Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.
I do fairly represent Middle Eastern women.
I grew up in Spokane, Washington, in a very Christian, conservative home.
I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My town has a population of 301.
Having someone from Washington, California, or Chicago come in as a verifier, it shows the Hispanic community that Hispanic leaders support me.
My features are completely ethnic.
If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.
Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every part of the world.
I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.
I represent nine sovereign Sioux tribes. In South Dakota, some of the tribes are in the most remote, rural areas of the country. They lack essential infrastructure. Some communities don't even have clean drinking water.