Pentagon’s Handling of Vaccine Mandate is Motivating Veterans, Military Families to Run For Office

Veterans and a military spouse running for Congress say they have been motivated to seek political office in response to the Pentagon’s handling of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and out of a desire to continue their service to the country. Mara Macie grew up in Massachusetts, working for a family business until 2006. She married Navy Seabee, Ted Macie, who is now an active-duty Navy Medical Service Corps officer. Lt. Macie is a whistleblower responsible for disclosing that incidents of myocarditis were on the rise in the military due to the COVID-19 vaccine. In 2020, the Macie family moved with their four children to Florida....