(Jewish Group) A Jewish congresswoman gets flak in her swing district for taking on Trump

Joe Deleon voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016 and Elaine Luria for Congress in 2018. But now that Luria is backing an impeachment inquiry, he’s not sure he can support her again next year.

“If she continues this farce, she’s going to get voted out,” said Deleon, like Luria a U.S. Navy veteran. “And I like her. She’s a good congresswoman.”

Deleon made his comments Thursday following a town hall at an African-American church in this resort town on the Virginia coast. At times contentious, the event signaled the potential cost for Luria and other Democrats supporting an impeachment inquiry.

Luria had initially opposed the inquiry. But in recent days, she and another seven Democrats with national security backgrounds have changed their minds. Three of them are Jewish: Luria, a former Navy commander; Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former CIA agent; and Max Rose of New York, an Army veteran.

In 2018, Luria ran a campaign in which she studiously avoided mention of Trump, who had won her Virginia district by 3 points in 2016, focusing instead on issues like veterans affairs and opposing offshore drilling.

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