'Sanders Rose to the Top': Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Endorses Bernie After Citywide

[Uncle Joe]

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

[SidDithers]

1. No surprise. Sanders campaigned for him and he was endorsed by Our Revolution...

That said.

commondreams. LOL.

Sid

[progressoid]

3. That's weird. According to the pundits here, Our Revolution candidates don't win.

[SidDithers]

5. They only beat other Democrats in safe races...

they don’t beat Republicans.

Sid

[David__77]

2. Excellent!

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[Uncle Joe]

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