There were some significant firsts in politics last night. The one getting the most attention was in Delaware where NBC reports, “Sarah McBride has won her Delaware state Senate race, poising her to become the first and only openly transgender state senator in the U.S. and the country’s highest-ranking transgender official.”
McBride tweeted:
“I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too.”
‘We’ve shown this state and this country who we are’ — Sarah McBride just made as history as the first out transgender person to become a state senator in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/r9SScFepwJ
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) November 4, 2020
Another set of firsts came in New York where Buzzfeed reports, “Democratic Reps.-elect Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones made history Tuesday night, becoming the first openly gay Black men elected to Congress.”
I am humbled by the trust voters in Westchester and Rockland have placed in me, and grateful for the opportunity to serve the community that raised me — the community that just sent an openly gay, Black guy who grew up in Section 8 housing and on food stamps to Congress. https://t.co/O88nA5LN5q
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) November 4, 2020
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