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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Black guy, a Hispanic guy and a Jewish guy walk into . . . . . .
the Senate and took the oath of office as United States Senators today.
And America just got a little bit greater.
lisa58
(5,755 posts)NNadir
(33,575 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,973 posts)... but I am very proud of our country's progress!
mucifer
(23,576 posts)excited about the other two in terms of diversity.
I love Jon Ossoff and am glad he made it. But, realistically speaking he is not adding to the diversity of the senate. He is making it a better place of course.
Mike Nelson
(9,973 posts)... still, GA elected a Black man and a Jewish man. Georgia made that their team... That's exciting!
electric_blue68
(14,964 posts)GopherGal
(2,010 posts)and I swear her eyes were twinkling above her mask as she did it.
Or maybe that was just mine watering about how much greater America became today. (And neither of us is as jazzed as Joy Reid!)
Not really a "walk into a bar" joke opportunity, but we've spend 4 years starved for warm fuzzies, so time to savor them now.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)BobsYourUncle
(120 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)And, it really hurt.
erronis
(15,382 posts)CottonBear
(21,597 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)he was Black, Jewish, and Hispanic(mother's side)
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,678 posts)Thanks Stacey and fair fight
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)"Why the long Quorum Call?".
grantcart
(53,061 posts)barbtries
(28,815 posts)if only one, two, or all 3 were women. as it is, it is sweet as can be.
marble falls
(57,355 posts)... thing I understand the Constitution was about, whether the founding fathers meant it that way or not.