The Dakota Access Pipeline was completed in April 2017, after months of legal struggle and police brutality. Thousands were fighting for their sacred land and rights to clean water. Bernie first expressed support for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe on August 25th.
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He then rallied in September outside the White House.pic.twitter.com/tbdR75Sdgm
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Bernie gave a surprise speech on November 16th outside the White House during the global day of action against DAPL.pic.twitter.com/yYpO4IqGcw
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And explicitly called on Obama to halt construction of the pipeline.pic.twitter.com/KrQw8NGJfY
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The pipeline has already leaked several times. Here are the candidates that did not speak out in 2016: Biden Bloomberg Buttigieg Castro Klobuchar Yang* *To be fair, Yang did not hold any political office in 2016.
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Now, there is currently a proposal to expand DAPL to allow for double the oil flow. Here are the candidates that HAVE NOT clearly opposed this expansion: Biden Bloomberg Klobuchar Castro (no response) Yang (no response) Source: http://boldiowa.com/release-presidential-candidates-speak-out-about-dapl/ …
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I was looking for this. When did protest and violent attack happen? I can trace back to September.
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Yes, protests began towards the beginning of August and violence by the police began towards the beginning of September.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/04/492625850/dakota-access-pipeline-protests-in-north-dakota-turn-violent …
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Tulsi went there in person. To my knowledge she's the only candidate to do that.
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Stein also went.
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