This is big and underrated. There has never — never! — been a House Democratic majority without a powerful bloc of southern conservatives. And now there is. https://t.co/FQT0GgQ3Oc
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 3, 2019
This context is depressing, as is the fact that of those 11,000 plus people who have served in Congress, fewer than 400 of them have been women. Sigh. https://t.co/VkzgHOuTl6
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) January 3, 2019
■ Record numbers of women
■ Muslim and Native American women serving for the first time
■ Texas is sending the state's first two Latina members to Congress
■ Two black women from New England will also make history by coming to Washingtonhttps://t.co/jgoYDyv1mx
— CNN (@CNN) January 3, 2019
Total women in the U.S. House:
1989:
16 Democrats
13 Republicans2019:
89 Democrats
13 Republicans— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 3, 2019
Speaking as boomer-era white man, this really struck me while watching the ceremony too.
– Actuarially, the new GOP delegation is 90+% white men, and it looks even more than that. 13 GOP women (of 199).
– New Dem delegation looks — very different. 89 Dem women (of 235). https://t.co/nv2ETd2Gtu
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 3, 2019
In the new Congress:
-record # of women
-1st Muslim women to serve
-1st Native American women to serve
-1st Latina members from TX
-more women with young children
-most Black members in history of the House (53)= more diversity of thought, experiences, perspectives…
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 3, 2019
Tlaib used Thomas Jefferson's Quran from 1734, & Omar used her grandfather's Quran she brought with her as refugee to US in 1995.
Even attire made history. Rashida the first in Palestinian dress which became a trend today under #TweetYourThobe ; Ilhan the first wearing a Hijab.
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 4, 2019
The newly sworn-in Congress is the most diverse in US history. Meet some of the freshman lawmakers who broke down race and gender barriers. https://t.co/VuCiX44gVZ pic.twitter.com/3UySscN6Zy
— CNN (@CNN) January 3, 2019
At a time when there are more women in the House than ever, the percentage of those women who are Republicans is almost at a record low. https://t.co/cOXQmVAXEU
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 4, 2019
Sad! 