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In reply to the discussion: The Sunrise Movement's Members Of Color Say The Group "Tokenized" And "Used" Them For Years [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)....along the way.
Maybe he challenged Sharice Davids because he still held a grudge for her beating their candidate, Brent Welder (of "let's flip this seat red" fame) in the primary and went on to beat the incumbent to be the first Native-American woman (along with Deb Haalund the same night) elected to Congress.
But the real tipping point was when he recorded a video proudly sporting a t-shirt with the portrait of a Nazi collaborator who was funded by Adolf Hitler and fought against Americans in Asia. Imagine working in a Congressional office and being proud of that t-shirt?
A few days later he announced his resignation (should have been fired!) His reason for leaving in early 2019 was to write the Green New Deal, which is still being written now two years later.