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sheshe2

(83,771 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:52 PM Sep 2018

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Proud tears [View all]

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Ayanna, the first black woman ever elected to Congress from Massachusetts.

What a beautiful picture, filled with tears of joy, pride...and hope.

What took you so long Massachusetts.

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Proud tears [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2018 OP

What a beautiful moment! Ohiogal Sep 2018 #1

I get ya, Ohiogirl. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #4

hell i was crying earlier barbtries Sep 2018 #38

K&R . ! backtoblue Sep 2018 #2

Thanks, backtoblue. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #5

Thanks! Scurrilous Sep 2018 #3

If that doesn't warm your heart nothing will. lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #6

Oh wow. BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #7

A beautiful one filled with hopes and dreams. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #12

How beautiful! redwitch Sep 2018 #8

Not to be a downer but she won the primary only, right? Beaverhausen Sep 2018 #9

Believe she is running unopposed rurallib Sep 2018 #10

Not only a solid blue district. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #13

Awesome! Beaverhausen Sep 2018 #31

There is no Republican on the November ballot elmac Sep 2018 #15

Great! Beaverhausen Sep 2018 #32

The promise of the American dream is still alive in this child's heart. ffr Sep 2018 #11

Awwww... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #14

That's a great picture! Of a future President? Who knows? nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #16

I thought the same, Honeycombe... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #19

Wonderful to see. Aristus Sep 2018 #17

A step forward... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #20

It's been way too long mcar Sep 2018 #18

Those are some fierce tears. aikoaiko Sep 2018 #21

Incredibly moving ailsagirl Sep 2018 #22

.....oh please stop.... JoeOtterbein Sep 2018 #23

Wow! That is very moving. R B Garr Sep 2018 #24

She is wearing her heart on her face. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #25

What took so long? Submariner Sep 2018 #26

I was in no rush to replace a sitting liberal. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #30

Great future ahead. She'll flourish in our congressional majority. oasis Sep 2018 #27

I really think she will, oasis. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #29

K&R nt NCTraveler Sep 2018 #28

This makes me smile Gothmog Sep 2018 #33

Let Us Remember Ed Brooke DDySiegs Sep 2018 #34

Beautiful photo! kag Sep 2018 #35

A light at the end of a very dark tunnel... N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2018 #36

Beautiful! nt SunSeeker Sep 2018 #37