Man in Capitol gyrocopter stunt to challenge DNC chairwoman
A Florida man who pleaded guilty to landing a gyrocopter on a lawn outside the U.S. Capitol as a political protest says he now wants to land a spot inside the building, as a member of Congress.
Douglas Hughes, a Democrat from Ruskin, Florida, declined to say Wednesday in a telephone interview which of Florida's 27 House representatives he plans to challenge. But he said that he would run against a Democrat who is the "poster child for establishment politics" and that he intends to move to the representative's district, which is in South Florida.
The most prominent House Democrat who represents South Florida is Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Hughes said that he is not running for Congress as a stunt but to continue his efforts to fight for campaign finance reform and to try to get big money out of politics. He says that was also the motive behind his April 15 gyrocopter flight from Pennsylvania to Washington, which took him through restricted airspace over and around the capital.
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