VoteVets on Pete Buttigieg's Performance in Iowa
The following is the statement of Will Goodwin, Army Veteran and Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, on Pete Buttigieg's showing in Iowa's caucus. VoteVets endorsed Buttigieg, last month: “Last night, Pete showe...
Hegar gets heavy outside support in crowded Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn
By Patrick Svitek · The Texas Tribune ·A pro-Hegar group, VoteVets, is launching a $3.3 million TV ad buy backing her as she tries to make it to an all-but-guaranteed runoff. Major outside support is arriving for MJ Hegar as she works to advance in the crowded Democratic prim...
Statement of Gold Star Mother on Passage of Lee Bill to Repeal 2002 Iraq AUMF
Washington, DC -- Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation by Rep. Barbara Lee to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force, against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. In response to the vote, Karen Meredith, who l...
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Trump struck Soleimani to please GOP Senators who he needs help from on Senate impeachment trial
VoteVets' Goodwin: "The issue isn’t whether Qasem Soleimani deserved to die. He did. The question is whether we can assassinate people to make Senators happy and more likely to help Donald Trump through an impeachment." WASHINGTON...
Statement from VoteVets on tonight's strike by Iran
"This is a significant escalation by the Iranians, and proof that claims that the killing of Qasem Soleimani was a de-escalating move were wrong." WASHINGTON, DC -- This is a statement from Iraq War veteran and Chairman of VoteVets, Jon...
EMERGENCY STATEMENT OF VOTEVETS ON ESCALATION TOWARDS WAR WITH IRAN
WASHINGTON, DC – The following is the statement of Jon Soltz, Iraq War veteran and Chair of VoteVets: “It has now become painfully obvious that there is no intelligence that pointed to any imminent attack, that required t...
"IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL CONGRESS WAKE UP"
VoteVets calls on Congress to see raw intelligence used to justify dramatic escalation with Iran Compares justification for strike to justification for Iraq war WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is the statement of Jon Soltz, Iraq War vet...
Attacks on US Embassy in Iraq a result of Trump's "Fragile Ego" and "Fear" of Obama success, leading to violation of the Iran Deal, veteran group says
WASHINGTON, DC - The following is the statement of Will Goodwin, Army veteran and Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, on the attack on the US Embassy in Iraq, by Iranian-backed protesters: "Donald Trump was warn...
Statement of Major General (Ret,) Paul D. Eaton, Senior Adviser to VoteVets On Trump Insult of John Dingell
WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is a statement from retired Major General Paul D. Eaton, former Iraq War commander, on the insult of John Dingell, made by Donald Trump last evening. "If you want to know why Donald Trump's approval is in...
VoteVets Backs Air Force Veteran Karinshak for Congress in Georgia
NORCROSS, GA – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Air Force Veteran and Georgia State Senator Zahra Karinshak (D-48) for Congress, in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. ...
"HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF" VoteVets Response to Wash Post Blockbuster on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is the statement of Army veteran Will Goodwin, Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, on the blockbuster report in The Washington Post that details decades of lies about the wa...
Pete Buttigieg earns endorsement from VoteVets PAC
By Priscilla Thompson, Josh Lederman and Vaughn Hillyard · NBC News ·BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wednesday received the endorsement of the progressive VoteVets PAC. “The number one priority has to be beating Donald Trump,” said Jon Soltz, chair of VoteVets.&n...
Buttigieg wins endorsement from VoteVets group
By Tal Axelrod · The Hill ·VoteVets, the nation’s largest political action committee that supports liberal veterans for public office, announced its presidential endorsement for South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wednesday. The endorsement, the ...
Pete Buttigieg Receives VoteVets’ First-Ever Presidential Primary Endorsement
By Hayley Miller · HuffPost ·The liberal veterans group said the South Bend, Indiana, mayor has “what it takes to beat Donald Trump.” VoteVets, a liberal political action committee that backs veterans running for office, announced their support for Pete...
VoteVets Endorses Mayor Pete Buttigieg for President, In Its First Presidential Endorsement Ever
“Veterans like Pete can win voters in the purple and red areas of the country that other Democrats cannot.” “Pete is also someone who has the experience, as a war veteran, to be an exemplary Commander in Chief&hel...
VoteVets Back Up With $700,000 Ad Buy Touting Gary Peters
Ad highlights Peters service to America and Michigan, including on troop pay, and security at our ports LANSING, MI – VoteVets Action Fund, representing over 700,000 veterans, military families, and civilian supporters, is back u...
