Before Kerry Washington hosted the 2020 Democratic National Convention or played a White House communications specialist on the TV show “Scandal,” she was a middle-school student enrolled in constitutional law. “The first 15 words of our Constitution are, ‘We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union.’ We say ‘more perfect’ because our union is not without flaws. We fight for a more perfect union because we are fighting for the soul of this country. https://t.co/Xf9wU6jbhI — kerry washington (@kerrywashington) August 20, 2020Several viewers applauded Washington’s poignant speech Wednesday on Twitter — including the woman who unknowingly prepared her for it decades earlier. And so proud of her professional accomplishments and political advocacy.”Minutes later came Washington’s enthusiastic response, spurring an entire Twitter thread of ex-students expressing gratitude for their favorite teachers, and vice versa.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 20, 2020 16:20 UTC