Link , Link , Link , [More than 500 Republican lawmakers ‘aided and abetted’ the Capitol attack. Thousands of young people are signing up to unseat them ], Link , [So far, the four-year-old Run For Something has seen an incredible amount of interest from potential candidates. Litman says January 2021 was the organization’s best recruitment month yet, and that so far in 2021, nearly 10,000 young people have signed up. About 95 percent of people who sign up with RFS are under the age of 40. “And many, many of them have pointed to the insurrection and the Big Lie the Republicans are spreading as the reason why they’re ready to show up and run for office themselves,” she told NowThis. Litman said the organization helps prospective candidates “figure out how to actually get on the ballot” and then build a campaign. “I think it’s really worth noting we can keep these people out of office,” Litman said, referring to anti-democratic candidates and lawmakers. She cites the example of Rep. Adrian Tam (D-HI), an out gay Asian American and RFS candidate who ran against the far-right Proud Boys’ Hawaii chapter leader Nicholas Ochs in the 2020 election. Tam defeated Ochs handily, winning 63 percent of the vote and becoming the first out LGBTQ+ person in Hawaii’s state legislature.]