Brian Barrett

They refused to share their names with her.

A security guard eventually escorted her out.

And later that day, she found out she was being put on administrative leave.

Then earlier this year, a long time after, she was officially fired from the CFPB.

The plot twist now, though, is that Goldstein is running for office.

She's a candidate in a race for the U.S.

House of Representatives in Maryland's 6th congressional district.

And a lot of her platform is about really exposing what happens in the federal government and, like, the machinations that have been going on in the Trump administration.

She had a lot of really interesting things to say.

And frankly, her story of what it looked like to really confront Doge in a federal way and have that be entirely shut down and turned around was fascinating.

This was a really, really interesting look for us.

Absolutely.

I mean, that's so much of this is that like these individuals that she also found went on to be part of also so many other agencies throughout the federal government.

These weren't like one-off folks.

She was interacting with some of the big leagues.

Honestly, it's hard to say because it's a little bit early and it's a very, very crowded race, like the 6th Congressional District in Maryland, crowded, lots of folks in there.

From what we've been seeing online, though, federal workers love her.

And a lot of federal workers, both current and former, live in this district.

So she has a shot.

Yeah, absolutely.