Politics is like MMA. Ask Sharice Davids.

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The Recast chats with Rep. Sharice Davids about the parallels between cage fighting and politics, and why she’s confident about the passage of the sprawling Democratic-led election reform bill the For the People Act

. And then here [on Capitol Hill] its transportation and infrastructure — it’s like OK, I get to have T&I

Rep. Sharice Davids training. Davids is a former professional mixed martial arts fighter. | Courtesy of Sharice Davids' officeWhen I first started doing interviews, I didn’t realize how nervous I would get because it wasn't like talking transportation and infrastructure policy in a group of people who are all infrastructure nerds.

So I think that’s probably just recognizing that we have to have stick-to-itiveness especially for the people who are the nontraditional-path people. I think that the urgency of trying to address things that literally cut to the heart of our democracy, that is an area that has broad support. It feels like the momentum is there, and I think it’s because we have a president now who will sign the bill.The biggest item here is obviously getting this bill passed would benefit you and your reelection. Because part of this bill too would do away with the partisan gerrymandering of districts.

 

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