Earlier in March, the month that honors women's history, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and other congressional leaders reintroduced a House resolution acknowledging the violence that women in politics face, and demanded a more inclusive political landscape for women.
on violence against women in politics found that minority women are disproportionately impacted by violence.
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, IIhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Lois Frankel of Florida, who serves as the chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, joined Tlaib in calling for government action to ease violence against women in politics.
Tlaib says the violence that women in politics face is part of an effort to silence their political participation and, in turn, cripples democracy.
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