David Eastman (politician)

Eastman was born in Redwood City, California and grew up in Orange County. He was both homeschooled and attended private school before attending West Point.[2] He became interested in politics early and at 15, was the youngest delegate at the 1996 Republican National Convention to which he stated "they liked my essay about how awesome Bob Dole was."[2]

After graduating West Point, Eastman joined the United States Army where he was part of the military police, moving to Alaska in 2003.[2] He left active duty in 2009 and was accepted for a Summit Oxford fellowship, studying in England for a semester.[2]

Eastman was selected in April 2012 by Republicans in House District 13 as their first choice to fill the House Seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Carl Gatto. He was selected as an Abraham Lincoln Fellow by the Claremont Institute.[3]

He was removed from his position on the ethics committee after it was found that he violated ethics law by disclosing confidential information.[4]

Eastman was suspended from the Republican caucus in March 2020.[5]

Following Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 United States presidential election, Eastman posted on his website that, "The election process that has been observed thus far by the American people has been abused to such a degree that, in my view, it can no longer be called an election. To call what the American people have observed 'an election', under the United States Constitution, would be fundamentally dishonest."[12]

Eastman traveled to Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 to protest the Electoral College vote count which confirmed Joe Biden's victory, and to see Trump speak at the "Stop the Steal" rally. He described the storming of the Capitol building as "pretty terrible."[13] The next day he promoted false claims that the attack on the Capitol was the work of antifa.[14] These claims have been debunked by multiple sources.[15]

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