Trump and the Global Economy (“Trump and the GE”) explains the economy and key drivers of the economy in layman’s terms. We also discuss issues important to the public, particularly the Black community. We are widely-considered the top venue for independent news. Recently, Trump and the GE’s own Maria Chappelle-Nadal threw her hat in the ring to compete for the seat in Missouri’s first congressional district against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell and incumbent U.S. Representative Cori Bush:
The field of candidates in the Democratic race for Missouri’s first congressional district seat is growing, with confirmation that Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a former State Representative and State Senator from University City will join St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell in challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Cori Bush.
Bush last week confirmed she is the target of a federal investigation into her campaign’s spending on private security.
Bell switched over to the House race late last fall after announcing a run for the U.S. Senate.
Chappelle-Nadal served in the Missouri House from 2004 until 2010 and then won a seat in the State Senate where she served from 2011-2018.
Chappelle-Nadal, who was outspoken over issues related to the Westlake landfill and the civil unrest in Ferguson in 2014 after the shooting death of Michael Brown, was censured in 2017 in the State Senate for comments she made on social media about then-President Donald Trump during his presidency.
Most recently, Chappelle-Nadal served as a legislative assistant to St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Heard Days and settled an employment discrimination lawsuit against St. Louis County late last year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
In a social media video launching her campaign Tuesday, Chappelle-Nadal suggested Bell was a Republican “plant” in the race and that Bush is “someone who has created more controversy than progress since we sent her to Washington.”
The Bush and Bell campaigns did not immediate respond to requests for comment Tuesday afternoon.
Filing for the August primary opens Feb. 27 and closes March 26.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, a Bush ally, told Spectrum News last week she would wait until filing closes to interview candidates and consider an endorsement.
The Shock Exchange understands that St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is a Bush ally. However, she may wait for a later date to decide which candidate she will endorse for Congress. Trump and the GE’s endorsement could tip the scales in the race and force the major the make a decision before things get out of hand.
Ms. Chappelle-Nadal attended Trump and the GE’s town hall meeting in New York on a few occasions and simply blew us away. She demonstrated a command for the the problems facing the local economy and Missouri and globally, and a passion for her constituents. Ms. Chappelle-Nadal also appeared willing to reach across the aisle to solve problems facing her community. She even put the Shock Exchange in his place a few times – on his own platform – which is pretty difficult to do. At state senator, Ms. Chappelle-Nadal stood talk for the people of Ferguson during time of civil unrest a few years ago. She appears poised to do the same as Congresswoman.
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