Barbara Lee tweeted the following:
"Today, a statue of a Confederate general was replaced with a Black woman civil rights activist and daughter of former enslaved persons.A passionate educator and powerful political advisor, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was a champion of racial and gender equity."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:
"My mother, who knew her and shared incredible stories with me about her, would be so proud to see her legacy honored in the Capitol."Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"Prof. Bridges is completely right. Over 250 trans & non-gender conforming people in the US have been killed since 2013 (that we know of), & that number is disproportionately Black trans women.Proud of this CA-13 constituent for shutting down this harmful line of questioning. twitter.com/therecount/sta"Read on Twitter
"Birth control should be available over the counterperiod. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/" on July 12Read on Twitter