I take issue with the notion that veterans represent the “best of America” while doctors and other professions do not. This kind of rhetoric reinforces the mass veneration of the military in a way that undermines the value of other forms of service. It https://twitter.com/tthpac/status/1297610643802075136

And as the @TheEconomist article notes, military veterans are already over represented in Congress. So it’s not like those voices aren’t getting heard.

Furthermore, research shows that veterans issues are heavily bipartisan and relatively well supported in Congress particularly in the era of heightened polarization (paging @DCInbox).

We need to think carefully about what military service means - what it stands for as a public good - and how this translate to elite decision-making. My work shows that vets in Congress do vote differently, but that doesn’t mean they are a monolith.