Guys, a lot of really awesome things happened last night. Apart from Obama winning the presidential election and getting four more years in office, there were a lot of great results.
Puerto Rico voted to become the 51st state of America (though it does still need approval from Congress)
New Hampshire became the first state to have an all-female governing body (governor, senate, and house representatives)
Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) become the first Buddhist and the first Asian-American woman in the Senate
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) become the first openly gay senator
Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) became the first disabled woman and first female combat veteran in Congress
Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) became the first Hindu elected to Congress
Gay marriage was, for the first time in our nation's history, legalized by popular vote
And, because I'm amused by it
Colorado and Washington both legalized marijuana
It's baby steps, but we're definitely moving forward. I can only hope we get more changes like this in the coming elections until we run out of firsts.
Ron Swanson is going to have a field day with our newly elected female representatives.
ReplyDeleteWe have a recored-breaking 20 female senators! And Ron Swanson will only be mad because they'll get so much done
DeleteI was mostly making reference to the two Tammies who were voted into office.
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