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The press has not done a fair job of exposing his [Bernie Sanders] policy. He has not had the television time that he deserves or that Hillary Clinton has. He has not had the ability to connect with black people in the mass way.

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Killer Mike
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: April 20
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If I go all the way politicized, I become a zealot who's not allowed to have fun with the people and the community that raised me. But if I go the other way, I become an ignoramus who isn't properly qualified to speak on my community's behalf.
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I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.
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