By Joseph Weber, Fox News
Washington Democrats and their supporters have recruited and backed dozens of military veterans to run in this year’s elections — even sending some into deep-red districts to challenge the Republican Party for the so-called “guns-and-God” vote and to achieve the party’s ultimate mission of taking control of the House.
“Veterans are especially appealing candidates in key swing districts,” Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, who served four tours in Iraq and has been leading such efforts, told Fox News. “Veterans have credibility, not just with Democrats, but with independents and Republicans, as well. They’re the kind of people respected for their leadership, not just their politics.”
Moulton has endorsed 19 military veterans in this year’s House races and plans to back a total of 24 — the exact number of seats Democrats must win to retake control of the House, with primary races starting in just a few months.
Republican have, at least in elections in the past several decades, largely won the military vote, including the 2016 White House race in which Republican Donald Trump took 60 percent of the vote, according to exit polls.
However, Democrats see opportunity this year in what they consider the president’s lack of respect for the military — including his offhanded remark about Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain being captured in Vietnam and the Trump’s public spat with a Gold Star military family.
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