Transgender former Army private Chelsea Manning has said America in 2018 “is like another prison”.
The whistleblower recently announced she is to run in the Democratic primary to be Senator for Maryland.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Manning admitted that she was surprised by the sort of country she emerged from jail to find.
“This is not the home I expected to come home to,” Manning, 30, told the publication.
“This is another prison… I need to figure out how we’re going to survive it.”
Her way of dealing with Trump’s America is to run for office herself – challenging incumbent Senator Ben Cardin, who has served two terms in the Senate and is a major voice in foreign policy.
Senator Cardin was first elected in 2007 and is a consistent advocate for LGBT rights.
“The establishment needs to be challenged, and it needs to be challenged in their footholds and in the places where they feel safe,” Manning said, explaining her reasons for running in the race.
“This isn’t about criminal justice reform,” she said, “it’s about criminal justice restructuring. We need to start closing prisons. We need to start releasing prisoners.”
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