Bernie Sanders speech at Women's Convention prompts backlash

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Bernie Sanders speech at Women's Convention prompts backlash
Saba Hamedy

By Saba Hamedy, CNN

Updated 5:33 PM ET, Thu October 12, 2017
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    The national women's convention will take place in Detroit later this month
    Other speakers include Rep. Maxine Waters, actress and activist Piper Perabo and The Young Turks reporter Nomiki Konst

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The news of Sanders as one of the headliners was met by mixed reactions on Twitter.
"What ultimately disappoints me about the choice of Sanders to open the first Women's Convention in some 40 or so years is that we have some excellent leaders to choose from who are women," Valerie Street, who tweeted her disappointment, told CNN. "Ones who are blazing their own trails in American politics right now."

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