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New Congress: Minorities
gain but still
overwhelmingly white
By Matthew Daly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just like college freshmen,
newly elected members of the House descended on Wash
ington Nov. 14 for a week of orientation, a class photo
and a lottery to determine their offices for the next two
years.
The new Congress includes the first Latina senator,
three House members moving across the Capitol to the
Senate and a few former lawmakers who seized their old
jobs back.
While the 115th Congress will include a record number
of minority women, Congress will remain overwhelm
ingly white, male and middle-aged.
At the first day of orientation, Republicans expressed
excitement about winning the White House while Demo
crats struck a conciliatory tone.
Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat who will represent a
South Texas district, said freshmen members of his party
will start the new session in January “having a clear view
of the reality we’re dealing with and trying to reach across
the aisle and finding common ground.”
A look at the new Congress:
MINORITY WOMEN
In the Senate, Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto of
Nevada, Kamala Harris of California and Tammy Duck
worth of Illinois are among a record 21 women, up from
20 out of 100 senators.
Cortez Masto will be the first Latina senator, while
Harris and Duckworth will join Hawaii Democratic Sen.
Mazie Hirono to form the Senate’s largest ever Asian-
American contingent.
Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Ja
maica, is just the second black woman elected to the Sen
ate and the first with South Asian roots.
The House will welcome its first Vietnamese-American
and Indian-American women: Democrats Stephanie Mur
phy of Florida and Pramila Jayapal of Washington state.
Overall, the number of minority women in Congress
will increase to 33 in the House from 27 and stand at four
in the Senate.
NEW SENATORS
Six new senators join the ranks - a seventh will be cho
sen next month in Louisiana’s runoff. Orientation for new
senators starts Nov. 15.
Harris, 52, a former prosecutor, currently serves as
California’s attorney general.
Duckworth, a two-term House member, is a veteran of
the Iraq War, where as an Army pilot, she lost both legs
when her helicopter was hit by a grenade. Duckworth, 48,
was born in Thailand, to an American father and Thai-
Chinese mother.
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New mural in Madison honors
legacy of musician Otis Redding
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A new mural honoring the leg
acy of musician Otis Redding has popped up in Madison.
Henrique Nardi, a Brazilian-born Madison artist, led the
project with artists Cyla Costa and Jackson Alves, The Capi
tal Times (http://bit.ly/2epigTp ) reported. The mural reads
“Try a Little Tenderness,” one of Redding’s songs, in white
letters surrounded by orange flowers.
“It’s such a strong sentiment, such a kind message,” Nar
di said.
Nardi, who is currently teaching graphic design at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Art Department as a
lecturer, said he received compliments and positive respons
es from people on the street who were excited to see the
painting.
Nardi earned support and funding for the mural with the
help of Madison Arts Commission director Karin Wolf.
Soon after, Marquette Neighborhood Association presi
dent Lynn Lee, who has also created murals, helped Nardi
find a location for the project.
The artists began their creation on Halloween after Nardi
collected approvals from city commissions.
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the death ofRed-
ding, who was killed at the age of 26 when his private plane
crashed into Lake Monona during a storm.
“When it was 40 years (after) the death they had a celebra
tion, they brought a person from the rock and roll museum
in Cleveland,” Nardi said. “They brought the only survivor
of the crash (musician Ben Cauley) to talk.”
After the success of his first mural, Nardi said he would
like to create more.
“It was good to learn the procedures,” Nardi said. “It’s
not impossible to interfere with the city, with the surround
ings, and that is a great thing.”
President Barack Obama greets Sgt. Bill Mohr, a 108-year-old veteran of World
War II, during a Veterans Day breakfast receiving line in the Blue Room of the
White House, Nov. 11. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Outsider Trump wins stunning
victory to be 45th president
By Julie Pace
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump claimed his place Nov. 9 as America’s 45th president, an
astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ eco
nomic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations
on his way to the White House.
Trump’s triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years
of Democratic dominance of the White House. He’ll govern with Congress fully under Republican
control and lead a country deeply divided by his rancorous campaign against Clinton. He faces frac
tures within his own party, too, given the numerous Republicans who either tepidly supported his
nomination or never backed him at all.
As he claimed victory, Trump urged Americans to “come together as one united people.”
Clinton, who had hoped to become the first woman to be elected president, called her Republican
rival to concede but did not plan to speak publicly until Nov. 9.
She was leading the nationwide popular vote, though some states were still counting ballots.
Global stock markets and U.S. stock futures plunged early Nov. 9, but later recovered, reflecting
investor concern over what a Trump presidency might mean. The Dow Jones industrial average was
flat after trading opened Nov. 9.
President Barack Obama called Trump to congratulate him and invited the Republican to a meet
ing at the White House Nov. 10 to discuss transition. Obama also called Clinton to convey his admi
ration for the “strong campaign she waged throughout the country,” White House spokesman Josh
Earnest said.
