{"id":867,"date":"2016-04-04T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicskeleton.com\/media\/?p=867"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:49:26","slug":"love-trumps-hate-actress-rosario-dawson-on-why-she-supports-bernie-sanders-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicskeleton.com\/media\/2016\/04\/04\/love-trumps-hate-actress-rosario-dawson-on-why-she-supports-bernie-sanders-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Trumps Hate &#8211; Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/embed\/story\/2016\/4\/4\/love_trumps_hate_actress_rosario_dawson\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Love Trumps Hate &#8211; Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President<br \/>\n By Amy Goodman, DemocracyNow.org<\/p>\n<p>(Apr. 4, 2016 08:00) &#8212; On Thursday night, between 16,000 and 20,000 people gathered in St. Mary\u2019s Park in the South Bronx for a Bernie Sanders rally, where Sanders stressed his Brooklyn roots. It was the first time in decades a presidential candidate spoke in the South Bronx. He spoke alongside director Spike Lee and actress Rosario Dawson, who is known for her role in Kids and many other films, including Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as well as Rent. <\/p>\n<p>After the rally DemocracyNow&#8217;s Amy Goodman caught up with Dawson while she was on the sidewalk with friends and asked her why she was supporting Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>[pe2-image src=&#8221;https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-4-ApiadIsgQ\/VwKmyHxwxRI\/AAAAAAAAA_o\/bxL2KwlAz4Q9O8JHT3DZ5jL7AYbhXpXvgCHM\/s144-c-o\/20160404_0800%2BLove%2BTrumps%2BHate%2B-%2BActress%2BRosario%2BDawson%2Bon%2BWhy%2BShe%2BSupports%2BBernie%2BSanders%2B%2528DemocracyNow%2529.jpg&#8221; href=&#8221;https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/102930737536139888016\/CampaignV4April#6269757011264587026&#8243; caption=&#8221;Love Trumps Hate &#8211; Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President By Amy Goodman, DemocracyNow.org (Apr. 4, 2016 08:00) &#8212; On Thursday night, between 16,000 and 20,000 people gathered in St. Mary\u2019s Park in the South Bronx for a Bernie Sanders rally, where Sanders stressed his Brooklyn roots. It was the first time in decades a presidential candidate spoke in the South Bronx. He spoke alongside director Spike Lee and actress Rosario Dawson, who is known for her role in Kids and many other films, including Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as well as Rent. After the rally DemocracyNow&#039;s Amy Goodman caught up with Dawson while she was on the sidewalk with friends and asked her why she was supporting Bernie Sanders.&quot;I\u2019m supporting Bernie Sanders because he says no to fracking. I\u2019m supporting Bernie Sanders because we do need a single-payer healthcare system that takes care of everyone. And that is not a pipe dream; that\u2019s something that\u2019s happening all over the world and in really positive ways,&quot; Dawnson said. &quot;We are a social democracy. That\u2019s our firefighters, that\u2019s our policemen. And it shouldn\u2019t be drawing a line, that\u2019s\u2014you know, a fireman will go into your house to take your hard drive out and save your cat, but if you break your leg, screw you.&quot;&quot;That doesn\u2019t make any sense, you know? And when you actually go and you travel around the world and you start recognizing that people can actually be sick, they can take\u2014you know, have a broken leg and not lose their job and lose their livelihoods and lose their homes over it, that\u2019s really important.&quot; http:\/\/publicskeleton.com\/media\/?p=867&#8243; type=&#8221;image&#8221; alt=&#8221;20160404_0800 Love Trumps Hate &#8211; Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders (DemocracyNow).jpg&#8221; ] &#8220;I\u2019m supporting Bernie Sanders because he says no to fracking. I\u2019m supporting Bernie Sanders because we do need a single-payer healthcare system that takes care of everyone. And that is not a pipe dream; that\u2019s something that\u2019s happening all over the world and in really positive ways,&#8221; Dawnson said. &#8220;We are a social democracy. That\u2019s our firefighters, that\u2019s our policemen. And it shouldn\u2019t be drawing a line, that\u2019s\u2014you know, a fireman will go into your house to take your hard drive out and save your cat, but if you break your leg, screw you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That doesn\u2019t make any sense, you know? 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