Republican state rep ruins swearing-in of PA's first Muslim-American woman legislator
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I was thrilled to work to help elect Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell in a special election earlier this month. After she lost her son to gun violence in 2013, she created the CHARLES Foundation, a nonprofit to empower communities and push for more gun violence prRepublican state rep ruins swearing-in of PA's first Muslim-American woman legislator
I was thrilled to work to help elect Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell in a special election earlier this month. After she lost her son to gun violence in 2013, she created the CHARLES Foundation, a nonprofit to empower communities and push for more gun violence prevention. Most recently, she served as supervisor of Victim Services in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, under Larry Krasner. So Monday’s swearing-in should have been a joyous day for Rep. Johnson-Harrell and all her loved ones who had travelled to Harrisburg to support her—32 of her 55 guests being fellow Muslim-Americans. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. The GOP-controlled chamber chose freshman state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R) to deliver the opening legislative prayer, prior to the swearing in, and you won’t believe how offensive it was without watching it. Read more