Posted on 11/05/2014 4:52:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The first female combat veteran. A daughter of Haitian immigrants. A 37-year old Harvard wunderkind. The youngest woman ever.
It’s an array that in past years might have sounded like the stuff of a Democrat’s dream press release, but it’s actually a sampling of just a few of the much-talked-about Republicans who won contested races Tuesday night.
As the dust settles after their rout of Democrats, the GOP can boast of an influx of dynamic congressional talent that looks younger and more heterogeneous than ever.
That new GOP freshman class includes Joni Ernst, the first woman to represent Iowa in Congress and a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who at 37 will be the youngest member of the Senate; Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who will serve as the state’s first female senator; and newly promoted former Reps. James Lankford (age 46) and Cory Gardner (age 40). Originally appointed in 2012, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina also just became South Carolina’s first elected black senator.
Republican candidates made history in the House as well. Utah’s Mia Love isn’t just the first Haitian American to serve in Congress – she’s the first black GOP congresswoman ever. At age 30, New York’s Elise Stefanik is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. With his 10 point win over incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop, Lee Zeldin will replace defeated former Majority Leader Eric Cantor as the body’s only Jewish Republican.
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The whole Today Show crew was in black, even weatherman Al Roker.
Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill on PBS also wore black, which they never wear otherwise.
Scott Pelley chose everything blue.
I got started on the Black Watch back when Katie Couric was at the Today Show.
The only freedom Democrats will allow is sexual freedom, including freedom from the physical consequences they can “cure”.
Everything else, from the freedom to speak to worship to travel to eat meat to keeping the AC on all day, is free to be restricted in the name of the state and/or planet.
You’re right. And except for Jesse Jackson and Sharpton, the Democrats are the party of old WHITE people - what they accuse Republicans of being.
Tim Bishop was finally taken out. Great! He was one of the more obnoxious House members.
I hope the party elitists know that the tea party (small t, small p) has played a big part in fostering this new blood.
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