Former head of Screen Actors Guild will elope as Democrat in solidly Republican eighth district and has been attacked by likely opponent as a ‘tax cheat’From the Little House to the House of Representatives: Melissa Gilbert,the actress best known for her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder in the long-running series Little House on the Prairie, says she is running for US Congress.
And while the quips are easy when discussing Gilbert’s political aspirations to elope for Congress – as a Democrat – in a solidly, and safely Republican district,her presumptive opponent already takes her serious enough to call her a “tax cheat”, highlighting a recent financial woe the actress dealt with this year.[br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com