A Virginia Democrat’s immigration position has moved from his campaign website months after his primary victory and just weeks before early voting opens in Virginia.
Eugene Windman is closed in A Toss-up race The issue of immigration has come to the fore since two Jordanian illegal immigrants tried for an open seat in Northern Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. breach Marine Corps Base Quantico earlier this year.
In May two purses posed as Amazon delivery drivers to try to infiltrate the base, which is located in the district where Windman locates an office. They were Free after posting bail earlier this summer.
Windman’s Republican opponent Derrick Anderson has been vocal about the attempted breach, calling for increased border security measures in the wake of the incident. Democrats, for their part, have remained silent on both counts.
Incredibly, the Post found that the Windman campaign has also removed “Addressing Immigration” from the issues section of its website, where it offers a policy platform.
Internet Archives to declare That the change was made after Windman’s victory in the June primary. Before that, an immigration blurb on the site shared his father’s story of coming to America, while also calling for “fair, safe, and robust immigration reforms.”
Windman, who was born in Ukraine, will be representative of the district he locates, where the U.S. Census Bureau reports that more than 16% of residents are foreign-born.
National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Delaney Bomer told the Post that Windman “is not serious about securing the border, reducing crime and ending the flow of fentanyl into Virginia.”
“Derrick Anderson, however, put his life on the line to protect America,” she continued, adding that the district will never question that the former Green Beret “will fight to secure the border and keep Virginia’s families safe.” “
Windman gained national attention in 2019 as a whistleblower in the first impeachment attempt against a former president, spurred by the Ukrainian-born candidate’s report of a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Windman is the expedition The FEC is currently facing a complaint Regarding alleged illegal coordination between his campaign and VoteVets, a PAC run by his twin brother. The complaint follows a media investigation into the candidate’s military record, which he led campaign to refer reporters’ questions to his brother’s advocacy group. Even Windman refused to participate in a televised debate with his opponent on the local ABC affiliate that covers three-quarters of the 7th Congressional District.
Windman’s campaign did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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