Speaker 1: So we've been talking on this show. We've done some
Speaker 1: interviews as of late about the midterm elections, vitally important
Speaker 1: midterm elections coming up on November eight. But you know
Speaker 1: that I don't have to tell you. You understand what
Speaker 1: is at stake as a nation, or values at stake,
Speaker 1: who we are as a country. Uh, protecting us from
Speaker 1: the weaponization of government and economy. I mean, Joe Biden
Speaker 1: killed the economy and we witnessed the murder. We're all witnesses,
Speaker 1: so we all know what's at stake. We know that
Speaker 1: it's bad, we know that it needs to change. We
Speaker 1: know that we need to make our voices heard. You
Speaker 1: will know this. But if you're in Alaska, you also
Speaker 1: have a choice between two Republicans and that changes things too.
Speaker 1: I mean, we need to change the balance of power
Speaker 1: in the Senate. We need Republicans to win the majority,
Speaker 1: but we also need people who are going to go
Speaker 1: there and and aren't just Republican in name only right,
Speaker 1: they're actually standing up for us. They share our value,
Speaker 1: they're willing to fight for us. And we know that's
Speaker 1: not Lisa Maurkowski. She says she's a Republican, but she
Speaker 1: voted to convict former President Trump and his second impeachment trial.
Speaker 1: She has voted with Joe Biden. She has endorsed the
Speaker 1: Democrat candidate who is running for Alaska's only House seat,
Speaker 1: the Democrat there in that race, She's voted for that individual.
Speaker 1: She has sold us out. She's not a Republican. She's
Speaker 1: as much of a Republican as Liz Cheney. But if
Speaker 1: you're in Alaska, you have a choice. But if you're
Speaker 1: in Alaska, you have a choice. There's also Kelly Chebacca,
Speaker 1: and so you have a choice on November eight to
Speaker 1: send a Republican who's actually going to stand up for you,
Speaker 1: who actually is going to share your values. Kelly was
Speaker 1: the first person in her family to go to college
Speaker 1: and then to law school. Her parents were working class,
Speaker 1: They worked hard to provide a living for her, and
Speaker 1: throughout her career she's worked a whole government accountable. She's
Speaker 1: worked in the Office of the Inspector General for the
Speaker 1: Department of Justice. She has worked as an advisor to
Speaker 1: the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and various jobs
Speaker 1: like that. So she's worked in these positions where she
Speaker 1: has witnessed how government does us wrong, how government fails us,
Speaker 1: and how we need to hold government accountable, which is
Speaker 1: kind of important if you look at what's been going
Speaker 1: on in the country when you look at that we
Speaker 1: have a Department of Justice that is targeting pro life Americans,
Speaker 1: as we've covered on this podcast, as we look at
Speaker 1: a Department of Justice that has targeted parents, a Department
Speaker 1: of Justice, and an FBI that has targeted, for the
Speaker 1: first time ever, a former president basically over and overdue
Speaker 1: library book. So if there's ever a time to elect
Speaker 1: people that want the whole government accountable, now is that time.
Speaker 1: And so the reason why there are two Republicans running
Speaker 1: against each other in Alaska is because of this funky
Speaker 1: ballot measure to which was approved during the Alaska elections.
Speaker 1: And so this is actually the first time that a
Speaker 1: state election and Alaska is going to be held under
Speaker 1: this new election process. And basically what it means is
Speaker 1: all candidates ran and a non partisan blanket taught for
Speaker 1: primary and that was on August six, two thousand twenty two,
Speaker 1: and then the top four candidates advance to the general
Speaker 1: election and voters will be using a ranked choice voting
Speaker 1: process during the general election. One of the other Republicans
Speaker 1: who had emerged. Buzz Kelly had also advantaged the general election,
Speaker 1: but he suspended his campaign and actually endorsed Kelly Chebaca.
Speaker 1: Who are we gonna be talking to today? And we
Speaker 1: know Kelly is good because the people we hate hate her,
Speaker 1: or the people that we don't think are doing a
Speaker 1: good job hate her. Like Mitch McConnell, his Senate Leadership
Speaker 1: Fund is actually spent millions of dollars in attack ads
Speaker 1: against Kelly. He's been trying to boost Lee to Murkowski.
