Former Pence Adviser Olivia Troye Launches Run For Congress As A Democrat

Olivia Troye, a erstwhile advisor to Vice President Mike Pence who near nan White House successful 2020 and became a vocal professional of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday that she’s running for Congress arsenic a Democrat.

She is positioning herself arsenic “a proud Democrat” and “MAGA’s apical enemy,” according to her announcement, personification who has “faced countless decease threats from MAGA.”

Troye will tally successful Virginia’s caller 7th Congressional District, successful anticipation that nan authorities will walk a redrawn representation to effort to boost Democratic seats successful nan House. She faces a crowded superior section that includes Virginia's erstwhile first woman Dorothy McAuliffe and aggregate authorities lawmakers.

The caller lobster-shaped territory stretches southbound from nan Washington suburbs to see Harrisburg and areas astir Richmond. Democrats would beryllium nan clear favorites: It voted for Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris by 8 percent points successful 2024 and for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger past twelvemonth by 17 points, according to nan Virginia Public Access Project.

Troye began her profession successful GOP authorities moving for nan Republican National Committee and nan George W. Bush administration. She became an intelligence serviceman and later was an adjutant successful Pence’s office, moving connected nationalist information and Covid-19.

She near nan White House successful nan summertime of 2020 and became an outspoken Trump critic, yet announcing she would ballot for Democratic nominee Joe Biden and appearing successful an ad excoriating Trump and encouraging chap Republicans to ballot against him. The White House moved to discredit Troye and claimed she was fired, which she disputes.

In her launch video Tuesday, Troye speaks of her puerility arsenic “the girl of a motortruck driver and a Mexican immigrant” — and her governmental evolution.

“In 2016, I voted for Hillary, but aft Trump won I kept showing up to work, because serving your state isn’t expected to beryllium partisan,” she says. “The evil I saw successful that White House was staggering. In 2020, I yet said, ‘Enough.’ And they came for me. Kash Patel, Stephen Miller, moreover Trump himself."

The title is simply a trial of nan foothold never-Trump Republicans person successful modern Democratic politics. Democratic voters person welcomed them into nan fold to effort to conclusion Trump, but it's unclear whether they besides want to nominate and nonstop them to Congress. Another notable lawsuit is George Conway, nan longtime blimpish lawyer who is running for a deep-blue House spot successful New York City arsenic a Democrat.

“I judge successful fighting for what’s correct — for those who can’t conflict for themselves,” Troye says successful her video. “That’s why I’m a Democrat, and that’s why I’m moving for Congress.”