Voters hoping to cast a ballot for celebrated Trump whistleblower are actually supporting his identical twin brother

Voters successful Virginia person been near confused conscionable days earlier the election arsenic a Democrat congressional campaigner is repeatedly mixed up with his famed identical duplicate brother. 

Candidate Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman, moving for Virginia's 7th District, has often been confused during his tally for bureau for his duplicate Alexander Vindman, known for testifying against Donald Trump astatine his archetypal House impeachment. 

Speaking to voters successful Fredericksburg, Virginia this week, the Washington Post recovered scores of voters who believed they were voting for the whistleblower brother. 

One voter, Jerry Stokes, 81, had conscionable shaken hands with Eugene erstwhile helium said helium was impressed with his 'immense spot and leadership' during the impeachment hearings successful 2019. 

When told that Eugene was not his whistleblower member Alexander, Stokes said helium was 'mistaken' and admitted helium adjacent finds it hard to archer the quality betwixt his ain duplicate sons. 

While Eugene Vindman is not his whistleblower brother, the 2 men notably person strikingly akin faces, voices and names, and Eugene did besides play a relation successful the legislature hearings . 

The duplicate brothers were some moving for the National Security Council (NSC) astatine the clip arsenic the House launched an impeachment probe into claims Trump instructed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to unfastened an probe into Joe Biden. 

On a telephone telephone listened into by Alexander, past the NSC's caput of European Affairs, Trump threatened to withhold subject assistance to Ukraine if Zelenskyy refused, starring Vindman to study the conversation. 

His member Eugene, past an morals lawyer crossed the hallway astatine the NSC, past helped his member tally the study up the nutrient concatenation successful legislature and hole him for the hearings.  

Alexander's grounds was seen crossed the federation and his nationalist illustration grew, starring to his brother's existent electoral predicament. After Trump was acquitted by the senate, helium fired some Vindman brothers from their roles connected the National Security Council.

With Eugene present campaigning successful Virginia, the Washington Post said they recovered astatine slightest 8 voters astatine 10 of his run events that believed helium was his elder twin. 

Just arsenic they were successful 2019 erstwhile Trump's impeachment rocked the nation, voters successful Virginia were divided connected whether this mix-up was a affirmative oregon antagonistic for Vindman's candidacy. 

Real property cause Elena Lane said she was supporting Vindman due to the fact that 'Trump lied and Mr. Vindman came and said: That’s not true', adding that she 'watched it connected MSNBC.' 

McKendree Fulks, a atom farmer, countered that successful his eyes, 'many of the things helium said successful the hearings were lies.' 

In a connection regarding being mixed up with his whistleblower brother, Eugene Vindman made airy of the contented conscionable days earlier voters determine to elite him oregon not. 

'It would beryllium hard for voters to mistake america due to the fact that I americium unequivocally the better-looking twin,' helium quipped. 

'My precise existent member knows that I basal for what the voters attraction about: termination rights and against MAGA’s Project 2025.' 

Alexander has besides notably joined his member connected the run way a fewer times, including tweeting a time they spent unneurotic 'touching each corner' of the 7th District. 

'He's moving hard!' helium said of his brother, alongside smiling selfies they took unneurotic retired connected the trail.  

Vindman is facing Republican Derrick Anderson successful a intimately watched contention for an unfastened spot vacated by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who is moving for politician of Virginia. 

Anderson took the accidental to instrumentality a changeable astatine his hostile erstwhile asked astir the Vindman brothers' confusion. 

'It’s nary astonishment that voters are confusing him with his member due to the fact that he’s virtually hiding from voters — helium has dodged each the TV debates and a fig of section TV interviews,' run spokesperson Riley Ploch said successful a statement.

'He hardly adjacent appears successful his ain mendacious TV ads.'