Champion of what, and champion for whom? Amy Klobuchar receives the People’s Champion Lifetime Achievement Award
Rebuttal Statement from Christopher Seymore Former Candidate for Governor of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar receiving the People’s Champion Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women may look good in a photo, but Black Minnesotans have a right to ask a deeper question: Champion of what, and champion for whom? My issue is not with the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, nor with Black women being celebrated. My issue is with political symbolism being used to cover a record that deserves serious public examination. Senator Klobuchar built much of her career as the chief prosecutor of Hennepin County, the county that includes Minneapolis. Her own Senate biography on public safety emphasizes that she served eight years as Hennepin County’s chief prosecutor and continues to prioritize law enforcement funding, COPS grants, Byrne JAG grants, drug task forces, anti-gang efforts, prosecutors, and crime-fighting initiatives. ( Klobuchar Senate ) That m...
