Daily News | Breaking a ‘cement’ ceiling: Summer Lee’s journey to becoming the state’s first Black congresswoman
showing school officials using a stun gun on Black students. Parents were frustrated, and Lee felt like they were being largely ignored by the mostly white board.
Lee is proud of her daughter’s instinct to always fight for the little people, but she acknowledged she’s uncertain how she’ll be received as a freshman senator: “She’s young and she’s educated, and a lot of older people don’t really care that you’re young and educated. Right? They just see you as a smart-mouthed kid.”
Lee won a five-person primary for her Pittsburgh-based congressional seat, which was vacated by Doyle. She beat out second-place Steve Irwin, who was endorsed by the local party. Then in the general election, she defeated a Republican, also named Mike Doyle, in a race that became closer than expected in the deep blue district.
“She created this energy,” said former Braddock mayor Chardae Jones, who considers Lee a political mentor. “I have friends that I know that are now like, ‘I want to run for this. I want to run for that.’”“There’s a lot of pressure,” Lee said. “This isn’t a one-cycle thing, and it’s not a one-person thing. ... None of this project works if it dies off.As her stalled inauguration showed, Lee is entering a deeply divided Washington. But she’s also in good company.
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