Speaker 1: Why do we think that is because Lisa Murkowski is
Speaker 1: a reliable vote for Mitch McConnell, but also sadly, a
Speaker 1: reliable vote for Democrats as well. Yes, we have a
Speaker 1: choice this election cycle. We have a duty to win
Speaker 1: back the Senate as Republicans, to get a Senate majority again,
Speaker 1: get a House majority again, to get Republican governors in office,
Speaker 1: and Republicans around the country from the top of the
Speaker 1: ticket down. We have to do this. We need to
Speaker 1: change the direction of the country. But if you're in Alaska,
Speaker 1: you have the opportunity to send a real Republican to Washington,
Speaker 1: d C. Not another list Cheney. So that's who we're
Speaker 1: going to talk to today, Kelly Chebaka running for Senate
Speaker 1: in the great state of Alaska. We've got Kelly Chebaka
Speaker 1: here running for se that in Alaska. You know, Kelly,
Speaker 1: the beautiful thing about your race is that we're going
Speaker 1: to have a Republican but with you, we'll get a
Speaker 1: real Republican. Yeah, that's absolutely right. So in Alaska, Murkowski
Speaker 1: is such a bad Republican votes with Biden eighty percent
Speaker 1: of the time that our Alaska Republican Party censured her
Speaker 1: and removed her from membership before I ever announced my race.
Speaker 1: They said Murkowski is not our candidate. We're just looking
Speaker 1: for somebody else. And so the race has now come
Speaker 1: down to a head to head between me and Murkowski.
Speaker 1: Because the election system in Alaska is a little bit different.
Speaker 1: We have a ranked choice system. The polls are saying
Speaker 1: we're tied fifty fifty. It's a tight race. Alaskans are
Speaker 1: going to get to decide, and of course the determination
Speaker 1: that the voters make will affect the outcome of the
Speaker 1: nation because so many times Murkowski's vote is one that
Speaker 1: affects the outcome of the nation. The establishment is with
Speaker 1: her from Biden to McConnell. McConnell's flooding our state with
Speaker 1: millions of dollars outside dark money to try and pull
Speaker 1: for Murkowski. But Alaskans are definitely on a movement to
Speaker 1: try and get her out of the seat because I
Speaker 1: think we don't want a senator who's bought and bullied
Speaker 1: by the establishment in DC. We want our Laska voice represented.
Speaker 1: I'm confident we're going to win on November eight, and
Speaker 1: it's going to mean a big difference for the country. Well,
Speaker 1: and McConnell's spending money against you is incredibly frustrating because
Speaker 1: the balance of the Senate hags in power. Right we
Speaker 1: we he needs to be spending money helping Blake Masters
Speaker 1: get over the finish line, uh, you know, or getting
Speaker 1: Don Bulldock in New Hampshire across the finish line, not
Speaker 1: spending money against you a Republican. That's absolutely right, Lisa.
Speaker 1: We know that he actually pulled money from those other
Speaker 1: races to come up here and try and get his
Speaker 1: friend Makowski across the finish line. That means that we
Speaker 1: could lose the majority in the Senate, so Mitch McConnell
Speaker 1: can make sure he preserves his role as Senate minority leader.
Speaker 1: He's more interested in maintaining a minority he can control
Speaker 1: than ensuring we have a majority that Mitch McConnell can't control,
Speaker 1: in one that he might not be the leader of.
Speaker 1: That is not the best interests of Americans or of
Speaker 1: common sense Republican values, and it will come at the
Speaker 1: harm of all of us because of this decision he's made.
Speaker 1: And it's also a direct defiance of the will and
Speaker 1: determination of the Republicans here in Alaska. The Republican Party
Speaker 1: didn't start in Washington, d C. It started in grassroots
Speaker 1: America's people coming around common values. So this directly the
Speaker 1: five government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Speaker 1: It's more of a result of these politicians and establishment
Speaker 1: people in d C. Biden, McConnell, Murkowski, all of them
Speaker 1: telling us people out here in America what's best for us.
Speaker 1: You know, their quality of life goes up, our cost
Speaker 1: of living goes up, and this is what we're tired of.
Speaker 1: We want to take our country and we want to
Speaker 1: lead it forward. Why do you think he's so invested
Speaker 1: in helping Lisa Murkowski, Because I know that. I think
Speaker 1: the reason is he knows he can control her vote.
