Texas Purple Heart veteran enters House race to unseat 8-term GOP birther
Mary Jennings (“MJ”) Hegar’s courage is not in question. She was awarded a Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for her service in the United States Air Force – and now she is running to unseat incumbent Texas Republican Rep. John Carter, who has held the position for 14 years.
Carter is a reliably conservative vote in the House and a conspiracy theorist. In 2009, he cosponsored the so-called “birther bill,” which would have required presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificates to prove their citizenship. It was an obvious, and obviously racist, attack on President Barack Obama.
Even after Obama did share his birth certificate in 2011, Carter begrudgingly acknowledged that the matter was settled, but added that he was “disappointed that the president took this long to do so. This could and should have been done when the question was first raised.”
The “question” of Obama’s birth certificate was never in doubt except among the racists and conspiracy theorists like Carter. And like Donald Trump.
The 31st Congressional District of Texas is home to Fort Hood, one of the largest U.S. military installations in the world. The 31st is a traditionally red district. Carter won his 2016 re-election bid by nearly 22 points.
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