During a recent Lewiston, Maine city council meeting, an African migrant declared to the council and mayor, “I’m the mayor now,” footage that is going viral online as it resembles a popular meme from the film Captain Phillips.
The council meeting’s public comment period was intended to focus primarily on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) data center that was voted down by the city council following intense public opposition from locals.
An African migrant, however, came to the podium to seemingly discuss homelessness while also telling Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, “I’m the mayor now.”
“Hello, everyone. Sir, I’m from Africa. But I’m one of you guys … I said, I’m from Africa … I live in Lewiston. Mr. Mayor, I stand here today because where I come from, we live neighborhood to neighborhood,” the African migrant, who did not give his name, says. “But when I see my city, Lewiston, which means I’m the mayor, not you. I’m the mayor now.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/19/watch-african-migrant-goes-viral-declaring-im-the-mayor-now-at-maine-city-council-meeting/