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Marine veteran launches Senate campaign by invoking far-left radical to paint Dems as extreme

Political newcomer and former State Department expert David Williams enters race to unseat Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in Virginia’s 2026 election.

AretiredcombatMarineandStateDepartmentnationalsecurityexpertjumpedintothepoliticalfrayTuesday,announcingabidtounseatSen.MarkWarner,D-Va.,byinvokingNewYorkCityMayor-electZohranMamdaniinanattackagainstDemocrats. DavidWilliams,apoliticalnewcomer,saidthathisserviceoverseas,attheStateDepartmentandinthenationalsecurityfieldmadehim“reallyappreciatehowincredibleAmericais,”andusedaclipofMamdaniwhilesaying,“ThefarleftiseatingawayattheveryfabricofwhatmakesAmericagreat.” “Itmademewanttofightforhersomuchmore.Makenomistakeweareinafightforourcountry’sfuture,”WilliamssaidinacampaignadreleasedTuesdaymorning. RAMASWAMYENDORSESWINSOMEEARLE-SEARSFORVIRGINIAGOVERNOR,RALLYPLANNEDNEXTWEEKINSWINGSUBURB Inthead,hecontrastsconservativevalueswithimagesofNewYorkMayor-electZohranMamdaniyellingatlawenforcementofficersandRep.AlexandriaOcasio