If Democrats Were Smart, They Would Embrace Millennial Raised By Pastor In Texas And Not AOC

DemocraticWashingtonRep.MarieGluesenkampPerezrepresentsWashington’s3rddistrict,adistrictPresidentDonaldTrumpwonin2024. Whilerepresentingareddistrictinabluestate,thecongresswomanwhoreferstoherselfas“MGP”issomewhatofananomaly.ShewasraisedinTexas,thedaughterofaMexicanimmigrantpastoratanEvangelicalchurch,accordingtoTheChronicle ShetoldTheChronicleshewasafrequenthauntofboththeYoungDemocratsandtheYoungRepublicanclubswhileattendinghighschool.Shespeaksaboutbuildingcoalitionsratherthanfallingbehindpartylines. “ExtremistsdonotpassbillsinCongress.Workhappensinthemiddle,”shesaid. “Therhetoricandthecelebrityhappensattheextremes,andwe’vegottostartelectingpeoplethatbelieveinpublicserviceagain,”shetoldtheoutlet. Shecastsherselfasastrongsupporterofthepoliceandthesecondamendment.She’samechanicbyprofessionandherrhetoricontradeandmanufacturingcanoftensounddownrightTrumpian. “Local,unionshopsliketheseare