“ On the far side of that, if he successfully returns to Congress, Mfume said he wants to institute an absolute federal ban on assault rifles ban, require more psychological testing for people attempting to purchase a firearm, protect the SNAP program, expand Medicaid coverage along with Medicare, and protect pensions from being undermined by corporations. He’s also interested in safeguarding communities against the ills of climate change and lessening healthcare disparities—tragedies that disproportionately harm people of color.
In addition to environmental injustices, comorbidities also exist disparately within Black, brown and low-income communities. In such instances, residents are likely to suffer from two or more adverse health issues simultaneously such as high blood pressure and kidney disease, or heart disease and thyroid problems.
Mfume left Congress last time to become president and CEO of the NAACP. When Mfume departed from the organization in 2004, he said it was so he could dedicate more time to his family. But an investigation by The Baltimore Sun revealed he stepped down following threats from an employee to sue over sexual harassment, a few negative performance reviews, and a vote by the board to not renew his contract.
Mfume and Cummings were friends for 42 years, up until the latter’s death in October. They cut their teeth in the community working through political organizations. Mfume recalled asking Cummings to run for his seat once he decided to leave Congress for the NAACP.
“The circle has come back to where it began,” he said, “with me now vying to continue the legacy of Elijah Cummings.”
(Slate)
Mifume was not a paragon of virtue. As I recall, he had 4-5 kids by different women, possibly none of whom he married. Took a once legit NAACP chapter to the Marxist Left and almost destroyed it.
Sexual harassment charges were lodged against him. Possibly misuse of funds too.
He’s smart. Could have been a contender if he had kept his nose clean and his pecker in his paints, yet the white liberals and black political machine (parts are corrupt as hell) backed him and he became a congressman.
Well, in a Democrat run/ruined city, you get what you paid/vote for, in spades and bodies.