Obama planned a televised statement Nov. 9 on “what steps we can take as a country to come
together after this hard-fought election season,” the White House said.
Trump, who spent much of the campaign urging his supporters on as they chanted “lock her up,”
said the nation owed Clinton “a major debt of gratitude” for her years of public service. Trump cam
paign manager Kellyanne Conway said Obama and Trump had “a very nice talk” when the president
called him.
The Republican blasted through Democratic strongholds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states
that hadn’t voted for a GOP presidential candidate since the 1980s. He needed to win nearly all of
the competitive battleground states, and he did just that, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and
others.
A New York real estate developer who lives in a sparkling Manhattan high-rise, Trump forged a
striking connection with white, working class Americans who feel left behind in a changing economy
and diversifying country. He cast immigration, both from Latin America and the Middle East, as the
root of problems plaguing many Americans and tapped into fears of terrorism emanating at home and
abroad.
GOP Senate candidates fended off Democratic challengers in key states, including North Carolina,
Indiana and Wisconsin. Republicans also maintained their grip on the House.
Senate control means Trump will have great leeway in appointing Supreme Court justices, which
could shift the bench to the right for decades.
Trump has pledged to usher in sweeping changes to U.S. foreign policy, including building a wall
along the U.S.-Mexico border and suspending immigration from countries with terrorism ties. He has
praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and spoken of building a better relationship with Moscow,
worrying some in his own party who fear he’ll go easy on Putin’s provocations.
Putin sent him a telegram of congratulations.
Trump upended years of political convention on his way to the White House, leveling harshly
personal insults against his rivals, deeming Mexican immigrants rapists and murderers, and vowing
to temporarily suspend Muslim immigration to the U.S. He never released his tax returns, break
ing with decades of campaign tradition, and eschewed the kind of robust data and field efforts that
helped Obama win two terms in the White House, relying instead on his large, free-wheeling rallies
to energize supporters. His campaign was frequently in chaos, and he cycled through three campaign
managers.
Racist post about
Michelle Obama
causes backlash
By John Raby
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
- The director of a West Virginia
development group and a mayor
are under scrutiny after a racist
post about first lady Michelle
Obama caused a backlash and
prompted calls on social media
for both women to be fired.
Clay County Development
Corp, director Pamela Ramsey
Taylor made the post following
Donald Trump’s election as pres
ident, saying: “It will be refresh
ing to have a classy, beautiful,
dignified First Lady in the White
House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape
in heels.”
Clay Mayor Beverly Whaling
responded: “Just made my day
Pam.”
The post, first reported by
WSAZ-TV, was shared hundreds
oftimes on social media before it
was deleted.
The Facebook pages of Tay
lor and Whaling couldn’t be
found Nov. 14. A call to the Clay
County Development Corp,
went unanswered and Whaling
didn’t immediately return a tele
phone message.
An online petition seeks to
remove Whaling and Taylor. The
nonprofit development group
provides services to elderly and
low-income residents in Clay
County. It is funded through
state and federal grants and local
fees.
It is not affiliated with the
town of Clay, which is about 50
miles east of Charleston.
African-Americans make
up about 4 percent of West Vir
ginia’s 1.8 million residents, ac
cording to the U.S. Census.
About 77 percent of Clay
County residents supported
Trump in the Nov. 8 election. In
2012, President Barack Obama
received -31 percent of the coun
ty vote when Republican Mitt
Romney easily carried the state.
A message left for the West
Virginia chapter of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People wasn’t
immediately returned.
The town council has a pre
viously scheduled meeting Nov.
15.
Last week in Kentucky, Re
publican Dan Johnson defeated
incumbent Democrat Linda
Belcher in Bullitt County despite
a series of Facebook posts that
depicted Barack Obama and his
wife as monkeys. Republican
officials, including likely new
House Speaker Jeff Hoover, had
called on Johnson to drop out of
the race. But Hoover declared
last week that Johnson would be
“welcome in our caucus.”
Indiana to dedicate
marker to Underground
Railroad figure
MADISON, Ind. (AP) _ An
African-American man who
risked his life to help escaped
slaves to freedom along the 19th
century’s Underground Railroad
will be honored this week with
a historical marker in southern
Indiana.
A state historical marker com
memorating Chapman Harris
will be dedicated Nov. 18 during
a public ceremony along State
Road 56 near the city of Madison
in an area that overlooks a scenic
stretch of the Ohio River.
Harris was a free African
American who moved in 1839 to
the southern Indiana city about
40 miles northeast of Louisville,
Kentucky, as the fight over slav
ery along the Ohio River Valley
became more violent.
His hostility toward those
hired to capture escaped slaves
led to his conviction for causing
a riot in Madison, 1847. Harris
died in 1890.
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