Incumbent Republican 5th District Congressman Bob Good was ejected from a pro-Trump event in Virginia this weekend in an incident described as “very embarrassing” by eyewitnesses.
Footage posted to social media shows Good, the chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaking with Karen Angulo, a former county GOP chair and business owner, before she asks him to leave the premises.
In a statement, Angulo addressed the incident, “We invited our state Senator John McGuire as a special guest because John has been a supporter of President Trump and never wavered, unlike Bob Good.”
“I repeatedly asked Bob to leave. Once he finally relented and left our store, Bob and his paid campaign staff stood out front for over four hours trying to block people from entering our store. The whole thing was very embarrassing behavior for anyone, let alone a sitting Member of Congress,” Angulo added.
At one point during the video, Good reads from the email inviting all Trump-supporting Republicans to the event.
State Sen. McGuire, who is running against Good for his seat, can be heard talking with someone in the background of this video. Shortly after his election to the Virginia Senate, McGuire announced his intention to challenge Good to represent the people of Virginia’s 5th District in Congress.
In an email to supporters, McGuire, a Navy SEAL-turned-entrepreneur expressed his disappointment with the supposedly conservative Good after the weekend’s events:
“Never Trumper Bob Good opposed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2024, and MAGA Patriots across the 5th District are rightfully standing up to him. I’m running to get Donald Trump’s Save America agenda passed and serve We the People. Bob is proving that he’s only in office to serve his own political ambitions, and people are clearly sick of it. Trump can’t trust Bob Good, and neither can the people of this district. If you’re sick of Bob Good trying to intimidate constituents and stab President Trump and the MAGA movement in the back, vote McGuire.”
McGuire has also claimed that Good “abandoned” former President Donald Trump by endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primaries.
After DeSantis suspended his campaign, Good endorsed Trump.
A version of this article appeared in American Liberty News. Repurposed with permission.