Speaker 1: The Exchange comments to the media when he said he
Speaker 1: was going to invest seven to nine million in this race,
Speaker 1: he said, Murkowski is a vote that we can depend on,
Speaker 1: a reliable vote. I think that means a reliable vote
Speaker 1: for McConnell as leader and reliable but when he needs her.
Speaker 1: She voted with McConnell and Biden on extreme gun control
Speaker 1: and red flag laws earlier this year. That goes against
Speaker 1: the values of Alaskans. Even Democrats carry guns up here.
Speaker 1: But I also think that that he knows that I'm
Speaker 1: not one of those votes, is going to just do
Speaker 1: whatever McConnell wants. I have a long career of holding
Speaker 1: government insiders accountable and exposing waste, fraud, and abuse. I
Speaker 1: won't be bullied, silenced, or controlled by the DC insider establishment.
Speaker 1: But I think that's all McConnell is really concerned about.
Speaker 1: Lisa mccowski has become part of the DC establishment. She's
Speaker 1: an insider through and through well. But she's also supported Democrats,
Speaker 1: and I mean she's voted for Biden's Interior Secretary, Deb Howland.
Speaker 1: She's also endorsed the Democrat candidate who's running for Alaska's
Speaker 1: only House seats, so you know it's not even like
Speaker 1: a vote for the establishment Republicans. I mean, she's working
Speaker 1: with Democrats, that's absolutely right. I'm not confidence that Mitch
Speaker 1: McConnell is sold out on a Republican agenda. I mean,
Speaker 1: I've asked this question before. Can anyone tell me what
Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell and as leader of the Republicans, wants to
Speaker 1: accomplish in the next two years or four years. I
Speaker 1: saw him give the Democrats the grain light to raise
Speaker 1: the debt ceiling. It seems like we're the ones as
Speaker 1: Republicans in the Senate who are always bending over and
Speaker 1: giving the Democrats whatever they want. And so I'm not
Speaker 1: confident that Mitch McConnell is actually looking out for Republicans
Speaker 1: and our platform and our interests. I think Mitch McConnell's
Speaker 1: looking out for himself. Remember, all these people are friends,
Speaker 1: and they love to go to their little social parties
Speaker 1: and Washington d C. Social circuits. But what are we
Speaker 1: actually advancing as a Republican party as platform values. It's
Speaker 1: time for Americans with courage and common sense to rise
Speaker 1: together and leave this nation forward. I think that's a
Speaker 1: real direct threat to McConnell and what he's looking out for,
Speaker 1: which is me myself and I You know, you talked
Speaker 1: about a lot of the work you've done and holding
Speaker 1: government accountable. So you've done work in the Inspector General's
Speaker 1: Office for the Department of Justice, or the Inspector General's
Speaker 1: Office overlooking the intelligence community. Through that work that you've done,
Speaker 1: what did that teach you about government? What should people
Speaker 1: know about how government operates? Well, one thing that's exciting
Speaker 1: is government can be good. Government can be for us
Speaker 1: in there are ways to get the bureaucracy to work
Speaker 1: and vend it's me to the will of the people.
Speaker 1: And that's what I've developed expertise in. I will be
Speaker 1: the only one of the hundred senators who has worked
Speaker 1: from the bottom up to senior management, always in a
Speaker 1: watchdog role, making government more efficient and effective. I've been
Speaker 1: able to return billions of dollars to taxpayers and streamline operations,
Speaker 1: make things work effectively. And when we walk in on
Speaker 1: day one, last skill have a senator has thousands of
Speaker 1: law enforcement officers and lawyers and auditors that will be
Speaker 1: able to use embedded in Biden's bureaucracy to start getting
Speaker 1: these agencies and departments to work for Alaska in America,
Speaker 1: not against us. None of the other senators have that experience,
Speaker 1: knowledge and ability, and that will be a really great
Speaker 1: asset for us. The other thing I think I learned,
Speaker 1: and this is what got me to pursue this as
Speaker 1: a career and not just as a first job. If
Speaker 1: you don't have people like me making government work for us,
Speaker 1: it's not always for us, Lisa. One of my first
Speaker 1: cases was an allegation against FBI and Department of Justice
Speaker 1: officials that they abused Americans and violated their rights. In
Speaker 1: the case have been closed. Allegations were not substantiated, they
Speaker 1: didn't do it, and I was assigned to just review
Speaker 1: the report and put it out. And I went to
Speaker 1: my boss and said, there's some loose threads here, and
Speaker 1: he said, well, you reinvestigate it, and I did. I
Speaker 1: got an agent to turn against the other agents. I
Speaker 1: found evidence that they tried to destroy, and the case
Speaker 1: went all the way to the US Supreme Court. It
Speaker 1: turns out they did do it. And that's when I realized,
Speaker 1: if you don't have people in like me in here,
Speaker 1: it won't be bullied and won't be bought by the establishment,
Speaker 1: government can get away with everything. And that's why I
Speaker 1: decided to make it my career. I want to make
Speaker 1: sure government works for the people and not against us,
Speaker 1: and so I dedicated my career to this, and that's
Speaker 1: what I'm trying to do here for Alaska and the U. S.
