"She took a risk on me" said Tammy Baldwin WI “How Hillary Clinton Helped Make Queer History 1998
Nice story--BTW--I was at this primary rally in Eau Claire, WI. Great day for all.
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Network for Hillary! "She took a risk on me,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin
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“How Hillary Clinton Helped Make Queer History in 1998
“She took a risk on me,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin
At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), the first and only openly gay or lesbian person elected to the U.S. Senate, explained in an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress how Hillary Clinton, as first lady, helped her make queer history as a House candidate back in 1998.
It was a time when it was exceedingly difficult to run as an openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender candidate for national political office. While Democratic House members like Barney Frank and the late Gerry Studds, both of Massachusetts, had come out while in office and had even been re-elected, no candidate who’d already been out, like Baldwin, had ever been elected to national office as a challenger.
“Shortly after I won my primary, [Hillary Clinton] came out to Madison, Wisconsin, and actually stumped for me in what was a very competitive House race,” Baldwin recalled, noting that their relationship went back to that very day. “And I believe my narrow victory is at least, maybe in large part, due to her research and her faith in a candidate who was going to make history and, I hope she believed, also make a difference.” … “
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Hillary Clinton, right, is joined on stage by Sen. Tammy Baldwin during a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Saturday, April 2, 2016.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-tammy-baldwin_us_579dedbce4b0e2e15eb62bfc
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