Olivia Troye, an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence who became a critic of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday that she is running for a House seat in Virginia as a Democrat.
Troye became a fierce critic of Trump after she resigned from her position as Pence’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser in 2020, criticizing the president over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“They sent MAGA after me,” Troye said in a video announcing her campaign. “Tried to bankrupt me. Threatened to kill me. They thought they could silence me. They obviously don’t know me very well.”
After leaving the first Trump administration, Troye remained a Republican but joined a growing number of former Trump administration officials turning into critics.
In 2024, she spoke at the Democratic National Convention as one of the Republicans supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.
But now, Troye is abandoning the Republican Party to
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