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wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 11:18 AM Nov 2017

BLM activist ran for City Council in Charlotte, NC and won big 😃

I posted in GD about it too. Probably sink like a stone due to the many posts on VA elections, so I also wanted to mention it here. This feels like extra-good news to me after the divisive primary. White and black Dems came together to give talented political newcomer and activist Braxton Winston a resounding victory! Hopefully a harbinger of better things to come.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029816717

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BLM activist ran for City Council in Charlotte, NC and won big 😃 (Original Post) wildeyed Nov 2017 OP
👍👏🎉🎊 irisblue Nov 2017 #1
I am so impressed with this man. murielm99 Nov 2017 #2
Fingers crossed.... wildeyed Nov 2017 #3
Shhh don't tell the FBI JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #4
Interesting, BLM is not mentioned in the articles I read. wildeyed Nov 2017 #5
Miss you, BTW. wildeyed Nov 2017 #6

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
2. I am so impressed with this man.
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 01:17 PM
Nov 2017

He wants to build a continuum between past present and future. He is a young leader with the right ideas.

I hope I am right about him. I hope he runs for higher office after a while.

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
3. Fingers crossed....
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 02:01 PM
Nov 2017

It's hard to go from activist to politician and hold your base, plus he is going to have a huge target on his back after this election. GOP will be organized in their attacks next time.

Last young person I saw run this strong this early in local Charlotte elections was Anthony Foxx, but he was from a more traditional political mold.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
4. Shhh don't tell the FBI
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 09:53 AM
Nov 2017
There's a terrorist on the council!

They had that one coming for trying to define BLM as a terrorist organization - ya stupid fucks!

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
5. Interesting, BLM is not mentioned in the articles I read.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 03:19 PM
Nov 2017

The Charlotte protest group identifies as Charlotte Uprising, so that might be why.

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