The U.S. Virgin Islands delegate’s powerful exchange with the House parliamentarian highlighted the plight of U.S. territories and the District of Columbia being denied equal representation.

Stacey Plaskett, a Democratic congresswoman from the Virgin Islands, is sent to Congress as a territorial representative — but she has no right to vote in the election for speaker of the House, a fact she stood up and reminded the nation of during the roll call to confirm Rep.

As a house manager in Trump’s second impeachment trial, Rep. Stacey Plaskett spent hours combing through footage of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. And yet, before Trump’s second inauguration,

Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat representing the Virgin Islands, caused a commotion Friday during the vote to elect the speaker of the House when she demanded to know why she and other delegates from U.

A congresswoman from the Virgin Islands rose in the House during the speakership vote on Mike Johnson (R-LA) to protest the more than a century-long refusal of the House to give a vote on the floor to elected officials from U.