Inside the 'people's caucus' that inspired the Jackson mayor's Bernie Sanders endorsement

[Uncle Joe]

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As the mayor of Mississippi’s largest city of Democratic primary voters, Lumumba was a top endorsement target of several Democratic candidates for president, being personally courted in recent weeks by Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg. The candidates knew that the endorsement the mayor seen as a rising star in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party would draw national attention to their campaigns.

“(Lumumba) said he would endorse what the people decide, and he wanted me to announce to everyone that they should vote consciously, knowing that this was the person he was going to publicly endorse,” Bennett said.

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She invited several organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center, Planned Parenthood, NAACP, One Voice, People’s Advocacy Institute, and the Black Women’s Roundtable to co-sponsor the event and invite attendees. In all, 136 people from around the state of Mississippi attended the caucus, representing the state’s multi-generational and multi-racial electorate.

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“It’s a beautiful moment because it speaks to the power of people and the power of choice and decision-making and how powerful the black electorate is and how powerful young organizers are to our electoral process,” Bennett said. “I challenge folks who are running for office or are in office to think through who you’re talking to. Who’s sharpening your political analysis? Who’s sharpening the way you are engaging with the policies that you’re thinking about creating? Because young people (should be) at the center or the core.”

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https://mississippitoday.org/2020/03/04/inside-the-peoples-caucus-that-inspired-the-jackson-mayors-bernie-sanders-endorsement/

[George II]

1. So Sanders gets the endorsement of the Mayor of Jackson Mississippi, and a week later....

...he cancels his rally in JACKSON MISSISSIPPI!

That's gratitude.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Gratitude from Bernie can be best given

by winning the nomination, election and working to pass the policies that the Mayor and good people of the Jackson caucus endorsed him for.

[George II]

7. NY Times' story about this (sorry for the paywall):

Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan

The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead.

March 5, 2020, 4:04 p.m. ET

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled a planned rally in Jackson, Miss., and will instead travel to Michigan on Friday, a striking indication that his presidential campaign is shifting its focus to the Midwest and largely ceding another Southern state to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to people familiar with the plans.

After holding a rally in Phoenix on Thursday night, Mr. Sanders had been scheduled to travel to Jackson on Friday for a rally focused on racial justice.

The change in plans suggests that Mr. Sanders will not challenge Mr. Biden for the support of black voters in the South — a vital base in the Democratic Party — and is instead going all-in on the Midwest as he tries to compete with Mr. Biden for working-class voters there. Black voters in the South have overwhelmingly backed Mr. Biden to this point, and on Super Tuesday this week their support lifted him in states like Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia.

In Alabama, Mr. Sanders won only 9 percent of black voters, compared with 72 percent for Mr. Biden, according to exit polls. Mr. Biden outperformed Mr. Sanders among black voters in Virginia by more than 50 points, and by 40 points or more in Texas and North Carolina. In several states, Mr. Sanders came in third among black voters, behind not only Mr. Biden but also Michael R. Bloomberg.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-primary.html

[NurseJackie]

3. I'm not sure about gratitude... but it's certainly not a good example of leadership.

Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[sheshe2]

4. I see what ya did there!

Brava!

[Docreed2003]

5. Omg Jackie....lmao

I just saw that sig line and snorted Diet Coke, after I did a double take, lmao

[George II]

6. wOw!

[musette_sf]

8. !!!

GREAT sig!!

[msongs]

9. tiresome to be told your not a "people" unless you are supporting our revolution nt

[NYMinute]

10. Sanders should hold a Mississippi rally so that the Mayor is no embarrassed

It is wrong to do that to a mayor who stuck his neck out to support.

It's not like Sanders is short on campaign cash.




Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Either way they are stronger together & can't be bought!!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[Uncle Joe]

11. I believe the Mayor is wise enough to understand political strategy, that's why he listened

to the people at the Jackson caucus before endorsing Bernie.