The Pennsylvania Democrat marching for public transit: ‘time honoured American tradition’ | Pennsylvania
“TThe best part of this is that I don’t eat as many carbohydrates as possible, ” Malcolm Kenyattalost 100 lbs in the last two years. “I There was already a bagel, I’m eating a snack, I have a good time. “
The democratic state representative was talking on a phone on Friday by phone from Pennsylvania. Single, 105 mile walking From Philadelphia to harsh interruptions to regional public transportation services to protest to Harrisburg.
Kenyatta on Friday at 7 am Reebok Golf shirt, black athletic pants, brooks trainers and selfie bar, external phone charger, glasses and a green backpack with a snacks and snacks did a sport.
The 35 -year -old walks alone for most of the five -day journey, but sometimes the staff will be accompanied by the route for support. It stops every two hours to replace your socks and lubricate their feet to avoid bubbles.
In addition, every night will be listened to a “small cheap hotel”, but it has not made a reservation in advance. “When my body tells me that I can’t go any longer, I’m sure someone will leave everything open for me in one of these hotels or route.“
It will also publish a part of the walk At Instagram Live With the steps of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, he organizes four rallies and press conferences that reached the climax on Tuesday.
Kenyatta, hopes to draw attention to budget cuts Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Administration (Septa) is a public transport agency that provides bus, metro, tram and regional railway services in Philadelphia region.
It emphasizes the impact of the financing crisis on the state legislative council to republican inertia and emphasizes the impact on students, elderly people and workers. Republicans say this is a crisis produced by the Democratic Party.
Septa has a operating deficit of $ 213 million this year and warned that the service deductions that started this week affected thousands of children on the first day of school. Will send the agency to “death spiral” If he does not provide any more funds than the state government.
“It is a growing problem and does not shrink” He said in Kenyatta. “What makes this so annoying is that it is not one of the budget postures caused by the lack of resources.“
However, the Republicans in the State Senate escaped to leave the transportation financing in the limo to play golf from Capitol, to shoot clay and to make trips. “While working people struggle, they literally have cocktails with the richest people in the state.
“This contrast should be dramatic, pronounced and annoying people, and what I do in this 105 -mile -long walk comes from an honorable American walking tradition. “
Kenyatta points to the 62nd anniversary of the march in Washington this week. “What I do is symbolic, it does not lose me, but what is not symbolic is the pain that people feel every day.. “
Kenyatta is also the Vice President of the Democratic National Committee and claimed that Donald Trump was looking for people who are willing to remove gloves while trying to expand the presidential power of Trump.
“There is a discussion in the Democratic Party and the discussion is very simple,” he said, “Some people think that we need to roll and die, and some people think that we should fight like hell. Some people think that we should use every vehicle to fight with the authoritarian seizure of our country.
“Chair [Ken] Martin manages it. In our DNC meeting, the Democratic Party could not bring a pencil to the knife fight, we should organize everywhere, we should think outside the box, we should find ways to connect these problems to people in a way that echo. “
