Democrats looking to beat GOP Rep. Pete Sessions headline far north Dallas forum

Democratic candidates for Congressional District 32 on Sunday tried to convince party loyalists that they were the best suited to take down incumbent Republican Pete Sessions.

"I am not a politician. I'm a reporter," said Brett Shipp, who left his television job to run for Congress. "I seek justice for the small guy. I expose injustice. I stand up to big corporations. I stand up to the powers that be, and I help the little guy."

Shipp said he left a job he loved because Donald Trump was elected president and Sessions was his "enabler and rubber stamp. He said the district needed new "leader-Shipp."

"To watch the erosion of our democracy in the hands of a president that we know is unfit to serve has been disgusting."

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