VOA’s Portuguese service spoke to two elected U.S. representatives who said that the next American president has a big job ahead.
Democrat Evandro Carvalho, a Massachusetts state representative, is originally from the West African island nation of Cape Verde. He says the next president has to prioritize unity.
“First the next president will have to unify the country, to advance the country, there is too much work to do in order to unify the country," he said.
Democrat Tony Cabral, also a Massachusetts state representative, agreed.
“The next president, independently of who wins, will have many challenges domestically as well as externally,” Cabral told VOA. “…We have to create (an environment) whereas businessmen will invest in the country and create jobs in the country. The next president will have to address the dissatisfaction, the frustration mostly from the middle class, the working class, which in the last 10 years lost buying power, lost opportunities to advance socially and economically. Maybe it is not the same reality for all but the next president will have to solve this discontent.”
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