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San Jose City Council Member Sworn In Holding Captain America's Shield
Lan Diep has been collecting comic books since the third grade and has paid more than he’s willing to admit for things that don’t, technically, exist in the real world.
He owns a working Ghostbusters trap, for example. And he keeps a piece of kryptonite under glass, just in case the Superman truthers are right.
But he concedes there are few opportunities for a grown, adult lawyer to whip out things that some people would choose to classify as toys. So they’ve languished in his closet, safe from scratches, thieves and those who would mercilessly mock him.
But a month ago, things changed. Diep realized his life until this point had just been an origin story: He became San Jose’s City Councilman Lan Diep.
And it was time to dig into the closet for a prized possession.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/25/a-comic-book-nerd-won-a-city-council-seat-and-was-sworn-in-holding-his-captain-america-shield/
He owns a working Ghostbusters trap, for example. And he keeps a piece of kryptonite under glass, just in case the Superman truthers are right.
But he concedes there are few opportunities for a grown, adult lawyer to whip out things that some people would choose to classify as toys. So they’ve languished in his closet, safe from scratches, thieves and those who would mercilessly mock him.
But a month ago, things changed. Diep realized his life until this point had just been an origin story: He became San Jose’s City Councilman Lan Diep.
And it was time to dig into the closet for a prized possession.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/25/a-comic-book-nerd-won-a-city-council-seat-and-was-sworn-in-holding-his-captain-america-shield/
I can so hear Trump listening in on this going "Hail Hydra!!!".
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