Motivational change makers taking their destinies into their splendid double using a Team Media Series for the first go. D w dot com. Shes a single mother from one of the most persecuted minority groups in u. S. History deb holland is a left leaning democrat campaigning to become the first native American Woman in the u. S. Congress shes an outspoken critic of President Trump and shes hoping to win a seat in the House Of Representatives so i think if we win back the house we have an opportunity to hold the republicans feet to the fire. The Community Activist could bring a new voice from new mexico to the capitol as never before seen numbers of women
so many are angry to see trump use what they consider a racial slur using a historical native american figures name as an insult when he calls one of his political opponents pocahontas should be could trump also has shrunk the size of protected monuments they consider to be sacred saying the federal government can no longer control those re
Hundreds more women who are running in every office from the top of the ballots to the bottom cross the country and yes i absolutely want to make sure that women get elected here in new mexico you know as far as im concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there. And its not just women Native Americans are also seeking office in Two Thousand And Eighteen in previously unseen numbers. The government recognizes Five Hundred Seventy Three tribes making up some two percent of the us population. Native americans have faced a long history of oppression including the government taking their lands and stripping them of their traditions today they still face higher poverty rates than the National Average and one in three says they have experienced racism thats why
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