Tim Sheehy
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I mean, the world is run by people who show up. It is. I mean, whether it's school boards, student, I mean, whoever gave a shit who their county health inspector was five years ago. Yeah. Who didn't? Nobody cared. Or who was on the school board. Nobody even thought of that stuff. Like, I'm not wasting my time. Well, guess what?
I mean, the world is run by people who show up. It is. I mean, whether it's school boards, student, I mean, whoever gave a shit who their county health inspector was five years ago. Yeah. Who didn't? Nobody cared. Or who was on the school board. Nobody even thought of that stuff. Like, I'm not wasting my time. Well, guess what?
I mean, the world is run by people who show up. It is. I mean, whether it's school boards, student, I mean, whoever gave a shit who their county health inspector was five years ago. Yeah. Who didn't? Nobody cared. Or who was on the school board. Nobody even thought of that stuff. Like, I'm not wasting my time. Well, guess what?
When COVID came and, you know, face diapers and shutting schools down, closing businesses, you can't go to church. You can riot in the streets, but you can't go into a church. People started, who's making these rules? What's going on? I'll tell you who's making the rules. It's the people who showed up. The people that said, no one else is making the rules, so I'm going to make the rules.
When COVID came and, you know, face diapers and shutting schools down, closing businesses, you can't go to church. You can riot in the streets, but you can't go into a church. People started, who's making these rules? What's going on? I'll tell you who's making the rules. It's the people who showed up. The people that said, no one else is making the rules, so I'm going to make the rules.
When COVID came and, you know, face diapers and shutting schools down, closing businesses, you can't go to church. You can riot in the streets, but you can't go into a church. People started, who's making these rules? What's going on? I'll tell you who's making the rules. It's the people who showed up. The people that said, no one else is making the rules, so I'm going to make the rules.
And that's how I got here, was Afghanistan. You know, watching Afghanistan collapse, being convinced, watching Kabul collapse, a nation I fought in, you fought in, my wife fought there, we lost friends there. At some point, an adult was going to enter the room at the NSC, at the Pentagon, the White House, say, hey, guys, pick up the phone and press the red button. What the hell's going on, guys?
And that's how I got here, was Afghanistan. You know, watching Afghanistan collapse, being convinced, watching Kabul collapse, a nation I fought in, you fought in, my wife fought there, we lost friends there. At some point, an adult was going to enter the room at the NSC, at the Pentagon, the White House, say, hey, guys, pick up the phone and press the red button. What the hell's going on, guys?
And that's how I got here, was Afghanistan. You know, watching Afghanistan collapse, being convinced, watching Kabul collapse, a nation I fought in, you fought in, my wife fought there, we lost friends there. At some point, an adult was going to enter the room at the NSC, at the Pentagon, the White House, say, hey, guys, pick up the phone and press the red button. What the hell's going on, guys?
This is ridiculous. Stop. This is amateur hour. And it never happened. It never happened. And for me, that was like the watershed moment of like, wow, like there is no one behind the curtain. We better get involved. We, our generation, the generation that lived through the great financial crisis, 9-11, fought our nation's longest war. We better get involved.
This is ridiculous. Stop. This is amateur hour. And it never happened. It never happened. And for me, that was like the watershed moment of like, wow, like there is no one behind the curtain. We better get involved. We, our generation, the generation that lived through the great financial crisis, 9-11, fought our nation's longest war. We better get involved.
This is ridiculous. Stop. This is amateur hour. And it never happened. It never happened. And for me, that was like the watershed moment of like, wow, like there is no one behind the curtain. We better get involved. We, our generation, the generation that lived through the great financial crisis, 9-11, fought our nation's longest war. We better get involved.
No, you're absolutely right. I think any level. I mean, you got to figure out what works for your lifestyle, what works for who you are, what issues you're concerned with. You know, I got involved in politics not as a candidate, but as a speaker, as a fundraiser. And as I spoke at events and helped other candidates run, some folks said, hey, we have a really important Senate race coming up.
No, you're absolutely right. I think any level. I mean, you got to figure out what works for your lifestyle, what works for who you are, what issues you're concerned with. You know, I got involved in politics not as a candidate, but as a speaker, as a fundraiser. And as I spoke at events and helped other candidates run, some folks said, hey, we have a really important Senate race coming up.
No, you're absolutely right. I think any level. I mean, you got to figure out what works for your lifestyle, what works for who you are, what issues you're concerned with. You know, I got involved in politics not as a candidate, but as a speaker, as a fundraiser. And as I spoke at events and helped other candidates run, some folks said, hey, we have a really important Senate race coming up.
You're pretty good at this. Would you consider running? And I think for a lot of folks... maybe you're a farmer in Northern California. I say that specifically because people don't think farmer when they hear California, they think Santa Monica, they think San Francisco. It's our biggest ag state in the nation.
You're pretty good at this. Would you consider running? And I think for a lot of folks... maybe you're a farmer in Northern California. I say that specifically because people don't think farmer when they hear California, they think Santa Monica, they think San Francisco. It's our biggest ag state in the nation.
You're pretty good at this. Would you consider running? And I think for a lot of folks... maybe you're a farmer in Northern California. I say that specifically because people don't think farmer when they hear California, they think Santa Monica, they think San Francisco. It's our biggest ag state in the nation.
I mean, the Central Valley of California is our most fertile ag area in the whole nation. I mean, of course, there's different, you know, whether it's grains or, you know, soybeans, et cetera, et cetera, but it's one of the most fertile areas in the country. And California farmers are at the center of this fire crisis that we're going to be talking about today.
I mean, the Central Valley of California is our most fertile ag area in the whole nation. I mean, of course, there's different, you know, whether it's grains or, you know, soybeans, et cetera, et cetera, but it's one of the most fertile areas in the country. And California farmers are at the center of this fire crisis that we're going to be talking about today.