FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators stand during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the New York suburb of Port Washington, New York, U.S., June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
(Reuters) - When a senior Republican state lawmaker demanded that Minnesota's Democratic governor apologize to "moms out in the suburbs scared to death" about protests over racism and police brutality, Jamie Becker-Finn responded on Twitter with the "#IAmASuburbanMom" hashtag.
"I don't need an apology," Becker-Finn, a Democratic member of the state House of Representatives and a mother from the Minneapolis suburb of Roseville, wrote in response to Minnesota Senate Republican leader Paul Gazelka's comment last Friday.
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