Juli Briskman was fired after flipping off President Trump’s motorcade. Now, she has run for public office in Virginia and won. “I can make change at the local level. Every state matters, every vote counts. I put my head down and went to work.”
Juli Briskman shows her middle finger as a motorcade with President Donald Trump departs Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Va. on Oct. 28, 2017.Briskman's district includes part of the Trump National golf course, a small point of pride for her.
While her notoriety undoubtedly boosted fundraising and got her name in the papers — she raised more than $150,000 in her run for office — it wasn't always helpful. "People made assumptions that that's all I was," she said."Some people said she's just crass, there's nothing to her, she's a loud mouth, she's not going to be able to work with the other side."
But Briskman said she was committed to proving voters wrong, focusing on the issues important to her — like public school funding, teacher pay and housing. Her campaign knocked on 15,000 doors.Nov. 6, 2019Asked if she has any regrets about starting her political career with a middle finger, Briskman said no.Well, maybe she does have one, small regret.
"Maybe a tiny, tiny regret that the nation seems to know me from a picture of my backside," she joked."But not really."Jane C. Timm is a political reporter for NBC News, fact checking elections and covering voting rights.
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