Speaker 1: Senate makes this work for us, not against us. Well,
Speaker 1: And Kellett's a real concern for so many Americans right
Speaker 1: now is I mean a lot of people we fear
Speaker 1: the government right and when we've seen them target parents
Speaker 1: the d o J and calling them domestic terrorist. We've
Speaker 1: seen former the president Trump for the first time in
Speaker 1: American history, uh, the FBI reading a former president's home.
Speaker 1: We've see what they're doing to Steve Bannon simply for
Speaker 1: not responding to a subpoena when air holder can do
Speaker 1: whatever he wants and that's not a big deal. So
Speaker 1: we've really arrived at this point where Americans fear government.
Speaker 1: How do you think we got here? One part of
Speaker 1: it is I don't think Congress is really doing the
Speaker 1: job it could do in its oversight Authority. Article one
Speaker 1: section makes clear in the Constitution it's Congress's job to
Speaker 1: hold the executive branch accountable these inspector general offices that
Speaker 1: I worked in. They have a role to play as
Speaker 1: internal affairs within the departments. However, fundamentally, um Congress is
Speaker 1: supposed to be the check and balance on the executive branch,
Speaker 1: and so many times it seems that they're distracted with
Speaker 1: other things. Hopefully it as gently as we can, and
Speaker 1: but they're not actually doing the job of budgeting in
Speaker 1: government and reigning in their authorities when there's an abusive authority.
Speaker 1: For example, we have a senior position on the Appropriations
Speaker 1: Committee with Makowski right now, but in the last twelve years,
Speaker 1: they haven't only passed one appropriation still on time. They've
Speaker 1: now gotten in the habit of just passing continuing resolutions,
Speaker 1: budgeting same budget last year, same budget last year. It's
Speaker 1: like giving your teenager a fifty dollar bill for allowance
Speaker 1: every year for every week and saying I don't only
Speaker 1: care what you're doing, I don't really care what you
Speaker 1: spend it. You're gonna have a runaway teenager and you
Speaker 1: have a runaway of bureaucracy. It's Congress's job to protect us.
Speaker 1: They're supposed to be the defense line for the Constitution
Speaker 1: and protecting the people, and I think it's times they
Speaker 1: get back to really focusing on doing the fundamental basics
Speaker 1: of the job. Quick break back with Kelly Chebaca running
Speaker 1: for Senate in Alaska. So many Americans right now are
Speaker 1: feeling the financial pain of the Biden administration, Like the
Speaker 1: intentional decisions the Biden administration has made to horror Americans
Speaker 1: financially and the pain that their experienced. And I was
Speaker 1: reading about your background. So your parents were homeless for
Speaker 1: a little while, and they really fought their way to
Speaker 1: build a better life for for you guys and for
Speaker 1: your family. You were the first person in your family
Speaker 1: to go to college and then law school. I think
Speaker 1: one of the biggest problems with d C right now,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of these guys and and you know
Speaker 1: women in instance of Murkowski, they're immune to the policies
Speaker 1: that they're implementing. But with your background, it seems like
Speaker 1: you would understand a lot of the suffering that's going
Speaker 1: onto the country right now. Talk a little bit about that,
Speaker 1: at least I think you put it well. Energy policy
Speaker 1: and economic policy, Um, this is all family policy and
Speaker 1: worker policy for us right now. You're absolutely right, My
Speaker 1: parents story is very close to home, and for a
Speaker 1: lot of US Alaskans, you can't go from you know,
Speaker 1: place of poverty into the fighting in the working class
Speaker 1: under the economic um burden that the Biden administration is
Speaker 1: placed on this and Murkowski's helps with that. They've added
Speaker 1: five trillion to the national debts since Biden has been president,
Speaker 1: and Murkowski has enabled that and voted for trillions of
Speaker 1: that in spending that really hurts our pocketbooks in Alaska.
