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TexasTowelie

(112,251 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 02:21 AM Jul 2019

'A man's job': Democratic Hinds County candidate says women don't belong on county boards

Only 17 of the 410 county supervisors in Mississippi are women.

Malcolm Johnson, a candidate for the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, thinks that number should be zero.

A source sent Mississippi Today a video from Johnson’s appearance on the WOAD radio show “Tell It Like It Is,” after the firestorm erupted over Republican state Rep. Robert Foster’s refusal to ride along with reporter Larrison Campbell unless she brings a male coworker.

In the clip, Johnson makes a reference to Rukia Lumumba, an activist and executive director of the People’s Advocacy Institute, expressing interest in running against incumbent Robert Graham for the Hinds County District 1 supervisor’s seat.

Read more: https://mississippitoday.org/2019/07/16/a-mans-job-democratic-hinds-county-candidate-says-women-dont-belong-on-county-boards/

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'A man's job': Democratic Hinds County candidate says women don't belong on county boards (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2019 OP
That's this guy... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #1
If supervisor is a "man's job", why is a pig in a suit running? sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #2
I have a meta-question about "democrats" like this: how is he allowed to even run Nay Jul 2019 #3

Nay

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3. I have a meta-question about "democrats" like this: how is he allowed to even run
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 10:02 AM
Jul 2019

as a Democrat if he believes shit like this???? He should be run out of town. When we allow REPUBLICAN ASSHOLES like this in our party, we commit suicide.

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