Jen Kiggans Said “Military Issues Were Not Partisan To Her” And Called Using Veterans, The Military, And Troops As Pawns “Wrong”…

Kiggans: “Military Issues Are Not Partisan To Me.” “Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-2nd, a former U.S. Navy pilot and state senator from Virginia Beach, also joined the committee after her election to Congress last fall, with defense at the top of her priorities in a Hampton Roads district teeming with military installations and families. ‘Military issues are not partisan to me,’ Kiggans said” [Richmond Times-Dispatch, 6/25/23]

Kiggans: “Using Our Veterans As Political Pawns Just To Get An Agenda Passed Is Wrong.” “Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans (Va.-02) said these administration claims have no basis. ‘Absolutely none of these things are written in the bill,’ Kiggans said in a Wednesday morning interview. ‘If you go back and read it, not a single one. And using our veterans as political pawns just to get an agenda passed is wrong.’” [WAVY, 5/3/23]

Kiggans: “When You're Playing Politics, With Our Military, And Using The Military As Political Pawns, That's Not Right.” “Kiggans said she ‘hates’ that the military is caught in the middle. She criticized both parties. ‘When you're playing politics, with our military, and using the military as political pawns, that's not right,’ she said.” [13 News Now, 9/22/23]

Kiggans: “To Use Our Troops As Pawns To Leverage Other, Unrelated Agendas Is Shameful.” “There’s no place for political theater when it comes to our men and women in uniform. Any delay in funding our nation’s military puts our national security – and those sworn to protect it – at great risk. As a former Navy helicopter pilot who is married to a veteran and mother to children who serve, it’s hard to find the words to express how frustrated and disappointed I am. To use our troops as pawns to leverage other, unrelated agendas is shameful.” [Jen Kiggans, Press Release, 9/14/23]