Wisconsin Democratic US Senate tus neeg sib tw Mandela Barnes tham nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm kev noj su Wednesday, Kaum Hli 19, 2022, hauv Milwaukee. (Morry Gash / Associated Press)
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Sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm lub sam thiaj ntawm King Solomon Missionary Baptist lub Koom Txoos thaum sawv ntxov hnub Sunday, Democratic US Senate tus neeg sib tw Mandela Barnes tau tshaj tawm rau pawg hu nkauj - lawv tau sib sau ua ke hauv qab nws, hnav ris tsho xiav thiab kub.

"Lub zej zog no ib txwm nyob rau hauv lub siab rau kuv," nws hais rau cov neeg laus feem ntau sau cov pews, thaum nws ntaus txog cov teeb meem uas nws paub tias lawv mob siab txog: kev ua phem, kev ua haujlwm, kev nce nqi.

Nws yog ib lub tswv yim zoo rau txhua tus Democrat uas xav kom yeej hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua Wisconsin - mus rau Milwaukee, hais lus hauv pawg ntseeg Dub, tsim duab nrog cov neeg mus teev ntuj. Thiab nws yog ib feem ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsa uas yuav tsum yog thaj av tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau Barnes, uas loj hlob ntawm Milwaukee feem ntau Dub sab qaum teb sab qaum teb thiab thawj zaug dipped nws tus ntiv taw hauv kev nom kev tswv raws li tus neeg tsim thiab tom qab lub xeev sawv cev rau ntawd.

Raws li Barnes, lub xeev tus thawj tswj hwm tus thawj coj, nrhiav kev los ua Wisconsin thawj tus neeg sawv cev Dub, nws txoj hauv kev tawm tsam ob lub sijhawm Sen. Ron Johnson tej zaum yuav nyob ntawm seb nws tuaj yeem txuas nrog cov neeg xaiv tsa ntawm no tau zoo npaum li cas uas tsis tau hloov mus rau ntau tus lej.

Reverend Greg Lewis, tus kws tshaj lij hauv Milwaukee's Black zej zog tau hais hauv kev xam phaj tias "Peb cov neeg dawb tau faib cov neeg nruab nrab thiab cov neeg tsawg tsawg yuav txiav txim siab." "Leej twg lawv pov npav yuav yeej."

Barnes paub tias feem coob ntawm cov neeg ntawm Vajntxwv Xalaumoo twb nyob hauv nws lub ces kaum, nrog rau qee tus twb tau xaiv tsa thaum ntxov rau nws. Nws tsis yog laus dua, kev cai dab qhuas Dub cov neeg xaiv tsa nws yuav tsum txhawj xeeb txog kev txhawb nqa. Nws yog cov koom txoos cov xeeb ntxwv, cov xeeb ntxwv, cov me nyuam thiab cov xeeb ntxwv uas cov koom haum hauv zej zog piav qhia tias yog tiam neeg tsis txaus siab thiab tsis nyiam.

“Kuv thov kom koj pab tham nrog lwm tus - qee tus phooj ywg, qee tsev neeg, qee tus neeg nyob ze. Yog tias peb tau txais tsib mus rau 10 tus neeg tawm, peb tuaj yeem yeej qhov no, "Barnes hais rau cov koom txoos.

Rau Barnes, uas qhov kev xaiv tsa qhia me ntsis tom qab Johnson hauv ib qho ntawm cov neeg sib tw uas tuaj yeem hloov pauv kev tswj hwm Senate, uas txhais tau hais tias kev sib txuas nrog cov neeg zoo li Joe Louis Gordon II.

Gordon, 32, tau ntsib Barnes ntawm qhov kev sib tw rau kev noj qab haus huv ntawm niam txiv dub nyob rau nruab nrab Lub Kaum Hli. Raws li nws tus hluas nkauj, Makoria Morrow, tau koom nrog kev sib tham, Gordon zaum ntawm ib sab nrog lawv tus ntxhais 2 1/2 hli thiab hais tias nws "tsis paub ntau dhau" txog Barnes. Nws hais tias nws tsis tau pov npav txij li Barack Obama tab tom ua tus thawj tswj hwm.

"Ib yam li txhua tus neeg hauv zej zog, peb tsis tshua mob siab rau kev pov npav lossis tsis quav ntsej txog haiv neeg lossis ib yam dab tsi zoo li ntawd vim peb xav tias peb lub suab yuav tsis hnov ​​​​dab tsi," nws hais.

Tom qab pom Barnes ntawm tus kheej, Gordon tau hais tias nws npaj yuav pov npav rau nws.

"Kuv tsuas yog xav tias muaj qee yam txawv los thiab tsuas yog ntsib nws thiab tsuas yog pom tias nws yog tib neeg tiag tiag. Nws zoo li peb. Nws tuaj yeem yog kuv tus neeg nyob ze, ”Gordon hais.

Hauv ob lub lis piam mus txog Hnub Xaiv Tsa, Barnes phiaj los nqis tes yog ob npaug ntawm kev ua txhaum rau cov tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg pov npav dub nrog cov xwm txheej ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm Dub thiab lwm qhov hauv zej zog. Lawv kuj tau nqis peev ntau lab hauv kev mus cuag cov tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg xaiv tsa xim ntawm cov streaming platforms xws li YouTube thiab Spotify.

