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 nan election arsenic a Democrat congressional campaigner is many times mixed up pinch his famed identical copy brother. 

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

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

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

When told that Eugene was not his whistleblower relative Alexander, Stokes said he was 'mistaken' and admitted he moreover finds it difficult to show nan quality betwixt his ain copy sons. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Real property supplier Elena Lane said she was supporting Vindman because '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 nan things he said successful nan hearings were lies.' 

In a connection regarding being mixed up pinch his whistleblower brother, Eugene Vindman made ray of nan rumor conscionable days earlier voters determine to elite him aliases not. 

'It would beryllium difficult for voters to correction america because I americium unequivocally nan better-looking twin,' he quipped. 

'My very existent relative knows that I guidelines for what nan voters attraction about: abortion authorities and against MAGA’s Project 2025.' 

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

'He's moving hard!' he said of his brother, alongside smiling selfies they took together retired connected nan trail.  

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

Anderson took nan opportunity to return a changeable astatine his force erstwhile asked astir nan Vindman brothers' confusion. 

'It’s nary astonishment that voters are confusing him pinch his relative because he’s virtually hiding from voters — he has dodged each nan TV debates and a number of section TV interviews,' run spokesperson Riley Ploch said successful a statement.

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