Who is Corbin Trent?
Corbin Trent is a co-founder of Brand New Congress and a co-director of Justice Democrats, two grassroots organizations working to elect progressive Democrats to Congress — leaders who’ll work for real people and not big money interests. Trent was the National Campaign Coordinator for the Bernie Sanders Campaign, and recently served as the Communications Director for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
https://campaignforamericasfuture.org/signer/corbin-trent/
Corbin Trent is a progressive political strategist, writer, and co-founder of the grassroots political organization Justice Democrats. He is widely recognized for his prominent role in building the progressive insurgent movement within the Democratic Party
Justice Democrats & Brand New Congress:
He co-founded these organizations to recruit and run progressive candidates. They focused on leaders who reject corporate PAC money.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Campaign:
He was an integral part of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign team. He served as her Communications Director after her historic 2018 primary victory.
Bernie Sanders Campaign:
He worked as the National Campaign Coordinator for Bernie Sanders, helping shape strategy and communication across national platforms.
No Excuses PAC:
He later founded this political action committee, focusing on issues like campaign finance, climate advocacy, and anti-filibuster campaigns.
Background and Current Work
Appalachian Roots: Raised in the Appalachian region, Trent frequently references how watching local factory closures and economic decline shaped his populist views. He has worked as a factory owner and contractor.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/brand-new-congress-progressives-republican-party-democrat
"Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism."
Q&A Interview with Theo Anderson and Corbin Trent
Media & Commentary: Trent writes about American economics, democratic systems, and the future of political parties. His commentary is published regularly on platforms like The Nation and his own outlet, AmericasUndoing.com.
Media Appearances: He appeared in the 2019 documentary "Knock Down the House", which followed the grassroots campaigns of progressive candidates like Ocasio-Cortez.
Interesting information on the entity Brand New Congress on the entry at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Congress
There one can see all of the candidate who have been put forward and supported to run as candidates who agree to run on the ideas Bernie Sanders ran on in his failed 2016 run for president.
This is a combined effort of organizations that give up, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Katie Porter, Maxwell Frost, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, Greg Casar, Becca Balint, Jasmine Crockett, Ilhan Omar, Summer Lee, and Ayanna Pressley. There are many others who may have ran as a part of this movement but those listed are the most prominent voices who were successful at gaining a seat in congress and are notable outspoken proponents. In addition to that list Anon would note that this is the movement that brought us Senator John Fetterman.
There is much digging to be done on the movement, but be aware Corbin Trent is one of the main drivers of this movement and the development of its ideas. He is going to be seen and heard more frequently on all of the news broadcast outlets and has created his own print and pod casting on social media outlets.