Politico Reporter Takes Plunge Into Freezing Potomac

Last weekend, Politico‘s Patrick Gavin participated in what he dubbed the “dumbest Game Change we’ve ever done.” Along with 200 others, including Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) Gavin jumped into a literally freezing 32-degree Potomac River to raise awareness about climate change. Chesapeake Climate Action Network sponsored the event.

Gavin documented the plunge on video, including the moments before, as he read and signed a release and was told by Edwards that he looked like “a nice, healthy, strapping young man.”

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