Tuesday, September 04, 2018

A Democratic Revolution?


Ayanna Pressley becomes the first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress after defeating incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary. She faces no Russian opposition in November.

"Ayanna" had the backing of Alexandria !Ocasio! (Sorry, can't make an upside-down exclamation point)-Cortez,
Oh! Be still my throbbing heart.

who earlier punked Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley in New York City. A.O.-C. faces a nobody who isn't even bothering to campaign in November.

And in between those two Andrew Gillum,
the mayor of Tallahassee, won the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida. Gillum faces a neo-Nazi who said Gillum's election would "monkey up" Florida whose official nickname is "The Asshole of America."