Russell Simmons has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.
“I just just decided to endorse my longtime friend, Senator Clinton,” Simmons says during an interview with CNN. “I think Bernie Sanders is overpromising. He’s insensitive to the plight of Black people and what good is it if you don’t take lobbyist’s money and you don’t acknowledge the #1 threat to America and to the world is the factory farming lobby because it is poising the planet quickly and it is poisoning its inhabitants.”
Simmons, a vegan, says that the diet of humans plays a large role in the future of the planet.
“The shift has to be made away from the animal products, away from the beef industry specifically, but all the animal products into a plant-based diet or there will be no planet and in the next 50 years, we won’t even have an ocean,” Simmons says. “And when the oceans die, we die. So we must change the rate at which we consume animals and we cannot have a lobbyist take advantage of all our natural resources in order to poison the planet and its people.”
Simmons, who says the CNN interview segment’s time constraints did not afford him the opportunity to elaborate on Sanders’ insensitivity to Black constituents, says he did bring up his concerns about the human diet to Sanders.
“I asked him about it and he brushed it off, even though he knows that your earthquake and certainly all of these storms are the result of factory farming,” Simmons says. “We now have all the proof in the world that Climate Change is man made and we have to do something to derail it. So that to me, aside from his insensitivity to Black voters, caused me to support Hillary Clinton, who I think can win.”
Killer Mike has been critical of Clinton and a vocal supporter of Sanders, a Vermont Senator. Simmons, though, says Clinton is the better candidate.
“I think Senator Clinton has been sensitive, supportive of a progressive agenda,” Simmons says. “She’s realistic in what she can get done. She’s able to beat the Republican candidate and I think Bernie Sanders would not be able to or could lose, and I don’t want to take that chance.”
I don’t think most people trust Hillary let’s keep things real and say it the way it should be while most people don’t feel comfortable around Trump I think they should allow Obama continue with 3rd term as the first black President its a privilege because Obama stands Out.
It is so so sad that we as people want everything free yes Bernie is overpromising and it is a shame that everyone is against HRC because if you done homework she has been fighting for african americans all her life and why do you think that everybody talk bad about her if you want to your go to cspan and look at her speeches#IAmWithHer.
Please no.. How about educating yourself about politics a bit.. Anyway, so russel simmons thinks sanders is overpromising so he is going to endorse the candidate being investigated by the FBI? Bern should sick his #1 fan killer mike on simmons and rough him up a bit.
Research? You mean how she called young black men Super Preators and said cops should bring them to heel?
Or do you mean Bill, who instigated the three strikes system responsible for so much racial incarceration.. which Hillary supported after taking money from private prisons? You do your research, dummy.
Sanders was pushing for racial equality since the 70s and even got arrested for it while demonstrating with MLK. He endorsed a black man for president in 1988.
makes sense, dude has been robbing and extorting black people for years just like the Clintons. This dude is a c00n fr fr
HIPHOPDX won’t let me call this man a c o o n, well he is a f u c k i n g C O O N
My nigga
Russell Simmons is a joke. He made his money by robbing artists, and keeps making money by selling out his culture and community. Now he’s trying to protect his predatory Rush Cards by stumping for more of the same politics. Shame on you. All your yoga bullshit will never make me forgive you.
bernie sanders supportors think they know everything.. why don’t yall let people vote for who they want.. why don’t u idiot Bernie supporter ask him what he’s gonna do with the $40mill yall donated to him after he loses..lol..cause he aint givin it back to yall
Don’t fall for the polytricks yall. It doesn’t matter if you vote republican or democrat their two sides of the same coin. Their all beholden to corporate intrest an are Israeli supporting warmongers. Please vote for a 3rd party, write in candidate or don’t vote at all as a protests vote
Fight on every front. Bernie’s a good foot in the door. Don’t sleep.
I feel you on Bernie i actually like alot of his views but hes just the lesser of two evils. His ties to the apartied state of Israel guarantees more war… Be Healthy
Simmons seems to be arguing that taking lobbyists’ money in Congress is a good thing. WTF? The problem is that lobbyists OWN Congress on behalf of the 1%-ers that hire them. Lobbyists survive by spreading money around Congress to get what their corporate overlords want, which almost always hurts the rest of us!
nice to see someone with a bit of sense. part of the danger lies in the fact that most voters are very single-minded in terms of their reasons for voting. a black person might decide to vote for so and so because of their pro-black/minority rhetoric despite the fact that the candidate takes positions on other major issues that will work against say the working class/poor that a lot of minorities belong to.
this is why it’s important to have a more rounded understanding of what the issues are, what the candidate’s positions on them are and how they will affect you. but of course, we are talking about Hillary who by politician standards is a pathological liar that switches her position when it’s politically expedient to do so.
all I know is, Bernie Sanders is the only candidate that actually marched on a picket line with middle class workers, AND, stood to the side at one of his rallies letting two black girls speak their minds, and actually LISTENED to what they had to say…unlike Hillary who had them escorted out by security in a similar situation
Very dis appointed he would endorse Clinton.
Next time there is an occupy movement he should just stay home. I am sure DR King is less then trilled.
You know what happens when you take lobbyists’ money? They expect to get something back from that ̶i̶n̶v̶e̶s̶t̶m̶e̶n̶t donation. As far as Bernie being insensitive to the plight of black people. He’s been on the right side of history every time. He’s been working for civil rights for all people for decades and there is recorded proof and the congressional records the prove it!
Now don’t take this as an endorsement of Bernie. I’m just saying… if you want to criticize Bernie on other points like his tax plan go for it! But to say something so obviously wrong about what he’s been doing? Come on man!
the rich supporting the rich whats new. Simmons could care less about the black man only how many dollars he can make off them
Vote Sanders
sell out