"But there has — we really have to redress past grievances in terms of how we have addressed the African-American community..." "So I think that we’re all, you know, working together to make sure that every part of our community — whether it’s the immigrant community, whether it’s the black community, whether it’s the women’s community and the rest — not only matter but rule.”"Rule," Madame Speaker? No one "rules" in the United States of America.
THIS must be proclaimed over and over again by we whom are supposed to travel a higher road if we will be smart and use their tactics against them.
I still have good, Christian friends that are offended by my Trump gear (hat and/or t-shirt) because "of the way he treats women", meaning the "grab them by the pussy" remark of two years ago.
They burnt that into the conscience of so many people in a relatively short time, that any adverse commentary, true or false, more easily found a nest in the decision making process.
It's our turn now.
At every opportunity ...