Jane O'Meara Sanders visits Oak Flat & "Tent City"

[calinewarkwc69]

At #OakFlat sacred site in AZ, potential FLOTUS @janeosanders today said she will con't to visit, work w/ Natives. pic.twitter.com/iAS9StKXxo
- Simon Moya-Smith (@SimonMoyaSmith) March 14, 2016

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[somechickxoxo]

The problem with AZ is lower voter registration and low voter turn out. I can't really tell you how much I despise Arpaio and his policies. There's a yearly Xmas Parade in Phoenix and every damn year he gets booed by the crowd. I've been going since I was in grade school and I'm 30 years old now. All the old people who come here to die and the rural folks from the midwest skew our elections. The minorities in AZ feel hopeless and that no one cares so they don't vote. It's very disheartening. It makes me happy to see Jane meeting with Natives and Latinos in our community since we always seem to be ignored for bigger markets. (Which I don't get because if I remember correctly Phx is the highest populated capital in the US and I think it has like 1.5 million people just in Phx not including the rest of the greater metro area)
I fear for my state and well being under a Trump presidency. I'm Mexican and on my dad's side alone we have been on AZ land for at least 5 generations if you go backwards beginning w/myself and I can't tell you how many times I've encountered someone who has had family on this land for much less time tell me to go back to Mexico or tell me not to worry because I'm, "one of the good little Mexicans that can stay". Even being harassed by Border Patrol driving from CA to AZ for no reason (that's a whole other story ha). /end rant

[calinewarkwc69]

I agreeeee!!!!!!!! They make it almost impossible for people to vote. A (white) woman I know through bernie organizing lived there and said she showed up at the poll with her state ID, and they told her she had to come back with a UTILITY BILL proving her residence. I can only imagine what POC go through

[somechickxoxo]

That actually happened to me in 2008 lol And it always mysteriously happens to a higher amount of poc or those in low income areas. I had an issue in 2012 as well. I always register as independent but this time around I'm a dem to vote Sanders in the primary on the 22nd. There's a rally here today and I'm so bummed I can't make it. I just started a new job and can't get time off. Bernie doesnt speak for another 3hrs and the line is already over 5 blocks long.