Brian Sims

I believe in community. I believe in putting lots of people, smart, engaged people in a room together and presenting issues and concerns and problems and challenges to that group. And that's what I get to do right now. The sort of unique way that my organization is approaching LGBTQ equality is to try to eliminate the people who are attacking it the most.

I believe in community. I believe in putting lots of people, smart, engaged people in a room together and presenting issues and concerns and problems and challenges to that group. And that's what I get to do right now. The sort of unique way that my organization is approaching LGBTQ equality is to try to eliminate the people who are attacking it the most.

Americans are not as anti-LGBTQ as our political leaders. And finding those political leaders that are behaving more anti-equality than their own voters is the sort of intersection that we look for at where I work at.

Americans are not as anti-LGBTQ as our political leaders. And finding those political leaders that are behaving more anti-equality than their own voters is the sort of intersection that we look for at where I work at.

And we want to teach voters that their elected officials are hurting their families, that they're hurting their friends, they're hurting their communities, maybe more than they actually know about. And I can do that in a way that I feel very comfortable sleeping at night. One of the problems in American politics is misinformation and these attack ads.

And we want to teach voters that their elected officials are hurting their families, that they're hurting their friends, they're hurting their communities, maybe more than they actually know about. And I can do that in a way that I feel very comfortable sleeping at night. One of the problems in American politics is misinformation and these attack ads.

But one of the problems I also think in American politics is that we don't substantively analyze our candidates as well as we should. It's left up to too much about emotion and the sort of the color of ads and not enough about the substance. And especially for incumbent elected officials, I know firsthand, I voted on almost a thousand bills a year.

But one of the problems I also think in American politics is that we don't substantively analyze our candidates as well as we should. It's left up to too much about emotion and the sort of the color of ads and not enough about the substance. And especially for incumbent elected officials, I know firsthand, I voted on almost a thousand bills a year.

There are a lot of opportunities to decide if our incumbent elected officials are serving us or if they're serving themselves. And I don't think that we often get that opportunity to see that. And I get to work with lots of people and say, how can we solve this problem? And I

There are a lot of opportunities to decide if our incumbent elected officials are serving us or if they're serving themselves. And I don't think that we often get that opportunity to see that. And I get to work with lots of people and say, how can we solve this problem? And I

I think being able to now be in politics at a very divisive time without absorbing that divisiveness, that's the biggest change I've seen in myself. It's the biggest change that I'm trying to create in others. We've confused fighting back with fighting dirty. And as a result, we've found ourselves in a time when the worst among us are proliferating.

I think being able to now be in politics at a very divisive time without absorbing that divisiveness, that's the biggest change I've seen in myself. It's the biggest change that I'm trying to create in others. We've confused fighting back with fighting dirty. And as a result, we've found ourselves in a time when the worst among us are proliferating.

In American politics right now, what is successful is being mean, being nasty, being divisive, and taking from others. And that is, for me, that is the opposite of everything I've ever seen and learned and experienced about how I want our government to behave. And so there's two things to do. You either run from a burning building or you run into it.

In American politics right now, what is successful is being mean, being nasty, being divisive, and taking from others. And that is, for me, that is the opposite of everything I've ever seen and learned and experienced about how I want our government to behave. And so there's two things to do. You either run from a burning building or you run into it.

And in this case, I think the smartest thing that I can do is run into it with the knowledge that I don't have to light myself on fire while I'm there.

And in this case, I think the smartest thing that I can do is run into it with the knowledge that I don't have to light myself on fire while I'm there.

Yeah, a clear lens. A clear lens. And how do we get there? In our case, I believe it's being simple. I can use data to tell any kind of a story. And that's one of the problems with storytelling. And it's one of the problems with using data to tell a story. But the more simpler... the data, the more simple the equation, the easier it is to understand the story that it is telling.

Yeah, a clear lens. A clear lens. And how do we get there? In our case, I believe it's being simple. I can use data to tell any kind of a story. And that's one of the problems with storytelling. And it's one of the problems with using data to tell a story. But the more simpler... the data, the more simple the equation, the easier it is to understand the story that it is telling.

In our case, for example, I don't need to use political ads to teach a constituency that their incumbent senator is a terrible human being who's been philanderer and wasteful and doesn't believe in the public, even though he or she represents them. What I can do is use data to say that same senator has made themselves worth $28 million on a $100,000 a year salary.

In our case, for example, I don't need to use political ads to teach a constituency that their incumbent senator is a terrible human being who's been philanderer and wasteful and doesn't believe in the public, even though he or she represents them. What I can do is use data to say that same senator has made themselves worth $28 million on a $100,000 a year salary.