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To repeal the affordable care act, and that's when things started to change in lauren underwood's life. >> good morning, everyone. it's lauren underwood. we are here in naperville. hi! lauren underwood. i want to remind you to vote. i'm lauren underwood. i'm licensed as a nurse. i spent my career working to expand health care in communities across the country. >> i'm lauren underwood. nice to meet you. >> when the 2016 election happened, i was faced with this america on tv that didn't look like anything i knew. being a young millennial women of color is certainly a lot for some people. no one ...

To repeal the affordable care act, and that's when things started to change in lauren underwood's life. >> good morning, everyone. it's lauren underwood. we are here in naperville. hi! lauren underwood. i want to remind you to vote. i'm lauren underwood. i'm licensed as a nurse. i spent my career working to expand health care in communities across the country. >> i'm lauren underwood. nice to meet you. >> when the 2016 election happened, i was faced with this america on tv that didn't look like anything i knew. being a young millennial women of color is certainly a lot for some people. no one ...

I'm lauren underwood. i'm licensed as a nurse. i spent my career working to expand health care in communi communities. when the 2016 election happened, i was faced with this america that didn't look like anything i knew. being a young millennial women of color is certainly a lot for some people. no one invited us to this table. >> i'm so proud of you. >> no one. and i think that's also what makes it so powerful. >> after the 2016 presidential election with her hometown congressman voting to get rid of the affordable care act, lauren underwood decided she would run for congress. 32 years old. s...

Tv that didn't look anything like what i knew. in a district that's never elected a woman, seeing a young woman of color is certainly a lot for some people. know one invited us to this table. >> i'm so proud of you. >> no one. and i think that's always what makes it so powerful. >> after the 2016 presidential election, with her hometown congressman voting to get rid of the affordable care act, lauren underwood decided she would run for congress. 32 years old, never run for anything. she's from the 14th district in illinois, which is a solid red part of the state. a trump district. 86% of that ...

>> i'm so proud of you. >> no one. and i think that's also what makes it so powerful. >> after the 2016 presidential election with her hometown congressman voting to get rid of the affordable care act, lauren underwood decided she would run for congress. 32 years old, she's never run for anything. she's from the 14th district in illinois, which is solid red part of the state, so trump district. 86% of that district is white. voters there have never sent a person of color there to congress, they've never sent a woman either. by all accounts lauren underwood was a pipe dream to fill that seat he...