“Some of the military veterans running for Congress as Democrats in the 2026 midterms see themselves as part of the party’s push to showcase itself as patriotic amid polling showing Democrats broadly feeling less proud of the country than Republicans,” ABC News reports.
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Trial Balloon · Ep. 195: Shake Up
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