Sanders taps Rev. Jesse Jackson as campaign advisor

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appointed Rev. Jesse Jackson as a campaign advisor, the Sanders camp announced Saturday.

"I'm humbled and proud to have Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. by my side in the fight to expand voting rights, create a single-payer health care system, and finally deliver full social and economic equality for those who have been left behind," Sanders said in a tweet on Saturday.

Jackson, a civil rights leader who endorsed Sanders at a campaign rally in Michigan before the states crucial primary on Tuesday, told CBS the candidate made several commitments to him.

Sanders told him that he would introduce a constitutional amendment in the Senate next week on voting rights, name black women to his cabinet and nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court if he is elected president.

He also reportedly asked Sanders to pick a black woman as his running mate.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487616-sanders-taps-rev-jesse-jackson-as-a-special-advisor