The Ambassador Who Resigned to Fight for You: Bridget Brink
I’ve interviewed politicians who talk about national security. Bridget Brink lived it. S. Embassy in Kyiv — through missile strikes, blackouts, and a war that tested everything America claims to stand for.
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I’ve interviewed politicians who talk about national security. Bridget Brink lived it.
For three years, she ran the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv — through missile strikes, blackouts, and a war that tested everything America claims to stand for. She advocated for military aid, helped keep Ukraine’s energy grid alive across three winters of Russian bombardment, and watched the United States slowly walk away from the ally she’d served alongside.
Then she resigned. Not quietly. On principle.
Now she’s running for Congress in one of the most competitive districts in the country, and she’s doing it while fighting her own battle with breast cancer — the same disease that became personal when she watched Republicans in Washington cut healthcare for 25,000 people in mid-Michigan. She’s running to fight back…for all of us.