For those I haven’t met yet, you may not know that I got blown up by the Taliban and lost both of my legs serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.
So, as an Army grunt, I certainly don’t have millions of my own to fund my race. I’ve heard it all in my time trying to continue my service to our nation: that I didn’t have the money to win or that wanting to continue my service to our country wasn’t enough because I needed political connections that a staff sergeant like myself just didn’t have.
I refused to believe the American people were that naive and jaded. I refused to take no for an answer.
Now, though, redistricting has thrown my family’s home into a newly drawn district, and this isn’t the easiest district in Florida for Republicans to win. If we want to have any chance of taking back the House, though, we need to win this race. So, no matter what they say, I’m going to sprint forward on my metal legs once more.
But – if I learned one thing in the military, it’s that you can’t win big fights alone. In fact, if my fellow soldiers hadn’t rushed toward the sound of an explosion when the Taliban bomb detonated beneath me, I’d be dead today.
Just like in the military, I can’t win this race alone either. That’s why I’m reaching out to you today urgently →
