Four states had never elected a woman governor. Tuesday all four did.
Five Black governors will serve at once. Three Black women in the Senate. The first Muslim senator. The first Native American woman in the Senate.
Then Wednesday morning happened.
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On Tuesday, people in Minneapolis walked out of their polling places and stuck their "I Voted" stickers on the memorials for Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
Nobody organized that. Nobody asked them to.
The bill is due, and it is not payable in press releases.
Last night saw some of the greatest progressive victories in modern American history. All across the country, in rural and urban areas, Americans said NO to oligarchy, and YES to an agenda that fights for the working class.
Congratulations to the following candidates:
U.S. SENATE
Abdul El-Sayed (MI)
Peggy Flanagan (MN)
Troy Jackson (ME)
U.S. HOUSE
Bob Brooks (PA-7)
Rebecca Cooke (WI-3)
Sam Forstag (MT-1)
Adam Hamawy (NJ-12)
Melat Kiros (CO-1)
Brad Lander (NY-10)
Will Lawrence (MI-7)
Donavan McKinney (MI-13)
Brian Poindexter (OH-7)
Analilia Mejía (NJ-11)
Claire Valdez (NY-07)
Randy Villegas (CA-22)
Aisha Wahab (CA-14)
The problem with refusing to be honest with your audience (and potentially yourself!) about your politics while creating political content is you end up creating political content that appeals to... absolutely no one.
THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION ERA
FIRST BLACK HOUSE SPEAKER
FIRST BLACK WOMAN GOVERNOR
3 BLACK WOMEN SENATORS
4 BLACK GOVERNORS
CONCURRENTLY IN OFFICE
FIRST LATINA GOVERNOR
FIRST MUSLIM SENATOR
FIRST OPENLY GAY SENATOR
Listen to what Maddow had to say about Black voters & think about this:
A white gay woman understands the POTENCY of the Black vote within our communities & the country overall.
At the same time, we have some Black men telling us our vote doesn't matter.
That's EMBARRASSING.