Freshmen From Kennedy to Double Amputee Join Polarized Congress
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The incoming Congress includes a hate-crime victim beaten with a baseball bat, a double amputee, a former homeless man who lived in a park, and a member so poor growing up that she had no running water or electricity.
Those four will serve alongside Robert F. Kennedy’s grandson, whose path into politics couldn’t have been more different. Also joining the House today: an author of 15 books, including a New York Times best-seller; an award-winning physicist; and a returning representative who last served on Capitol Hill during President Jimmy Carter’s administration.