Here are her comments. She was saying that new people coming into Congress need to have the courage of their convictions and not just go along to get along. She's saying that if you're a minority member stand up for your beliefs and speak truth to power. Her comments weren't about all minorities in general. She took this shot at the CBC because they're worried about new liberal members of Congress making waves. I don't see how this is any different from what trump asks of his supporters.
"Justice Democrats, a political action committee founded by Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, has been backing several liberal candidates to run in primary races against Democratic incumbents, a fact that has alarmed the Congressional Black Caucus, among others.
During a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation convention in Philadelphia,
Rep. Ayanna Pressley took a shot at the CBC. "I don’t want to bring a chair to an old table. This is the time to shake the table. This is the time to redefine that table. Because if you're going to come to this table, all of you who have aspirations of running for office," the Massachusetts Democrat said on Saturday. "If you’re not prepared to come to that table and represent that voice, don’t come, because we don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice.
"We don’t need black faces that don’t want to be a black voice," she said. "We don’t need Muslims that don’t want to be a Muslim voice. We don’t need queers that don’t want to be a queer voice. If you’re worried about being marginalized and stereotyped, please don’t even show up because we need you to represent that voice."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...-a-black-voice
"We don’t need black faces that
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