Ayanna Pressley
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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters
Official portrait, 2021
Supporters of Pressley's 2009 Boston City Council campaign march in the 2009 Dorchester Day Parade
Pressley attends a 2011 event alongside Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.
Pressley (far left) with fellow city councilor Tito Jackson, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren, and Suffolk County Clerk of Courts Criminal Business Maura Hennigan at the Boston Caribbean Carnival parade in August 2012
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature. The slap was
Ayanna Pressley
…shame that that secret carries with it." In 2022, she appeared in the docuseries The Hair Tales, where she discussed her experience of alopecia. After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Pressley sent out a tweet supporting Smith's violent actions as a husband of someone with alopecia, which she later deleted. Pressley is a member of…
The infamous shot of Smith slapping Rock
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