Posted on 09/01/2022 8:43:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Democratic mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, promised to make the capital “the most radical city on the planet” during his 2017 campaign, but so far he’s been unable to even solve even the city’s basic infrastructure problems and the city’s running water is now unsafe to drink.
He campaigned on plans to introduce universal basic income and alternatives to policing, to replace vacant lots with urban farms and to resolve chronic issues with the city’s water and roads in order to break the “cycles of humiliation” he said black residents experience in Jackson, the most heavily black large city in the U.S. Instead, the city’s water problems have worsened, and Republican Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Tuesday because running water is not reliably available nor safe for consumption.
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Providing an emergency briefing tonight at 7:00 PM, alongside our Department of Health and Emergency Management Agency, on today’s failure of our state capital’s water system and the resources that the state is mobilizing to respond.
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The city-run O.B. Curtis Water Plant has been plagued with issues for years and has issued numerous boil water notices, but recent flooding impeded its ability to offer reliable running water to 180,000 Jackson residents. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will be distributing water from tanker trucks at various points throughout the city, Lumumba told CNN.
“I wouldn’t call us the most radical city to date,” Lumumba told Politico in 2021 amid a separate city water crisis.
Lumumba did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Hey man, our tap water is Green, cool dude, that’s radical!
Marxism fails where ever and whenever it’s implemented.
Always.
Looks like he succeeded.
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When keepin it real goes wrong…
“The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will be distributing water from tanker trucks at various points throughout the city, Lumumba told CNN.”
Just like they do in 3rd world countries.
Well done, Mayor.
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So the white, republican governor is going to step and save the black activists mayors ass. Do you think the black voters of Jackson will remember that come election time?
Fake name, fake mayor.
A city on the MS river without running water. Pretty pathetic.
Maybe the citizens can go to the politician’s condos in Hawaii and get some water.
Lol
“Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Democratic mayor of Jackson, Mississippi,....” All you need to know right there.
Do you think the black voters of Jackson will remember that come election time?]
Not even if the trucks were loaded with Ripple.
What did socialists use for light before they had candles?
Free mud huts for everyone!
Blacks cannot self govern. Name one successful black Country or city. It’s the tribal history. Same with indigenous peoples. The modern world ain’t easy.
It’s not actually on the River, but it is pathetic.
“Thank you for your support.”
But he’s got all the best black pride slogans!!
Why didn’t the Feds step in I wonder...? 🤔
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