Fired under Trump, former military officers launch Democratic bids for Congress
Two officers who were pushed out of the military during President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House have launched new missions this week, running for Congress as...
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Two officers who were pushed out of the military during President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House have launched new missions this week, running for Congress as Democrats. A retired U.S. Space Force colonel who was forced out of the military under the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members announced a run for Congress in Northern Virginia. And a senior Navy official removed from her post last year by War Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a congressional bid in South Carolina. Their candidacies highlight a growing political backlash to Trump-era military policies, as former officers removed from service look to reenter public life through Congress. PENTAGON SCORES COURT VICTORY IN TRANSGENDER BAN LEGAL FIGHT Bree Fram, whose military career abruptly ended in December, pledged, "I'm not going to run away from my oath to the Constitution." "I served 23 years wearing the flag on my shoulder, reaching the rank of colonel. But then Donald Trump fired me, not because of my performance but because of who I am," Fram noted Tuesday in a campaign launch video. Fram said she's running for Congress "because too many Americans are afraid of what the federal government will do to them instead of being confident of what it can do for them." Virginia is likely to redraw its congressional map ahead of November's midterm elections as part of the high-stakes redistricting battle between Trump and Republicans against Democrats. And Fram plans to run in whichever district she lives in once the new congressional lines are finalized. Fram's hometown of Reston, Virginia, is in the state's 11th Congressional District, which is represented by Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw, who last year won a special election in a landslide to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died of cancer in May. Walkinshaw was a former Connolly chief of staff. In South Carolina , former three-star admiral Nancy Lacore on Tuesday jumped into the race for an open seat in the sta…