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Willie Brown Calls Mizzou ‘Absolutely Awesome’

On Saturday, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, weighing in on the University of Missouri (“Mizzou”) brouhaha that led to the resignation of university president Tim Wolfe, wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the events were “absolutely awesome” for civil rights.

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Willie Brown: ‘Jerry Brown Would Be Best Democratic Nominee’

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is not one to mince words. In an interview with Breitbart News at the Commonwealth Club this week, he discussed the 2016 presidential races and said that Gov. Jerry Brown is, in his view, the “best potential Democratic nominee” for president.

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Jerry Brown for Hillary’s VP? Willie Brown Thinks So

Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her 2016 presidential candidacy just over one week ago, and as the likely frontrunner for the Democratic ticket so far, speculation as to whom she might select as her vice presidential running mate has been on the rise. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. has suggested California’s longest-serving Governor, Jerry Brown–a potential candidate in his own right, according to NBC News’s Chuck Todd, host of Meet the Press.