But compared with the rural area’s overall demographic mix, it remains a bastion of old white male privilege. Roughly 22 percent of members of both cribs are minorities. But Washington still lags the general population. Around 78 percent of Congress is white, versus 61 percent of the homeland. And women are vastly underrepresented. Of the 535 members of Congress, only 23 percent are women.
AOC, Omar, and Harris are frontrunners for a transforming of the guard. That change won’t come overnight, and each woman will face the pressures that come with what they illustrate. For the courage they have all shown, they deserve our applause – and full-throated support.