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Report: Former NAACP Head Ben Jealous To Endorse Bernie Sanders

FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, NAACP President Ben Jealous speaks in Sanford, Fla. The NAACP, the country's oldest and largest civil rights organization on Wednesday launched what it says will be its bigge... FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, NAACP President Ben Jealous speaks in Sanford, Fla. The NAACP, the country's oldest and largest civil rights organization on Wednesday launched what it says will be its biggest ever push to register voters ahead of the 2012 election. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File) MORE LESS
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Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, is preparing to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a Sanders campaign source told CNN.

The endorsement comes as Sanders’ rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is counting on the support of minority voters in states like Nevada and South Carolina after Sanders’ strong showing in Iowa this week and expected victory in New Hampshire next week.

Jealous will appear at a Sanders campaign event before next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, according to the CNN report.

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Tierney Sneed (@Tierney_Megan)  is a D.C.-based investigative reporter. She focuses on voting rights and previously covered health care for TPM.
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  1. I’m disappointed in Ben Jealous.

  2. I´m pleased with Ben Jealous
    :wink:

  3. Jealous can debate Bernie and Cornel West about how much President Obama sucks.

  4. I’m jealous of Ben Jealous, for all the love he’s about to receive on this thread.

  5. I done been jealous too.

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