Supporters hailed Firment, while critics bashed him.
He said he’s taking it all in stride.
“Honestly, it’s not a big deal for me,” he said in an interview. “I have a strong faith. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m on the right side of history.”
Firment had never been the center of so much attention before.
He has spent most of his adult life as an insurance adjustor, living in Grant Parish, which is known for not having a single stoplight.
The job, however, put him on the road.
“It was a lot of time away from home, a lot of time spent on really hot roofs in Texas and everywhere else,” he said. “It was not very glamorous. It was physically demanding.”
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