I have always known in my heart that my purpose on this earth is service to others, and I intended to dedicate my full career to serving in the Army. When I was blown up in Afghanistan, however, that reality changed for me. Still, I knew I couldn’t let my best and only service to our nation be behind me.
So, as I was recovering in Walter Reed learning to walk again, I set out to find another way to give back. That’s always been my mentality - no sitting on my butt feeling sorry for myself. What’s next turned out to be finding a second career of service as a conservative representative for Florida’s 18th Congressional District.
I love the job, but just like serving in the Army, there are parts that are less than desirable. Frankly, asking for campaign donations is awkward to me. It’s just not how I was raised.
The constant need to raise money for campaigns is a very unfortunate side effect of serving in Congress these days, but the reality is that if we don’t, Congress will be overrun with socialist liberals doing Nancy Pelosi’s bidding day in and day out. We can’t let that happen.
