Maria

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.

So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.

So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.

And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.

And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.

And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.

And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.

And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.

And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.

I was so angry that Richard Nixon was viewed as this incredible victor and my father was viewed as this incredible loser. And I felt that I did not want to be in a business that, you know, pigeonholed people like that, deemed winner, loser. Yes.