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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Stephen Johnson — Here's how diverse the 116th Congress is set to become

  • In Total, Almost Half of the Newly Elected Congressional Representatives Are Not White Men.
  • Those Changes Come Almost Entirely From Democrats; Republican Members-Elect Are All White Men Except for One Woman.
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  • LGBT breakthroughs include Democrat members-elect Sharice Davids (D.-Kan.), the first LGBT Kansan elected to Congress, and Kyrsten Sinema (D.-Ariz.), the first openly bisexual person ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  • The first Muslim women were elected to the House: Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), a Somali-American, and Rashida Tlaib (D.-Mich.), a Palestinian-American.
  • Two new Native American women were elected to the House: Deb Haaland (D.-N.M.) and Sharice Davids (D.-Kan.).
  • Ayanna Pressley (D.-Mass.) is the first black woman elected to Congress in Massachusetts.
  • Sylvia Garcia (D.-Tex.) is the first Latina to represent Texas in the House.
The Democratic Party is starting to actually like America. The GOP, not so much — in fact, not at all.

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2 comments:

  1. KonradNovember 18, 2018 at 2:27 PM

    Nothing significant will change as long as Nancy Pelosi remains the House Speaker. At least, nothing will change right away.

    Nonetheless there are signs of gradual change.

    Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), a Somali-American, and Rashida Tlaib (D.-Mich.), a Palestinian-American, are the first Muslim women elected to the House.

    Since the election, both women have publicly announced their support of the BDS movement against Israeli atrocities.

    Dun-Dun-DUNNNN!!!!

    Jewish supremacists are having fits.

    Changes caused by demographics are glacial but irresistible.

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  2. KonradNovember 18, 2018 at 2:39 PM

    And speaking of supporting BDS, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act has not yet passed Congress. The Senate version (S. 720) was introduced by Sen Ben Cardin (D-MD) (Jew).

    The House version (H.R. 1697) was introduced by Peter Roskam (R-IL) who lost his seat in the election of 6 Nov 2018.

    The bill would make it a federal crime to support BDS, with penalties up to 20 years in prison, plus a fine of up to $1 million.

    If the bill does not pass by the time the current Congress ends (3 Jan 2019) it will be torn up.

    Jewish supremacists will then have to submit it anew.

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