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Nation. she eventually found her way to the white house when she was chosen in 2016 for the highly selective white house fellowship program. she found that she liked working in politics. when she got back home to kansas, she started keeping an eye on her local congressman, a man named kevin yoder. congressman yoder has been a fixture in kansas republican politics. he served a red district and an even redder state, and hes never really had a challenge. across eight years and four elections he has...

My way. still, its 2018, and women, native americans, gay people, the unemployed and underemployed have to fight like hell just to survive. and its clear trump and the republicans in washington dont give a damn about anyone like me or anyone that doesnt think like them. enough. thats why im running for congress. >> the single most reserved staffer on "the rachel maddow show," a person who is incapable of hyperbole, came to me after that ad was first posted and said ive never used the word epic t...

Feel empowered to do this was that i knew my community could do so much more and have a much stronger voice in washington, d.c. than what we had with congressman yoder, and you know, starting off at johnson county community college right here in our community and making my way to cornell for law school, i mean so much of the opportunity i had in my life stemmed from the support ive had here and having a strong public education foundation and all of those things combined just led me to take the l...

At the core of what helped me feel empowered to do this was that i knew my community could do so much more and have a much stronger voice in washington, d.c. than what we had with congressman yoder, and, you know, starting off at johnson county community college right here in our community and making my way to cornell for law school, i mean so much of the opportunity ive had in my life stemmed from the support ive had here, and having a strong public education foundation. and all of those things...

Nation. she went to live and work on native american reservations to help out underserved communities. she eventually found her way to the white house when she was chosen in 2016 for the highly selective white house fellowship program. she found she liked working in politics. when she got back home to congress, she started keeping her eye on congressman yoder. congressman yoder has been a fixture in republican politics. he served a red district in an even redder state and never really had a chal...

Running for congress from kansas, the democrat in a sea of red, she beat four-term republican congressman kevin yoder in kansas and she didnt just beat him. she trounced him by more than nine points. that veasey davids is only 37 years old. before now she had never run for public office. she now shares the honor of being the first native american woman being elected to the house of representatives alongside deb holland from new mexico. sharice davids is the first openly gay person to be elected ...

American. shes a member of the hochunk nation. after she graduated from law school at cornell, she went to live and work on native american reservations to help out under served communities. she eventually found her way to the white house when she was chosen in 2016 for the highly selective white house fellowship program. she found that she liked working in politics when she got back home to kansas, she started keeping an eye on her local congressman, a man named kevin yoder. congressman yoder h...

>> well, you know, i think that at the core of what helped me feel empowered to do this was that i knew my community could do so much more and have a much stronger voice in washington, d.c. than what we had with congressman yoder. and, you know, starting off at johnson county community college right here in our community and making my way to cornell for law school, i mean, so much of the opportunity i had in my life stemmed from the support ive had here and having a strong public education found...

And it seems to be that you have two layers of conflict and challenge to deal with. that one that theyre talking culture, not just commerce. and, two, that the left has a divide, which is guys like you and the criticism will be, mr. welder, youre free everything. youre free everything for everybody. free, free, free. cant have enough tax money injected into peoples lives versus a more centrist approach. how do you deal with both of those burdens? >> you know, one thing you didnt mention that i t...

Corporations instead of people. that is the thing i think is resonating most with people is theyre ready to send someone to congress who is not corrupted and who rejects this kind of corporate spending. >> youre still going to have to deal with the free, free, free. i interview bernie all the time. i saw how ocasio-cortez, that specific people were open to needing more from government. worked in her district. especially in the third district where you are, because you get outside that city, you ...