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May 24, 2016

Sanders Names Cornel West, Bill McKibben to DNC Platform Committee
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The Democratic National Committee has allowed Vermont Senator Bernie
Sanders to appoint five members to the committee that authors the
party's platform. Democrats said Clinton was allowed to pick six while
Sanders picked five, based on the number of popular votes they have each
won to date. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz will choose four
members. Sanders chose the scholar and racial justice activist Cornel
West; leading environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill Mc Kibben;
Native American activist Deborah Parker; Minnesota Congressmember Keith
Ellison, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus; and
Palestinian rights activist and scholar James Zogby, who founded the
Arab American Institute.
Topics:2016 Election Democratic Party Bernie Sanders

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