President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has chosen a Fauquier County man to lead its national initiative to reach out to Republican voters who are disenchanted with former President Donald Trump for the coming presidential election rematch in November.
Austin Weatherford, a veteran of Republican congressional politics, will serve as “national Republican engagement director” for the reelection campaign of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Weatherford worked for 10 years as chief of staff to Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and worked for two other Republican members of Congress. Kinzinger declined to seek reelection in 2022 after challenging Trump’s claim of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. He voted to impeach him over his alleged role in inciting supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying the election results on Jan. 6, 2021.
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