The Apollo was not the only Harlem appearance Hillary made today.
She and her old pal Charlie Rangel stopped for coffee-and at a bakery in
the neighborhood. New York Metro area folks are forever grateful to
Charlie for spiriting Hillary to New York to run for the Senate.
Representative Charlie Rangel Meeting with Hillary Clinton
Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to reporters as they met for coffee in
Harlem, New York.
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, meets a member of the
community, during a campaign stop at the Make My Cake bakery, Wednesday,
March 30, 2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary
Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, decides what to order
during a campaign stop at Make My Cake Bakery, Wednesday, March 30,
2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, makes a campaign stop at
Make My Cake Bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in the Harlem
neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, meets a member of the
community, left, at Make My Cake Bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in
the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Rep,
Charles Rangel, background, D-N.Y. watches as Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton, right, meets a member of the community,
second from left, at Make My Cake Bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in
the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, has coffee and cake with
Rep, Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. during a campaign stop at the Make My Cake
bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New
York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, meets Rep, Charles
Rangel, background, D-N.Y. during a campaign stop at the Make My Cake
bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New
York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, meets Rep, Charles
Rangel, background, D-N.Y. during a campaign stop at the Make My Cake
bakery, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New
York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
At the Schomburg, with Mayor DeBlasio, Governor Cuomo and Eric Holder onstage, Charlie Rangel introduced Hillary saying, "We will be able to say we were there when it happened."
Hillary:
"It is not enough to break up the big banks." She enumerated the
markers of systemic racism - from mass incarceration to health issues
like asthma rates and infant mortality and then unrolled a comprehensive
agenda.
Among the items on this agenda:
Jobs creation, support for Black entrepreneurs, especially women, equal
pay for equal work, raising the minimum wage, providing access to home ownership and
pre-school. In education: desegregating schools, and making college
affordable.
Her job plan will combat recidivism due to long term unemployment when those who have paid their debt are released.
In
schools, overreliance on suspensions and expulsions as well as police
presence in schools will be addressed to end the school to prison
pipeline. Support will be provided for guidance counselors, school
psychologists an social workers.
Among her comments:
"I actually tell you what I want to do. I think that's my job."
Coded
racial language about President Obama comes from Republicans. "As if
he's not the 'real' president. He has the right to nominate under the
Constitution and the Senate has the duty to vote on the nomination."
Hillary will appoint justices who see the Constitution as a blueprint for progress.
"We can't start building relationships a few weeks before a vote."
"Hold me accountable."
"None of this is a they problem. It's a we problem. It's an American problem."
"We need to try to walk in one another's shoes."
Hillary Clinton