Honoring Dave Brat’s Victory, Boots on the Ground 4:

Dave Brat is my hero—and how powerful that feeling is to me. His victory stands as living proof that the power of the people still matters. That courage, truth, and a fired-up grassroots movement can beat the machine.

In 2014, Brat—a humble economics professor with no campaign polish or political machine—took on one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor… and won. It was a political earthquake. But to those of us who know the strength of the grassroots, ...