John Reeves
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first heard Dec 2023
last heard Feb 2025
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And they had the trauma of thinking that dad could have lost after the stroke. And now he is – it's just – it's put them through so much. And that's why I was convinced that they probably don't want me around. And then I made the stupid mistake of – I went on social media and things. I'm like – and just, I read some of that shit.
I mean, it's just, it's just, oh my God, millions and millions of views in videos. And it's just like, you know, going after my family and saying, you know, uh, you know, Hey, he's a vegetable. He's, you know, he's a retard and, uh, you know, sling, uh, sling blade and all kinds of things. And it wasn't, It wasn't the individual kinds of insults. It was the volume and just how widespread it was.
And I'm like, who jumps online to go after a stranger that's never really done anything to you personally?
Yeah, well, I mean, it's like if I have a hundred if I have a hundred million dollars to convince you that you're a terrible person and you're the worst thing ever. And that that that inspires a lot of people and they hey, that's the mission. It's like he clearly he must be those things. And, you know, we're now there is no there's no tap out. There is no tap out.
It's like even after we won, after I won, in some sense, it actually accelerated.
No. Oh, no, no. And the second the second you step into that kind of arena on the federal level for for like a Senate seat, if it's like a purple state like Pennsylvania. You know, I promise you there will be tens and tens of millions of dollars and their mission is to turn you into the worst thing in the world. And whoever survives, that's the one that's going to be in that seat.
And I still will never understand why someone, you know, independently wealthy kinds of people will spend, you know,
incredible amounts of money and i try people i'm like there's no glamour here wow like i like i'm in a 500 square foot apartment and i'm like here with my phone i'm like hey grubhub what's it tonight and then it's like i'm like i watch you know tv on netflix and things and i i ask i ask uh my colleagues i'm like hey is there kind of secret society like
Like crazy parties or sitting around with cigars and all this. And they're like, well, no. I kind of have the same version of that. That's the perception, though, right? The perception is you get invited into a club. Now you control the world. Yeah, that we all have witty kinds of dialogue on West Wing. Like talking like all these kinds of turn –
And really, it's just like, and I describe that as a lot of it's just bad performance art. Yeah, thanks. That's usually what it is. It's just bad performance art. And some people, like if you're in a safe environment, in a safe state or a safe seat. You, and especially if you have the resources and they're incredibly wealthy people, they buy a house and they move their life there.
So you're able to kind of things. But like I don't have those resources and I'm in a very, very, the ultimate purple. And so I spend more than 50% of my time away and I miss my kids. It's rough. for that. I mean, I signed up for that, but I promise you there's no glamour in that.
Well, yeah, of course. I mean, I don't own any of those stocks or anything. And definitely, if you have any kinds of impact or you know that there's something coming, I mean, yeah. How is that legal?
It's well, no, we should have the kind of legislation to make sure that you're not like if you are on Congress, you shouldn't have any kinds of stocks because you are going to be passing kinds of laws, et cetera, et cetera, that, you know, you have to separate that. They really shouldn't be a part of that kinds of a thing. And I mean, I'm all out. I'm open.
All of us, we have to have our wealth and our, you know, all that there. And if I'm not the poorest, I have probably the bottom five. And, you know, other people there are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. So, you know, we can't have that situation where, you know, if you're going to be involved on those kinds of legislation that you can't be enriched by
those kinds of, and there has to be some kind of influence. That seems simple. That seems like logical. Like most people would agree to that. Yeah. There's a lot of, there's a lot of inertia. It's the same thing. I think if any one of us were being honest, money is destroying our democracy. And that's that some people that might sound trite or it's a cliche, but it's a hundred percent though.
I think most people who are objective would agree with you. I promise you, it is absolute. It is a scourge of American democracy. And money is king. And what's that money for? That money is for tearing you apart. And that creates more and more and more kinds of incivility and cruelty. And then now, when I was in graduate school for that stuff, I mean, there was no social media. And there wasn't
There wasn't podcasts. There wasn't all kinds of things. So that made it more difficult. But now there's all of those things. And social media is an accelerant and just unlimited money. And that has what, you know, like I'm sure you're an athlete. And if you've heard that NFL players, it's like, wait, would you want your son to play? And sometimes say, well, no, I wouldn't want that for my son.
And and it's like I'm relieved that my oldest is like he has no interest in being in politics. And so it's I can't imagine it's going to get better until, you know, we address this idea that unlimited money is unlimited wealth.
And it's unlimited cruelty and hyperbole and just all kinds of poisoning the will that, you know, half of us are going to hate your guts and the other half, hey, that's my team.
People hook themselves up. It's like you self-select your cocoon. Yes. You know, and like I'm a big fan of Apple News and it's like 13 bucks a month. And but I read everything across the spectrum, you know, very, very left and very, very right in between. And I think it's really I think that's your responsibility, especially if you're an elected leader to to.
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