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Why did Dr. Annie Andrews decide to leave medicine and run for the U.S. Senate?
What happens when a pediatrician gets tired of watching decisions in Washington make life harder for her patients, for the families she treats? Well, sometimes she decides to run for United States Senate. Today on Devil's Cut, I'm joined by Dr. Annie Andrews of South Carolina. Annie, welcome to Truth in the Barrel.
Thank you so much for having me, Amy.
You're a pediatrician. You're a mother of three. How did you go from medicine to running for office?
It was a path I never envisioned for myself, but after spending 15 years working in a children's hospital at the bedside of sick and injured children, I grew increasingly frustrated watching the impact of bad policies coming from Washington, DC harm my patients and their families. You know, kids who are struggling with food insecurity, families who can't afford prescription drugs, kids who can't find mental health resources in their community, parents who have to leave their sick child's bedside so they can go work their third shift job just to make ends meet. And then the children who have been shot. So as a problem solver, I couldn't sit on the sidelines while I watched this pattern continue to play out.
And I decided to get involved. And it became pretty clear to me that the path to really catalyzing the change I want to see in this country for America's children is through politics.
So was there like a specific moment when you were like, okay. I I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna jump into politics. I I I can't I can't handle it. I can't stop. You know, I can't stand this anymore.
So it's I think back to a couple like really pivotal moments in my life. Number one, my youngest daughter was born six days before Donald Trump was elected in 2016. So I was the mom of a six-day-old baby girl on that fateful night. And so it hit me differently. And I knew in that moment I was gonna have to find a way to do something to build the country and the world I wanted my children to grow up in. And then the Parkland. Shooting in 2018 was another pivotal moment because that was the first mass school shooting I experienced as the parent of a school-aged child. So that hit me different. And then again, it was just the culmination of my experience working at the children's hospital. And back in 2021, I was, you know, spending time at the state capitol advocating for policies that were better for children, growing frustrated that what I was saying was falling on deaf ears.
And then that That cycle in SCO one, Nancy Mace's district, it was a purple district at the time. A Democrat hadn't jumped in the race. And I looked around and I thought, well, why don't I do that? So I ran for Congress in SCO one back in 2022.
Uh I I recently saw the ad that you just put out with your dad, right?
What pivotal moments sparked Dr. Andrews’ political ambition?
Your dad who's Republican, who is uh a Fox News watcher. I assume that you didn't come from a political family, right? I assume that your your family, you know, didn't wasn't the governor or something like that. But can you talk about your parents and this kind of drift to into into politics that way?
Yeah, so I grew up in a Midwest Catholic Republican family, very sort of traditional Midwest upbringing. My parents weren't overtly political. I think my dad maybe did host a fundraiser once, but I actually think it might have been for a Democrat. But I knew growing up my parents were Republicans, but I didn't put too much weight into that. But you know, just like so many families in America over the past 10 years, we've had more and more. conversations about politics in America, our differing views about the direction this country needs to take. Now my dad, you know, has been a Republican his whole life. He still tells you he is a Republican. He's not a Trump supporter. He never voted for Trump, but you know, I don't think he ever envisioned a life where his daughter was a Democratic candidate for the U.S.
Senate or where he'd be in an ad for a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. But I've watched him watch his party move further and further and further away from him.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did Dr. Annie Andrews decide to leave medicine and run for the U.S. Senate?
0:00–2:41
2
What pivotal moments sparked Dr. Andrews’ political ambition?
2:41–5:47
3
How did her Midwestern Republican upbringing shape her political views?
5:47–8:20
4
What is the current landscape of the South Carolina Senate race after Lindsey Graham’s death?
8:20–11:12
5
How does Dr. Andrews propose to address the affordability crisis in South Carolina?
11:12–14:28
6
What specific gun‑safety policies does she support based on her pediatric experience?
14:28–16:57
7
What challenges and surprises has she faced on the campaign trail?
16:57–19:50
8
How can listeners help Dr. Andrews’ campaign and learn more about her platform?
19:50–22:26