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Related: About this forumIn Portsmouth, Pressley pushes get out the vote message
PORTSMOUTH — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts choked up on Thursday as she talked about an immigrant girl in her district who took care of a baby sister while her mother was in the hospital fighting COVID-19.
“For two weeks, that 11-year-old cared for her 9-month-old little sister, scared, hungry, afraid, and alone. She’d run out of food. She’d run out of diapers. Her little sister was in a towel with safety pins,” Pressley said.
A neighbor noticed and was able to connect the girl with the services she needed.
“I wish I could tell you that story, that devastatingly lived experience, that she is an anomaly. But she is not. That is Donald Trump’s America,” Pressley said.
Pressley, a nationally known progressive lawmaker and one of four women in the U.S. House of Representatives known as the “Squad,” was at the house of Tanna Clews for the get-out-the-vote event. The “Squad” is made up of Pressley, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
Read more: https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/voters/in-portsmouth-pressley-pushes-get-out-the-vote-message/article_57951b57-9da2-5c47-822f-e949ea810f52.html
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OneBlueSky
(18,536 posts)could it be that they really have seen the light . . . yet another "thing I thought I'd never see in my lifetime" . . .
TexasTowelie
(118,788 posts)Yes, you might want to grab a screenshot to show your friends.
Mopar151
(10,213 posts)The Loebs are gone and buried, newspaper biz has changed. NH is more thrifty, and less anti, than the template for "conservative" might indicate.