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TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)
Tue Jul 5, 2016, 05:04 AM Jul 2016

Mississippi teen may be youngest Democratic delegate

[font color=330099]It looks like she beats out the young man from Maine that I posted a story about a little while ago.[/font]

Susanna Blount, to turn 18 just before the general election, might be undecided about her plans after high school, but she knows who is getting her vote for president. She’s on Team #Imwithher — the "her" being Hillary Clinton. As one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Democratic delegates in the nation, Blount will have the chance to chant the hashtag that’s evolved into a battle cry for Clinton supporters, from the floor at the party’s convention in Philadelphia.

Politicking is familiar territory for the St. Andrew's Episcopal school senior. The daughter of State Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, she made her first imprint on Mississippi’s political landscape as a fresh-faced adolescent with braces pictured on her dad's campaign site. But her interest in politics runs deeper than her bloodline.

“Beyond supporting my dad, the first time I really had my own political opinions, and was for someone, was when Hillary ran in 2008. I was excited about the prospect of the first woman president,” she said.

When Clinton stumped in Canton, Blount was in the crowd. She had the opportunity to meet the then-New York senator.

Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/04/mississippi-teen-could-be-youngest-democratic-delegate/86437332/

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Mississippi teen may be youngest Democratic delegate (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP
You found someone younger, who's going to be a delegate for Hillary, than Cha Jul 2016 #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie Jul 2016 #2
Glad to have this amazing young lady in our team! Her Sister Jul 2016 #3

Cha

(305,406 posts)
1. You found someone younger, who's going to be a delegate for Hillary, than
Tue Jul 5, 2016, 05:16 AM
Jul 2016

Democratic delegate, Trevor Doiron, from Maine!

Great political background story from Susanna Blount in Mississippi~

Thank you, TexasT~

TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)
2. You're welcome.
Tue Jul 5, 2016, 05:37 AM
Jul 2016

Yes, isn't it amazing what can be found rousing through the small city news sites on the Internet? With people like Trevor Doiron and Susanna Blount we can put Trump's rhetoric about "making America great again" out to pasture--it is already a great place to be. Keep her name in mind because she might be running for the state senator position sometime in the future!

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. Glad to have this amazing young lady in our team!
Tue Jul 5, 2016, 07:14 AM
Jul 2016

Glad that she will get to experience History in the making.

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