jeffwLeftist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Landslide Victory in Mexico Presidential Election
VarykSo, like 20 Mexican political candidates were killed just this year, right?
Nope, I just checked: 37 Mexican political candidates were killed this year.
I was going to ask the likelihood of her not being assassinated in the coming weeks, but it looks like the presidents themselves aren’t assassinated as often as candidates. I guess I just wanted to bring attention to the fact that 37 political candidates have been assassinated just this year.
It’s mostly lower level candidates that get killed, really (mayors, etc). And geez, I remembered hearing 30. It just keeps climbing
I mean, a dozen political candidates of any level being murdered in one year is a lot, and they tripled that shit.
Yeah, but a presidential candidate will have security. A small town mayor would not.
Depends on the country. Mexican presidential candidates still get assassinated, but the presidents themselves have security.
People were praising Mexico, saying “I wish this was the standard in the US”
Do they want 37 political deaths (and rising) every year? It sounds so sketchy. How can they be sure she was even the people’s choice?
I don’t think I ever heard anybody say I wish this was the standard in the US, but whoever said that may be misinformed on the political process in Mexico.
As far as I understand, this lady is cool, does seem like the People’s choice, there are no established connections between her and the cartels or any kind of corruption.
I’m excited to see how she does