Rep. Denver Riggleman
Special guest
Denver Lee Riggleman III was born in Virginia and grew up in Manassas. Denver graduated from Stonewall Jackson High school in 1988, where he played football. In 1989, he married his wife, Christine, who attended high school at Osbourn High School, also in Manassas.
Denver earned an A.A. from Burlington County College in 1996, an A.A.S. degree in Avionics Systems from the Community College of the Air force in 1996, a BA (with Distinction) in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1998. Denver and Christine live in Nelson County and have three children, Lauren, Abigail, and Lillian.
Between 1992 and 1996, Denver served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a C-141 Starlifter enlisted avionics technician at McGuire AFB, New Jersey. Denver was awarded a scholarship to the University of Virginia in 1996. He graduated in 1998 and then subsequently served as a commissioned officer with the 366th Fighter Wing and 34th Bomb Squadron at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho and in the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Denver was first elected to Congress in 2018 and is honored to represent the 5th district of Virginia.
Rep. Denver Riggleman has been a guest on 5 episodes.
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Denver Riggleman on Our Pandemic of Conspiracy Theories
July 12th, 2021 | 51 mins 29 secs
babbit, boebert, cawthorn, conspiracy theories, cpac, denver riggleman, fauci, gop republicans, stolen election, the big lie, trump, vaccines
On today's podcast, Denver Riggleman and Charlie Sykes discuss this weekend's CPAC, and the power of conspiracy theories about vaccines and stolen elections.
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Denver Riggleman on Bamboo Ballots and 'Cyber Ninjas'
May 6th, 2021 | 49 mins 6 secs
arizona, bamboo ballots, cyber ninjas, elise stefanik, insurrection commission, kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, recount
On today’s Bulwark podcast, former Congressman Denver Riggleman joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Congress and the “integrity gene”, Arizona’s ‘cyber ninja’ search for bamboo ballots, Liz Cheney, Elise Stefanik and the House GOP power struggle, and why we need an insurrection commission.
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Denver Riggleman on our Hold My Beer Politics
March 29th, 2021 | 50 mins 37 secs
birx, delaware, democrats, donald trump, eric trump, georgia, golf, gop, joe biden, republicans, retcon, travel, voting rights, voting your conscience
On today’s Bulwark podcast, former Rep. Denver Riggleman joins Charlie Sykes to talk about the state of our “hold my beer” politics, the GOP’s assault on voting rights and how they’ve weaponized “stop the steal”, and what it’s like voting your conscience in Congress.
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Denver Riggleman: The GOP's Disinformation Problem
January 28th, 2021 | 42 mins 49 secs
disinformation, donald trump, gop, kevin mccarthy
On today's Bulwark Podcast, former Congressman Denver Riggleman joins Charlie Sykes to break down the GOP's disinformation problem.
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Rep. Denver Riggleman on the GOP Fever of Nonsense
December 15th, 2020 | 42 mins 5 secs
bob good, denver riggleman, disinformation, donald trump, elections, misinformation, republican party, virginia gop
On today’s Bulwark Podcast, Congressman Denver Riggleman joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the GOP’s fever of nonsense regarding the 2020 election and how disinformation is a disease infecting the Republican Party. He also discusses his new book, Bigfoot .... It's Complicated.