Speaker 1: It's no secret that Washington d C is broken. We
Speaker 1: have too many people there who serve their own interests,
Speaker 1: not ours. We have too many people who go to
Speaker 1: enrich themselves and who push these disastrous policies that they're
Speaker 1: completely immune from. In basic terms, Washington d C no
Speaker 1: longer works for us. That's how it's supposed to be,
Speaker 1: but that's not how it is right now. And very
Speaker 1: rarely do you get candidates where you just truly believe
Speaker 1: that their change agents, that they actually want to go
Speaker 1: to Washington d C and fight for you, that they're
Speaker 1: in it for the right reasons, that they're in it
Speaker 1: for something beyond themselves, for for actually for the country
Speaker 1: to actually make a difference. And this candidate, Tiffany Smiley,
Speaker 1: who's running for Washington State, who's running to unsee Patty Murray,
Speaker 1: who's been there for almost thirty years, is that kind
Speaker 1: of candidate. I've spoken to her twice now. I interviewed
Speaker 1: her for night when I filled in for Dan Bongino
Speaker 1: on his show The Dan Bongino Show, and then we've
Speaker 1: interviewed her for this show for The Truth with Lisa Booth,
Speaker 1: which you're about to listen to. She is that candidate.
Speaker 1: She has that kind of person who's fighting for the
Speaker 1: right reasons, who's in it for the right reasons, who
Speaker 1: would go to d C and be a warrior for
Speaker 1: people in Washington State. She was an incredible story to
Speaker 1: She was a triage a nurse. April two thousand five,
Speaker 1: she found out that her husband, Scottie, while serving in Iraq,
Speaker 1: was severely wounded by a suicide bomber. He had fell
Speaker 1: into a coma. He lost sight in both eyes, and
Speaker 1: they tried to get her to discharge him, but she
Speaker 1: would not. She would not do that, and he actually
Speaker 1: went on to be America's first blind active duty Army officer.
Speaker 1: And in the process of fighting the system, of fighting
Speaker 1: for her husband, she realized just how broken Washington d C.
Speaker 1: Truly was, how broken this system was, how the system
Speaker 1: was failing, or veterans failing, or military heroes failing. You
Speaker 1: and me, We're going to get to that story with her,
Speaker 1: because obviously you want to hear it from her herself
Speaker 1: about her own life story. But I'm just telling you,
Speaker 1: I really liked Tiffany smile A. We really need her
Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. And I truly hope you enjoyed
Speaker 1: this interview with her, Tiffany Smiley, running for Senate at Washington,
Speaker 1: d C. Tiffany Smiley, Tiffany, I loved I gotta interview
Speaker 1: you on the Dan Bongino Show, and I just loved
Speaker 1: our conversation so much. So I'm so glad to be
Speaker 1: able to have you on my podcast. So thank you
Speaker 1: so much for making the time. Yes, Lisa, thanks for
Speaker 1: having me on. I just truly believe that we need
Speaker 1: more people in Washington, d C like you, who didn't
Speaker 1: want to get into politics. It wasn't the chosen career path,
Speaker 1: but you know, you saw was going on in the
Speaker 1: country and decided to get in. That's what we need
Speaker 1: in d C. Yeah, you know it's someone would have
Speaker 1: told me back in two thousand five that me and
Speaker 1: my husband's journey would lead me into politics. I would
Speaker 1: have laughed and said, you're crazy. You know, there's absolutely
Speaker 1: no way our family will get into politics. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, our country is we're fighting for and we're
Speaker 1: just watching Washington State yet destroyed under bad leadership, bad policy. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, my husband lost his eyesight for this country.
Speaker 1: He's never never seen our children's faces. Um, we were
Speaker 1: not going to sit by and just watch thirty year
Speaker 1: incumbent career politician Patty Murray phoned in for another six years.
