Fulani Repents, Explores 2009

Published: August 9, 2007, 1:43 pm

Tags: politics, lenora fulani, michael bloomberg

"I am repudiating my remarks of 18 years ago." That was from Lenora Fulani of the Independence Party earlier today as she announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a "city-wide" office. The chances are "very high" it will be mayor, she told me after the press conference. The 1989 remarks in question - in which she described Jews as "mass murderers of people of color" - were a big part of the reason the Michael Bloomberg, and other mainstream politicians who have accepted support from her Independence Party, have been careful to maintain their distance from her in public. During the press conference, Fulani vowed to emphasize community policing, education reform and nonpartisan elections. Several of her supporters were apparently expecting the old Fulani, saying afterwards that they were surprised by her comments that all the people of the Middle East -- Israeli and Palestinian alike -- are victims, which is a distinct change

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