A little over 50% of the United States is female. There are more men in the US House named Jim than there are Republican congresswomen running for re-election. That’s it, that’s the tweet.
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The argument that it’s only based on merit is complete bullshit and is the same argument that’s been used for hundreds of years to oppress women with the same notion that the reason why there weren’t any in power was because none of them had the “merit” to be there.
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We have a Congress that historically represents those with the most privilege, not the people they “represent” The only way we can fix this and create an actually representative Congress/government is for new and diverse constituents to run for office
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At minimum giving people options to vote for candidates with similar life experiences to them. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: We need more diversity of experience in Congress. Often times many experiences are exclusive to women, people of color and poor ppl.
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Having mainly upper class, older cis white men does not scream diversity of experience to me.
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We need publicly funded elections. That way, you don't have to be rich or chase after dollars to be elected.
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Good point. It would also help to have Members of Congress who actually live (as in sleep at night) in the districts they claim to represent. Many Members do not have any "skin in the game," so it's not surprising that they're not as effective as they should be.
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Just look at
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And by taking the money out of it. Taxpayer funded, maximums per candidate. It will shorten this insane election cycle and anyone and everyone will have the same chance.
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