Discussion on Women's Historic Political Gains (Part 4)

Being Alaska are the two big ones. Yeah. Alaska, Mississippi. There are some races in California because, you know, they. They have a lot of votes to count, and it takes them a while, but, you know, really the message has to be that. And I think John Ossoff or James Talarico, maybe both of them, you know, said, e pluribus unum. You know, out of many, one. We are one nation under God, indivisible. And look at the people that have been chosen to represent us. Yeah. Now, one of the things you pointed out, I noticed you were on. I follow you and social media, in case you're interested, you wrote about all the women, Georgia, for example. All over the map. At least 17 women were elected to lead states as governors. That means one third of all states are now run by women. And it was a huge night for Democratic women in the House. There are now over 100 women Democratic representatives. That beats the previous party record of. And, you know, I could not be happier. And a lot of these women are women that I know that some of them worked in my campaigns. I mean, I am thrilled. Yeah. 100 women Democratic representatives. Let me. This speech you gave. Do you remember this speech? The glass ceiling. Would you mind reading this? Because after losing the Democratic presidential primary to Barack Obama. Read what you wrote. Although we were not able to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling this year, thanks to you, it has 18 million cracks in it. And the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. And we are going to keep working to make it so today. Keep with me and stand for me. We still have so much to do together. We made history. And let's make some more. That speech made me cry when you did it. And it was sort of like you still spun it forward versus, oh, poor me. Like what Susan Collins right now is doing in Maine in her recent interview. Well, you know, I really remember that moment as a very emotional one, obviously. But also I wanted to encourage other women to get into politics, to get into the arena, make it public, impossible for us to break that glass ceiling. We had 18 million cracks in it.