The cyclist who went viral for flipping off Trump's motorcade just won an election for her county's board of supervisors

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• The cyclist who went viral for flipping off President Donald Trump's motorcade (and was subsequently fired from her job) just won an election for a seat on her county's board of supervisors, The Washington Post reported.
• Juli Briskman, a Democrat from Virginia, ran against Republican incumbent Suzanne Volpe for a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.
• After the photo went viral, the cyclist told The Washington Post that she wanted to turn that gesture towards Trump into tangible change in her community.
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The cyclist who went viral for flipping off President Donald Trump's motorcade just won an election for a seat on her county's board of supervisors.

Juli Briskman, a Democrat from Virginia, beat Republican incumbent Suzanne Volpe to win a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.

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