Late last week, Def Jam entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced he was supporting Hillary Clinton after reaching out to Bernie Sanders.
“I think that Bernie Sanders is overpromising,” Simmons said Friday on CNN. “He’s insensitive to the plight of black people.”
Reports say Simmons brought up some of his other personal issues like factory farming and animal agriculture, which Simmons as a vegan is against. The Sanders camp reportedly said Bernie was pro-farmer and that Americans love bacon.
That pretty much sealed the deal for animal lover Simmons to back Clinton.
Over the weekend, Clinton won big in delegate-rich Louisiana. But Sanders won in Kansas and Nebraska.
It may have been coincidence, but it was a positive weekend for at least one key African-American endorser.
To date, the backing of luminaries such as Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Cornell West and Spike Lee for Bernie Sanders has yet to produce the turnout expected for the Vermont senator.
