NAACP calls on Safeway to stay open in Oakland, closure = attack on black; Cori Bush: Haiti, Somalia

NAACP calls on Safeway to stay open in Oakland, calls closure an attack on black people before Black History Month

Who is this individual and why is he standing at the lectern of the White House Press Briefing Room insulting the incoming President of the United States?

Rep. Cori Bush reflects on her record:

“The work we are doing for communities from Detroit… to Central America, Haiti, Palestine, Somalia”

AOC on CEO Brian Thompson: “This is not to say violence is justified, but…”

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NAACP calls on Safeway to stay open in Oakland, closure = attack on black; Cori Bush: Haiti, Somalia

Key Points

NAACP calls on Safeway to stay open in Oakland, calls closure an attack on black people before Black History Month

Who is this individual and why is he standing at the lectern of the White House Press Briefing Room insulting the incoming President of the United States

• Cori Bush reflects on her record:

“The work we are doing for communities from Detroit… to Central America, Haiti, Palestine, Somalia”

AOC on CEO Brian Thompson: “This is not to say violence is justified, but…”

NAACP calls on Safeway to stay open in Oakland, closure = attack on black; Cori Bush: Haiti, Somalia

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• This is a slap at black people and we are saying we see it, we feel it, and the world needs to understand
• District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston was among those who fought to keep the safeway open when it first announced plans to close last year
• He said the city needs to fight to purchase the site, to build affordable housing, and meet the shopping needs of the community
• I’ve also urged that if they won’t voluntarily sell it, that we consider using eminent domain to acquire it, pay the market rate value, and acquire the site
• Eminent domain has been used to harm this community
• The NAACP is saying the closure of the Safeway in February, Black History Month, is offensive
• The organization stopped short of calling for a boycott, but did say there will be actions to raise awareness about the injustice they see with the potential sale of this site
• Thank you for bringing all of yourself to Congress
• Thank you for how you help communities from Detroit to Minneapolis to Pittsburgh to Boston to the Bronx to Chicago to Puerto Rico, Central America to Somalia to Haiti to Palestine and everywhere in between
• And I ask that you hold up our sister Rashida over these next two years in our absence

Full transcript: 432 words transcribed via Whisper AI.