Cyclist who flipped the middle finger at Donald Trump wins local office in Virginia

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Juli Briskman lost her job for flipping the bird to Donald Trump in 2017. Now, she's been elected to a new one.

Aside from a small bicycle-shaped pin worn above her heart, Ms Briskman rarely mentions"the incident".

On that Saturday in October 2017, the 52-year-old athlete showed Mr Trump exactly what she thought of him, as his imposing convoy of black SUVs passed her on the road outside the Trump National Golf Club.Immortalised in an AFP photograph, the snapshot quickly went viral. But the image also cost Ms Briskman her job as a marketing analyst for a United States government and military subcontractor.While some viewed her defiant finger as a sign of resistance, the photo also brought her insults and threats.

She also sued her former employer for unfair dismissal, accusing it of violating her freedom of speech. But getting fired"did open a lot of doors in other ways," Ms Briskman admitted, in her home in Sterling, where she keeps a binder full of press clippings, cartoons and traces of televised appearances related to the incident.Looking forward to representing my friends & neighbors in

 

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