Like millions of people around the world, Spokane City Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson woke up Wednesday morning and turned on her television to watch a moment more than two centuries in the making as Kamala Harris became the first female vice president of the United States.
“In history, it’s just a powerful moment,” Wilkerson said. “You see somebody who looks like you – that is powerful.And for years until today, it has been all male, and I’m not taking anything away from males, but today is different and it will be different from this day forward in our country.”
Harris is the first Black and South Asian person to serve
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