Debbie Wasserman Schultz Speaks Out Against Bullying In 'It Gets Better' Video

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democratic National Committee's chairwoman, released an "It Gets Better" video on Thursday in support of bullied young people.

"For anyone who is going through a tough time, for anyone who has been bullied or feels alone or different, it gets better," the congresswoman says in the video. "Sometimes, it's hard to see that what we're going through won't last forever. When we're in a tough spot, it's hard to imagine that there will ever be a time when it doesn't feel like the world is crashing in on us."

She continues, "But things will always get better. They always do."

The "It Gets Better" project was started in response to a rash of suicides by teens who were bullied by their peers for being gay. Since launching in September 2010, the project has attracted a number of big names, including President Obama, Stephen Colbert and Justin Bieber.

Wasserman Schultz, a vocal advocate for LGBT rights and a supporter of same-sex marriage, also shares a story of her personal experience with bullying.

"When I was in school, I was teased mercilessly, all the time, about my curly hair," she says. "But now my hair is my signature look, and I wouldn't change it for anyone, because it's part of what makes me who I am."

Comments

[Philclock]

12:46 AM on 04/09/2012

Dems are biggest bullies; GAY instruction, GAYS in history textbooks, trigger-happy trial lawyers supported by "justice" dept. ready for "I was offended" lawsuit anywhere, anytime; legislation, regulations, regulators, mandates, mini-me Obama czars, agencies run amok running over each other, constipating our industries and daily lives.

Poor Dems, without bullying and abuse of government power, cronyism, NOBODY buys their collectivist ideology and bringing King George back to America.

[hollyanne44]

04:17 PM on 08/07/2012

Fanned and faved

[Jerry Callaio]

02:57 PM on 03/17/2012

THANKYOU Debbie for your courage, fortitude and support of the LGBT community.

[Easy123]

11:19 AM on 03/16/2012

Right about this subject. So wrong about private for profit prisons.

[gbp91]

09:37 AM on 03/16/2012

instead of promoting poor behavior and unacceptable chioces we need to focus on a cure

[ceb79]

11:19 AM on 03/16/2012

I know. We need to cure the bullies of their abhorrent, ignorant and divisive behaviors. We need to cure the bullies of their aggressive demeanor. We need to teach the bullies that homosexuality is okay and natural (it's seen in over 1,500 species after all) and that we can all exist in peace and harmony. Bullies need to be cured of their hatred and they need to be educated more on all walks of life. Homophobia is a choice. Homosexuality is not.

[gbp91]

12:13 PM on 03/16/2012

i am sorry for your belief system. it is wrong and shameful, but your selfishness is unaccepable also. no matter how you attempt to justify bad behavior we all see through your sickness. i hope you get some help for your bigoted perspective against god fearing legal moral and ethical christians

[giftsthatpurr]

02:20 PM on 03/16/2012

fanned

[Girl Named J]

08:35 AM on 03/18/2012

It is unfortunate that you have been lead into believing that it is acceptable to hate people simply for who they are. I have read many of your comments here and it saddens me that you have been so corrupted by religion.

I do not believe everything in the bible as being fact but there are many things in the bible that can help people understand and live unconditional love which is the entire context of what Jesus had taught. From your comments you would have been one Jesus would not have been to pleased with. Take some time to study who the Pharisee's were and how Jesus approached them. The Pharisee's ran around preaching the very same things you post here and Jesus did not like the Pharisee's all that well. Jesus never had anything nice to say to the Pharisee's and in fact Jesus' message was for people to rid themselves of religion. Jesus told these people of religion that they were not of His Father because they made themselves their own god's.

[gbp91]

09:06 AM on 03/18/2012

well, we both know that gay behavior is wrong and that affected people can get help. as a christian heterosexual i must stand against bad behavior. gay behavior segways its sickness to depression suicide disease and social disfunction and people demanding special rights. the behavior is selfish and wrong

[you r reel tall did]

08:16 AM on 03/16/2012

There is no such thing as 1000%

[GraphicMatt]

11:30 AM on 03/16/2012

There isn't? So when I enlarge something in photoshop I can't make it 1000% larger? Funny, I just did.

[you r reel tall did]

08:09 AM on 03/16/2012

Who actually takes this broad seriously?

[maryleee]

09:37 AM on 03/16/2012

Me and thousands of others!

[eyelashviper]

10:02 AM on 03/16/2012

Congresswoman, and yes, I take her seriously.

