Caitlyn Jenner is an Olympic champion, a small screen star with the hugely popular 'Keeping up with the Kardashian' series and also a transgender rights activist.
And now he is aiming for a new title, that of Governor of California.
Jenner filed paperwork to run for Gavin Newsom, the current governor who is likely to be kicked out after the successful petition for his removal.
"I'm in," he tweeted, announcing his descent into politics.
A 71-year-old Republican, Jenner describes herself as an "economically conservative and social progressive," as evidenced by her being a transgender rights icon. The Caitlyn of today is in fact that muscular Bruce Jenner who in 1976 won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Montreal Olympics and who in 1991 married Kris Jenner, the mother of Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and Rob Kardashian, and with whom he had two daughters, Kylie and supermodel Kendall. That Bruce who announced to the world in 2015 that he had begun the transition to change sex, garnering bipartisan applause for his bravery.
Caitlyn now turns the page again and, dreaming of repeating Arnold Schwarzenegger's success, looks to the California driving. His candidacy falls just 20 years after the political rise of Terminator, another Republican who used Hollywood success to become governor of California in 2003 in a 'recall' election like Jenner's, which aims to replace an overwhelmed Newsom. critical of the management of the pandemic and the subject of a petition for removal. The checks on the signatures collected are still in progress but the overwhelming numbers suggest the possibility of an election by the end of the year.
On the strength of his sporting and television success, Jenner stands out among those who have so far come forward to replace the current dem governor: his knowledge and economic strength can in fact make a difference, as can his activism. The only drawback is his relationship of ups and downs with Donald Trump. Caitlyn initially supported him, then turned her back on him but, according to rumors, the two have recently become close. The Trump card risks complicating Jenner's political path in a Democratic state like California, which sees the tycoon as its antithesis and its worst enemy. But for Jenner at the moment the only enemy to defeat is the "disastrous Newsom, who ordered Californians to stay home while he went out for dinner" in the middle of the pandemic.
