“She shared with me that she was going to announce about a month before.
I was incredibly excited and proud of her.
“This is what’s exciting about primaries, right?
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People can inspire an incumbent to reconsider policy…or just have a robust conversation.
She’s incredibly bright.
She’s really brave.
She’s excited about this race, and it’s challenging.
A challenger is good.”
“She’s been an activist her entire life.
To have an opportunity to experience so much of that onscreen in two hours or less is unusual.
Maybe that’s why the experience was so fulfilling.”
A representative for Nixon did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
With reporting by Kristen Harding
