TOM DAVIS
(Thomas Milburn Davis III | Thomas M. Davis III)
The congressman was reacting to a group staging a protest on the bridges connecting Washington DC with Virginia, thereby stopping traffic.
The Republicans and the George W. Bush Administration were extremely unpopular. The 2008 Great Recession Meltdown had not yet taken place and many Republicans were worried about the 2008 elections while others were in denial. They had reason to be, The Democrats won the Congress and the Presidency.
Elements of the Army lied to the family of the dead soldier and the media, and then tried to cover up the lies. Davis was one of the few Congressman who would castigate a scandal caused by the administration of his own party.
Thomas Milburn Davis III is an American lobbyist and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John Warner in the 2008 election, but decided against it. He announced on January 30, 2008, that he would not seek reelection to an eighth term. Davis resigned from Congress on November 24, 2008.
