Zach Lahn

But no, I have no interest in running for office to be in Washington, D.C.

And you know what?

I think there are good people really trying to do the right thing.

You asked my personal opinion, and I'm not a politician, so I'm just going to tell you it.

Like, to me, it's beyond repair.

Yeah, I've heard about it.

Well, institutional capture has been done on purpose and been going on for a very long time.

And now we're seeing, like, look, I think the people that would sympathize with what you and I are saying the most is the average voter.

I think so, too.

Like, you talk about the average voter and what hope they believe that we have in Washington, D.C.

And, like, this was something I had to think deeply about because I wasn't planning to run for this seat.

This seat hasn't been open in 20 years in Iowa.

The longest-serving governor in the history of America is from Iowa.

What I had to look at was, with the issues I'm talking to you about, that I'm watching every day in my state, was I willing to not do this knowing that the next governor could be there till I die?

There's no term limits.

And the institutional capture is very real.

I'm not the establishment candidate.

Mm-hmm.

But I'm also not somebody who's, like, here to...

What I am here to do is give my people a voice.