Ayanna Pressley

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1974 · age 52

Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston, most of Cambridge, parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph, and Somerville.

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2020“It was a sham of a State of the Union, following the sham of a trial.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

“I did do, have the honor of delivering, the Working Families Party response, because we already know the state of the union. It’s in complete chaos and disarray.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

“We are not a monolith. We amplify and support each other, however we choose to show up in the resistance.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

“we’re actually in the momentum.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

“we are often characterized as being disruptive. Now, if we were in Silicon Valley, we would be called innovators. So, yes, yeah, we are disrupters. We are innovators.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

“And so, our freedoms and our destinies are tied. And what we need to get to is stop what Ilhan and I have often referred to as like the Oppression Olympics.”In their wordsInterview with Democracy Now (2020)Read the whole statement

1974Born3 February 1974

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Supporters of Pressley's 2009 Boston City Council campaign march in the 2009 Dorchester Day Parade

Pressley attends a 2011 event alongside Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Pressley (far left) with fellow city councilor Tito Jackson, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren, and Suffolk County Clerk of Courts Criminal Business Maura Hennigan at the Boston Caribbean Carnival parade in August 2012

Pressley delivering victory remarks after her November 2018 congressional election win

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Dayton NAACP President Derrick L. Foward and NAACP National Policy Advisor Hilary O. Shelton meet at U.S. Capital, discussing upcoming 114th NAACP National Convention to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2023.

Pressley during the 116th Congress

Pressley at a town hall for Elizabeth Warren in November 2019

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The people closest to the pain should be the closest to the power.
12/9/20 on Twitter, Own words
Don't call these cabinet resignations anything but a Profile in Cowardice. They're resigning to avoid invoking the 25th amendment. Congress & the people see right through it.
1/7/21 on Twitter, Own words