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Amanda Gorman Says She 'Absolutely' Wants To Run For President In 2036
Amanda Gorman Says She 'Absolutely' Wants To Run For President In 2036

Amanda Gorman wants to run for president . She recently shared her political aspirations, saying she plans on running for office when she becomes old enough to be eligible in 2036. Gorman said she “absolutely” wants to run for office when she reaches the eligible age. The 27-year-old has felt a “responsibility and opportunity” to step up from a young age. When she was 11, Gorman became interested in her friend’s mother’s work as an activist regarding sex trafficking. “I was finding out about that and I was just overwhelmed with the amount of policy that was not in place,” she said in an episode of NBC News’ Meet the Press . “And I started thinking to myself, someone has to do something about these issues. Then I kind of looked around and I said, ‘Why not me? Why not now? Why not here?’” Gorman received public recognition first in the political space. She recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2021 presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, becoming the youngest inaugural poet to...

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