A CNN anchor asked if a Bernie Sanders endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib was 'too urban'

• CNN anchor John King asked after Tuesday debate between Democratic candidates if Bernie Sanders' endorsement from the party's progressive freshman Congresswomen of color could be seen as "too urban."
• He said reported plans by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib to endorse Sanders would "certainly help" him, but other candidates would ask "is this too far left, is this too uncompromising, is it too urban?"
• King later tweeted that his words had "nothing to do with color" and said he was speaking in light of the debate and current state of the Democratic party, where "some candidates argue parts of the party are too liberal, too urban."
• "Urban," while nominally used to refer to densely populated areas like cities, is sometimes used as a synonym for black or latinx people and communities. 
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CNN anchor John King asked after Tuesday's Democratic debate if an endorsement for Bernie Sanders from some the party's most famous freshmen women of colour could be "too urban."

He was responding to a report in The Washington Post that New York's Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will endorse Sanders, and a CNN report that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will also do so. Since the debate, Omar has officially endorsed Sanders.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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