Posted on 08/31/2022 6:58:21 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
The 34-year-old attorney who had “never run for junior class president, let alone mayor” now holds the keys to the state’s most populous city. He brings with him a progressive agenda and much of the leftover to-do list of his father’s administration. He sees his victory – collecting 93% of the vote in Jackson’s 6 June election – as proof that even in a deep red Republican state, and even in the age of Trump, the city’s residents are ready to move in a new progressive direction.
“The citizens of Jackson have demonstrated overwhelmingly a readiness to be a progressive city and not only to correct the ills as we see them, but to be a model for the nation of what progressive leadership and collective genius can accomplish.”
It’s hard not to conjure allusions to young Obama when Lumumba walks in the room. Perhaps it’s the African-sounding name, the slightness of build or the warm smile and effortless personability. Lumumba has a beard wisped with salt and pepper streaks, and a better fitting suit than Obama did circa 2004, but otherwise the nostalgia connects.
Like Obama, Lumumba spent much of his formative years around radical voices of black liberation, engrossed in community work and navigating a budding career as a gifted young black law professional before moving into the world of electoral politics.
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Many middle class blacks have bailed and moved to whitey towns such as Brandon, which are no longer whitey.
It’s change you can see.
So did Brandon improve with these new arrivals?
Named after Patrice Lumumba, the communist dictator from Africa.
Cannot drink the water
What a deal
They GOT what they DESERVED! EVIL.
Yep. I noted that fact at the top.
But he can’t keep the water running. Welcome to the real Soviet Realism.
Hartford had its 450million dollar debt assumed by the state recently and quietly during a late session. The city government had long been a patronage dump for the dems.
Progressivism, which means turning a city into a violent sewer.
Jackson IS a progressive city - it’s a 3rd world hellhole.
Ha Ha you very funny man.
His father was a hardcore Maoist, separatist MARXIST. See WWW.DiscoverAble Networks.org and www.keywiki.org for details.
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