In case you were wondering why "Connie" was trending yesterday, listen to this call-out for the ages, and just TRY to tell me local government doesn't matter.
This was a school board meeting, where the topic of discussion was renaming one of the schools. Most of the schools students are Black, and the school is named after Robert E. Lee. Connie, shall we say, was not in favor of changing the name. And during the debate? Connie was on her laptop shopping for dresses.
The hero who called her out, and spoke to ALL the board members by name is Gary Chambers Jr. And if after watching and listening to him, you don't see the power and value of civic involvement at every level, you are beyond help.
Y’all wanna see a dead body?
Maybe Connie was shopping for her own fune attire. ? https://t.co/rI3dDJbpI3— April (@ReignOfApril) June 20, 2020
Are you breathing? Then you’re as qualified as Connie to run for office. Voting won’t solve everything, but elections, especially local ones, do matter. https://t.co/VeqQBE06PH https://t.co/g1aY4USsPN
— April (@ReignOfApril) June 20, 2020
Whew, Connie wasn’t ready for that smoke. pic.twitter.com/jMwv0XKEtV
— Don’t Stand So Close To Me (And Wear A Mask) (@mfredericks1x) June 20, 2020
👏🏽 WE 👏🏽 BUILT 👏🏽 THIS 👏🏽 JOINT 👏🏽 FOR 👏🏽 FREE pic.twitter.com/3VDZc7rLXC
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) June 20, 2020
This is how we should be. Locally engaged. Knowing our city elected officials BY NAME. At the meetings. Holding folks accountable. I want to be like this man. I’m told his name is @GaryChambersJr. Thank you for inspiring me, Mr. Chambers. pic.twitter.com/7hyCCEa5Z6
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 20, 2020
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Here's your Sunday morning line-up, via Politico:
Fox “Fox News Sunday”: Tom Inglesby … Symone Sanders … Mercedes Schlapp. Panel: Guy Benson, Katie Pavlich and Juan Williams.
NBC “Meet the Press”: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) … Michael Osterholm. Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Al Cardenas and Carol Lee.
ABC “This Week”: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) … Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Panel: Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Cecilia Vega and Lea Wright Rigueur.
CBS “Face the Nation”: Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf … Stephen Kaufer … Jide Zeitlin … Rebekah Jones … Jamelle Bouie … Scot Gottleib.
CNN “State of the Union”: Peter Navarro … Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms … Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) … Robert Gates.
