"She got no standing ovation. She got no mainstream media lauds for her heroism. She got no kudos..."

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She got no standing ovation.  She got no mainstream media lauds for her heroism.  She got no kudos for leaving home, a much longer journey than that other senator, the one from Arizona, to get to DC, and there are no mainstream media stories on it that I can find… I only found out from a friend who spotted it on Twitter.

 

She didn’t do it for publicity.

 

Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii was just doing her job as a good politician, voting not to repeal the ACA so as to protect her constituents.  She has Stage Four kidney cancer — that means scarce chances of survival — is recovering from a second surgery to remove part of a rib, and made sure she got to her seat in the Senate Chamber to vote “no” to whatever Republican wealth-care crap was thrown at her.

 

But you’ll only find out about it on social media.  Because she’s not a pale male, maybe?

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- The heroic Senator with severe cancer who interrupted treatment to vote… NO
(via wilwheaton)