#summer lee

[liberalsarecool]

Elect more women.

[odinsblog]

[smartbrained]

History made by Democrats in the 2022 US Midterm Elections 💙

WES MOORE became the first Black governor of Maryland, as well as only the third Black governor elected in the country.

MAURA HEALEY became the first woman and the first openly gay person elected as the governor of Massachusetts, as well as the first openly lesbian governor in the US alongside TINA KOTEK (see in a later reblog to this post).

MAXWELL FROST became the first Gen Z and Afro-Cuban member of the US Congress after winning his race in Florida for the House of Representatives.

SUMMER LEE became the first Black Congresswoman from Pennsylvania after winning her race for the House of Representatives.

JAMES ROESENER became the first transgender man elected to a state legislature in US history in New Hampshire.

BECCA BALINT became the first woman ever elected to Congress from Vermont, as well as the first out LGBTQ person and openly gay person elected to Congress from Vermont.

ANDREA CAMPBELL became the first Black woman in Massachusetts to be elected Attorney General.

ARUNA MILLER became the first immigrant, first woman of color, and first Asian American elected to the Maryland lieutenant governor’s office.

ANTHONY BROWN became the first Black attorney general of Maryland.

ALEX PADILLA became the first Latino elected to the US Senate from California.

(Hit the image limit, so more will be coming in my next reblog ⬇️)

[thundergrace]

Almost cried tears of joy at the realization Summer Lee could primary Fetterman! Oh my God please please please!!! 🙏🏾

[itsmythang]

ICE isn't the gestapo––it's deeply American. Recognizing our country's flaws and how history has brought us here will help us move forward. Once we do that, we need to bring that same energy to build what we know can be a better world that reflects our values.

[elljayvee]

'We don't have time for sorrow and tears': Protestors suit up and push back at 'No Kings' rallies - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Late on Saturday we heard that nearly 7 million people attended No Kings rallies across the United States. We attended two in Pittsburgh on

“How do you move forward when everything feels hard and everything feels like it ain’t gonna come out our way?” [Rep. Summer Lee] asked. “Well, I’ll tell you that I am a legacy of the descendants of enslaved Africans who have been fighting in this country generation after generation. And if they got tired and if they felt too hopeless to fight back against systems of oppression, then we wouldn’t be where we are today.

“So it’s in our DNA to fight back. It’s in the country’s DNA to reshape and remold it. We are a part of a movement that never ended.”

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[cottagecore-zenith]

THEY'RE DONEEEEE I LOVE THEM SO MUCHHHHH

Pattern: Seafarer Socks from The Sock Project by Summer Lee

Yarn: Melizza's Sock Yarn in the color Zesty Lime