Felony After Refusing To Wear A Mask: Navy Veteran Tim Hazelo Fights Masking Mandate Conviction While Running For Office – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 647

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How did Tim Hazelo get a felony conviction for refusing a mask while observing ballot counting?

Dr. Drew Pinsky 0:02
Great guest today, Tim Haslow, retired veteran. After serving over two decades in the US Navy, he is also a convicted felon. And he has been on this show. He committed the unspeakable crime of not wearing a face mask while observing ballot counting during the election. As a result, he lost his security clearance and his defense contracting job. He was on our show last year talking about this case, and I told him he should run for office. And today, that is precisely what he's doing. So follow him on X at TNTT underscore Haslow, H-A-Z-E-L-O. We'll talk to him. It's Washington State's 10th district he's running for. Then Steve Cortez, who has appeared on multiple news outlets. He has a new documentary about Gavin Newsom.
Dr. Drew Pinsky 0:43
This should be entertaining. And the Palisades fire. He went to the Palisades with cameras and he says the fire was preventable. Of course it was. Of course, also nothing has been rebuilt as predicted by Adam Carolla. I'll follow him on X at Cortez Steve and he spells it, not quite the way it sounds, C-O-R-T-E-S Steve, no underscores or anything. And then finally, Joe Winston, CEO of NET Recovery. He's got a really interesting device, an FDA cleared neurostimulator that I wanted to hear about that helps manage opioid withdrawal symptoms with no pharmaceuticals. So, I've got a lot of ideas about this in terms of opinions about myself, let's say. You can find all this on Instagram at net.recovery, N-E-T.recovery.
Dr. Drew Pinsky 1:25
Back with Tim Haslow.

What consequences did the mask-related conviction have on Tim Hazelo's security clearance and career?

Dr. Drew Pinsky 1:29
Our laws as it pertain to substances are draconian and bizarre. A psychopath started this. He was an alcoholic because of social media and pornography, PTSD, love addiction, fentanyl and heroin. Ridiculous. I'm a doctor for f***'s sake. Where the hell do you think I learned that? I'm just saying, you go to treatment before you kill people. I am a clinician. I observe things about these chemicals. Let's just deal with what's real. We used to get these calls on Loveline all the time. Educate adolescents and to prevent and to treat. If you have trouble, you can't stop and you want help stopping, I can help. I got a lot to say. I got a lot more to say.
Dr. Drew Pinsky 2:12
As I said, Tim Haslow is a retired veteran. He had been through Desert Storm and missions across South and Central America. He has a felony for not wearing a mask.

Why is Tim Hazelo running for Washington State House after his conviction and what is his campaign message?

Dr. Drew Pinsky 2:24
When you say it, it sounds like you can't... The words, I choke on the words. You can follow him, as I said, TNTT underscore Haslow. It's also votehaslow.com, votehaslow.com slash meet Tim. And then I don't know what this is exactly. Truth not trash with Tim. I'm assuming that's a podcast. Tim, welcome back.
Tim Hazelo 2:46
Yeah. Yeah. Well, hey, I appreciate you having me back. It's been about a year and boy, there's been a lot of craziness since then. And you're in your new office. Yeah, I mean, it's got 18 wheels and a great view.
Dr. Drew Pinsky 2:58
Did you see those trucks in China that are all sort of Waymo or whatever?
Tim Hazelo 3:06
Yeah, it's pretty wild. My family's been truck drivers for most of my life, and I just figured, you know what? I've got an opportunity to start a new career at 58 years old. Not that I wanted it, but I decided I'd be a truck driver and keep serving my community.
Dr. Drew Pinsky 3:23
Amazing. So just let's sketch for people what happened to you. We actually have some of the video. We can either run that as B-roll or just tell us exactly what you went through and then how you got to this moment.
Tim Hazelo 3:37
Yeah, well, I was the chairman of the Republican Party, and so it was my duty to go observe the elections. Now, mind you, this was 2024, November. There was no COVID emergency. There was no health department mandates or what would you call it? issues. There was no warnings. There was no COVID out there. And so, um, she said I had to wear a mask to be in the room. You saw me shaking hands with the police officers. And I said, well, wait a minute. I, I don't think you as a low level politician have the authority to require a mask. Um, and so I just challenged the authority peacefully. There wasn't even a swear word. And then I got up and walked out with the police and we shook hands and he escorted me up front to, to sign out cause I had signed in legally.

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