SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) – Five Democratic governmental competitors will assist mark the anniversary of a landmark civil rights march in Alabama on Sunday, the day after strong African-American support powered Joe Biden to a definite victory in South Carolina.
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden takes images with supporters at his South Carolina main night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 29,2020 REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
The candidates will take a trip to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 55 th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when civil liberties marchers were stopped and beaten by state cannon fodders and regional authorities while crossing a bridge in Selma.
Alabama is among 14 mentions holding Super Tuesday contests, the greatest day of voting in the Democratic race to select a challenger to Republican politician President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.
Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren will attend the yearly event of the march, one of the nation’s greatest civil rights occasions, and several will participate later on in the day in a candidate online forum.
Bernie Sanders will campaign in California, the biggest prize of Super Tuesday’s 14 state nominating contests.
Biden’s dominant South Carolina win reanimated his struggling campaign and put the previous vice president in position to claim he is the moderate alternative to Sanders, th