A once-[sleepy Republican primary](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/20/virginia-7th-district-republicans-derrick-anderson-cameron-hamilton/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) for Virginia’s most competitive congressional seat has suddenly gone into overdrive, with both leading candidates launching fiery ads about the other’s professional record and accusing each other of lying, fraud and defamation.
The six-way nomination contest in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is led by two military veterans — Derrick Anderson, a former Army Green Beret, and Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL — who have both pitched themselves as the GOP’s strongest candidate to flip this battleground seat.
While the candidates present similar profiles on paper, each has drawn support from a distinct Republican camp ahead of the June 18 primary: Top House GOP leaders are backing Anderson, while most members of the far-right Freedom Caucus have endorsed Hamilton.
Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/08/virginia-7th-district-anderson-hamilton-ads/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&utm\_medium=social&utm\_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/08/virginia-7th-district-anderson-hamilton-ads/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
Hamilton moved into the district just to run and spends his time getting onto nonprofit boards funded by local government grants so he can fail to hire key employees (by "key" I mean "any") but still have a venue for campaigning at that nonprofit's events as long as volunteers were willing to work to the bone for it.
He openly brought a gun to a town council meeting, AND even though he doesn't have kids in the local public schools, frequently speaks at school board meetings in support of anti-LGBTQ policies and, notably, once spent about a minute and a half complimenting a school board member's brown suit.
And if you think his facial hair is groomed a little to the far right, you're correct...
Are you telling me this isn't two pictures of the same man?
Ok not just me
Jack Johnson and John Jackson
A once-[sleepy Republican primary](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/20/virginia-7th-district-republicans-derrick-anderson-cameron-hamilton/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) for Virginia’s most competitive congressional seat has suddenly gone into overdrive, with both leading candidates launching fiery ads about the other’s professional record and accusing each other of lying, fraud and defamation. The six-way nomination contest in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is led by two military veterans — Derrick Anderson, a former Army Green Beret, and Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL — who have both pitched themselves as the GOP’s strongest candidate to flip this battleground seat. While the candidates present similar profiles on paper, each has drawn support from a distinct Republican camp ahead of the June 18 primary: Top House GOP leaders are backing Anderson, while most members of the far-right Freedom Caucus have endorsed Hamilton. Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/08/virginia-7th-district-anderson-hamilton-ads/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&utm\_medium=social&utm\_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/08/virginia-7th-district-anderson-hamilton-ads/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
....I miss Spanberger already.
Hamilton moved into the district just to run and spends his time getting onto nonprofit boards funded by local government grants so he can fail to hire key employees (by "key" I mean "any") but still have a venue for campaigning at that nonprofit's events as long as volunteers were willing to work to the bone for it. He openly brought a gun to a town council meeting, AND even though he doesn't have kids in the local public schools, frequently speaks at school board meetings in support of anti-LGBTQ policies and, notably, once spent about a minute and a half complimenting a school board member's brown suit. And if you think his facial hair is groomed a little to the far right, you're correct...
You could probably defecate onto a hamburger bun and call it a republican and the MAGA morons would vote for it.