The Virginia Democrat's stance on immigration was removed from his campaign website months after his primary victory and just weeks before early voting began in Virginia.
Eugene Vindman is in a close race for an open seat in Northern Virginia's 7th Congressional District, where immigration has come to the forefront since two illegal Jordanian immigrants attempted to break into Marine Corps Base Quantico earlier this year.
In May, the two assailants posed as Amazon delivery men and tried to break into a base in Vindman's campaign district. They were released on bail earlier this summer.
Vindman's Republican opponent, Derrick Anderson, has been vocal about the attempted incursion and called for increased border security in its wake, while Anderson, a Democrat, has remained silent on both issues.
Surprisingly, The Post found that Vindman's campaign has also removed “working on immigration” from the issues section of his website, where he lays out his set of policy platforms.
Internet Archive reveal The change came after Vindman won the primary in June. Prior to that, the site's immigration statement told the story of how Vindman's father came to the US and also called for “fair, safe and strong immigration reform.”
Vindman, who was born in Ukraine, would represent the district he is running in, where more than 16% of residents are foreign-born, according to U.S. Census Bureau reports.
Delaney Bomar, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Congressional Committee, told the Post that Vindman “is not serious about securing the border, reducing crime or stopping fentanyl from coming into Virginia.”
“But Derrick Anderson has put his life on the line to protect America,” she continued, adding that the district would not question that the former Green Beret would “fight to secure our borders and keep Virginia families safe.”
Vindman gained national attention in 2019 as a whistleblower in the first impeachment trial of a former president, which began after a Ukrainian-born candidate reported on a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Vindman campaign Currently facing an FEC complaint The lawsuit was filed over alleged illegal coordination between his campaign and VoteVets, a PAC run by twin brothers. The lawsuit arose following media investigations into the candidate's military record. A campaign to refer journalists' questions to his brother's support group. Vindman also declined to participate in a televised debate with his opponent on local ABC affiliates, which cover more than three-quarters of the 7th Congressional District.
Vindman's campaign did not respond to The Washington Post's request for comment.
