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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
Aug 28, 2020

We will meet the moment, we will work towards healing justice and collective liberation, like our lives depend on it, because they do.

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Aug 28, 2020

Make it plain. We are in unprecedented, uncertain times. We are challenged by the state of the nation and the crisis we face. But the state of our movement, it is strong, and another world is possible. Yes, it is possible to legislate…

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Aug 23, 2020

Mr. DeJoy, will you commit to providing this committee with the data that you say you are already formally collecting, disaggregated by congressional district, on COVID-19-related deaths, positive tests, and quarantines of postal workers…

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Aug 23, 2020

Isn't it true that pursuing a hiring freeze and early retirement when your work force is already stretched thin by coronavirus would exacerbate delays in the mail, yes or no?

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Aug 23, 2020

These actions... are cruel, unethical, and antidemocratic.

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Aug 23, 2020

At best, these actions represent irresponsible leadership from a novice who has absolutely no business leading a government agency.

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Aug 23, 2020

In my opinion, the only thing you should be delivering is your resignation.

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Aug 23, 2020

The American people deserve that.

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Aug 19, 2020

And so I know in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris we will have partners to do that work with and that they represent the door, not a destination. But right now we have got to be focused on ensuring that they are successful, because as President…

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Aug 19, 2020

Let me just say this has been an unconventional convention because of this global pandemic and it needed to be anyway, because we find ourselves in unprecedented times with an occupant of the Oval Office who has a deficit of empathy, who…

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Aug 5, 2020

If Congress had appropriated a significant investment in schools back in the spring, our local communities could have immediately deployed those resources to address glaring equity gaps that COVID-19 has both exposed and, unfortunately…

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Aug 5, 2020

Our goal can't just be opening schools. It must be keeping them open because if we open them up only to close them a short time later, that will just create more instability, more chaos, and more confusion.

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