Source: The Intercept
Asanamupatse chipambano Lachiwiri usiku, India Walton adakweza nkhonya mumlengalenga. “Sindikufuna kunena kuti ndinakuuzani choncho,” iye anatero.
Walton ndi namwino, wokonza mapulani, komanso wamkulu wopanda phindu yemwe adalandira mavoti opitilira 50 peresenti Lachiwiri ku Democratic primary kwa meya wa Buffalo, New York. Iyenso ndi socialist, wochotsa, ndi a membala ya Buffalo chapter ya Democratic Socialists of America. Wotsutsa wake, Byron Brown, anali wofunikira kufunafuna mbiri yachisanu mothandizidwa ndi a makina a demokalase akumaloko, ndi Buffalo News Editorial Board, New York State Nurses Association, ndi Local 1199 ya Service Employees International Union. Iye watero sanavomerezedwebe. Palibe woimira Republican pampikisanowu.
Monga phungu wa demokalase mu mzinda wa demokalase wochuluka wopanda wopikisana naye waku Republican, Walton adzapambana ndithu pachisankho chaumeya wa Buffalo mu November. Yemwe kale anali membala komanso woimira 1199 SEIU (mgwirizano womwe udavomereza mdani wake), ndipo mothandizidwa ndi Democratic Socialists of America, Working Families Party, ndi Buffalo Teachers Federation, Walton adzakhala mtsogoleri. meya woyamba ku U.S. akudzizindikiritsa ngati socialist muzaka zopitilira theka. Iye anabadwira ku Buffalo ndipo anasamukira kufupi ndi Lackawanna ali ndi zaka 14, pamene anali ndi mwana wake woyamba n’kuchoka m’nyumba ya amayi ake n’kukakhala m’gulu la amayi achichepere. Ali ndi zaka 19, anabereka mapasa obadwa msanga, ndipo watero anati kusamalidwa bwino kwake ndi akatswiri azachipatala kunamulimbikitsa kukhala namwino. Walton adapitilizabe kugwira ntchito ngati wolinganiza komanso adapeza ndikutsogolera gulu la anthu ammudzi kuti apange nyumba zotsika mtengo.
Walton ndi chipambano chachikulu kwa opita patsogolo, omwe adalimbana kuti agwirizane kumbuyo kwa munthu m'modzi pa mpikisano wa meya wa New York City. Walton adatsata njira yoyang'anira chitetezo cha anthu yomwe idayika patsogolo kuyang'anira wodziyimira pawokha kwa apolisi, kuchepetsa zovulaza, komanso chilungamo chobwezeretsa. Anayang'ananso pa kulimbikitsa ufulu wa obwereketsa; kulengeza Buffalo mzinda wopatulika ndikukana kugwirizana ndi Immigration and Customs Enforcement; ndikuyika patsogolo mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono, ochepa, ndi azimayi pamakontrakitala am'deralo.
M'mafunso a Epulo ndi The Intercept, Walton adati kampeni yake "sinali yoyipa," monga ena angaganizire.
"Mizinda yambiri yapakatikati iyi imakhala movutikira. Ndife ang'onoang'ono a zomwe zikuchitika m'dziko lonselo, koma nkhaniyo nthawi zambiri siyimanenedwa momwe timawonera, "adatero. "Chifukwa ndidachita izi kuchokera kwa wokonza mapulani komanso womenyera ufulu, ndidadziwa kuti kuti tiyambe kukhazikitsidwa, tifunika kupanga njira ina."
Malinga ndi Walton, komabe, mphamvu zolinganiza zamtunduwu sizinagwire ntchito ku Buffalo ndi kumadzulo kwa New York kwa nthawi yayitali. Anati derali "linali la [ameya] komanso zipani zazikulu zakumaloko."
Brown, yemwe anali woyang'anira, akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti akhoza kugonjetsa Walton ponyalanyaza kampeni yake. Iye anakana kukangana naye kamodzi kamodzi ndipo anamukwiyitsa iye ndi oposa 2-to-1, ndi kampeni yankhondo chifuwa cha ndalama zopitirira theka la miliyoni madola kwa Walton $ 150,000. Kukoka kwa wolamulirayo kunatsatiridwa ndi zopereka zomaliza kuchokera olemera opereka.
