NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Chelsea Manning will run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland.
The transgender former Army intelligence analyst who was convicted of leaking classified documents filed her statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.
She is running as a Democrat and will likely challenge two-term Senator Democrat Ben Cardin. He has served two terms and is an overwhelming favorite to win.
The 30-year-old Manning listed a North Bethesda address in her FEC filing. She is running as a Democrat.
Manning was convicted of leaking classified information and spent more than six years behind bars.
Known as Bradley Manning at the time of her 2010 arrest, Manning came out as transgender after being sentenced. President Barack Obama granted clemency to Manning before leaving office.
A legend in her own mind.
Julan Assange’s bitch wants her 1,000th fifteen minutes of infamy
Go ahead!..do your pageant walk
, trampling on a collective sense of compassion and tolerance…
For goodness sake
Ben Cardin must be cackling.
Ben Cardin is beloved here in MD. Why doesn’t she aim a little lower for her first run, like county commissioner or state delegate?
Make my body crawl, seeing this slime ball join the democratic party
…A total sellout to Putin via Julian Assange
, causing immeasurable damage to USA, HRC and democrats.
and a gawd-damned ingrate to Obama, opining in the Guardian - how little BO accomplished in office