Meet the women who are up in Brat's grill

Since Donald Trump was elected president in November, Rep. Dave Brat has had a new challenge on his hands: outraged constituents who want to bend his ear.

Maureen Hains, a professional living in Chesterfield County, has replaced “Pride and Prejudice” binge-watching with nights maintaining a Facebook page with nearly 1,600 followers. Alsuin Preis, a stay-at-home mom in Richmond, now jokes that her car trunk of signs and markers is like a protest-to-go kit. Chrystal Doyle, a school nurse and mother, mines Brat’s voting record in her free time.

They have cast votes for both Democratic and Republican candidates in state and federal elections, but that was generally the extent of their prior political participation. Hains said she even voted for Brat in the 2014 primary where he upset then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and in the general election where he claimed his seat in Congress.

But now, they all proudly say they are the women up in Brat’s grill, a phrase they borrowed from the congressman himself.

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