I’m Bruno Amato. I’m a veteran and a Democrat, and I am running to defeat Kevin McCarthy. Click here if you don’t need any more convincing and want to split a donation between my campaign and VoteVets right away.
A little bit about me: I grew up the son of Italian immigrants in a working class family. My parents worked difficult, low wage jobs so they could eventually save up to buy a home and work their way into the middle class. My three siblings and I were raised with the simple ethic: nothing beats hard work and perseverance.
When I was seventeen years old, my dad was diagnosed with cancer. I had just gotten my driver's license and with that license in hand, I drove my dad back and forth to the VA hospital where he received his chemo treatments. Two weeks after I graduated from high school, my father passed away.
My dad had joined the U.S. military right after immigrating. I wanted to honor him by following in his footsteps, so that same year, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy. I worked aboard several Navy ships where I loaded and offloaded torpedoes from submarines. I have always been proud of my service to the country that gave my family so much.
After serving, I worked a variety of jobs that didn’t really pay well, offering me few, if any, benefits. This changed when I saw an ad in the newspaper for apprenticeship openings with the Ironworkers Union. I got one of those apprenticeships and after three years of hard work, I became a Journeyman Ironworker with good pay, solid benefits, and a community united in solidarity and purpose.
As you can probably tell, it was never my plan to run for Congress, folks.
But after seeing the immense strain, inequities, and dangers our communities have faced this past year — while lifelong politicians like Kevin McCarthy continued to downplay the COVID-19 pandemic — it became clear to me that I could no longer stand on the sidelines. For the past several years, McCarthy has put the whims of Donald Trump before our democracy -- and I’m sick of it.
This campaign would not exist without your support. I'm so grateful you're on the team.
Let’s do this,
Bruno Amato
Candidate for Congress CA-23
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