Obama nws tus kheej tuaj rau hauv nroog rau hnub Saturday rau kev sib tw ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv theem siab sab qaum teb Milwaukee, qhov chaw nws pib los ntawm kev thov ib nrab ntawm kev tso dag rau cov neeg muaj peev xwm xaiv tsa kom tsis txhob muaj kev xaiv tsa hauv TV xws li football, HGTV, Great British Baking. Qhia los yog National Parks. "National Parks, qhov ntawd yog ib qho yeeb yam zoo," nws hais tias, luag ntxhi.

Obama tau hais tias "Vim tias tib txoj hauv kev ua kom kev lag luam ncaj ncees, ua kom nws ua haujlwm rau txhua tus, yog tias peb txhua tus sib ntaus rau nws," Obama hais. Tom qab ntawd nws hais kom cov neeg coob coob "ua ib txoj kev npaj vim koj tsis xav pw tsaug zog los ntawm kev xaiv tsa. Thiab thaum koj ua li ntawd, pab koj cov phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg ua ib txoj kev npaj. "

Obama qhov tsos yog ib feem ntawm lub parade ntawm lub teb chaws npe uas tau mus xyuas los txhawb Barnes.

"Mandela tau khiav lub sijhawm sib tw nruj heev los txuas nrog cov neeg xaiv tsa Dub hauv Milwaukee, thiab nws yuav ua ntxiv mus txog Hnub Xaiv Tsa thiab tshaj ntawd," Barnes tus cev lus tshaj tawm phiaj xwm Maddy McDaniel tau hais.

Republicans tsis lees txais cov pov npav. Lawv qhib lawv thawj qhov chaw ua haujlwm hauv lub nroog hauv plawv nroog xyoo 2020 hauv kev cia siab ntawm kev tshem tawm qee tus Democrats cov neeg txhawb siab siab tshaj plaws. Raws li AP VoteCast, kev tshawb fawb nthuav dav ntawm ntau dua 110,000 tus neeg pov npav thoob tebchaws, 9 ntawm 10 tus neeg pov npav dub hauv tebchaws txhawb Joe Biden hauv 2020.

Rau Michelle Wilkins, 27-xyoo-laus doula uas tau koom nrog kev sib tham txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm leej niam uas Gordon tau koom, kev xaiv tsa no yog thawj zaug uas nws xav tias nws txoj kev xaiv tsa tuaj yeem ua qhov txawv. Barnes 'kev txhawb nqa muaj zog rau txoj cai rho menyuam thiab rau cov niam Dub tau hais nrog nws, nws hais.

"Peb xav tau ib tus neeg los tawm tsam rau cov neeg Asmeskas Asmeskas. Thiab tsis yog tib neeg, tab sis poj niam. Thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog Roe piv rau Wade qhov xwm txheej, "nws hais.

Cov neeg pov npav laus Dub, zoo li cov phauj thiab niam pog ntawm Vaj Ntxwv Xalaumoo, tau hais tias lawv npaj yuav nias lawv tsev neeg los pov npav. Ntawm lub rooj sib tham Barnes, Fannie Harris, 69, ntawm Wauwatosa, tau hais txog kev txi ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsa dub hauv kev hu nws lub luag haujlwm: "Peb cov poj koob yawm txwv tau ua haujlwm hnyav heev rau peb tuaj yeem pov npav," nws hais.

Rep. Gwen Moore, uas yog Dub thiab sawv cev rau feem ntau ntawm lub nroog Milwaukee, txhawj xeeb tias cov teeb meem tseem ceeb ntawm lub sijhawm no - kev sib kis, kev nce nyiaj txiag, thiab kev ua txhaum loj zuj zus - tau ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab rau ntau tsev neeg Dub uas kev pov npav yog nyob rau sab nraub qaum.

"Thaum koj txhawj xeeb txog kev muaj sia nyob, qee zaum kev pov npav tsuas yog tsis tau txais qhov tseem ceeb," nws hais.

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Harm Venhuizen yog ib tus kws tshaj xov xwm hauv xeev nrog Lub Koom Haum Xov Xwm hauv Madison, Wisconsin, feem ntau hais txog kev xaiv tsa thiab cov cai pov npav. Ua ntej qhov no, Venhuizen tau ua haujlwm ntawm Tub Rog Times. Nws kawm tiav qib bachelor's degree hauv kev tshawb fawb txog kev nom kev tswv thiab kev xav los ntawm Calvin University hauv Grand Rapids, Michigan, qhov chaw uas nws tau ua tus editor-in-chief ntawm Chimes, cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv. Thaum lub sijhawm nws nyob hauv Chimes, nws tau txais kev lees paub rau nws qhov kev tshawb fawb txog kev txiav txim siab ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis sib haum xeeb, kev tsim txom kev sib deev thiab kev ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv txoj cai tiv thaiv kev sib yuav poj niam txiv neej. Venhuizen loj hlob nyob rau hauv ib tug me me ua liaj ua teb nyob deb nroog Wisconsin, thiab siv lub caij ntuj sov ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug tua hluav taws tua hluav taws nrog US Forest Service.