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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Ward 4 Council Member Brandon Todd doesn't want to punish White for donating to the Nation of Islam. Rather, he is calling on us to have patience and understanding:

https://twitter.com/FenitN/status/987793378124410880
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Actually, I support this tweet. The second half does scold him, and basically says what White has done so far isn't good enough. Todd says to give him another chance. OK, that's fine, but he needs to do something to demonstrate that he actually gets it, gets why anti-semitism, even unintended anti-semitism, even anti-semitism that has nothing to do with the community to work for, is a big damn deal. So far he has not. I think Todd's tweet acknowledges that.[/quote]

Leaving aside the anti-Semitism associated with the NOI, White spent money from his constituent services fund -- money that is suppose to help his constituents -- on an event held in Chicago. His ward is the poorest in DC and the residents there need the money a lot more than Farrakhan does. I think Todd falls short by not addressing the potential illegality or the clear impropriety of that expenditure. [/quote]

+1.[/quote]

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