Washington (CNN) The ascension of Kamala Harris as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect is both symbolic and important to many women across the United States, and several female politicians of color expressed on CNN Sunday morning what it meant to them. "It is a privilege in this nation to be able to see yourself reflected in the face of leadership and for both the African-American community and the Indian American community and for women of color at large," former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and Democratic organizer Stacey Abrams told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." "Kamala Harris' election signals that the face of leadership does change, that we do have a role to play beyond being supporters and advocates and adjutants that we can be the leaders of this country and I think it is an exceptional moment that we are experiencing in this country," Abrams continued. Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to President-elect Joe Biden , told Tapper, "I think folks in Wilmington and folks all over the world saw the true possibilities of America." And Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called Harris' victory "really incredible" in an interview on the same program.

Source: CNN November 08, 2020 17:37 UTC