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...Activist and MSNBC host Reverend Al Sharpton defended Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders over political anxiety about socialism, saying "They accused Dr. King of being a communist."
...Sanders' self-identification as a "Democratic socialist" has led to anxiety among voters and attacks from rivals who argue it will make him a politically toxic nominee for down-ticket Democrats, but at Wednesday's National Action Network Ministers' Breakfast, Rev. Al took those criticisms on while introducing the candidate.
..."They accused Dr. King of being a communist," Sharpton continued, adding "Every major leader in the 60s they tried to call socialist or communist."
...Rev. Al also defended Sanders over his recent praise of Fidel Castro, noting that Ted Koppel once pressed Nelson Mandela for working with Castro and others, and saying that "to have an assessment does not mean you are signing on to everything.
...Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mentioned socialism in some of his speeches - including one that Sanders paraphrased during his remarks following Rev. Al's introduction - but did not call himself a Democratic socialist on camera repeatedly.
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