The civil rights remembrance drew Sanders, Booker, Brown — and Clinton.
By Matt Viser Matt Viser National political reporter Email Bio Follow March 3 at 3:34 PM SELMA, Ala. — Several Democratic presidential hopefuls came here to a resonant remembrance of one of the bloodiest moments of the civil rights movement on Sunday, but throughout the morning much of the focus was not on the party’s future but on its past nominee: Hillary Clinton.
Selma has become an annual pilgrimage for Democratic politicians, culminating with a walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where in 1965 civil rights marchers were viciously attacked by police in a day that has become known as Bloody Sunday. The events marking one of the most searing moments of the civil rights movement this year took place over four days, including a Jubilee Golf Tournament on Friday and a “battle of the bands” on Saturday.
During a “unity breakfast,” the reception between Sanders and Clinton — their first interaction since they faced off in a sometimes-bitter 2016 Democratic primary — was frosty. While she gave Booker an effusive hug, the exchange with Sanders was brief. As he passed by quickly, she reached out and initiated a terse hello.
“Hillary and I have fundamental — you know, fundamental differences,” he said. “And that’s what it is.” “The dream is under attack. The dreamers are in danger,” Booker said. “And we need each other more than we realize in this country.” “How sad it is that 54 years later, we are still fighting for the right to vote,” Sanders said. “It’s our turn to demand that we end all voter suppression in this country.”
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