Speaker 1: We're eating the food that we canned and caught and
Speaker 1: killed because we have to. And no other state in
Speaker 1: the nation has been targeted for shutdown like the Biden administration,
Speaker 1: and Murkowski has enabled that. Like you said, she cast
Speaker 1: the tie breaking vote for the radical environmentalists in Biden's
Speaker 1: administration who has completely sabotaged our economy and killed our jobs.
Speaker 1: And we are feeling it. And when you don't understand
Speaker 1: the consequence of the votes that you're making, you don't
Speaker 1: understand that politics is personal. Is personal for us out
Speaker 1: here and the real world living it on the ground,
Speaker 1: and we're not looking for politicians, We're looking for public servants,
Speaker 1: the people who understand that you're supposed to serve us
Speaker 1: and make things easier and better for us, and not
Speaker 1: just do what makes you popular in DC with your
Speaker 1: friend Joe Biden or your friend Mitch McConnell. And we're
Speaker 1: tired of paying the price for Murkowski's popularity in DC.
Speaker 1: We're looking for someone who's going to make life easier
Speaker 1: and better for us and not send us backwards and
Speaker 1: make things harder. How much damage has Joe Biden done
Speaker 1: to Alaska's energy industry. I don't even think we could
Speaker 1: quantify it. I mean, it's it's devastating. I get these
Speaker 1: texts all the time. People can't pay for gas and
Speaker 1: groceries this week. We are terrified about how we're going
Speaker 1: to pay for our heating in our homes. And I'll
Speaker 1: feed our kids this this winter. We I mean where
Speaker 1: I am right now, about on a two week road
Speaker 1: trip um doing Galt to Vote rallies and stopping in
Speaker 1: diners and knocking on doors in every community. I'm about
Speaker 1: to go knock on bars right now in a little
Speaker 1: town called Delta Junction. It's nine degrees and it's October.
Speaker 1: We haven't even hit the dead of winter yet, but
Speaker 1: we have had our industries completely shut down. Oil and
Speaker 1: gas and mining and timber. We don't have fish running
Speaker 1: in our our rivers and streams, and we live off
Speaker 1: the fish to feed our families. Everything is shut down
Speaker 1: and and it's we're in a panic at this point, Lisa,
Speaker 1: that's how bad it is. But again, the decisions that
Speaker 1: are being made up here by the Biden administration are
Speaker 1: being made by these radical nominees that have been firmed
Speaker 1: by our senator. And that's what hurts is it was
Speaker 1: our senator and our leader who made these decisions. It
Speaker 1: feels like a complete betrayal. And this affects all of America.
Speaker 1: You see in Alaska, our oil and gas it could
Speaker 1: power America, and our minerals that can advance America. And
Speaker 1: stead we're going over to China. Our our timber and
Speaker 1: our logs can build America. Our fish can feed America.
Speaker 1: Our national security posture, we're able to protect America. Of course,
Speaker 1: our tourism inspires America. But we are not able to
Speaker 1: do any of that when the Biden administration has shut
Speaker 1: us down with twenty six direct executive actions leveled at
Speaker 1: us to harm us and sabotage our economy, crush our families,
Speaker 1: and you know, kill our jobs and workers. We can't
Speaker 1: do any of that without bold leadership in d C
Speaker 1: that won't be silenced and won't be bullied by this
Speaker 1: Biden administration. This Senate seat affects every person in America
Speaker 1: because I believe Alaska is the foundation for a strong America.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. I mean, Republicans we need to
Speaker 1: win back the Senate, but we also need Republicans who
Speaker 1: are going to hold the Biden administrations feed to a fire,
Speaker 1: because you know, what's the point of having a Republican
Speaker 1: in name only if they're if they're not getting the
Speaker 1: job done, or they're not going to stand up for
Speaker 1: Alaskans or Republicans around the country as well. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: absolutely right, and we've got to have a defense line.
