‘Meet The Press’ Moderator Kristen Welker On Motherhood, Representation, And Asking Powerful People The Hard Questions

‘Meet The Press’ Moderator Kristen Welker On Motherhood, Representation, And Asking Powerful People The Hard Questions

“My mom ran for City Council [in Philadelphia] when I was in high school, and I was fascinated by the political process,” Kristen Welker tells ESSENCE. It was a “very contentious” race, and Welker recalls reporters who covered the election focusing on the fact that her mother, a Black woman, was married to her father, who is white. “That always stuck with me,” she says. Her mother’s response was enlightening. “Look, these are questions that vote…