Katie Hill Is Not the Buzziest Millennial Democrat — but She Might Be the Most Influential
The first-year lawmaker talks Robert Mueller, the Democrats’ agenda, and 2020
Katie Hill, the energetic first-year representative from California, might be most notable for what she isn’t saying.
While her first-year peers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar have garnered headlines calling for impeachment proceedings since they entered Congress, Hill has quietly helped her party try to conduct basic oversight of the Trump administration. Should her party indeed find a smoking gun, Hill supports going straight to the floor with articles of impeachment.
That more restrained approach is emblematic of the balancing act that Hill, who represents the Golden State’s traditionally conservative 25th District, must perform. She’s a Democratic phenom who raised $6.3 million in 2018, which in turn helped her to wrestle the seat from two-term Rep. Steve Knight in a hard-fought battle. The former executive of a nonprofit aimed at aiding the homeless in her state knows she represents a conservative area of Southern California, so she’s been more aligned with party leaders on everything from the border fight to impeachment.
