Aliscia Andrews decided to join the United States Marine Corps after she learned that her high school friend had been killed while serving in the Army.
Veteran of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Aliscia Andrews recently announced plans to run for Congress in Virginia's 10th Congressional District as a Republican.
In an interview with The Daily Wire on Friday, she concentrated on what prompted her to do so especially given that if elected, she would become the first female Marine-turned-Congresswoman.
When asked what inspired her to get into politics, Andrews, who currently works with the Department of Homeland Security and Intelligence community focusing on border security issues, said that commitment and service to her country has always been in her blood.
“But every day I see more and more problems and less solutions. For me, running for office is just one more way I can serve my nation and solve the problems we face as a country, whether that's guns, healthcare, immigration, or national security”, she said.
Andrews explained that she had moved to unseat Democratic Representative Jennifer Wexton because “most importantly she [Wexton] doesn't represent the issues that matter to the people of Northern Virginia”.
“She's taken on radical leftist positions when the people that sent her to Congress don't share the same ideology. […]She's promoting a society that encourages anarchy over the rule of law.[…] She enables…