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Indian-American feminist set to make electoral history
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Backed by Bernie Sanders
Ms. Jayapal is one of the three Congressional candidates across the United States—all women—whom Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has endorsed.
“Pramila… is not afraid to take on powerful special interests. She’s fought for immigrant rights, opposed the war in Iraq, and worked to protect Social Security. She’s also running her campaign with our political revolution,” Mr. Sanders said in an e-mail to donors last month.
For a person who has always fought for greater representation of women in government, choosing Mr. Sanders over frontrunner Hillary Clinton was a bit of a dilemma, but not an agonising conclusion. “Hillary brings a lot to the table, as far as women’s issues are concerned. But her position on war — wars have a deep impact on women—ties with the Wall Street and changing positions on issues were not reassuring,” Ms. Jayapal told The Hindu over the phone from Seattle.
Meeting with Bernie
She had a meeting with Mr. Sanders in September 2015, during which they discussed various issues such as gender, race, mass incarceration and guns that cemented their association.
“He has engaged a whole swathe of people. He has fundamentally changed the political process by getting these new groups into politics. He is pulling the Democratic Party platform to the left, something that many people in this country have been yearning for,” Ms. Jayapal said.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-indianorigin-candidate-endorsed-by-bernie-sanders/article8601239.ece
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