George Soros and Charles Koch take on the 'endless wars'
By Bryan Bender · Politico ·Organizers are aiming to seize on what one considers a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to galvanize growing support on the right and left for a less interventionist foreign policy. George Soros and Charles Koch don't agree...
VoteVets Asks House Armed Services Chair to Investigate Trump/Gallagher Matter
In declining to also address letter to Senate Armed Services Chair, or House Ranking Member, veterans group says: "It has become beyond apparent during the recent impeachment process that the Republican Majority in the Senate, and Republ...
VoteVets on GOP Smears of Lt. Col. Vindman
"Lowest point the Republican minority has sunk in a long time." "Leaves us truly shaken." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee engaged in a campaign to discredit Iraq War Veteran and Purple Hear...
VoteVets PAC Endorses Feehan for Congress
“Community and Service is in Dan’s Heart” North Mankato – VoteVets PAC is today endorsing Dan Feehan a Democrat running for Congress, in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. “Community and...
VoteVets Endorses Janessa Goldbeck for Congress
SAN DIEGO, CA – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Janessa Goldbeck for Congress, from California’s 53rd Congressional District. “Janessa comes to this race with a...
VoteVets Calls for Impeachment Hearings
WASHINGTON, DC - Below is the statement of Jon Soltz, Iraq War veteran, and Chair of VoteVets: “As so compellingly articulated in an op-ed by five VoteVets-endorsed veterans in Congress, and two of their colleagues wh...
VoteVets statement on Robert O'Brien being named national security adviser
"Our fear is that Donald Trump ran to find the person so weak that he will just rubber stamp Trump’s every crazy whim that is destabilizing the world" WASHINGTON, DC - Will Goodwin, Army veteran and Director of Government Re...
VoteVets Endorses Jennifer Riley Collins for Attorney General in Mississippi
JACKSON, MS – VoteVets, on behalf of its 600,000 veterans, military families and civilian supporters, is today endorsing Jennifer Riley Collins, a fellow veteran, for Attorney General in Mississippi. “Jennifer has a strong sp...
Ten Retired High-Ranking Officers Urge Congress to Stop War With Iran
“America's service members and their families would sacrifice greatly in a war against Iran. That’s why we believe it’s past time for Congress to step in and stop Trump’s constitutionally unsupported march ...
VoteVets Endorses Mackler for Senate
NASHVILLE, TN – Representing over 600,000 veterans, military families, and civilian supporters, VoteVets PAC today is endorsing Iraq War Veteran James Mackler for Senate, to fill the seat currently held by Lamar Alexander. “H...
VoteVets Responds to Trump Admin Changing Citizenship Requirements for Military Families
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a confusing new guidance that made clear that children of US Servicemembers born overseas on military bases are no longer granted automatic citizenship. ...
VoteVets PAC on Trump Rally in NC
Fayetteville, NC -- VoteVets PAC, which has endorsed veteran Dan McCready for Congress in the 9th District of North Carolina, released the following statement regarding Donald Trump's newly announced rally in Fayetteville, the day befor...
VoteVets Endorses Nikki Foster for Congress, in Ohio
MASON, OH – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Nikki Foster, to be the next Congressmember from the 1st District of Ohio. “The thing that strikes us so much about Nikki F...
VoteVets Releases Ad in NC-09 Special Election
Former Army Trauma Surgeon says: "Dan Bishop's allegiance to special interests doesn't work for families around here." Charlotte, NC - The national veterans organization, VoteVets Action Fund, is up on the air today, for one week, with ...
VoteVets Slams Trump for Raiding Troops' Retirement Appropriation to Fund Wall
WASHINGTON, DC -- Will Goodwin, Army Veteran and Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, released the following statement on the decision of the Trump administration to take money from troops' retirement funding, and reprogram it...
After 2 Decades, Democrats Still Don’t Agree on When to Leave Afghanistan
By Dan Spinelli · Mother Jones ·But two veterans have promised to withdraw during their first year in office. Two Democratic candidates who served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made unambiguous pledges during this week’s debates: They promised to bring home...
VoteVets Endorses Amy McGrath for US Senate in Kentucky
Lexington, KY – VoteVets PAC, representing over 600,000 veterans, military family members, and civilian supporters, is today endorsing Amy McGrath for US Senate. “Amy is the real deal,” said Dan Helmer, Iraq and Afgh...
VoteVets Cheers Passage of Khanna-Gaetz Amendment on Iran
Veterans group worked House hard to ensure passage WASHINGTON, DC – The first and largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets, is cheering passage of a bipartisan House amendment to the National Defense Authori...
