Candidate who wanted city as white 'as possible' gets 4%
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Source: Associated Press
Candidate who wanted city as white 'as possible' gets 4%
Updated 5:17 pm CST, Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Photo: Brian Wells, AP
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, City Council candidate Jean Cramer responds to questioning at her home in Marysville, Mich. Cramer, who dropped out after saying she wanted to keep her community white "as much as possible" still received 4% of the vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Cramer ended her candidacy in Marysville in August, but it was too late to remove her name from the ballot. Cramer finished last among five candidates with 180 votes. (Brian Wells/The Times Herald via AP, File)
MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) A city council candidate in Michigan who dropped out after saying she wanted to keep her community white "as much as possible" still received 4% of the vote.
Jean Cramer ended her candidacy in Marysville in August, but it was too late to remove her name from the ballot. Cramer finished last among five candidates with 180 votes.
Cramer couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday. Her phone line was busy.
Marysville's new mayor, Wayne Pyden, says he believes Cramer might have received votes from older residents who heard her pledge to help senior citizens.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Candidate-who-wanted-city-as-white-as-possible-14815122.php
Jean Cramer
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Wednesdays
(17,244 posts)In several different ways.
Dem2theMax
(9,594 posts)who heard her pledge to help senior citizens."
Yeah, and I'm Mother Goose.
I bet if you got the names of all the people who voted for her, they probably all share membership in a certain organization. The one that has three letters that look like this -- KKK.
packman
(16,296 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)but wasn't going to bring it up. Thanks
Aristus
(66,075 posts)And, of course, not all white people are going to vote for you.
Have fun in the unemployment line...
King_Klonopin
(1,305 posts)She would never say, "because I'm a racist." but her answer would be fascinating.