“Extraordinary Number” Of Ex-CIA Operatives Are Running For Congress As Democrats

[longknife]

Wonder why that is.

One quarter of all the Democratic challengers in competitive House districts have military-intelligence, State Department or NSC backgrounds. This is by far the largest subcategory of Democratic candidates. National security operatives (57) outnumber state and local government officials (45), lawyers (35), corporate executives, businessmen and wealthy individuals (30) and other professionals (19) among the candidates for Democratic congressional nominations.

Of the 102 primary elections to choose the Democratic nominees in these competitive districts, 44 involve candidates with a military-intelligence or State Department background, with 11 districts having two such candidates, and one district having three. In the majority of contests, the military-intelligence candidates seem likely to win the Democratic nomination, and, if the Democrats win in the general election, would enter Congress as new members of the House of Representatives.

I thought the Dims were seeking vets. Looks like vets of a different kind.

Story w/links @ 'No Precedent In US Political History': 'Extraordinary Number' Of Ex-CIA Operatives Are Running For Congress As Democrats

 

[hjmick]

They are/were spies. They're specialty is/was being someone they're not...

 

[Moonglow]

They are/were spies. They're specialty is/was being someone they're not...

What politician isn't?

 

[The Original Tree]

No shock here. Those are the kind of people the Dems are going to need to usher in globalism.

 

[J.E.D]

Maybe they’re tired of Mr Orange and his supporters bad mouthing them. No doubt the op wouldn’t care if they were running as Republicans