268 "No polling sites I went to were in compliance with CDC advisory"- Bernie organizer Abshir Omar

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Abshir Omar, Bernie's Iowa-Minnesota-Michigan-Illinois Political Coordinator, reports back from visiting over a dozen polling places in Illinois: not a single one complied with CDC recommendations.

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0:53.0	Apshire Omar is the Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois political coordinator for Bernie Sanders.
0:59.0	He is a union steward for UFCW Local 400 and a former American Airlines CWA organizer.
1:09.0	He's a political coordinator for Bernie 2020 to me, the organizer, Shucks Stewart, and the Somali refugee.
1:15.0	So welcome.
1:20.0	Thank you, Katie, how are you?
1:22.0	Good, you? I'm doing with it. Thank you.
1:23.0	I'm doing well. I'm doing well. Been reeling from a lot of disturbing
1:28.2	developments here in Chicago yesterday, but all in all I'm doing great. Yeah, I'm definitely wanted to hear about that.
1:35.0	So tell us what you, where you're coming from, where you are and what you've seen over the last couple of months
1:40.0	and specifically the last couple of days.
1:42.0	So currently I am in... months and specifically the last couple of days.
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