Show threadPaula GordonOct 9, 2024
One of her first jobs as a high school student was helping people register to vote in her hometown of Atlanta. She doesn't remember anything of her past now, but previously said she was 17. That would have been in 1944. Eighty years ago!
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Show threadPaula GordonOct 9, 2024
After she'd made her selections, I told her all the firsts who would be elected if her choices won, and she was impressed. First Black woman president, first Black woman senator from Delaware (each attribute alone will be a first), first transgender congressional rep from any state. Second Jewish governor of Delaware (classic reaction: really what's his name? she was a Hebrew school teacher, and seemed to know everyone back in the day).
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#SheVoted #VoteBlue2024 #Mom #OldOld
Paula GordonOct 9, 2024
So proud of my mom, who voted by absentee ballot tonight, with my assist. I knew she wouldn't know any names but TFG (the odious), so I read her the office and gave her the choice of parties, and she chose the Democrat every time. It was exhausting to her, I could see her struggle to keep focus on the question, but even when I tested her, "So you want the Republican for this one?" She corrected me emphatically: "Democrat!"
#VoteBlue2024 #OldOld #SheVoted
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