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This is the Fighter We need to Restore American Leadership [1]

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Date: 2025-06-21

The Alliance 4 American Leadership is proud to endorse Supervisor James Walkinshaw for Congress. We’re endorsing James Walkinshaw for one simple reason: he gets it. He understands that turning our backs on our allies isn’t just morally wrong; it’s a strategic disaster.

Currently, 28 volunteers at the Alliance 4 American Leadership are serving on Walkinshaw’s campaign. “I support James Walkinshaw because he is a strong, compassionate leader who truly cares about the voices and concerns of constituents like me.” Nida Hadi, a volunteer for the Alliance 4 American Leadership and a resident of Herndon, VA, said. “By upholding humanitarian values and championing foreign aid, he has devoted his career to keeping our communities safe and connected. Walkinshaw doesn’t just show up; he delivers. I can’t think of anyone better suited to lead Virginia's 11th District with such integrity and devotion than him.”

Walkinshaw earned the endorsement of the late Congressman Gerry Connolly, a tireless champion of foreign assistance who was once known on Capitol Hill as “Mr. Foreign Aid.” Like Congressman Connolly, Walkinshaw knows that abandoning American leadership has devastating consequences.

The unprecedented USAID shutdown is a case in point. On January 24, 2025, the United States abruptly cut off access to food, medicine, and education for 120 million people worldwide. At least 340,000 lives have already been sacrificed for cuts that saved the federal government less than 0.3% of its annual budget.

While America turns its back on its allies, China is stepping in, rapidly expanding its foreign assistance programs and debt-trap diplomacy, deepening its influence, and filling the void we’ve left behind. The result isn’t just a loss of trust in our country, it’s a more dangerous world for Americans.

Here at home, the costs are staggering. In Virginia’s 11th District alone, the cuts have stripped local businesses and nonprofits of more than $1.3 billion in contracts. That’s not just a policy failure. It’s a betrayal of American workers, our credibility, and the leadership we’ve spent generations building.

While James Walkinshaw is the first to earn our endorsement, he won't be the last. Over the next two years, we're mobilizing 10,000 volunteers to help rebuild America’s role as a force for good in the world.

We are honored to welcome Walkinshaw as the keynote speaker at our national launch reception on July 9th - the first of launch events across all 50 states. Join us by registering at https://givebutter.com/leadamerica.

Paid for by Alliance 4 American Leadership. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

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