Republican Kevin Hermening, who spent 444 days as an Iranian hostage, is running for the House./Image: Kevin Hermening-Facebook Kevin Hermening, a Republican running for the House in Wisconsin Republican, knows the brutality of the Iranian regime better than most. In 1979, 66 Americans were taken hostage. Hermening, who was a young Marine at the time, and 51 others were held captive by the Islamic Republic for the entire duration of the conflict, 444 days. The New York Post notes, “Hermening was in solitary confinement for 43 days, held in a 5×10 room, handcuffed and blindfolded at first.” “They kept me separated because there was a long period of time where they didn’t believe that I was, ‘only a Marine security guard,’ ” he said. One…
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