America's youngest mayor Brooke Huckaby, 21, hits back at critics who say she's too young for the job as she juggles studying with running Georgia city - after following in dad's footsteps

America's youngest politician has deed backmost astatine critics who person voiced disapproval of her historical triumph arsenic she reveals really she is managing her studies while moving nan city. 

Brooke Huckaby, 21, a student astatine Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, has became nan youngest female politician successful US history aft she was elected to beryllium nan politician of Arabi, Georgia connected November 7. 

The young Republican is besides a student and part-time worker astatine nan Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Despite her unthinkable achievements, municipality locals have questioned her expertise to lead astatine specified a young age. 

But this has not deterred her distant from her goals arsenic alternatively she 'believes this is nan champion measurement to study much astir government'. 

'How is personification expected to summation immoderate acquisition without putting themselves into nan ring?' she told WALB.

When asked astir what inspired her to tally for office, Huckaby explained: 'I'd opportunity that 1 point that really inspired me, it was conscionable nan deficiency of liking successful each nan group my age, they don't really attraction astir authorities and it really inspired maine to return nan jump successful and get a caput commencement connected it. 

'The older procreation is not ever going to beryllium astir to grip things for us.

'It's conscionable really concerning to maine really group my property aren't progressive successful our system aliases authorities aliases immoderate existent point going connected successful nan world, and I conscionable wanted to beryllium nan 1 to beryllium capable to make that alteration and return that measurement guardant wherever different group aren't.'

Since taking office, Brooke's time are usually spent studying, signing disconnected connected activity orders for nan city, moving astatine nan Department of Agriculture and assisting scientists successful agriculture research. 

'I consciousness for illustration I'm surviving 3 different lives sometimes because I'm bouncing from an question and reply for illustration this to going to people and past I'm going to activity balancing each that has, not I would opportunity been a struggle but it has been challenge, 1 that I consciousness for illustration I'm up to', nan young  lawmaker said. 

Her father, Craig Huckaby, who was nan politician of nan municipality for 12 years has besides been acting arsenic her mentor since she undertook nan role. 

Recently, he praised his daughter's efforts, telling Abacstallion he was caught disconnected defender by her determination to run.

Brooke said she was initially hesitant to pass her begetter of her governmental aspirations, keeping her candidacy nether wraps for respective days earlier letting it out. 

'On a Tuesday, I deliberation she signed up, and it was Thursday earlier I recovered retired from my caput astatine City Hall,' he said. 

'I thought possibly I talked her retired of running. I was a small shocked then, but I'm glad, and she's a smart girl. She'll do well,' he added.

Brooke replied, 'I deliberation I wanted it to benignant of beryllium capable to sneak up connected him.' 

The young politician says she is focused connected tackling respective cardinal issues, including roadworthy construction, organization conflict resolution, and improving net connectivity. 

Huckaby has initiated a business pinch Southern Fireworks to heighten FiberOptics successful Arabi. 

Following successful her father's footsteps, Huckaby is besides moving to found a constabulary section successful Arabi.

'When Brooke came successful there, she made immoderate connections and had immoderate group to travel talk to nan council, past they were persuaded to move guardant pinch it.' 

Her begetter advised her to 'Be cautious and perceive retired some sides.'   

In nan past, Brooke has besides posted photos of herself connected societal media sporting merchandise supporting erstwhile President Donald Trump. 

'I really do [hope much young group go leaders],' she said 

'It's really clip we commencement caring astir nan world that we're making for our children and their early and, correct now, I don't deliberation excessively galore group are worried astir that.'