Ryan M. Clancy (born January 9, 1977) is an American teacher, business owner, and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
[2][better source needed] He subsequently earned his master's degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and did field work in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Through this business ownership, he was a founder of the Progressive Restaurant and Activists of Wisconsin Network, which advocates for higher wages and better working conditions in the food service industry.
[1] He continued to volunteer with activist causes through these years, participating in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota and several immigrant rights protests in Racine and Milwaukee, and was active in the Black Lives Matter protests—after which he filed a lawsuit against the city and county of Milwaukee for violating his rights.
Anderson received the endorsement of Ann Jacobs and Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson, along with several other prominent Wisconsin Democrats.
Anderson's campaign, however, sought to sidestep the Gaza issue and instead ran on a message that he would be more aligned with Democratic leadership, and would support unity within the party.
Clancy denounced the hospital's decision saying, "it's disappointing that a beloved institution rushed to obey Trump's cruel, anti-trans, anti-science order."
The next day, the hospital reversed their decision and rescheduled the teenager's appointment, which Clancy praised and called "a relief".