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'Sanders Rose to the Top': Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Endorses Bernie After Citywide
People's Caucus
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the 36-year-old mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Friday following a "people's caucus" in which Jackson residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Vermont senator over his 2020 Democratic rivals.
"Sen. Sanders has demonstrated consistency in his support of policies that align with the goals, concerns, and principles of our communities," said Lumumba, a progressive who was elected mayor in 2017 on a promise to make Jackson "the most radical city on the planet."
"While we believe the defeat of Donald Trump is important to the progress of the nation, it is simply not enough in Jackson," Lumumba said in a statement. "We have to do more than just dismantle the world we don't want to live in. We have to create the world that we do want to live in."
Lumumba told Buzzfeed that the purpose of the people's caucus was to give his Jackson constituents a voice in the presidential endorsement. The Mississippi Democratic primary contest is on March 10.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/28/sanders-rose-top-jackson-mississippi-mayor-chokwe-lumumba-endorses-bernie-after
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'Sanders Rose to the Top': Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Endorses Bernie After Citywide (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Feb 2020
OP
No surprise. Sanders campaigned for him and he was endorsed by Our Revolution...
SidDithers
Feb 2020
#1
That's weird. According to the pundits here, Our Revolution candidates don't win.
progressoid
Feb 2020
#3
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)1. No surprise. Sanders campaigned for him and he was endorsed by Our Revolution...
That said.
commondreams. LOL.
Sid
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
progressoid
(49,991 posts)3. That's weird. According to the pundits here, Our Revolution candidates don't win.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)5. They only beat other Democrats in safe races...
they dont beat Republicans.
Sid
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
David__77
(23,420 posts)2. Excellent!
...
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided