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Running for congress from kansas, the democrat in a sea of red, she beat four-term republican congressman kevin yoder in kansas and she didn't 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 from not just her kansas district, but from any district in kansas. man, is there a story of this e...

American. she's 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 has been a fixture in kansas republican politics. he served a red district and an even redder state,...

>> 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 i've had here and having a strong public education foundation and all of those things combined just led me to take the leap because i knew that we could do...

And it seems to be that you have two layers of conflict and challenge to deal with. that one that they're 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, you're free everything. you're free everything for everybody. free, free, free. can't have enough tax money injected into people's lives versus a more centrist approach. how do you deal with both of those burdens? >> you know, one thing you didn't mention that i think is actually extremely important to these working class folks that we need to win back is ...

Corporations instead of people. that is the thing i think is resonating most with people is they're ready to send someone to congress who is not corrupted and who rejects this kind of corporate spending. >> you're 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 get a different viewpoint. what is going on with ending spending? you have a conservative group. d...