Juli Briskman, the cyclist who made headlines last fall for flipping off President Donald Trump’s motorcade, is making her first foray into politics with a bid for local office in Northern Virginia. Briskman, a marketing executive, announced Wednesday that she’s filing paperwork to run in 2019 as a Democrat for Algonkian District supervisor in Loudoun County, where she famously raised her middle finger to the presidential motorcade in October as it departed Trump National Golf Club. “Those who know me, know that I am not one to sit idle,” Briskman, 51, wrote on her crowdfunding campaign page. “Whether it’s standing up for a cause, such as our First Amendment rights to peacefully protest the policies of the Trump administration, or working to ensure our children and teachers are given every opportunity to succeed, I do not back down when I see something is not right.”

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 21:22 UTC