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David Smith in Washington

The Pennsylvania Democrat marching for public transit: ‘time-honoured American tradition’

A man in a suit.
Malcolm Kenyatta at Philadelphia city hall on 31 January 2022. Photograph: Hannah Beier/Reuters

“The best part of this is I get to eat as many carbs as possible,” jokes Malcolm Kenyatta, who has lost 100lbs over the past two years. “I had a bagel already, I’m eating snacks, I’m having a good time.”

The Democratic state representative was speaking by phone from Broomall, Pennsylvania, on Friday, around 12 miles into a one-man, 105-mile (170km) march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg in protest against drastic cuts to regional public transport services.

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