The America First Marine combat veteran running to represent Ohio-13 in Congress told RedState he is doing so because of national security threats facing the country.
“A lot of the work I’ve done overseas is partnering with and working with other entities to support their nation or defeat our enemies,” said Christopher Banweg, who continues to serve as a colonel in the Marine Reserve.
“When we use these lines like: ‘We’re bleeding Russia with Ukraine at the expense of $160 billion, we’re not bleeding Russia. We’re bleeding,” said the Hudson, Ohio, city councilman.
Banweg said his specialty has been in military-political and government stabilization operations. “I’d been focused on counterinsurgency through civil affairs and intelligence work for the last probably 20 years,” he said.
“To keep it simple, it’s not if we should be there; it’s how we should be there. We…
