There’s a debate happening inside my campaign about whether or not I should post a video I made tonight about the violence in our nation’s Capitol threatening our democracy. I am a candidate for Mayor. A Black women candidate. The standards are not the same. (1/4)
The most important thing though is that as dangerous as what we saw today is, as reprehensible as the behavior of the aiders and abettors who wear the Capitol Police uniform, democracy still won at the ballot box.(2/4)
Democracy is being attacked but she is also being protected...by us. The outrages. The engaged. The informed. John Lewis said Democracy is an act. We act by voting, by petitioning government & yes, with peacful protest. (3/4)
I lay my head down tonight feeling the determination that is GA & the danger that is DC and remember the words of Shirley Chislom: “At present, our country needs women’s idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.” Tomorrow is another day. (4/4)
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