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Jennifer's avatar

Thank you for highlighting the candidacy of a young woman who represents, I think, not only the concerns of Americans across demographics but relatability in her economic marginalization. A personal story which includes homelessness, the stress of working at night to support your academic aims and a nascent bid for political organizing as a 16-year-old are aligned to reach a great number of people who feel disenfranchised by their political representatives, like their voices are never heard.

Yes, her youth is apparent, as is her fluency in building an audience on social media, which may draw easy comparisons to AOC (not a deficit in my opinion). Why intellect, command of language and reachability should be dismissed out of hand because of a growing TikTok profile is absurd. Social media when the tack is considered, thoughtful and resonates with your audience is a modern lever for Deja Foxx to utilize, to incentivize in her path forward.

I wish her every success and thank her for her candidacy.

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Emil Bradford's avatar

Deja is one of a number of young, intelligent, talented, progressive women who are either running for office or are in office. She fire!🔥

https://open.substack.com/pub/justvote/p/a-change-of-guard?r=2toxww&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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