Spike Lee is waking people up with the sound of his soothing voice in a new campaign radio ad endorsing Bernie Sanders.
“Waaaake up! Wake up, South Carolina!” Lee yells in the ad, referencing one his cinematic signatures. The director keeps it colloquial while spelling out the reasons he’s supporting Brother Bernie.
“This is your dude, Spike Lee. And I know that you know the system is rigged! And for too long we’ve given our votes to corporate puppets. Sold the okie doke. Ninety-nine percent of Americans were hurt by the Great Recession of 2008, and many are still recovering.”
Besides laying out the economic advantages of a Sanders presidency, Lee also cites the candidate’s civil rights record in the ad.