Retired Navy SEAL and Texas Republican candidate for Congress Floyd McLendon held a fundraising kickoff for his campaign in the wrong congressional district wearing a uniform Navy rules forbade him to wear.
It wasn't the best way to start a Congressional campaign. Retired U.S. Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon wore his Navy dress whites to his campaign kickoff in Dallas, Texas in November. Unfortunately, it's against regulation to wear his uniform to such an event—which was held in the wrong district.
His choice to wear his Navy dress whites uniform violated a Department of Defense policy which prohibits members of the Navy and Marine Corps from"wearing uniforms of the naval service while attending or participating in a demonstration, assembly, or activity knowing that a purpose of the demonstration, assembly or activity supports personal or partisan views on political, social, economic or religious issues.
"I don't know if I can think of a time where somebody kicked off their campaign in some place that wasn't in their district," Lone Star Project Democratic strategist told."And then it would be really outrageous is when they didn't realize it was in their district. They need to have a pretty darn good reason for kicking off their event in a district in another one they're running in.
Navy uniforms, such as the ones pictured above, are not allowed to be worn by retirees taking part in"partisan" functions, such as political events.Republican McLendon is challenging incumbent Democrat Colin Allred, whom McLendon disparaged in a recent"Allred has fallen completely in step with the Democrats from California and New York," McLendon wrote."Wait, who is he supposed to represent again? That's right, TEXAS 32.
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