Tough, whip-smart and selfless: Melissa Hortman, ‘singular force for democracy’, remembered
by Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis from US news | The Guardian on (#6Y2RH)
Colleagues speak of Hortman's legislative accomplishments, a steely negotiator' who went into politics to do something, not to be something'
A group of white male lawmakers were playing cards in a back room while their female colleagues gave speeches on the Minnesota house floor. They weren't paying attention, and Melissa Hortman had had enough.
I hate to break up the 100% white male card game in the retiring room," Hortman said in 2017. But I think this is an important debate."
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