Speaker 1: If you will this looking out for America first, and
Speaker 1: if your listeners want to help, I'm at Kelly for
Speaker 1: a k dot com. We need all the help we
Speaker 1: can get. Every little bit will help in these last
Speaker 1: couple of days because it's it's all boots on the
Speaker 1: ground at this point. We can win this Fennessy, And
Speaker 1: they're saying the sentence is going to be close to tide,
Speaker 1: and this this seat is often the deciding vote. You know,
Speaker 1: she opposed Brett Kavanaugh, and she joined the Democrats and
Speaker 1: filibustering Amy Coney Barrett. But she was one of those
Speaker 1: key votes hit to get Biden's Kitangi Brown Jackson over
Speaker 1: the finish line. And these are just appalling votes for us.
Speaker 1: These are not in line with Alaska values. Definitely not
Speaker 1: helpful for America. First once she voted to impeach Donald
Speaker 1: Trump as well. Uh, you know, Americans are also just
Speaker 1: saying our values attacked as a country and just the
Speaker 1: way of life change that what we believe in who
Speaker 1: we are as a society. I mean, we see Democrats
Speaker 1: cheering on the mutilation of children. Uh no longer is
Speaker 1: their stance on abortion safe, legal and rarer. They support
Speaker 1: abortion up until the moment of birth. Just the indoctrination
Speaker 1: of kids and a lot of these schools. So what
Speaker 1: are your thoughts and just where we stand as a
Speaker 1: country from a value standpoint. I think there's uh, it
Speaker 1: seems to be like a value battle kind of raging.
Speaker 1: But it's it seems to be prompted by people who
Speaker 1: are just trying to divide us. When I'm out, you know,
Speaker 1: knocking doors and talking to real Alaskans. I don't actually
Speaker 1: see that much division in society, and in real society,
Speaker 1: we actually agree on most things. It seems like there's
Speaker 1: a concerted effort by people who are given a lot
Speaker 1: of media attention and a lot of microphone in an
Speaker 1: attempt to divide us and split up into camps and teams.
Speaker 1: And then what I see is this um, this politics
Speaker 1: of division. It then leads to so much um concerned
Speaker 1: and chaos and confusion that they then are able to
Speaker 1: swoop in with a large government solution, and it sort
Speaker 1: of then feeds into this momentum, this leading towards the
Speaker 1: socialist movement or this communist movement, And I don't think
Speaker 1: that's pro America at all. I think we are as
Speaker 1: a country united in our diversity. That's what the United
Speaker 1: States is supposed to be about. We're allowed to have
Speaker 1: freedom of speech and freedom of ideas, and we're supposed
Speaker 1: to have diversity and even differences, but differences doesn't need
Speaker 1: to be division and discord and hatred, and so I
Speaker 1: don't really ascribe to any of that. I don't really
Speaker 1: ascribe to this um affinity that I'm seeing for discrimination
Speaker 1: and what they seem to be promoting that you know
Speaker 1: that we're going to protect some rights at the expense
Speaker 1: of other people's rights. I don't really like any of
Speaker 1: that that we're seeing, and I don't see how here
Speaker 1: in every day America and every day Alaska, and so
Speaker 1: I really think it's time for us to have some
Speaker 1: leaders that stand up and really demonstrate and model that
Speaker 1: and push against it, even though I'm I see it
Speaker 1: coming at a cost. It because coming at a cost
Speaker 1: in our campaign, but I'll also see that we have
Speaker 1: the momentum with us that there's more of us standing
Speaker 1: up and saying that one of the Democrats who is
Speaker 1: running on our ticket for U. S. Senate, he's come
Speaker 1: behind us and endorsed me for Senate and his campaigning
Speaker 1: with us because of this. There are so many more
Speaker 1: things that we agree on than that we disagree on,
Speaker 1: and we don't have to be divided in order to
Speaker 1: maintain our differences, but also say there's common purposes that
Speaker 1: we all can actually unite towards. Similarly, people remember the
Speaker 1: infamous Murkowski right in campaign led by one of our
Speaker 1: rural Alaska natives. She's not a Republican and she's one
Speaker 1: of the co chairs on our campaign. UM, I think
Speaker 1: that there's new ways that people can kind of boldly
Speaker 1: lead us forward in that that amazing tradition we started
Speaker 1: as America to say we are United States of America.
