“I guess for some people, I’m an anomaly. I’m a bald, 29-year-old black girl from the Midwest who does politics,” Symone Sanders says. In one sense, the now-30-year-old Sanders is very much a recognizable Washington character, the archetype of an ambitious young operative: comfortable in front of a camera, unafraid to claim a slot as the voice of a grassroots activist community and very conscious of her brand. In another, though, she’s an object of curiosity. In 2016, she hit the national stage as press secretary for Bernie Sanders, the uncompromising outsider whose progressive crusade galvanized the American left. This year, she’s a senior adviser and cable TV surrogate for Joe Biden, the centrist candidate whom Bernie supporters widely see as a rebuke, even a threat, to their entire mission. More at the link in our bio. 📷 smahaskey/POLITICO #symonesanders #profile #democrats #election2020 #joebiden #berniesanders