Representative Sarah McBride
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In the instance in committee where I did respond by saying, to a man who was presiding. That was a good.
In the instance in committee where I did respond by saying, to a man who was presiding. That was a good.
I truthfully regretted saying Madam Chair right after I said it. Did you? I went back to my office and was not happy with myself. It's just not my style. I'm really here to focus on the job and to be serious. And like you can have humor and like sometimes it's right to just sort of respond in kind.
I truthfully regretted saying Madam Chair right after I said it. Did you? I went back to my office and was not happy with myself. It's just not my style. I'm really here to focus on the job and to be serious. And like you can have humor and like sometimes it's right to just sort of respond in kind.
I truthfully regretted saying Madam Chair right after I said it. Did you? I went back to my office and was not happy with myself. It's just not my style. I'm really here to focus on the job and to be serious. And like you can have humor and like sometimes it's right to just sort of respond in kind.
But I don't think I fulfill my responsibilities to anyone, whether that's Delawareans or any other community I'm a part of, by consistently sinking to their level.
But I don't think I fulfill my responsibilities to anyone, whether that's Delawareans or any other community I'm a part of, by consistently sinking to their level.
But I don't think I fulfill my responsibilities to anyone, whether that's Delawareans or any other community I'm a part of, by consistently sinking to their level.
I think that there is no question that there are added responsibilities. There is added pressure to a first. I would never compare myself to Jackie Robinson, but one thing that after I started, people recommend I watch 42. And there is a really powerful scene in the start where the owner of the Dodgers says to Jackie Robinson... if you respond to a slur with a slur, they'll only hear yours.
I think that there is no question that there are added responsibilities. There is added pressure to a first. I would never compare myself to Jackie Robinson, but one thing that after I started, people recommend I watch 42. And there is a really powerful scene in the start where the owner of the Dodgers says to Jackie Robinson... if you respond to a slur with a slur, they'll only hear yours.
I think that there is no question that there are added responsibilities. There is added pressure to a first. I would never compare myself to Jackie Robinson, but one thing that after I started, people recommend I watch 42. And there is a really powerful scene in the start where the owner of the Dodgers says to Jackie Robinson... if you respond to a slur with a slur, they'll only hear yours.
If you respond to a punch with a punch, they'll say you're the aggressor. Right. And I think that that is a apt description of the challenge that really most marginalized people face when entering a workplace. At the end of the day, the way I try to think about it, though, is the only way that I can guarantee that while I may be a first, I'm not the last,
If you respond to a punch with a punch, they'll say you're the aggressor. Right. And I think that that is a apt description of the challenge that really most marginalized people face when entering a workplace. At the end of the day, the way I try to think about it, though, is the only way that I can guarantee that while I may be a first, I'm not the last,
If you respond to a punch with a punch, they'll say you're the aggressor. Right. And I think that that is a apt description of the challenge that really most marginalized people face when entering a workplace. At the end of the day, the way I try to think about it, though, is the only way that I can guarantee that while I may be a first, I'm not the last,
is to just quite simply be the best member of Congress that I can be and to do the nuts and bolts of the job to the best of my ability. I'll make mistakes. There'll be times where I should respond to things and there are times where I shouldn't respond to things that I won't strike the right balance.
is to just quite simply be the best member of Congress that I can be and to do the nuts and bolts of the job to the best of my ability. I'll make mistakes. There'll be times where I should respond to things and there are times where I shouldn't respond to things that I won't strike the right balance.
is to just quite simply be the best member of Congress that I can be and to do the nuts and bolts of the job to the best of my ability. I'll make mistakes. There'll be times where I should respond to things and there are times where I shouldn't respond to things that I won't strike the right balance.
I am going to make mistakes and I think giving myself the same grace that I'm willing to extend to other people in navigating what is a reasonably unprecedented situation where
I am going to make mistakes and I think giving myself the same grace that I'm willing to extend to other people in navigating what is a reasonably unprecedented situation where
I am going to make mistakes and I think giving myself the same grace that I'm willing to extend to other people in navigating what is a reasonably unprecedented situation where