Mike Gallagher is the U.S. representative for the Eighth Congressional District in Wisconsin. Before starting a political career that saw him elected in 2016, he served as a captain in the U.S. Marines. He served two tours in Iraq.
Gallagher is not a “Never Trumper.” To the contrary, he voted the president’s agenda 93.8 percent of the time in his first year in the House – and gradually moved away from some of his more extreme positions.
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