Sheriff Mark Lamb

Because financially, I still have a family that I need to care for.

I want to make sure I can retire at some point.

And so I was either at that point where you're the sheriff for 20, 30 years, or you're going to have to move on to the private sector.

And so I was at a point where I...

I felt like our county was good, that I could hand the baton off onto somebody that was like-minded, who believed in the Constitution, Second Amendment, the rule of law, and wasn't afraid to stand up to the government.

Because I've always said, my job as a sheriff, I'm not the government.

I am your county sheriff.

My job is to protect you from the bad guys and from government overreach.

That's my job.

And so it was really hard.

I mean, because I think that we are in a place where DC might be gone.

You know, I have to hope, like, how many people stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square?

One.

One dude went out and stood in front of those tanks in Tiananmen Square and changed a dynasty.

So I have to believe that one person can still make a difference.

Whether I'm that person or not, I don't know.

But I felt compelled to do it.

And if I am that person, then I'll stand in front of the tanks if that's what it takes to restore this country.

Well, he maybe got too far gone.

I don't know.