The transpartisan revolt against America’s endless wars
By Katrina vanden Heuvel · Washington Post ·Last week, mostly lost amid the deafening din of President Trump’s serial outrages, the House of Representatives finally began asserting common sense and the congressional prerogative over war and peace. By passing a series of amen...
House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill Checking Trump’s War Powers
By Catie Edmondson · New York Times ·WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Friday to a defense bill that would put a liberal stamp on military policy by shackling President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran and Yemen, restricting the use of military funds...
VoteVets Raises $100,000 Online for Amy McGrath
More than 7,500 veterans, military family members and VoteVets' supporters have contributed since launch LEXINGTON, KY – The first and largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is announcing that its online f...
A Majority of Military Veterans Think the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Were a Mistake
By Dan Spinelli · Mother Jones ·It’s not just a majority of Americans who think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a catastrophic mistake. Military veterans now increasingly say the Bush-era conflicts were not worth it, according to a Pew Research Ce...
Some members of Congress are finally realizing that authorizing wars without end is really bad
By Jeff Schogol · Task & Purpose ·A small group of lawmakers is arguing that President Donald Trump does not have the power to launch a new war against Iran without first getting permission from Congress. Chief among them is Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), who was one of si...
Amy McGrath Opens Campaign to Oust Mitch McConnell in Kentucky
By Jennifer Steinhauer · New York Times ·WASHINGTON — Amy McGrath, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and combat pilot whose star power in the Democratic Party in 2018 failed to capture her a House seat in Kentucky, announced Tuesday that she would seek to challenge Sena...
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-mccain-excited-see-patriots-wearing-uss-john-mccain-shirts-trumps-4th-july-event-1447603
By Jenni Fink · Newsweek ·The View co-host Meghan McCain kicked off the Fourth of July with a message of gratitude for two veterans organizations and expressed her excitement for people to be wearing t-shirts honoring her father at President Donald Trump's e...
Meghan McCain dons 'Big Bad John McCain' shirt as veterans troll Trump's July 4 parade
By BrieAnna J. Frank · AZ Central ·Meghan McCain on Thursday posted a picture of herself wearing a shirt in honor of her late father John McCain that is being handed out by veterans at President Donald Trump's Fourth of July celebration in Washington,...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Veterans-Group-to-Hand-Out-Thousands-of-McCain-Shirts-at-DC-July-4th-Celebration-512204452.html
NBC 4 Washington ·Volunteers handed out 5,000 free T-shirts emblazoned with "USS John McCain" ahead of President Donald Trump's "Salute to America" celebrations on the National Mall. VoteVets, a left-leaning group founded by veterans, teamed with Rags of ...
Tanks, Flyovers And Heightened Security: Trump's 4th Of July Ups Taxpayer Cost
By Claudia Grisales · NPR ·American taxpayers are looking at a bigger bill for this year's Independence Day party in the nation's capital. For this Fourth of July, President Trump has added an address from the Lincoln Memorial, tanks stationed in the area, an exte...
Veterans to hand out John McCain shirts at July Fourth celebration in DC
By Nikki Wentling · Stars and Stripes ·WASHINGTON — A group of veterans plans to hand out thousands of T-shirts during President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event in Washington that feature one of Trump’s political rivals — the late Sen. John McCain....
Veterans will give out USS John McCain T-shirts at Trump's July 4th event
By Jason Silverstein · CBS News ·Before President Trump holds his Fourth of July "Salute to America" celebration on the National Mall — complete with tanks and military aircraft flying overhead — a veterans group will hand out thousands o...
Joint Statement of VoteVets and Concerned Veterans for America, on Senate Vote on Iran War
"We have come a very long way from the days of blank checks, that wrongly used the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force as an excuse to send troops all around the world, at any given time." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U...
VoteVets Endorses Kim Olson for Congress
Addison, TX – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Kim Olson for Congress. “Everyone was blown away by Kim’s campaign announcement video, but that...
Strong Opposition to Iran War, Support for Complete Repeal of 2001 AUMF, New Joint Poll From Conservative, Progressive Veterans’ Groups Finds
Survey of diverse states, including early Democratic primary states, and key Congressional district, show a public united in its desire for public officials to stop march to more war WASHINGTON, DC -- A new poll across five 2020 swing s...
VoteVets Endorses Jackie Gordon for Congress
Copiague, NY – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Jackie Gordon for Congress. “Jackie’s life is about service to others, which is something we need a lot more of, i...