All I’ve ever wanted to do was serve my country - first in the military, and after my injury rendered that impossible, as a Republican representative in Congress fighting for the same American values that I defended on the battlefield.
Although I lost two legs and a finger when I was blown up, I consider myself fortunate to wake up each morning with the opportunity to watch my kids grow up and continue serving our nation. The only reason I get to do these things is because of my fellow soldiers who ran toward the explosion instead of away from it. They saved my life.
Today, we face a different but familiar threat to our nation - mob violence in cities across the country, a growing socialist movement intent on dismantling our way of life and politicians like my opponent Pam Keith who incite violence instead of uniting our country.
I am fighting back against these threats with every fiber of my being, but I’m under attack, and I can’t win the battle alone. That’s why, like the soldiers who saved my life, I am asking you to run toward the explosion with me: