To: Tom Cotton, United States Senator
Apologize to Ambassador Susan Rice, Now
Senator Cotton, you are proudly bragging, for all to see, about calling one of our black female leaders, Ambassador Susan Rice, "Typhoid Mary." Your position as a US Senator, representing the People, warrants your making an immediate apology to Ambassador Rice. I think I can safely speak for most women and say, enough with the stigmatizing, offensive name-calling of females, Senator. Conduct yourself in a manner befitting the office.
Why is this important?
As a black female, I no longer want to stand by and say nothing; it is up to us at the grassroots level to speak up and condemn Senator Cotton's unfortunate and outrageous name-calling of another woman, especially a black woman who has served our country proudly, as has Ambassador Susan Rice. Last week, Congresswoman Maxine Waters was disparaged by Bill O'Reilly; this week, Ambassador Susan Rice was vilified by Tom Cotton. Instead of bragging about this, Senator Cotton should refrain from this behavior in the future and apologize to Ambassador Rice. Now.