{"id":1401047,"date":"2022-03-25T19:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401047"},"modified":"2022-03-25T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T23:45:20","slug":"democratic-congressional-candidate-mark-lindquist-drops-out-of-race-goes-to-ukraine-to-join-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressional-candidate-mark-lindquist-drops-out-of-race-goes-to-ukraine-to-join-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Congressional Candidate Mark Lindquist Drops Out Of Race, Goes To Ukraine To Join The War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-congressional-candidate-mark-lindquist-drops-out-of-race-goes-to-ukraine-to-join-the-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic congressional candidate Mark Lindquist was the only one from the party running in Minnesota\u2019s 7th District, but he dropped out of the race when he heard about Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine to go fight for \u201cfreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindquist got called to fight in the war in Ukraine, despite having no connection to the country, after hearing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s request to form a foreign legion and seeing the atrocities committed in the \u201cheartbreaking war,\u201d he told the Daily Caller in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to running for Congress, Lindquist served in the military for six years, doing a tour of Afghanistan, and then transitioned into developing a motivational speaking business.<\/p>\n<p>He had worked on his campaign for two years, \u201cbut then we found ourselves on the brink of World War III. Sometimes you have to drop everything and go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you don\u2019t get to do what you want to do when you want to do it,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m quite certain the United States of America will still be here next year,\u201d he said, adding that he doesn\u2019t know if we can say the same thing about Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>As Lindquist was the only Democrat running in Minnesota\u2019s 7th congressional district, Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach is opposed only by Libertarian candidate Travis Johnson. Fischbach won in 2020 with <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Minnesota%27s_7th_Congressional_District_election,_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">53%<\/a> of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ask me what will happen with my political aspirations in the future, I don\u2019t have a good answer for that. I don\u2019t know what will happen. I\u2019m headed into a war zone, and nobody knows what is going to happen next,\u201d Lindquist posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/positivityliveshere\/posts\/10160188576187704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> page. \u201cThe least of my concerns right now is American politics\u2026 Some people might disagree with that and that\u2019s OK. You do you, I\u2019ll do me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7398024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7398024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindquist in Afghanistan (Courtesy of Mark Lindquist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lindquist has a ticket to fly to Poland and plans to go to the Ukrainian border to deliver humanitarian aid until he gets permission to join the Territorial Defense from the Ukrainian embassy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm I scared? Of course I\u2019m scared, looking at what\u2019s going on over there!\u201d he said, adding that safety should always be one\u2019s \u201cnumber one priority.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/15\/exclusive-hundreds-civilians-small-town-help-ukrainian-military-create-critical-tool-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: How\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Hundreds<\/span>\u00a0Of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Civilians<\/span> In A Small Town Help The Ukrainian Military Create One Critical Tool For Warfare)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/24\/ukraine-legion-foreign-soldiers-00020233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> of foreign volunteers being sent out to the frontlines with little to no supplies, Lindquist said that volunteers should \u201cknow what they are getting into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you expect? You\u2019re going to go to a warzone! If you only get 60 rounds and one AK-47 between the two of ya, well then make it work,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you think that\u2019s appalling, stay home,\u201d he added, noting that the \u201cwar being thrown together amongst school teachers and accountants and daycare providers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/01\/ukraine-russia-territorial-defence-forces-kharkiv-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Teachers,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Accountants<\/span> And Priests: Ukraine Training A Civilian Army To Fend Off Russian Invasion)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/03\/03\/zelensky-ukraine-16000-foreign-volunteers-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in early March that over 16,000 foreign fighters have volunteered to fight in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7398026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7398026\" class=\"wp-image-7398026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-620x465-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-2048x1536-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-190x142.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lindquist-Family-70x52.jpg 70w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7398026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindquist family (Courtesy Of Mark Lindquist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lindquist has received an \u201coverwhelming\u201d amount of support, he said, with people giving him connections in Eastern Europe, donating to his humanitarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10160189863127704&#038;set=a.10150311180342704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aid fund<\/a> and some even wanting to fly to Poland with him.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing morale with the presence of American support and helping Ukrainian children orphaned by the war is also important for Lindquist, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He wants to fight because maybe \u201cthere\u2019s a kid in Eastern Ukraine that needs a chance at life like I got. It kind of comes full circle for me, having started my life in an orphanage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going over there wearing an American flag on my uniform. I\u2019m representing the United States of America on foreign soil, and I am to give the hope of America\u201d to those in Ukraine, he concluded, noting that he did the same thing when he was serving overseas as part of the U.S. military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic congressional candidate Mark Lindquist was the only one from the party running in Minnesota\u2019s 7th District, but he dropped out of the race when he heard about Russia\u2019s war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}