John Whitmire: “There was a recall effort, but every mayor faces that.”

“I still have my Democratic support across the city. Some extreme, some activists know, but, you know, they spent about a year on that. There was a recall effort, but every mayor faces that. I tried to ignore that. How do you keep from just getting mattered in hell about it? Because I know that'll take me off of my mission.” (25:25–25:30)

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