Morning Mix Trump-loving USA Freedom kid’s dad: ‘To me, freedom is everything’
About 20 years ago, Jeff Popick took a long hard look at his life in Los Angeles. He’d been a stunt driver, appearing in shows such as “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Fall Guy.” He’d wanted to get into producing, but things hadn’t exactly gone that way. And flipping cars for a living can be a tough business.
“Even when you’re working, you’ve got to know what’s happening tomorrow, so you’re always looking for work even though it’s kind of through the grapevine,” Popick wrote in the Los Angeles Times in 1987. “You’ve got to know what’s out there or what’s in development. These days, the kind of shows like ‘Dukes of Hazard’ or ‘The A-Team’ are pretty much gone. There’s ‘Miami Vice,’ but that’s not in town. A lot of the shows aren’t heavy action shows now.”
So, in 1994, Popick set off in search of another adventure. He moved to Florida. He dabbled in real estate and construction, weathering the Great Recession. And he started a family — including daughter Alexis Popick, now 8, who strutted her stuff Wednesday at a Donald Trump rally in Pensacola, Fla., as part of USA Freedom Kids. She’s the short one in the front, pumping her fist. Popick, 53, is the group’s manager.
“To me, freedom is everything,” Popick said in a telephone interview with The Washington Post. “That’s what this group is about. That’s what I’m about. Freedom for everybody. That’s the inspiration.”
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