But Bruce was elected to the US Senate not in a popular vote, but by Mississippi’s state legislature, in 1874. He then held that seat from 1875 to 1881.
I meaaaaaan, that’s just the normal way it was done prior to the Seventeenth Amendment.
It’s still an election; Bruce was still elected, and we still called them “elections”. It’s just an indirect election by the state legislature, not a direct democratic election. We still call them “papal elections” even though god knows the conclave doesn’t consist of 1.4 billion Catholics.
It’s not a 1:1 comparison, but that doesn’t make Colom “the first Black senator to ever be elected in Mississippi”. I don’t see where they updated the feed as you claim; it correctly reads: “Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live”.
I meaaaaaan, that’s just the normal way it was done prior to the Seventeenth Amendment.
It’s still an election; Bruce was still elected, and we still called them “elections”. It’s just an indirect election by the state legislature, not a direct democratic election. We still call them “papal elections” even though god knows the conclave doesn’t consist of 1.4 billion Catholics.
It’s not a 1:1 comparison, but that doesn’t make Colom “the first Black senator to ever be elected in Mississippi”. I don’t see where they updated the feed as you claim; it correctly reads: “Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live”.
This is why I like Lemmy. Genuine nice correction and supporting data. So good.
Good work.
The Guardian was more careful about their diction; I was more colloquial