And several democratic president ial candidates. Their presence here a testament to just how critical the black vote is to the modern Democratic Party and its president s. Last night in South Carolina joe bidens campaign was reinvigorated largely by black voters in this state. Nbc news projecting him the resounding winner of the South Carolina primary at 48 ahead of Bernie Sanders at 20 and tom steyer now out of the race at 11 . Biden picks up 38 delegates. He now sits at second in delegate count, seven behind sanders. Of course, in the two days, the diversity of nearly the entire nation will be engaged by the candidates. We start off tonight looking ahead to super tuesday as the map expands and the race constricts. Joining me is 2020mental candidate senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota. Senator, thank you. Thank you for marching. Thank you. It was an honor to be marching there with you, thank you. Tell us, as we get into super tuesday and the race, how important you heard the speakers t
1) Jan. 13: Red Guards Ambush Heidi Sloan The Democratic Socialists of America organizer and candidate for Congress in the TX-25 Democratic primary was waylaid and threatened by militants associated with the ostensibly defunct Maoist group Red Guards Austin, highlighting stress fractures at the leftmost edge of Austin politics even as the influence of DSA-aligned progressives surged in an increasingly deep-blue Travis County. Sloan would lose her race to the also very progressive Julie Oliver, who set up a rematch with GOP incumbent Roger Williams.
2) Feb. 23: Bernie Sanders Rolls Through Town As Texas found itself a pivotal state in the 2020 presidential primary, candidates with Austin connections, including (one-time UT prof) Elizabeth Warren and (friend of Mayor Adler) Pete Buttigieg, made late swings through town, but none drew a bigger crowd than Sanders, who was widely expected to pick up most of the locally awarded delegates and who, at this point, was the national front-runn