The cyclist who famously flipped off Donald Trump has run for office and has now defeated a local Republican.
Trump was so angry at the time that he demanded that Juli Briskman was fired from her job in 2017, and she was so enraged as a result of her dismissal that she decided to run for office.
Her employers decided to concede to the president's wishes, dismissing her on account of her violating their social media policy.
Instead of being silenced by the incident, however, Briskman, 53, went on to win in a local election, and she has since been sworn in as the supervisor for the Algonkian District of Loudoun County, Virginia.
Briskman now sits on the Local Board of Supervisors that oversees legislation for Loudoun County's leisure facilities - including Trump's golf course.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2019, Briskman said that she had no regrets about her decision to flip off the then-president and said that the incident had actually inspired her to run for office herself.
She said: "He is just that bad. I just wanted to make sure he saw me. It's not that often someone gets that opportunity to express their opinion to the highest elected official in the land."
Briskman was forced to resign from her day job as a result of the incident, and when she made her way home that day, she decided that she "wasn't going to be silenced".
Taking to Twitter to explain what she has done so far in response to a compliment about her unusual route into office, Briskman wrote: "Thanks for the shout out!"
She then went on to explain her achievements in office so far, revealing that she has helped removed confederate statue, installed bike lanes, managed the county's budget and COVID relief programs, and officially apologized for school segregation, and she has established an environmental commission too.
Briskman, who has lived and worked in Loudoun County for more than 20 years, also announced that her new gun ordinance bill will be going up for approval next week.
