Vermont's Only Black Female Lawmaker Withdraws Re-Election Bid After Racist Attacks

[JHan]

10. What I cannot reconcile is this..

Here is a black woman in a state with a lot of progressive activism, feeling pressured to pull out.

(It's a lesson that social justice is pretty damn important to progressive values if representation is affected like this)

Resistance to her is coming from Trumpers but surely she should feel she has a bedrock of support to help her push through. We'll see what the investigation concludes.