{"id":93357,"date":"2019-12-13T13:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93357"},"modified":"2019-12-13T13:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:11:35","slug":"navy-seal-running-for-congress-kicked-off-his-campaign-in-the-wrong-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93357","title":{"rendered":"Navy SEAL running for Congress kicked off his campaign in the wrong district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And apparently in the wrong attire, too. I&#8217;m glad to see Vets run for public office- wish there were more. But like most things there&#8217;s a right way and a wrong way to do this. ChipNASA sends us an example of a Vet doing it the wrong way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93358\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93358 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd1.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Floyd McLendon, a retired Navy SEAL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"col-12\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%; width: 1260px; text-align: left; color: #212529; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; position: relative; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder \"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>By David Choi<\/p>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\" style=\"margin: 32px 0px 51px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; color: #111111; text-transform: none; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: LabGrotesque, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 900; word-spacing: 0px; list-style-image: url('\/public\/assets\/BI\/US\/8px-square-bullet-BI.svg'); white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li><strong>Floyd McLendon, a retired US Navy SEAL running for a House seat in Texas, was spotted at his campaign kickoff wearing the Navy&#8217;s dress white uniform.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McLendon&#8217;s choice of attire likely violates Navy regulations. Both the Navy and the Marine Corps prohibit wearing a uniform at political events, even for &#8220;retired members and members of reserve components.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McLendon&#8217;s inaugural campaign event was held in the 30th Congressional District. He&#8217;s running in the 32nd District.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Political strategists in Texas described the venue as highly unusual for a House candidate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A retired US Navy SEAL running for Congress wore a Navy dress white uniform at a recent campaign event, Business Insider has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd McLendon, a Republican House candidate in Texas, spoke to an audience at his campaign kickoff event in November wearing a Navy uniform adorned with numerous medals, including what appeared to be the SEAL Trident, the insignia reserved for members of the elite community like McLendon.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural event in Dallas was held in the 30th Congressional District, while McLendon is running in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Floyd_McLendon_Jr.\">32nd District<\/a>. Political strategists in Texas described the venue as highly unusual for a House candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I can think of a time where somebody kicked off their campaign in some place that wasn&#8217;t in their district. And then it would be really outrageous is when they didn&#8217;t realize it was in their district,&#8221; Matt Angle, a Democratic strategist with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lonestarproject.net\/\">Lone Star Project<\/a>, told Business Insider. &#8220;They need to have a pretty darn good reason for kicking off their event in a district in another one they&#8217;re running in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McLendon&#8217;s choice of attire would appear to violate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/bupers-npc\/support\/uniforms\/uniformregulations\/Chapter1\/Pages\/1401LawsDirectives.aspx\">Navy regulations<\/a>. Both the Navy and the Marine Corps prohibit wearing the uniform at political events, even for &#8220;retired members and members of reserve components.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93359 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd2-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd2-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd2-278x333.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/floyd2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McLendon&#8217;s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Come on, Chief. You know better. Hat tip to ChipNASA for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And apparently in the wrong attire, too. 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