Breitbart: Kissing The Ring: Bernie Sanders Breaks Bread With Al Sharpton..

Even after winning big in New Hampshire,needs to prove that he can win Democrats in the south, particularly the African-American voters who supported President Obama.

Sanders’ first step was to meet pub­licly with Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City, and impor­tant ring kiss­ing step to spread his appeal.

It’s unclear what Al Sharpton can do to help Sanders appeal with African-Americans, but it’s an impor­tant sig­nal that Sanders is eager to be pho­tographed with the promi­nent orga­niz­er and Obama ally. Hillary Clinton’s argu­ment is that Sanders, an old, white man from Vermont, did fine in New Hampshire, but may have a hard time appeal­ing to African-Americans and Hispanics nation­wide. In a cam­paign memo last night respond­ing to Sanders’ crush­ing vic­to­ry in New Hampshire, Clinton’s Campaign Manager Robby Mook looked ahead to the south­ern states and explic­it­ly argued that they favored Clinton.

“Hillary Clinton’s ties to both the African American and Hispanic com­mu­ni­ties run deep,”Mook argued in a memo obtained by PBS. “She’s put minor­i­ty com­mu­ni­ties and the issues that mat­ter most to them at the cen­ter of her cam­paign … it’s no mys­tery why she’s received endorse­ments from hun­dreds of key African American and Hispanic elect­ed offi­cials, as well as com­mu­ni­ty and faith lead­ers across the coun­try.” Portions of Clinton’s speech in New Hampshire last night were direct­ed at African-Americans and minori­ties, empha­siz­ing her vis­it to Flint, Michigan to dis­cuss the lead poi­son­ing in the water on Sunday at a Baptist Church. “It isn’t right that the kids I met in Flint on Sunday were poi­soned because their gov­er­nor want­ed to save mon­ey,” she said to sup­port­ers last night. She also explic­it­ly spoke to African-Americans who were wor­ried about their chil­dren being profiled.

“We also have to break through the bar­ri­ers of big­otry,” she said. African-American par­ents shouldn’t have to wor­ry that their chil­dren will be harassed, humil­i­at­ed, even shot because of the col­or of their skin.” She also remind­ed sup­port­ers of her ear­ly career at the Children’s Defense Fund, anoth­er nod to the African-American vote. “That’s why I went under­cov­er in Alabama to expose racism in schools. That’s why I worked to reform juve­nile jus­tice in South Carolina,” she said. “And that is why I went to Flint, Michigan, on Sunday.”:Kissing the Ring: Bernie Sanders Breaks Bread With Al Sharpton