Bipartisan band of brothers: The West Point grads coming to Congress
Posted on AllSides November 28th, 2022
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From left, Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), and Rep.-elect John James (R-Mich.) pose for a selfie outside the U.S. Capitol Nov. 14, 2022. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Cross-aisle bonds between Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Rep.-elect John James (R-Mich.) and Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) were forged in the same class at the storied military academy.
When John James and Pat Ryan reconnected on the sidelines of an Army football game in 2019, they were two old West Point classmates with night-and-day political identities in a similar predicament: Both had just lost congressional bids.
Three years later, the former Cadet company buddies’ fates have shifted — both will be House members next year. And as the chamber starts a new Congress...
