Here's Why Lil B Is Endorsing Bernie Sanders For President

Lil B tells CNN why Bernie Sanders why the presidential hopeful is avoiding the #BasedGodCurse.

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Little is more important than the blessing of LIL B THE BASED GODespecially concerning the hotly contested race to be the nominee the upcoming election. Earlier this summer, Lil B took to Twitter to endorse presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders for president instead of frontrunner Hillary Clinton citing his long history of civil rights advocacy. In a new interview with CNN, Lil B detailed more reasons of why his vote was swayed towards Sanders (who happens to follow him on Twitter). "No one's really been saying anything about Hillary Clinton besides that she's a woman and running for office," he told CNN. "Once the people started telling me about Bernie Sanders and comparing what he was doing back in his younger days and what she was doing, it made me kind of look at her different—not really respect her as much as I thought. She didn't have any part in trying to march against segregation. She was just a follower." 

Discussing Sanders' run-ins with #BlackLivesMatter activists, Lil B explained that he thought the presidential hopeful has a "leg to stand on" because of his activism history explaining  "all the youth, the black youth, should be able to hear him out." Besides avoiding the #BasedGodCurse, Lil B also said the most important factor in election success is that "you gotta rock with the people."

Watch Lil B's full interview with CNN here.

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