A southern mayor from a deep-red state could be Democrats' answer to a big problem against Trump

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• In a controversial move that brought him national attention, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu removed his city's last remaining Confederate monuments last year. 
• In a new book documenting his personal journey on race, Landrieu says the country needs to fight back against a rise in white supremacy that he associates with the president. 
• The centrist Democrat is a much-talked-about potential 2020 contender, but he says he has no plans to run — for now. 

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In 1973, Mitch Landrieu, the 13-year-old son of the mayor of New Orleans, was publicly berated by a racist critical of his father's efforts to integrate the city. 

"Your father is a n----- lover," Landrieu recounted the woman yelling at him on the steps of his school. "He is sending this city to hell!" See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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