Cornel West Announces Activist And Academic Melina Abdullah As Running Mate
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West called Abdullah "one of the great freedom fighters of her generation" while making his announcement on Wednesday.
Third-party presidential hopeful Dr. Cornel West has announced that activist and professor Melina Abdullah will be his running mate.
West introduced Abdullah as his vice presidential pick during a Wednesday appearance on the Tavis Smiley radio show and podcast, where he called her “one of the great freedom fighters of her generation” and a “lover of the people.”
Abdullah is a leader of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and is a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
During the announcement, West told Smiley he wanted a running mate whose “heart mind and soul” was “committed to the empowerment of poor and working peoples of all colors.”
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