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Clinton Earns Endorsement from Prominent Republican

Lauren Victoria Burke
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AP

Hillary Clinton is picking up a major Republican endorsement in Virginia, longtime Republican Senator John Warner. 

As a Navy vet and later secretary of the Navy, John Warner says he took personal offense at Donald Trump’s suggestion that the military is in shambles.

During at an event in Alexandria featuring a room full of former generals and admirals, Warner pushed back against Trump.

“It is not in shambles," Warner said. "It is not in rubble in the hallways of the Pentagon because I was there two weeks ago, and I saw those very halls and they’re still as vibrant as the day I left there during the war in Vietnam.”

The Clinton campaign has some work to do though. The most recent poll from the University of Mary Washington shows Trump leading Clinton among military voters in Virginia by nine points.

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