Posted on 06/14/2017 8:52:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Months after campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Trayvon Martin’s mother is considering running for office herself, Miami news sources reported.
“The only thing I can do is try,” Sybrina Fulton told Miami ABC affiliate WPLG. “And, I am not afraid to try.”
Fulton spent part of 2016 campaigning for Clinton. In an op-ed she penned for CNN, Fulton explained she endorsed the former first lady because Clinton emphasized the Black Lives Matter movement and backed gun control efforts.
George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watchman, killed Martin, Fulton’s 17-year-old son, five years ago in Sanford, Fla. A Florida jury later acquitted Zimmerman, who said he killed Martin because he felt threatened.
In Fulton’s view, more needs to be done to stop the shooting deaths of Black children. She was determined not to become a victim herself and to ensure her son did not become yet another statistic.
After Zimmerman killed Martin, Fulton became a leading voice for Black Lives Matter. She has also become a fierce advocate for the mothers of gun violence victims.
In Fulton’s new book, “Rest in Power,” she and Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin, chronicled their journey from despair to activism, WPLG reported.
Fulton and the elder Martin also started a non-profit foundation dedicated to ending gun violence and supporting families through education and mentoring.
But in remarks earlier this month at a town hall meeting held at her alma mater, Miami Norland Senior High School, Fulton said she believes her actions still aren’t enough.
“I am considering running for office … I can do my best,” Fulton said, not specifying which office she may seek.
The meeting was organized by WPLG’s “My Future, My Choice” program, which attempts to raise awareness about ending the cycle of youth gun violence in Miami. Cast members from the Academy-Award winning moving “Moonlight” were also present, according to the news station.
If she does run, imagine how it will be at her first televised debate with an opponent. Each candidate is able to bring one or two guests to sit in the front row and offer support to their chosen candidate. Who does she see sitting in the front row near her opponent’s podium?
None other than one George Zimmerman. His job is to say nothing, but give Sybrina ‘funny looks’ here and there. Just enough to distract and rev her engine up some.
“Hopefully Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s.”
Run, Sybrina, Run!
https://www.mylife.com/sybrina-fulton/sybrina-fulton
She could move, but Opa-Locka would put her in Frederica Wilson’s district (D) I don’t think Fulton’s candidacy will go anywhere.
“She could move, but Opa-Locka would put her in Frederica Wilson’s district (D) I don’t think Fulton’s candidacy will go anywhere.”
Regardless, Run, Sabrina, Run!
Can’t wait.
No bias here. It should read Zimmerman, who was an inch from dying due to the barrage of blows to his head by the huge 17yo on top of him managed to pull his gun and shoot just one shot; enough to make the attacker stop killing him. Unfortunately for the perp, er, attacker, er young criminal, er thief, er Skittles eater; the one shot was enough to kill him.
Then due to politics and racially charged political correctness George Zimmerman was wrongly indicted for murder. Thankfully the people in the jury saw through the bullchit and acquitted him.
Yep. They’ve got a “charitable foundation” now and can afford to live large like Hillary and Bill.
Her platform will be one word. Skittles.
most easy slam dunk trial i ever watched.....when the defense’s star witness is the lead detective of the case, you know your’e sittin pretty. Was a scream when the prosecutor tried to cross examine the cop...hilarious stuff.
Anything for a buck. Just another two-bit black race hustler, a graduate of the Al Sharpton School of Con-Artistry and Race Hustling.
A lot of people have been exploiting this b.s., the so-called “parents” worst of all. Look lady, your son got himself killed because he was a depraved thug who attacked a man with a gun and pounded the guy’s head on the pavement. Good way to get shot if the victim gets a chance to pull his gun, as happened in this case. Play stupid thug games, don’t be surprised to get shot.
she wants her silver just like the rest.
Off her and her whole dam damnly!
I did not write “off Her” I wrought “Eff Her”, the two have totally different meanings.
What’s wrong with our spell check?
Her campaign slogan: “I’ll do for my constituents what I did for my son !”
And most likely she will win.
The Dems have some interesting primary issues where they want to run white Liberals in heavily, if not majority, black districts, but have black primary challengers. Should be interesting to watch, from a keep plenty of popcorn on hand perspective.
Yeah, I too would feel threatened if someone was on top of me trying to kill me by slamming my head into a concrete sidewalk and trying to steal my legal firearm.
That's because blacks will vote for blacks just because they're black. Qualifications and experience count for nothing.
Trayvon was living with his Grandmother for a reason I would suppose.
Well after they killed Obama’s son in cold blood and the Crypts retaliated by assaulting any nonblack found wandering through their hoodmurdered about 20. Naming a scholarship after him is simply not good enough but sen ding mama to congress is/s
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