Independent presidential candidate Cornel West on Wednesday announced his running mate, Melina Abdullah, a Pan-African studies professor and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles.
Long-shot presidential candidate Cornel West tapped Melina Abdullah, a professor and one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, as his running mate for his independent presidential bid. West announced his pick on Wednesday’s episode of 'The Tavis Smiley Radio Show' on KBLA radio. 'I wanted somebody whose heart, mind, and soul is committed to the empowerment of poor and working peoples of all colors,' West said.
When we talk about Islam we talk about people who submit to the will of God,' Abdullah said. 'Christianity and Islam and every other faith, if you think about the core of who we are as spiritual people, we’re all aligned.' Abdullah has been outspoken on X, comparing the New York Police Department as the KKK.
The KKK, the police, and government officials are one in the same,' she wrote in a X post in Dec. 2023. After the release of Beyoncé's latest album release last month, which features the singer holding an American flag, Abdullah wrote on X, 'The #AmericanFlag symbolizes the genocide of Indigenous people, the theft of their land, the enslavement, dehumanization, and exploitation of Black people, and settler colonialism.
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