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RBG: What's the difference between a bookkeeper in NY's garment district & a Supreme Court justice?
Laffy @GottaLaff 31m31 minutes agoRuth Bader Ginsburg swears in new immigrants, wows them with her story https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-swears-in-new-immigrants-wows-them-with-her-story-1.6747417 … 'What is the difference between a bookkeeper in New York’s garment district and a Supreme Court justice?' she asked. 'One generation'
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the Rotunda of the National Archives, Dec. 14, 2018, in Washington, DC.
from Haaretz:
____The ceremony was cozy formal: Yes there was a color guard and a military band, but the Supreme Court justice brought along her personal trainer, and one of the speakers introduced Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “The Notorious RBG.”
DHS and the Archives didn’t exactly keep it a secret that Ginsburg was the person swearing them into citizenship — media were invited, after all — but many of the residents, from 26 nations, including Israel, gasped in surprise and delight when they found out who would be presiding...
She spoke of the United States as just starting its journey to the “perfect union” the founders envisioned, recounting the blights of slavery, bigotry and sex discrimination, but also emphasized the country’s promise.
“What is the difference between a bookkeeper in New York’s garment district and a Supreme Court justice?” she asked. “One generation.”
“You could play a vital part, first and foremost, voting in elections,” she said.
read more: https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-swears-in-new-immigrants-wows-them-with-her-story-1.6747417
watch: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hails-immigrants-debate-rages/story?id=59820810
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What could be more American? 
RBG is a SHEroe and an icon! 
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