Lindy Li is a graduate from Princeton University. The Daily Princeton goes in some detail about Lindy Li accomplishments relating to politics during her time at Princeton. Cassidy Tucker of The Daily Princeton writes “Li served as Class Council president, and was the only woman to be elected to serve four consecutive years as her class president” (Tucker). “Li also founded the Do it in the Dark campaign, which encourages students to use less energy. The event is still active on campus today” (Tucker). Lindy Li believes that these experience will help prepare her for candidacy. Lindy Li is not naïve about her age being a potential downfall, as she is quoted in saying ““There is going to be a lot of skepticism because of my age but patriotism,
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In Nina Bahadur article on the Huffington Post, she asks Lindy Li her response to people you send her hateful comments. Lindy Li comments was very blunt as she said “Rather than critiquing my platform, rather than talking about my ideas, [people] talk about my appearance. They think to change me. They’re like “Oh, you should grow bushier eyebrows.” [They say] that I should buy a new dress, random things like that. I’m like, "What about the problems with education infrastructure and college affordability? Should I tweak my platform? Do you have some substantive advice? You’re not going to elect me because you like my nose." I’m still fighting these comments. At one point I said, “It seems like people have a strange obsession with my eyebrows. I would really love it if you could give me some feedback on my ideas.”(Bahadur). Lindy Li makes another interesting quote as she attacks the way money is spend in campaigns. Lindy Li says “Campaign finance reform. The 2016 Presidential election is going to cost $5 billion. And then we complain that we don’t have enough money in the public schools. There is such a bad allocation of resources.” (Bahadur). Lindy Li also speaks about her views on making college affordability, gerrymandering, gun laws, and increasing government
In Nina Bahadur article on the Huffington Post, she asks Lindy Li her response to people you send her hateful comments. Lindy Li comments was very blunt as she said “Rather than critiquing my platform, rather than talking about my ideas, [people] talk about my appearance. They think to change me. They’re like “Oh, you should grow bushier eyebrows.” [They say] that I should buy a new dress, random things like that. I’m like, "What about the problems with education infrastructure and college affordability? Should I tweak my platform? Do you have some substantive advice? You’re not going to elect me because you like my nose." I’m still fighting these comments. At one point I said, “It seems like people have a strange obsession with my eyebrows. I would really love it if you could give me some feedback on my ideas.”(Bahadur). Lindy Li makes another interesting quote as she attacks the way money is spend in campaigns. Lindy Li says “Campaign finance reform. The 2016 Presidential election is going to cost $5 billion. And then we complain that we don’t have enough money in the public schools. There is such a bad allocation of resources.” (Bahadur). Lindy Li also speaks about her views on making college affordability, gerrymandering, gun laws, and increasing government