Martin Luther King Jr. and offer direct appeals to black voters who will play a major role in deciding on a nominee to challenge President Trump. Black voters will have a key role in the Democratic primary campaign. “You cannot in 2019 and 2020 get away with not talking about race,” said Symone Sanders, a black Democratic strategist who worked for Sanders in 2016 and has not yet picked a candidate this cycle. King is still our drum major for justice,” Bloomberg said. Sharpton, who has fashioned himself as a principal emissary for potential Democratic nominees hoping to reach black voters, said he was excited for the coming primary campaign, which he predicted could yield surprising results.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2019 17:42 UTC