曾领导全国有色人种协进会(NAACP)五年的杰出民权领袖本·贾奇(Ben Jeue)支持民主党人詹妮弗·卡罗尔·福伊(Jennifer Carroll Foy)竞选弗吉尼亚州下一任州长——在她的竞争对手、前弗吉尼亚州州长特里·麦考利夫(Terry McAuliffe)获得州长高调支持的一天后，这位前州代表获得了显著提升。诺瑟姆。
在支持卡罗尔·福伊的时候，嫉妒引用了她的“生活经验”来证明她已经准备好了迎接这个时刻成为联邦未来的强有力的管理者。
“珍妮弗·卡罗尔·福伊对正义和公平的承诺远远超出了人群，”嫉妒说，她目前是美国人民之路的主席。“作为一名公设辩护律师，她近距离观察了两级刑事司法系统:一级是将美国黑人甩在后面的，另一级是为其他所有人服务的。作为立法机构的领导人，詹妮弗为正义进行了艰苦的斗争——她赢了。”
“她久经考验的记录和对弗吉尼亚的计划，根植于她作为一名职业母亲和一个自己奋斗过的人的生活经历，使她有独特的资格成为弗吉尼亚的下一任州长。她是一个新的领导人，准备领导为一个更公正的弗吉尼亚而战，在那里没有人会被落下，”他补充说。
嫉妒在2018年寻求成为马里兰州第一位黑人州长，但没有成功。据知情人士透露，他很少参加初选，但支持卡罗尔·福伊的竞选，认为她与他的观点一致，有获胜的可能。
卡罗尔·福伊(Carroll Foy)说，她对得到他和他领导的团队的支持感到“自豪”，并保证她将致力于建设一个更加公平的联邦。
“我很自豪能站在第一线为所有弗吉尼亚人争取正义，因为我知道为了生存而做出不可能的决定是什么感觉。她在一份声明中说:“我致力于推动弗吉尼亚向前发展，让每个人都有机会茁壮成长。”。
曾是全国有色人种协进会(NAACP)历史上最年轻的主席的贾瑞的这一举动，突显了党内围绕种族政治的棘手冲突，种族政治一直是竞选中的一股暗流——两年前，诺森曾面临辞职的巨大压力，包括来自麦考利夫，什么时候出现了一张20世纪80年代他的种族主义年鉴照片。
对卡罗尔·福伊来说，赢得“嫉妒”的支持反驳了该州最高民主党人的冷落。诺瑟姆决定支持麦考利夫作为他的继任者，而不是民主党议员中任何一个不同的、可能具有历史意义的候选人。
卡罗尔·福伊和州参议员詹妮弗·麦克莱伦都在竞争美国历史上第一位黑人女州长。诺瑟姆还选择了麦考利夫，而不是他自己的副手，副州长贾斯汀·费尔法克斯，他是弗吉尼亚州第二位当选的非裔美国人，也卷入了关于他否认的性侵犯指控。
一些民主党人认为身为白人的麦考利夫潜在的阻碍历史在弗吉尼亚。他显然是竞选中的领先者，拥有广泛的知名度、筹款能力和支持他竞选的民主党领导人名单，包括超过150名黑人领袖来自整个联邦。
但卡罗尔·福伊(Carroll Foy)被证明是一个强大的竞争者，今年前三个月筹集了180万美元，本季度末银行存款为230万美元。她不是唯一一个回应诺森对麦考利夫的支持的人。
麦克莱伦在最近通过的联邦选举权法案中发挥了关键作用，她认为“弗吉尼亚在选举女性方面有着美国最糟糕的记录”，并明确表示她希望改变这一点。
“看到一个州长支持另一个州长并不奇怪。但是这个选举取决于弗吉尼亚的选民。弗吉尼亚人不会向后看;“他们很期待，”她在诺森认可几小时后的声明中说弗吉尼亚人正在寻找一个新的视角:一个母亲、一个黑人妇女和一个在里士满推动进步15年的领导人的视角。"
Civil rights leader Ben Jealous endorses Jennifer Carroll Foy in Virginia governor race
Ben Jealous, a prominent civil rights leader who helmed the NAACP for five years, is endorsing Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy in the race to be Virginia's next governor -- handing the former state delegate a significant boost one day after her rival, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, secured a high-profile endorsement from Gov.Ralph Northam.
In endorsing Carroll Foy, Jealous invoked her "lived experiences" to argue that she is both prepared tomeet the momentand be a strong steward of the commonwealth's future.
"Jennifer Carroll Foy's commitment to justice and equity stands head and shoulders above the crowd," said Jealous, who currently serves as the president of People For the American Way. "As a public defender, she saw the two-tiered criminal justice system up close: one that's left Black Americans behind and one that works for everyone else. As a leader in the legislature, Jennifer took on tough fights for justice -- and she won."
"Her proven track record, and plans for Virginia, rooted in her lived experiences as a working mom and someone who has struggled herself, make her uniquely qualified to be Virginia's next governor. She's a fresh leader ready to lead the fight for a more just Virginia where no one gets left behind," he added.
Jealous pursued a campaign to become Maryland's first Black governor in 2018, but was unsuccessful. He rarely wades into primaries but is supporting Carroll Foy's bid, seeing her as aligned with his views and with the might to win, according to a source familiar with the endorsement.
Carroll Foy said she is "proud" to have his support, and that of the group he leads, and assured that she is committed to building a more equitable commonwealth.
"I am proud to be on the front lines fighting for justice for all Virginians because I know what it's like to make impossible decisions just to survive. I'm dedicated to moving Virginia forward so that everyone has the opportunity to thrive," she said in a statement.
The move by Jealous, once the youngest president of the NAACP in its history, underlines a tricky intraparty clash over the politics of race that has been an undercurrent in the contest -- two years after Northam came under intense pressure to resign, including fromMcAuliffe, whena racist yearbook photo of him from the 1980s emerged.
For Carroll Foy, earning Jealous' backing counters the snub from the state's top Democrat. Northam decided to support McAuliffe as his successor over any one of the diverse, and potentially historic, candidates on the Democrats' deep bench.
Carroll Foy and state Sen. Jennifer McClellan are both competing to be the first Black female governor in the nation's history. Northam also chose McAuliffe over his own deputy, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, only the second African American elected statewide in Virginia, who also became embroiled in controversy oversexual assault allegations which he denied.
Some Democrats see McAuliffe, who is white, aspotentially impeding historyin Virginia. He is the apparent front-runner in the race, with widespread name recognition, fundraising prowess and a slate of Democratic leaders in the state lining up behind his bid, including more than150 Black leadersfrom across the commonwealth.
But Carroll Foy is proving to be a formidable contender, raising $1.8 million in the first three months of the year and ending the quarter with $2.3 million in the bank. And she isn't the only one answering Northam's endorsement of McAuliffe.
McClellan, who played a key role in recently passing a sweeping voting rights bill for the commonwealth, contended that "Virginia has the worst record of electing women in America" and made clear she is hoping to change that.
"It's no surprise to see one governor endorse another. But thiselectionis up to the voters of Virginia. Virginians aren't looking backward; they're looking forward," she said in a statement hours after Northam's endorsement. "Virginians are looking for a new perspective: the perspective of a mother, a Black woman and a leader driving progress for 15 years in Richmond."
