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NAACP Criticizes No-Shows Lieberman, Kucinich and Gephart

HeadlineJul 15, 2003

NAACP President Kweisi Mfume yesterday lashed out at three Democratic presidential candidates who did not attend the organization?s annual convention in Miami. The candidates were Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and Congressmen Dennis Kucinich.and Richard Gephardt.

Mfume said, “When candidates choose to ignore the NAACP, they have no legitimacy when they go into our communities later asking for our votes.?

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