Back in September, Angelina Jolie made a multi-day trip to Washington DC. She took meetings on Capitol Hill and the White House, mostly focusing on the need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. President Biden co-wrote and introduced VAWA when he was in the Senate, and he was one of the biggest advocates for it whenever it came up for reauthorization. Donald Trump abandoned VAWA, big surprise. Republicans in the Senate didn’t reauthorize it, and no one has reauthorized it in the first year of the Biden presidency. That’s why Angelina has been used as a roving ambassador and advocate for VAWA, and that’s why she traveled to DC again this week.

Rep. Cori Bush and Senator Mitt Romney both posted photos from their meetings with Angelina. I believe she had meetings with several additional representatives and senators, although maybe they didn’t post photos from her visit. There were also meetings with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), although those meetings were about Afghan humanitarian assistance.

The visit to Romney’s office looked especially congenial – Romney is showing Jolie some of his family photos. One of his grandchildren is adopted, I wonder if he told her that. Cori Bush was already pro-VAWA, but she praised Jolie as “so informed” about the issues of violence against women and children.

NEW ? | angelina jolie had a meeting with Senator Shaheen and lindsey Graham today regarding the plight of Afghan women and religious minorities pic.twitter.com/L84MlT5DmJ

— Angelina jolie content (@humansrightpunk) December 15, 2021

.@LindseyGrahamSC and I met w/ Angelina Jolie today to discuss what's at stake for Afghan women. There is bipartisan commitment in the Senate to protect Afghan women & girls from the Taliban's violence. Our full statement: pic.twitter.com/HNgTaKpsn4

— Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (@SenatorShaheen) December 14, 2021

I'm forever grateful to get to work in partnership with such strong women across the country in our movement to end domestic violence.

As a survivor myself, this fight is personal.

Thank you to Angelina Jolie for your leadership to put an end to violence against women. pic.twitter.com/aMHututtcn

— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) December 14, 2021

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By: Kaiser
Title: Angelina Jolie went to DC this week to take meetings on Afghanistan & VAWA
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