Ten Black mayors come together, denounce Trump, support Kamala Harris as election nears

THE BLACK MAYORS, FROM LEFT: CLETUS LEE (NORTH BRADDOCK); JAIME KINDER (MEADVILLE); DR. KENYA JOHNS (BEAVER FALLS); DONTAE COMANS (WILKINSBURG); ED GAINEY (PITTSBURGH); KAYLA PORTIS (SHARPSBURG); DWAN B. WALKER (ALIQUIPPA); DELIA LENNON-WINSTEAD (BRADDOCK); KEITH JACKSON (ROCHESTER); KENDY ALVAREZ (LEWISBURG). (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) Lt. Governors of Pa., New York also join mayors in supporting Harris & Arms locked, united as one, 12 Black elected officials stood tall for Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris in her quest to become the next U.S. president, while standing strong against her opponent, former president Donald Trump. The Black elected officials, tired of the murmur that some African Americans may want to vote for Trump, denounced Trump as a separator and a person morally unfit to become president again. Among the 12 Black elected officials were Pennsylvania’s Lt. Governor, Austin Davis, and New York state’s Lt. Governor, Antonio Delgado, with 10 Black mayors from Southwestern and Central Pennsylvania. “A lot of times in our community, they put out this narrative that we can’t come together, that we can’t stand up, that we can’t be a voice for our community,” said Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey at the Oct. 18 news conference in East...