[Edward Starsmith]

07:36 AM on 03/16/2012

While we need to stay focused and help President Obama gain a second term, it wouldn't hurt to consider for a moment who we might put up in 2016.

Wasserman-Schultz 2016 and 2020.

But until then, ...

OBAMA 2012!!!

[gbp91]

09:35 AM on 03/16/2012

wow, are you out of touch. very disconnected with society

[Edward Starsmith]

07:31 PM on 03/16/2012

Not nearly so as any of the contenders for the Republican nomination.

OBAMA 2012!!!

[Norcal2]

08:27 AM on 03/17/2012

Who do you support? The Mormon or the bigamist?

[porthaul]

07:30 AM on 03/16/2012

Anything to help American teenage suicide. Good for her!

[gar72]

12:16 PM on 03/16/2012

help prevent

[Alux]

07:28 AM on 03/16/2012

Harassment of anyone for who he is just doesn't work in a civil society. Without diversity, there wouldn't be enough colors to make the rainbow.

Of course, the Demobamacrat National Committee Chair is being hypocritical in advocating a new "New Civility" after her party tried to tie the murders in Tucson, Arizona, last year by an unhinged socialist to the Tea Party. The old "New Civility" was stillborn.

I find it hard to believe that Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz was teased about her hair when she was young. Hair?

I am still waiting for Rep. Wasserman Schultz to condemn Rep. Henry Waxman's suggestion on January 26, 2012, that Republicans are "Terrorists" for promoting a jobs-creating pipeline project. There may be an actual victim of terrorism or two who consider Waxman's comments over-the-top or perhaps insensitive.

Debbie, please let us know whether your new "New Civility" is just a shallow, callous election year pander to a special interest group that has grown disenchanted with your master and commander - or - whether it gets better even for Republicans, or, what the heck, Tea Party members and Libertarians.

Or is it just so much pucky coming out of your cakehole?

[stephan67]

08:05 AM on 03/16/2012

Alux, the leader of the Democratic Party is B.Obama, and the de facto leader of your party is R. Limbaugh.This says it all.

[Alux]

08:33 AM on 03/16/2012

Media Matters Zombie Receiving Strange Signal from David Brooks to Repeat at Every Opportunity Bizarre and Nonsensical Agitprop Mantra Even in Non Sequitur Responses on Popular Political Discussion Board Alert!

[traceymarie]

08:14 AM on 03/16/2012

wow, you are deeep in the dank woods of birfbaggerstan

[Alux]

08:36 AM on 03/16/2012

Obamautomaton Having Muscle Spasms on Keyboard Alert!

[3rdgenfeminist]

07:24 AM on 03/16/2012

Thank you, Rep. Wasserman-schultz!

[giftsthatpurr]

02:18 PM on 03/16/2012

f/f

[terra33]

07:02 AM on 03/16/2012

It seems more likely Debbie would be the one who bullies others. She is down right hateful.

[traceymarie]

08:15 AM on 03/16/2012

birfbaggertsan dwellers always are nasty never factual

[Alux]

08:59 AM on 03/16/2012

Obamautomaton With Non-stop Muscle Spasms on Keyboard Alert!

[alj57]

08:23 AM on 03/16/2012

Give us a real "for instance."

[efell]

06:21 AM on 03/16/2012

Good for Debbie, but could someone please buy her a bottle of shampoo.

[Norcal2]

08:28 AM on 03/17/2012

Looks like she is overconditioned.

[efell]

09:01 AM on 03/17/2012

I know. She does it all the time. Doesn't she have a friend who can tell her.

[FatFeline]

05:51 AM on 03/16/2012

I can now understand why the lady is such a bitter person today.

[traceymarie]

08:15 AM on 03/16/2012

says the bitterbagger

[alj57]

08:24 AM on 03/16/2012

Is this a case of "takes one to know one?"

[FatFeline]

03:53 PM on 03/16/2012

Sorry, I do debate with third graders.

[l78lancer]

05:26 AM on 03/16/2012

I've always admired her for her guts and straight talk. Now her stock has gone up much higher with me.

She's a great role model.

And the curly hair isn't bad at all.

[hammhome]

04:24 AM on 03/16/2012

DSW's hair is beautiful, just like my daughters.......but claiming victim statis? lame. As she very well knows, hair is the least of her actual real problems.

[alj57]

08:26 AM on 03/16/2012

Where did she claim victim status? She said she was picked on in school about her hair. She has grown into a talented and assertive congressperson as well as leader of the Democratic Party. I know, I know, many can't handle the concept of an "assertive" woman.