Koma ovota ku Buffalo akuwoneka kuti akufuna china chake. Ndalama za wotsutsayo zinaphatikizapo zopereka zoposa 2,800, zomwe zimakhala zosakwana $ 50 aliyense, ndipo kampeni yake inayenda mothandizidwa ndi anthu odzipereka oposa 400 kupyolera mu mutu wamba wa Working Families Party. Bungwe la WFP lidavomereza a Brown pamasankho am'mbuyomu, ndipo gululi litasinthira ku Walton nthawiyi, linali loyamba kuti silinagwirizane ndi munthu wina ku Buffalo.
Buffalo inali malo ochitira ziwonetsero zazikulu zotsutsana ndi nkhanza za apolisi chaka chatha apolisi a Minneapolis atapha a George Floyd, ndipo Walton adayika nkhani yoti apolisi ndiwofunika kwambiri pa kampeni yake. Pa zionetsero zina, apolisi a Buffalo anagogoda a Bambo wazaka 75 adagwa pansi ndipo adagwidwa pa kamera muvidiyo yomwe idafalikira mwachangu. Awiri mwa maofesala omwe adakhudzidwa adaimitsidwa; 57 mwa anzawo adasiya ntchito potsutsa kuyimitsidwa; ndipo jury wamkulu adavotera kuchotseratu milandu yachiwembu motsutsana ndi apolisi awiri olakwa mu February. Buffalo yaomberapo apolisi kangapo m’zaka zaposachedwapa, ngakhale kuti chiwerengerochi n’chochepa poyerekeza ndi m’mizinda ina — koma nkhanza za apolisi. sizosowa. Ngakhale kuti Walton amavomereza kuti umbanda wa ku Buffalo ndi wodetsa nkhawa anthu ambiri, akutsindika kuti anthu ambiri sakhulupirira kwenikweni kuti kupanga madera otetezeka kumabwera chifukwa chopatsa apolisi mphamvu zambiri. Monga mabungwe a mapiko amanja ndi okhazikitsa malamulo akukankhira nkhani yakuti opita patsogolo adzalipira zoyesayesa zawo pakusintha chilungamo pakati pa )umbanda wochuluka,” A Democrats ku Buffalo anavotera zosiyana.
Zaka zisanu zapitazo, Walton anali kugwira ntchito ngati namwino ndipo adathandizira kuyang'anira kafukufuku wapolisi wa 2016 ku Buffalo zomwe zinasonyeza kuti panalibe kukhulupirirana kochepa pakati pa anthu ndi apolisi. Magulu omwe amayang'anira kafukufukuyu apereka malingaliro 32 kuti apititse patsogolo maubwenzi ndi apolisi a m'deralo, kuphatikizapo pulogalamu ya kamera ya gulu ndi kusonkhanitsa deta za chiwerengero cha anthu oima ndi kumangidwa. Zomwe apeza, Walton wanena kuti, zidathandizira kudziwitsa apolisi amdera lawo — ndipo ngakhale Brown adatengera zina mwazo ngati gawo lazofuna kusintha apolisi. Ogasiti watha, Gov. Andrew Cuomo wa New York adalamula kuti dera lililonse likhazikitse ndondomekoyi pofika pa 1 Epulo kuti kulandira ndalama za boma.
Ndondomeko monga kugwiritsa ntchito makamera amthupi ndi kusonkhanitsa zidziwitso za anthu zimayimira kusintha pang'ono - komwe mphamvu zake zakhala zikukwaniritsidwa. awonetsa kuti sakuthetsa zomwe zimayambitsa nkhanza za apolisi - koma Walton mwiniwake amadzinenera kuti ndi wochotsa. Adasiya izi pamwambo wake wa kampeni, komabe, ali ndi nkhawa kuti malingalirowo anali asanakonzekerebe kukwaniritsidwa.
"Ndine wochotsa. Koma ndimakhalanso wowona mokwanira kuti ndikudziwa kuti sizingachitike m'njira imodzi. Chifukwa sitinapange maziko kuti tisunge chitetezo mdera lathu, "Walton adauza The Intercept. Adavomereza kuti njira yake idadzudzulidwa ndi anthu omenyera ufulu wawo, ndikuwonjezera kuti, "Ndimakonda kukhala wowoneka bwino momwe ndimawonera zinthu. Ulamuliro umatanthauza kuti nthawi zina sumachita zomwe umakhulupirira. ”
Koma patapita nthawi, Walton adati, tsogolo lothetsa mavuto "ndi dziko lomwe ndimalingalirira ana anga - kumene anthu amangosamalirana, ndipo sitifuna apolisi."
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