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Ayanna Pressley

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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.

Quotes by year · 201120261,152 total · peak 2019 (443)
2011: 3 quotes2018: 2 quotes2019: 443 quotes2020: 150 quotes2021: 190 quotes2022: 118 quotes2023: 79 quotes2024: 113 quotes2025: 43 quotes2026: 11 quotes
Jan 18, 2022

We need consumer confidence to rally. We need people to feel safe and want to travel and spend their money on entertainment...

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Jan 6, 2022

I think it`s really important that we not whitewash what spurred and perpetuated this big lie, ultimately resulting in this insurrection. And that is white supremacy.

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Jan 6, 2022

democracy won the battle on January 6, but the war is still being waged against democracy.

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Jan 6, 2022

There must be accountability. That is why we need full and thorough investigations. Anyone who was complicit or aided and abetted in this, including members of Congress, must be expelled.

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Dec 8, 2021

I feel an extraordinary urgency. We saw how Don McGahn used the courts and delay, delay, delay to not allow us to hold him accountable.

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Dec 8, 2021

Diversity is not about counting heads but it is really about inclusion, and we also care about promotion and wealth building.

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Dec 8, 2021

The problem is clearly a systemic one. Hiring women and people of color into a hostile environment where they promptly leave, traumatized, is not the progress that we are aiming for.

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Dec 8, 2021

Enough is enough. Each day that passes without meaningful accountability, we risk normalizing this behavior and endangering the lives of our Muslim colleagues, Muslim staff and every Muslim who calls this country home.

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Dec 8, 2021

It is a shame that it`s taken so long. It is a shame that she, a black woman, is now having to step in for other black women and other people of color to make the workspace safe for them, to call this out and demand the accountability that…

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Dec 2, 2021

I thank Congressman Bowman for yielding. There is nothing freshman about him. He has hit the ground running since he has been here, and he has been a leader and partner on many issues, including this issue of student debt. I thank the…

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Dec 1, 2021

So, if the courts are not going to be on the side of the people, it is up to Congress to meet the moment, this unprecedented moment with unprecedented leadership and with unprecedented legislating.

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Dec 1, 2021

Because we know that when you restrict access it does not mean that people will stop having abortions, it just means that they will not do it safely, they will not do it legally.

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