Uncle Luke for Congress? Luther Campbell, rapper turned civic activist, preparing to challenge congresswoman

Campbell said Black leaders currently in power aren’t able to adequately push back. “The majority of African American congressmen and women, I mean they’re old. They’re tired, they ain’t got no more fight in them. They need somebody to go up there and fight for them,” he said on WFOR before adding criticism of all politicians.

Campbell is 63. Cherfilus-McCormick is 45.

“Politicians lie. They lie all the time. They lie to the people,” he told WFOR.

He was especially critical of the Republican Party, and said it’s been on a negative trajectory from the tea party era in 2010 through today. “You see the party, the Republican Party in the direction that they’re going, they’re really bullying African Americans, African Americans get bullied on every level of politics.”

And, Campbell said, he wasn’t worried that serving in Congress would make it a circus. “It’s a circus already,” he told WFOR.

His potential candidacy was first reported by the political news site The Bulwark. He’s discussed his potential candidacy in multiple social media posts and videos and as a podcast guest.

He told the TV station he was declining all other interview requests. Campbell didn’t respond to multiple email, text and voicemail requests for comment left with multiple representatives.

Earlier this year, Campbell registered a political action committee called Don’t Stop Get It Get It with the Federal Election Commission. Earlier this month a super PAC with the same name registered with the FEC.

The Bulwark reported that Campbell was being trailed by a documentary film crew, but he told WFOR he wouldn’t run just as a way to obtain footage for a reality show. “It’s not a thing for a TV show or anything like that.”

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam said Campbell should be taken seriously if he decides to run.

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