Y’all. It just hit me.

I’m the first openly Black queer women ever elected in Florida-at any level.

Our team was led by a Black woman. It was anchored by women and women of color. We won because we defined ourselves for ourselves.

Brb- I’m crying now.

— Michele Rayner-Goolsby (@micheleforfl) August 21, 2020

43,405 individuals have been vaccinated in Manatee County.
Of that number- only 793 have been Black folks. 1,077 have been Hispanic folks.

But y’all want to limit it to TWO zip codes. Make it make sense because the math ain’t mathing.

— Michele Rayner-Goolsby (@micheleforfl) February 19, 2021

Shout out to every OVERqualified woman who second guesses herself and meanwhile mediocre men have all the audacity.

It’s exhausting here.

— Michele Rayner-Goolsby (@micheleforfl) February 8, 2021

I offered an amendment HB 1455 (THC cap bill) to include sickle cell disease as a qualifying medical condition. Sickle cell is a disease that affects the Black community.

It was voted down. Another way to add to the inequitable history of marijuana and the Black community.

— Michele Rayner-Goolsby (@micheleforfl) March 9, 2021