Congressional Black Caucus to formally endorse Hillary Clinton
On Thursday, leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus will go to the Democratic National Committee to formally endorse Hillary Clinton for president through its political action committee.
The group plans to send African American lawmakers to targeted states, including South Carolina, where the Democratic primary will take place on Feb. 27. "It's one thing to endorse and do nothing," Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), chairman of the CBS PAC, told The Washington Post. "It's another thing to endorse and to go to work."
Meeks said that out of the 20 people on the PAC's board, 90 percent voted to endorse Clinton. None of the members voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while some abstained because they have yet to endorse anyone. The lawmakers who will stump for Clinton are familiar with her, Meeks said, and "can actually testify [to] the work that Hillary Clinton has done."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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