9th Congressional District

Central Brooklyn

“It’s The Titanic Approaching The Iceberg,” Rep. Yvette Clarke Slams Trump’s First Days In Office

“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the hundreds packed into her town hall event last night, addressing Donald Trump’s first 32 days in office. An estimated 1,000 people packed into the Union Temple of Brooklyn

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TONIGHT: Join Rep. Yvette Clarke’s Town Hall On Democratic Resistance

(Photo via repyvettedclarke [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP3ecWTFuTk/?taken-by=repyvettedclarke]/instagram) Join Democratic U.S. Congressmember Yvette Clarke of District 9 for a community Town Hall [https://www.facebook.com/events/575731249282728/] on Donald Trump’s First 30 Days in office, with policy experts to discuss immigration, healthcare, and

9th Congressional District

Rep. Clarke One of Four Photoshopped Into Historic Pic

After the inauguration of newly elected members of Congress, the 61 Democratic women got together for a photo. Or did they? One version of the photo [http://www.buzzfeed.com/hillaryreinsberg/the-democratic-women-of-the-house-posed-for-a-clas] went around the media circuit, but then another version, shown above, showed up in Nancy Pelosi’s Flickr

9th Congressional District

Clarke Defeats Kinard for Democratic Candidate for Congress

Not a huge surprise, but incumbent Congresswoman Yvette Clarke defeated challenger Sylvia Kinard in the 9th district primary election yesterday [/blog/politics/hows-your-voting-experience-today]. About 88% of voters (11,903 votes with 86% of precincts reporting) went for Clarke, and about 12% (1,584). For an idea on how lame those