Meet the Press Salutes Marion Barry
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd remembered former DC mayor, Marion Barry, who passed away over the weekend.
“Marion Barry died overnight after a brief stay in a Washington D.C. hospital,” said Todd, “Barry rose to national prominence as mayor of Washington D.C. He was a commanding presence for decades. He served four terms as mayor and one term in prison. Marion was a civil rights leader who became mayor, a symbol of self governance for African Americans who put many blacks in positions previously reserved for whites.”
Todd continued, “but he also struggled with addiction and famously was arrested in a sting operation in a Washington hotel.
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