If you told Speaker of the House Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle, that she would soon become one of Delaware’s top legislative leaders when she was elected in 2018, she might not have believed you. Now, she is the first Black speaker in state history and just the second woman to hold the role.
- Just another woke, diversity/equity/inclusion hire. Meaning, she didn’t earn it. — Ethan Taube
- She wasn’t hired. She was elected by the majority of people in her district because of her qualifications. And she continues to be reelected every two years because of her qualifications. — Mary Wheeler Anderson
- The people in her district didn’t elect her to the speaker position. — Bob Hice
