Which provides an occasion to look at another trend that the Trump era has produced: A lot of our GREAT VETERANS are running for House seats — as Democrats. Politico has an excellent piece of reporting on all the veterans who are running as Democratic House candidates around the country. In the case of millennial veterans running as Democrats, it’s plausible that this represents a reaction of sorts to both of the past two GOP presidencies. “This civic ethos is very powerful with Democrats running in 2018. The 56 total open districts include 37 open Republican-held seats and 19 open Democratic seats.

Source: Washington Post March 29, 2018 14:43 UTC