Wednesday, April 22, 2026

From Pence Aide to MAGA Enemy

Former Pence staffer Olivia Troye launches bid for House seat in Virginia

Mike Pence's top national security aide stood on the Democrat National Convention stage in 2024 and begged Republicans to vote for Kamala Harris.

Now she wants a seat in Congress – and Democrats just drew her a new district to make it happen. There is just one problem with her plan that Virginia voters will decide.

Troye spent four years presenting herself to America as a Republican – a "John McCain Republican," she called herself, someone with principled objections to one man's behavior.

That’s not surprising since John McCain was always closer to Abigail Spanberger than real Republicans.

She resigned from Pence's homeland security and COVID task force team in July 2020. Within weeks she was endorsing Joe Biden and cutting anti-Trump ads for a Never-Trumper political action committee.

By 2024 she was on the Democrat National Convention stage, telling her "fellow Republicans" that voting for Harris wasn't betraying their party – it was standing up for their country.

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