{"id":1976816,"date":"2023-07-18T22:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-hung-cao-enters-gop-primary-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:14:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:14:47","slug":"navy-veteran-hung-cao-enters-gop-primary-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-hung-cao-enters-gop-primary-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy vet Hung Cao joins GOP race against Sen. Tim Kaine in Virginia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fnavy-veteran-hung-cao-enters-gop-primary-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine%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=1976816&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--><h2>Hung Cao, \u200cRetired\u200d Navy \u200cVeteran, \u200cEnters \u2064GOP \u2062Primary\u200b to Challenge \u200cSen. Tim Kaine<\/h2>\n<p>Hung \u2062Cao, a \u2064retired Navy combat\u200c veteran \u2062and former refugee \u200bfrom Vietnam, has\u200b announced his \u200dentry into the \u200cGOP\u200b primary race to\u200d challenge incumbent\u2062 Sen. \u200cTim Kaine\u200d (D-VA). \u200dWith a\u200d background serving \u2062in SEAL \u200dteams\u200d and \u200dU.S.\u2063 Special Forces, Cao \u200bbrings \u200ba\u2064 unique \u2063perspective \u2062to \u2063the \u200cpolitical \u200carena.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dlast year&#8217;s midterm \u2062elections, Cao was \u200dthe \u2062Republican nominee for\u2063 Virginia&#8217;s \u206310th\u200c Congressional District, although\u2063 he\u2062 was unsuccessful\u200d in his bid against Rep. Jennifer \u200cWexton \u2063(D-VA). In a campaign video \u200cshared on\u2063 social \u200cmedia, Cao \u2062emphasized \u2064his commitment to \u2062fighting against \u200bsocialist\u200c and\u200d communist tendencies,\u200c which his family\u200b had \u2064fled\u2063 from.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are\u200b losing\u200d our country. You\u2063 know it.\u200c But \u200byou\u200c also know \u200cyou can&#8217;t say it,&#8221; Cao \u200cexpressed\u2063 passionately in the video, \u200bwith \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irish-police-will-be-given-power-to-demand-passwords-from-suspects\/\" title=\"Irish Police Will Be Given Power To Demand Passwords From Suspects\">strong focus<\/a> on \u200bPresident\u200b Joe \u2063Biden.\u200b &#8220;We&#8217;re \u200dforced to\u200d say\u200d that \u2064wrong is right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u2062 the \u200cretired\u2064 Navy captain filed \u200bhis statement of \u200bcandidacy with the \u200dFederal\u200d Election \u2063Commission, \u200cofficially \u2063launching his \u2062campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Cao\u200d is \u200dthe 10th Republican\u2063 candidate\u200d to join the\u2064 race against\u2062 Kaine, who served as \u2064Hillary\u200d Clinton&#8217;s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-hung-cao-enters-gop-primary-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine\/\" title=\"Navy vet Hung Cao joins GOP race against Sen. Tim Kaine in Virginia.\">vice \u200dpresidential running mate<\/a> \u2064in 2016 and has held \u200doffice \u200bfor \u2064nearly three\u2064 decades. Despite the growing\u2063 confidence among\u2064 Virginia Republicans \u2063following\u2063 Gov. \u200dGlenn \u2062Youngkin&#8217;s \u200dvictory \u200din \u20622021 \u200dand the \u2062party&#8217;s performance in the 2022\u200d midterms,\u200c Kaine&#8217;s \u200dincumbency \u200cadvantage \u2064and strong approval\u200d rating\u2063 pose \u2062a\u2062 significant \u200bchallenge \u2062for\u200d his \u2064opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Among Cao&#8217;s\u200d primary \u2064competitors are Eddie Garcia, a 22-year-old Army \u2063veteran and former congressional \u2063aide, Jonathan Emord, an\u200b author and \u2064constitutional \u2062litigator, and\u2062 Scott Parkinson,\u200c a \u200ctrusted \u2063adviser \u200dto Gov.\u200d Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and\u2063 a top \u200cexecutive at \u200dthe\u2064 Club for Growth.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson, who \u200dcurrently \u2062serves as \u200bthe \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> \u200dof government\u2062 affairs \u2062for\u200c the conservative \u2064advocacy\u2062 group, has\u200c garnered\u200c substantial\u200c support \u2063from his employer\u2064 for his \u2062Senate\u2064 campaign. With \u2063their\u2064 backing,\u2063 Parkinson&#8217;s\u2062 campaign will \u2064have access to critical\u2064 resources for financing \u2062advertising \u200dpurchases \u2062and\u200c hiring staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here\u200c to read more \u200cfrom\u2063 The Washington \u200dExaminer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hung Cao, a retired Navy combat veteran and former Vietnamese refugee, joined the GOP primary to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA). Cao, who ran as the Republican nominee for Virginia&#8217;s 10th Congressional District in the previous midterm elections, faced an unsuccessful battle against Rep. 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