Did you know the District has Shadow Senators????
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Anonymous
| Why am I just finding out about this now |
Anonymous
| Because you are clueless and uninformed? |
Anonymous
| Because you were in the not outraged and not paying attention category until approximately Nov 9, 2016? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Because you have never voted in a DC primary or general election where the candidates are listed? |
Anonymous
wow. np here and these posts are just mean. How is a person able to become clued in and informed if they are made to feel like shit every time they ask about something they just heard about? |
Anonymous
| You guys are complete jerks for these responses to this guy. |
Anonymous
Seriously. I follow politics very closely from right outside DC in MD. And I knew about the shadow Senator position, and that it's a different position than Eleanor Holmes Norton's office, but I thought there was only one shadow Senator until I looked it up just now. |
Anonymous
That. I learned that shadow Senators existed when I voted for the first time. |
Anonymous
But the person didn't ask anything about the position of shadow Senator. Just expressed amazement that they existed and asked why they just learned this. That's not trying to become informed, it's just marveling at your own ignorance. Shadow senators are not unique to DC. Historically, territories elected shadow reps and senators before their admission as states. The first shadows were elected from Tennessee before it became a state, and became Tennessee's actual reps after admission. DC has been electing two shadow senators and a rep since 1990. They are unpaid, and their role is to lobby for DC statehood. |
Anonymous
| Because our shadow senators are stuffed shirts who like to pretend that they already are senators instead of unpaid lobbyists? |
Anonymous
Jesse Jackson was one of the first DC shadow senators. |
Anonymous
Because they're pointless. |
Anonymous
this. The rep Norton can't vote but she sure as shit makes a big stink on behalf of the district. the shadow senator has about as much power as a 7 grade student council secretary. |
Anonymous
They waste a LOT of money, too. The budget for Eleanor's office could be put to many more important things in the district. |