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Twitter Users Come Out To Thank Black Women For Moore’s Stunning Loss

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Amber Randall Civil Rights Reporter
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The hashtag “Black Women” trended on Twitter Wednesday as Twitter users thanked black women for helping Alabama Democratic candidate Doug Jones win the special Senate election.

Twitter users praised black women for voting against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former seat. Various users called on people to support black women in light of them saving Americans from having Moore in the Senate.

“Thanks to my people in Alabama and specifically African American women in Alabama for showing up and voting. Your votes matter and I am proud you overcame suppression, bigotry, and hatred to exercise your rights as Americans,” Leslie Miley, a former engineering manager at Twitter, said.

“The fact that Black women stepped up, came out and voted for a progressive candidate (over an accused child molester, no less) should not be surprising to anyone who isn’t willfully ignorant to the socio-economic powers keeping Black women from leadership positions in and out of politics,” Ashley Alese Edwards wrote in Refinery29.

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