Bernie Sanders is heckled while answering questions on black voters

Bernie Sanders is booed and jeered by crowd at a forum in Houston as he squirms while answering questions on how he would protect black voters from white supremacists Sanders was speaking at the She The People Forum in Houston on Wednesday He was asked several times by host Aimee Allison about plans for black voters The Vermont senator, 77, was jeered as he appeared to dodge some questions  

By George Martin For Mailonline

Published: 09:19 BST, 25 April 2019 | Updated: 09:35 BST, 25 April 2019

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Bernie Sanders was booed and jeered by the crowd at the She The People Forum on Wednesday as he struggled to answer questions about black voters.

The 2020 presidential candidate was subjected to heckling from the fired-up crowd at Houston's Texas Southern University as he was asked about his plans to combat white-supremacist violence.

At one point host Aimee Allison asked the 77-year-old Vermont senator what he would do to protect black communities.

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Sanders was heckled as he spoke at the She The People Forum in Houston, Texas on Wednesday afternoon

Sanders was heckled as he spoke at the She The People Forum in Houston, Texas on Wednesday afternoon

'I know I date myself a little bit here, but I actually was at the March on Washington with Dr. [Martin Luther] King back in 1963,' Sanders said, launching into his familiar

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