New Orleans' Democrat Party mayor LaToya Cantrell has announced she will
never reimburse the city $30,000 for luxury first class air tickets to France and Switzerland because, as a Black woman, she needs access to extra leg room, plated meal service, and complimentary champagne to protect democracy and keep her from being attacked by pro-Trump white supremacists.
“My travel accommodations are a matter of safety, not of luxury. As all women know, our health and safety are often disregarded and we are left to navigate alone,” the mayor told the Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate in August.
“As the mother of a young child whom I live for, I am going to protect myself by any reasonable means in order to ensure I am there to see her grow into the strong woman I am raising her to be. Anyone who wants to question how I protect myself just doesn’t understand the world black women walk in.”
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