"“We know how to lead,” Lee said of Black women in the Democratic party, and beyond. “We know how to help regain the soul of America..." When Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president this spring, he vowed to choose a woman to be his number two. Multiple candidates at the top of his short list were women of color. Black women are a demographic that’s powered the Democratic Party for decades—its “backbone,” Lee said. “Enough is enough. We’re here to stay. So just shut up.”"
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We Know How to Lead.” Rep. Barbara Lee on Kamala Harris and the Unifying Power of Black Women, Molly Schwarzt, Jamilah King, Mother Jones, (14 August 2020)
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