Speaker 1: We can be different but still united, and I think
Speaker 1: that's the direction I'd like to take us. But I
Speaker 1: do believe we need to be united and protecting children.
Speaker 1: I mean, the cultural issues are deeply important to me
Speaker 1: because I believe that they are what defined us as
Speaker 1: a society and who we are as a nation, of
Speaker 1: what our values are as a country. And I think
Speaker 1: that the most important thing is to protect the most vulnerable,
Speaker 1: which our children. Yeah. Absolutely, As the mom of five kids,
Speaker 1: all school age, I totally agree with you. And our
Speaker 1: children are very impressionable. And the people who should have
Speaker 1: the most to say and what goes into our children's
Speaker 1: formation is the parents. I would support creating a national
Speaker 1: bill of rights for parents that all parents are protected
Speaker 1: and what their kids are exposed to. And ideological indoctrination
Speaker 1: in schools, I don't really see a place on it.
Speaker 1: I think our school should really be focusing on the basics, reading, writing, arithmetic,
Speaker 1: and here in Alaska that's really critical right now. At
Speaker 1: least are Our current literacy rates are dropping below statewide
Speaker 1: for our children in Alaska, and our math proficient and
Speaker 1: see rates are covering at that same level. We don't
Speaker 1: really have time for our teachers to be focusing on
Speaker 1: other things. We really need to get back to the
Speaker 1: basics so that our kids are competitive and at least
Speaker 1: have a fighting chance of successful life and adulthood. We
Speaker 1: want them to be fully functional and literate. I agree
Speaker 1: with that. And uh, you know, our school should be
Speaker 1: focused on teaching children, not trying to, you know, in
Speaker 1: doctrinate them and or try to get them to change
Speaker 1: their gender. Uh, Kelly Travaka, anything else you want to
Speaker 1: leave us with before we go? I've I've been on
Speaker 1: the campaigner before. I know how busy you are and
Speaker 1: how crazy it is right now and the home stretch.
Speaker 1: Anything you'd like to leave us with. I believe that
Speaker 1: the choice in every ballot box this November it breaks
Speaker 1: downing this. You've got to decide who you stand with.
Speaker 1: Are we going to stand with the American people and
Speaker 1: the families that are suffering and the workers that are
Speaker 1: being crushed that's one candidate, or are you're going to
Speaker 1: see in with Joe Biden and the radical environmentalists and
Speaker 1: the special interest that have ties to this White House.
Speaker 1: That's your other candidate. It's just that simple. In Alaska,
Speaker 1: I'm the candidates. It's out there knocking on the doors
Speaker 1: of these families and shaking hands with these workers and
Speaker 1: funded by these grassroots Alaskans that are suffering. And Lisa
Speaker 1: Mankowski is the one who's been standing with Joe Biden,
Speaker 1: who confirmed these radical environmentalists, and who is funded by
Speaker 1: all this special interest dark money coming into our state.
Speaker 1: That's how our race is breaking down. But I'll tell you, Lisa,
Speaker 1: every voting booth across the nation has the exact same choice.
Speaker 1: And I am just believing that Americans are going to
Speaker 1: make the right choice and that we're going to lead
Speaker 1: our country forward with people who care about America and
Speaker 1: our workers and our families. So November eight, there's going
Speaker 1: to be a strong statement from Americans and this is
Speaker 1: a country of the people, by the people, for the people.
Speaker 1: And I still believe that range No, I agree it's
Speaker 1: time to take the country back. Kelly, thanks so much
Speaker 1: for joining the show. Good luck to you. Thanks so much.
Speaker 1: I meant Kelly Freak dot com if people want to
Speaker 1: learn more, I'll talk to again. Lisa. By bye. M h.
Speaker 1: That was Kelly to blacka running for the Alaska Sentence
Speaker 1: Week down to either her early summer counsel. So if
Speaker 1: you're an Alaska and you're listening, she was wise saying
Speaker 1: that it's up to you, but we need Republicans who
Speaker 1: are actually gonna fight for us and share our values.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to the show. I want
Speaker 1: to thank Drew Steele for stepping in and helping out today.
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