BBC online A viral photo taken in the fall of 2017 shows a cyclist flipping off Donald Trump's presidential convoy.
The image cost Juli Briskman, the cyclist, her job.
Two years later, Briskman has jumped headfirst into politics and is running for local office.
Immortalized in an AFP
, the snapshot quickly went viral. But the image also cost Briskman her job as a marketing analyst for a United States government and military subcontractor.
A single mother of two teens, Briskman quickly found a new job. Soon after, she was asked to run for county supervisor, a local office, on the Democratic ticket.
While campaigning, she stuck to a tried-and-true strategy: when going door to door in Loudoun County, the wealthiest in the US, Briskman doesn't bring up the image that sparked her 15 minutes of fame.
She only mentions it when the homeowners "start talking about the administration" or comment on her bicycle pin.
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