Derrick Anderson Betrays Military Service Members, Endorses Donald Trump

Derrick Anderson is proudly owning his MAGA extremism. Anderson endorsed Donald Trump and his dangerous far-right agenda that will hurt Virginia families and the working class.

12.5% of VA-07 constituents are veterans and the district includes a significant active duty constituency, so Trump’s disturbing disrespect for veterans, Gold Star Families, and the military is damning for Anderson:

• Trump called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers.”

• Trump is threatening to revoke our support  of NATO allies and is even willing to pull the U.S. from NATO.

• In reference to John McCain, who spent 5 years as a prisoner of war, including a stay in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Trump famously said “I like people who weren’t captured.”

• Trump was too vain to be seen with soldiers who lost limbs in the line of duty because “it doesn’t look good for me.”

As a reminder, Trump has a disastrous record and remains an active threat to Virginians:

• Trump famously bragged about his role in stripping away women’s reproductive freedoms and overturning Roe v. Wade, calling it a “miracle.”

• Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, jeopardizing access to health care for the nearly 400,000 Virginians currently enrolled in its plans. Repealing the ACA would expose over 1,349,000 Virginians with pre-existing conditions to loss of coverage.

• Trump presided over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and has continued to call for more government shutdowns, hurting many Coastal Virginians who rely on a functioning government for their livelihoods.

DCCC Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:
“Derrick Anderson is showing Virginians exactly who he is and how he will embrace the extreme MAGA agenda if elected to Congress. It’s crystal clear that voters can’t trust him to advocate for them – he’d be too busy taking away their health care and disappointing military families and veterans.”

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