Steppin' Out Of Babylon: Radio Interviews
Cynthia McKinney
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Cynthia McKinney is running for US President on the Green Party Ticket. McKinney served in the US House of Representatives for 12 years, representing the State of Georgia. She also served a term in the Georgia State Legislature before that. She is African American as were many of the people she was representing in her district in Atlanta. She is an amazing woman who has been "speaking truth to power" during her time in Government, before and after. As so many others, especially African Americans, she has suffered repercussions. Her Congressional District boundaries were gerrymandered to include White Republicans who hadn't been there before. To add insult to injury, Clarence Thomas voted to let that continue. She also spoke up about the shoddy investigation of 911 and is asking for more. She voted against the Iraq War and, in the vote to fund the war that happened just after she was "pushed out" of Congress, her presence would have made the vote to continue funding the Iraq war lose.In this interview, McKinne