Democrats from all over the country have gathered in Charlotte, NC this week to kick off the Democratic National Convention. Getting straight to the point and highlighting the strength of the party, Tuesday featured some heavy hitters to get voters fired up! From the Call to Order by Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz at 5pm the show got started and the star players got it going. Former CBC Chair Congresswoman Barbara Lee gave remarks and Newark Mayor Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) took the platform. Booker made it a point to counter the dependency stigma that it attached to some populations of dems (minoirites)...

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a six term member of Congress, representing California's 9th District. She was elected to Congress in 1998 and became the first woman to hold the 9th District Seat. She began her political career as an intern in the office of her predecessor Congressman Ron Dellums, where she worked her way up to becoming his Chief of Staff. Rep. Lee had a seemingly untraditional route to Capitol Hill, first being a single mother of two while attending college she went on to receive a Masters degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from the University of California Berkely and worked as a social...

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