Ayanna Pressley actually said...

"I can say with certainty that it was a school nurse that saw the signs of trauma and abuse in my own life."

"It is so important--I am sorry you have to weaponize your pain in order for this survivor tribe to be seen and to be heard but it is so critical that this work be survivor led."

"Violence begets violence and trauma begets trauma, and so many families and communities like my own are passing along, unfortunately, the legacy of intergenerational trauma."

"What we are is delayed, and these things do all show up in some way, form, or shape in our lives."