U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood visited Minneapolis last week to join U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar, who represents the area, to rally supporters for Vice President Kamala Harris in her White House bid. The two were joined by Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in a Sunday “Women of Color for Harris Brunch.”
“When we vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, we have an opportunity to reject Donald Trump and Project 2025 once and for all.” Underwood told a crowd that included almost all of the elected women of color in Minnesota during a brunch held at Parcelle, an eatery in Northeast Minneapolis. “So many of us that look up to her – myself included – looking at the way she tackles the challenges that we face, as strong women with bold ideas and a vision for America that is inclusive, and are inspired to step into our leadership, ladies let us wok together to elect Kamla Harris – Let’s get it done.”
Underwood, a member of the Illinois congressional delegation became the youngest Black woman to serve in Congress when she was first sworn-in on January 2019.
U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar, who also spoke at the event, said that electing Vice President Harris “sends a message, an opposite message of what happens if we elect Trump to a second term, because if we elect Trump, we are saying we are fine with liars being our president, we are fine with a fraudster that has filed for bankruptcy multiple times.”
Rep. Omar was full of praise for Vice President Harris, telling the audience that the vice president, then a U.S. Senator, was the first to reach out to her with valuable advice on how to hire staff when she was first elected in 2018 as the first Somali American member of Congress, “it is the sole reason I have 90 percent retention rate of my staff,” she said.
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, also urged those present to not only urge people and their friends to vote, but to knock on as many doors as possible.
A November win by Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz, who is the Minnesota Governor, will see Lt. Gov. Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Nation, becoming America’s first Indigenous governor. As Minnesota’s Lt. Governor, she is already the highest-ranking Indigenous woman elected to an executive office in the nation.
“You have that power to change hearts and minds, to get people to show up, so that a room like this one (with many elected women of color) is simply the norm?” Flanagan said. “This is our moment to show up for our next president, but more than anything, this is our moment to show up for each other.”
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About Jasmine Webber, Mshale Photojournalist
Jasmine Webber is a photojournalist at Mshale. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.
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