Posted on 01/20/2026 10:13:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
A senior Navy official removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year is running for Congress.
Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.
"After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three-star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause. I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do -- and I am not done serving," the now-retired officer said in an X post announcing her campaign.
Lacore was removed in August, along with Rear Adm. Milton Sands, who led the Naval Special Warfare Command, and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, who led the Defense Intelligence Agency and oversaw the DIA's preliminary assessment of the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites.
The Defense Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday when asked about Lacore's claim she was fired without cause.
South Carolina's 1st District, a right-leaning seat that includes Charleston, was won by President Donald Trump in 2024 and 2020. The seat is currently represented by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who is running for governor of South Carolina.
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Proving why he fired her.
It’ll be interesting to find out why the firing. There has to be a valid reason.
She was a DEI warrior who thought “malicious compliance” with Trump’s order to remove DEI from military programs was a good idea.
https://x.com/cdrsalamander/status/1882829485705408533
Another”career officer” that could not function in the private sector, even once retired.
She misses the bacon wrapped shrimp club.
An “Admiral” who never captained a ship.
Sad
Maybe she was On The Good Ship Lollipop.
“malicious compliance”, in the hands of Karens with power, is the nuclear version of ordinary Karens’ passive agressive.
It’s cowardly, unethical, injust and highly wasteful.
If it is not cause for firing, WHAT is ?
She’s gonna her post-retirement stash one way or another. She’s too radioactive for a defense contractor to put her on its board “to serve” like her peers.
It is likely an incorrect assumption, but let’s assume Lacore was a General of average competence.
We have way too many generals, and Hegseth’s goal among other things is to chop away at our top-heavy command structure.
SOMEBODY has to go.
Would LaCore have accepted a lesser post?
Wrong! No "valid reason" need be cited to dismiss a 3-star admiral (or other officers)!
Regards,
If she’s running for congress, probably means Hegseth was right to fire her.
I didn’t ever know or meet her Gramma! /jk
with portfolio
Is she running as a Democrat? If so she will lose . If she is running as a Republican ,she will lose .
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