The Daily Show - Wilmot Collins: From African Refugee to Montana Mayor

[Rhiannon12866]

Roy Wood Jr. heads to Helena, MT, to find out how Liberian refugee Wilmot Collins was able to become the first black mayor in the solidly red state.

[heaven05]

1. could not find

his political affiliations/party. At this time in amerikan history, that is all I am interested in.

[Kali]

2. I think that's his point.

[heaven05]

5. and your point

is? We are in the early stages of American Civil War Two or at the least a continuance of the First American Civil War that has brought us ALL to this shameful point in our evolution/history as so far the United Stats of America. Everyone who care to take his 'victory' as non-partisan, have at it.

[Kali]

6. I get your question (and share it to some extent) but I also see some merit to the fact that

an African refugee won and election in freaking Montana of all places partially/possibly due to the fact that no parties were involved. (Now people in the west can surprise you sometimes so this would have been even more unusual if he was Muslim too!) But there is some evidence that people in this country often put party above other considerations and it may be contributing to the divisions that creatures like drumpf seem to easily exploit.

[heaven05]

7. no argument from me

[Rhiannon12866]

3. There were no political parties, the mayor explains this in the interview.

[heaven05]

4. I know, he did explain

yet I still wanted to know his political Party. Battle lines are being drawn. I wanted to know which side of the line he could eventually be forced to recognize as his own.