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===Jerry Brown===
===Jerry Brown===
[[File:Democrat_Gov._Jerry_Brown_with_Jim_Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gov. Jerry Brown campaigning with the Rev. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
[[File:Democrat_Gov._Jerry_Brown_with_Jim_Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gov. Jerry Brown campaigning with the Rev. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] spoke at the [[People's Temple]]. Jones "made his followers available to support [[progressive]] [[Democratic party]] candidates."<ref>Los Angeles Herald Examiner, "The Political Pull of Jim Jones", November 21, 1978</ref> Of particular interest to politicians was the Temple's ability to produce 2,000 people for campaign work or attendance at an event with only six hours notice.<ref>Lindsay, Robert. "How Rev. Jim Jones Gained His Power Over Followers." ''New York Times''. 26 November 1978.</ref>
Eleven says after Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] was elected to a second term, the White Night in Guyana occurred. Not until [[Barack Obama]] led a resurgence of [[Progressivism]] and the Jonestown faded into memory did Jerry Brown seek a third term.
[[Health and Human Services]] Secretary Joseph Califano stated "your humanitarian principles and your interest in protecting individual liberty and freedom have made an outstanding contribution to furthering the cause of human dignity." President Carter sent a representative to a dinner at the Temple at which Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown spoke.<ref>Mehren, Elizabeth, "Politicians Defend Associations With Jones", Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1978</ref> Gov. Brown was considering Jones for an appointment to the University of California Board of Regents.<ref>Los Angeles Times, "S.F. Temple Active in Politics", November 21, 1978</ref>
Jerry Brown headed President Carter's transition team, and the month Carter was inaugurated, Jim Jones led city-wide Martin Luther King celebrations a decade in advance of the day becoming a federal holiday. Jerry Brown was invited to speak at the [[People's Temple]]. President Carter sent a representative to a dinner.<ref>Mehren, Elizabeth, "Politicians Defend Associations With Jones", Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1978</ref>
Jones "made his followers available to support [[progressive]] [[Democratic party]] candidates."<ref>Los Angeles Herald Examiner, "The Political Pull of Jim Jones", November 21, 1978</ref> Of particular interest to politicians was the Temple's ability to produce 2,000 people for campaign work or attendance at an event with only six hours notice.<ref>Lindsay, Robert. "How Rev. Jim Jones Gained His Power Over Followers." ''New York Times''. 26 November 1978.</ref>
Gov. Brown was considering Jones for an appointment to the University of California Board of Regents.<ref>Los Angeles Times, "S.F. Temple Active in Politics", November 21, 1978</ref>
After the resurgence of [[Progressivism]] under [[Barack Obama]] and [[Jonestown]] faded in memory, Brown was elected governor again in 2010.<ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/JAA/jonestownapologistsalert.blogspot.com/search584e.html?updated-max=2010-02-07T22:45:00-05:00&max-results=7</ref>
===Walter Mondale===
===Walter Mondale===