was so powerful. but I love hearing Killer Mike so
One of the greatest speeches of the century.
I love Bernie Sanders. I feel that if we (the middle class and poor) ever had a chance to stop this "rob from the poor and give to the rich" economics it will be with Bernie, but my concern is that if Bernie is elected, we have two other branches that are pretty much bought and paid for to help stop his progress; after all, the president is only the president. He has some power, but he's not a dictator!
+Charles Ring
Bernie has already addressed that. He's said that electing him President is just the start of the fight, that all the people who elect him need to work with him and not lose their fervor. When he proposes a bill to help you all, you NEED to go to your representatives and force them to not try and get in its way.
I'm not American, but I pray you guys can do that.
+Dylan McKenzie (Uxie) Thanks Dylan. I hope that Bernie can empower more people who aren't very politically active to help in the fight!
well there's your problem...try thinking instead of feeling
+Charles Ring I believe he will because I am one of those people. I did not give a damn about politics until I read about Sanders and saw how passionate this man is in his speeches and it amazed me even more that hes been saying the same things for decades. He can truly bring change because the power of the people is the greatest power and Bernie is not in debt to any corporations, only to the people who vote him in.
+Charles Ring Just as an update, there's a growing number of people running for office as "berniecrats"/progressives because of the success of his campaign. They're getting a lot of promotion and support from the political revolution. One is challenging Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in FL, and has a real chance. Should be able to find them on Twitter without too much trouble.
Killer Mike KILLING IT! Yeah! #FeelTheBern
That's #KillerMike.
I liked the previous version better where you could really hear the crowd.
Bern The Jewels 2016 Mixtape confirmed?
Save us Bernie Sanders, you're our only hope.
" stay encouraged, stay invigorated, stay bold, stay confronting bullshit at every turn. Make sure that wherever you go - make sure that wherever you go, you take the name, the ideas, the philosophy and the ideology of Bernie Sanders there and you make sure when you leave they are on fire - because they have felt the Bern "
"They're only words - but words are all I have - to steal your heart away "
You can't defeat words from the heart -- Thank You , Killer Mike
Amazing introduction. Killer Mike is such a cool dude.
That's what I'm talking about!!
Great speech.
Loved this!!!!!
Preach brother Mike. Love from India. Bernie will be a leader our children will remember. Untarnished, unreproachable, unbending, UNBEATABLE
second time watching and idk, it made me cry... wth anyway, #FeelTheBern
+FemaleMLK alt least my thrid time and i am not even living on your continen! feeling the bern (btw why only 82.500 views this should hav a hundret million)
killer mike bring me to tears how eloquent he is... he has the courage, power & resonation of MLK with such righteous, invigorating passion & contagious call for social justice & revolution. #KM4VP
I had a dream.....
and it was the of Bernie Sanders and Killer Mike forming the dynamic duo on the same ticket. Together, taking back washington from the parasites and bringing this country back to life. With Bernie’s vision and killer Mike’s inspiring passion and rhetoric and coupled that with both of their understanding in doing the right thing. ... fills me with hope and excitement for the first time in my life. Listening to both men individually and/or together has given me a vision of a future where my daughter is happy, healthy, educated, successful, thriving on a beautiful recovering planet!!! you both have given me the strength and passion to stand up and fight for that vision. The both of you are true leaders I am so thankful to have you on our side.
What America could have had!
#bernie2020
Awesome!! Feel the Bern!!
Dammmm... Nothing better than raw honest emotion.... love that one-of-a-kind intro!
God damn. Killer mike for president eh?
I like Hillary but man I want Bernie Sanders to be president. He's a great man. I'm sure Republicans hate his guts which just makes me love the guy even more.
+MisterBinx Hillary is a war hawk ..................... corporate banking and Wall ST are all Founding her She is a fake progressive
+MisterBinx If Hillary is elected, I really don't believe she'll break up the banks. But I just know that those are her ties, so there's a really good reason Bernie get the spot. The bankers nearly crashed the economy.
+ZeitgeisterOm My only hope in Hillary is that she would put Elizabeth Warren on the ticket, she's a real progressive, although I don't think two women could win, even two well spoken women (aka not Palin), against the Republicans.
+Christopher Dobos Putting Warren on the ticket wouldnt do anything. Vice presidents dont have power
2000+ lovers, 30 haters. We got this, people, feel the bern.
I straight watched 5 hours of bernie today, I live in New Zealand. Your choices America affect all the over way here too! #bernie2016
As soon as he choked up, so did I
Let's do it again, ATL! Let's bring it home! 💪🏽
4 years later I'm still watching this. Wow. Bernie 2020
Now that's a great picture people of all different colors standing in harmony with each other.
Beautiful...
WOW! Go Killer Mike!
Bruh, we were really on the verge of something special
Thats a power speech, I got tears...!
This was inspiring, very well spoken.
Excelent speech!!! Killer Mike!! Loved!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️👏🏽👏🏽😃😃
KILLER MIKE FOR VICE PREZ!
This nearly brought me to tears! Killer Mike says RUN THE SANDERS!
I saw Run the Jewels in Houston at Day for Night and it was amazing. They brought in a storm. Bernie Sanders, please win 2020 We need your vision!
Man, man, this movement is bringing together all the good people in the world.
So what have we been hearing??? Bernie doesn't poll well with minorities?
Doesn't seem that way to me.
Bernie doesn't poll well with minorities, because minorities don't know who he is. Hopefully this will change that.
Taelforlife very true, I should have made that point in my original comment
One of his biggest supporters Dr. Cornell West.
can someone PLEASE write captions for this? My family is hard of hearing and the automatic captions are terrible!
+kaylamarie8907 There is a transcript here :)
politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/11/23/what-killer-mike-said-about-bernie-sanders-in-atlanta/
+Joe DiNoto That's great, but just not the same as watching the video. I hope the Sanders campaign fixes the subs so I am able to share the video.
ur speech touch my hearth! This was so deep my wife was speachless.....
God damn, dude killed it
Amen!!!
Killer Mike !!!!! 🇺🇸🔥🗽👏👏👏👏
It seems like only yesterday. Killer Mike has stuck by Bernie, since before 2016. Now his words resonate more than ever. KM, we hear you and we feel da Bern. PREACH ON, BROTHER!
My hometown!
Killing microphones since forever. #RunTheBern
Killer Mike is awesome
Crushed it.
Welp, that ending just set me on fire. Someone please help D:
I'm standing with Bernie in Alabama. 2020
Thank you Mike for your message.
I feel such emotion listening to Killer Mike.
If you look up videos of Bernie you will just hear him saying the same message his entire career. Compare that to Hillary Clinton and you'll see the bullsh!t. Bernie has always protected your rights, even when it wasn't popular.
Killer mike please support Bernie this time too
What a fantastic speech! Mike really conveys the passion behind Bernie Sanders' movement
Wow...just amazingly wow.👍
Killer Mike is a national treasure
Killer Mike for prez!!
Awesome speech !!!
Love listening to this man talk. Very well spoken and speaks the absolute truth!!!
Beautiful! Thanks you, Killer Mike.