Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael Thurmond was in Columbus spreading a message of hope ahead of his keynote address at the NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Thurmond stopped by the local state delegation’s town hall meeting where we caught up with him.
“These are difficult times, but these are not hopeless times,” Thurmond said. “I’m encouraging all of our members of the NAACP, the community to keep up the fight, to be able to have the courage and determination to continue to fight for rights of all Americans, all citizens. These are difficult times, but these are not hopeless times.”
Thurmond said today’s issues facing Georgians are not a black or white thing. “First of all, extending healthcare to all of our citizens that’s not a black thing or a white thing, it’s the right thing. Feeding children who are facing food insecurity is not a black thing, a white, Hispanic or Asian thing, it’s the right thing.”…