Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Florida, announced Thursday that he’s running for president, joining more than a dozen other 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. The 44-year-old Florida native announced his candidacy on CNN, accompanied by a YouTube video calling for “bold ideas and urgent action.”“I’m the son of immigrants,” Messam told CNN. “My father came to this country from Jamaica as a contract sugar cane cutter, cutting cane for 75 cents a row of sugar cane, chasing the American dream. And I’m living that American dream. But I see that American dream slipping away for a lot of Americans.”

Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2019 12:22 UTC