Zach Lahn

the culture of agriculture in our state restored, regenerative farming, safer practices, less cancer.

But if you look at Congress, you know, finding those people, if you're an upstart candidate who are going to be willing to give you the $7,000 apiece, I mean, you have to put a lot of that money together to be able to wage any sort of battle against one of these entrenched people.

And so every part of the deck is stacked against the person that's trying to unseat somebody.

Every part of it.

So when I look at Iowa and I look at what are we doing with our state, how can we make a major difference in our state, it comes to the most entrenched interest for me.

The people that are paying the money so politicians will look the other way.

And I've just been very clear.

People ask me all the time, are you accepting funds?

No, I'm not.

I won't.

And you know, I think for people that are principled, what I'd like to say is like, well, yeah, but I'm never gonna take my eye off the ball.

But I just think the average voter is so weary of seeing this group or that group support them.

And then they just realize, well, that was just the precursor to me knowing that I'm just gonna get screwed over.

And that when it comes down, the time of addressing the fastest rate of new cancer in the country, in the world,

or making sure that a big agriculture company stops losing in court, which side are they gonna line up on?

And so, I just can't do it from a principled standpoint of saying, like, I can't look at you or in the mirror or my kids and say, well, no, that's not gonna have any effect.

Because these people, they know what they're doing.

I think we... We've pretty much covered that.

You know, but... Oliver's question is a very big, big question because there's many things.

I mean, of course, money and special interests, but I think it comes down... You know, being on this show with you right now is a very different medium than what politics usually is.