-“Fellow lawmakers who remain until dawn despite violence and have completed the next presidential certification process are the true faces of US democracy.”
Andy Kim (39, New Jersey, Minju), the only re-elected member of the four Korean congressmen of the 117th Congress, which was launched on the 3rd, said in a written interview with Dong-A Ilbo on the 7th (local time), It turned out that the recovery of democracy was quick. It will also be possible to restore the image and leadership of the United States, which was degraded by this incident.”
Rep. Kim said, “I hate those who oppose the results of the presidential election and occupy the parliament without permission, but more than ever, I felt awe of democracy and I was able to strengthen my will to protect it.” In addition, it was predicted that the unprecedented intrusion of parliament would serve as an opportunity to unite and reflect on many people. He emphasized that “the system that can respond strongly to the crisis is democracy,” and that “the voices and votes of the people, not violence, should determine the future of the United States.”
Rep. Kim, kneeling on the parliament floor, which had been messed with the intrusion of President Donald Trump’s supporters a day before the dawn of the day, silently picked up trash and made a big impact in the US society. In major US media and social media, a photograph of him picking up trash in a Congress lined with water bottles, clothes, and stars and stripes is widely talked about.
-In an interview with the Associated Press, Rep. Kim told the Associated Press that “when something is broken in love, anyone will want to fix it.” “I love Congress. It’s an honor to be there.” It means that I just thought I had to do anything, and all I could do was clean up. “This building is special. “How many generations must have been inspired by this place?” Tom Malinoski, 56, a New Jersey congressman with the same Democratic Party as Congressman Kim said, “He quietly cleaned up the debris at 1 am and put the trash in a plastic bag. It was not an act to show others.”
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1982, Congressman Kim moved to New Jersey near New York as a child. After receiving a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of Oxford, England, he entered the State Department in 2009, during the former administration of Barack Obama. He is a Middle East expert who has served as strategic staff for the US military commander in Afghanistan and Iraqi aide at the White House National Security Council (NSC). It is also famous for’Obama Kids’ favored by former President Obama, who supported the discovery of young politicians. Former President Obama is known to have actively supported the election of Congressman Kim during the November 2018 election, when he first challenged the House of Representatives.
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