The 44-year-old Mississippi native has never held public office before, but is a well-known consultant and has been a trusted advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris.
"He wanted an African American woman, that's what he got. She's also a lesbian, very active in democratic politics. Big with union politics and she lives just outside D.C. So she doesn't have to move," Matier said.
"You know, most of us were making $7 to $8 an hour and now we're on our way to $20 an hour," said Roberts. "And none of that would have happened without the tenacity and the work of Lophanza Butler." "And she's going to be such an example for little Black girls like my granddaughter, who see someone that looks like her in that position and knows that anything is possible. And that's the excitement that we all have!" Roberts said.
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