Speaker 1: That's not what's good for our country. And so um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting when when we were trying to
Speaker 1: decide even getting into this race and getting into politics,
Speaker 1: I remember I was I was feeling, you know, some reservations,
Speaker 1: and rightfully so we and just finally built a house
Speaker 1: and and you know, weren't moving all over the country
Speaker 1: with the military and blood sweent in tears, but we
Speaker 1: have built a beautiful life. And Scotty came to me
Speaker 1: and he said, Tiffany, there's one person who can beat
Speaker 1: Patty Murray and Washington State. And I hate to tell you, honey,
Speaker 1: but it's you. And he he just said, you know you,
Speaker 1: you kicked me out at that hospital bed, and Walter
Speaker 1: read and believed that I had purpose and could live
Speaker 1: for you know something, you're in better than myself, and
Speaker 1: so he said, go do it for all of Washington
Speaker 1: and I'm behind you all the way. So for for
Speaker 1: me and Scottie, we want to know in ten twenty
Speaker 1: years that our three boys have in America worth giving
Speaker 1: their eyesight for it sounds like you guys have a
Speaker 1: really beautiful and supportive marriage. Oh yeah, Scotty is so amazing. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, and he's very much so part of this
Speaker 1: campaign as well. So people all across Washington State loves
Speaker 1: Scotty and have heard from Scotty. He stumps for me,
Speaker 1: he goes to speeches for me. He's an amazing, amazing
Speaker 1: human being and certainly knows that that freedom isn't free
Speaker 1: and that this country, this state is worth fighting for. Um.
Speaker 1: We call it Teams Miley, and we are building Teams
Speaker 1: Smiley all over this great state. And for those who
Speaker 1: are unfamiliar with your your story and your husband's story. Um.
Speaker 1: So he served in Iraq and was severely wounded by
Speaker 1: a suicide bomber. This happened in April two thousand five.
Speaker 1: Talk about that and and sort of how it completely
Speaker 1: changed the trajectory of both of your lives. Yes, I
Speaker 1: was working as a nurse here in Washington State and
Speaker 1: resigned resigned for my nursing job, and I took a
Speaker 1: one way flight out to Washington, d C. Up to
Speaker 1: the old Walter Read And I didn't know if I
Speaker 1: was going to greet Scotty dead or alive, but I
Speaker 1: was going to be there. And when I walked into
Speaker 1: his trauma care unit, he had tubes coming out of
Speaker 1: every orifice of his body. He was in a coma,
Speaker 1: and one thing, um, one thing was permanent. The suicide
Speaker 1: bomber that he was negotiating with in service to our
Speaker 1: country had detonated his car, and the shrapnel from that
Speaker 1: detonation completely obliterated both the Scotty's eyes. Um, whether he
Speaker 1: lived or died, he would be forever blind. And that's,
Speaker 1: you know, truly, when my fight began for Scotty, I
Speaker 1: realized that I had to stand up and and fight
Speaker 1: for his life, liberty in pursuit of happiness. The Army
Speaker 1: and the v A were coming at me with paperwork
Speaker 1: and saying sign right here on the dotted line, Mrs Smiley,
Speaker 1: and I said, no, I'm not signing that, and they said, well,
Speaker 1: everyone signs it, and I said we I'll be the
Speaker 1: first one to not sign it. You know, it was
Speaker 1: bigger than me, It was bigger than Scotty. Um. I
Speaker 1: believe that Scotty could still serve, that I could help
Speaker 1: him make a miraculous recovering, that he could still be
Speaker 1: an asset to the military, so we took on the army.
Speaker 1: He went on and became the first blind active duty
Speaker 1: officer to ever serve our country, and we served for
Speaker 1: over a decade with him completely blind. He's Scotty has
Speaker 1: never seen our children's faces. Um, they were all born
Speaker 1: after he was blind. But once Scotty was well, I
Speaker 1: knew I had to go back and make it right
Speaker 1: for everyone else. So we took on VA reform, and
Speaker 1: you know, took on big government, big big rocks, bureaucracies,
Speaker 1: and and did what was right. But truly, in that fight,
Speaker 1: I realized we have so much more to be fighting for.
Speaker 1: And I remember, you know, the first time means Scotty
Speaker 1: was well, it's like the second time. The second time
Speaker 1: we walked into the capital where we were advocating and
Speaker 1: fighting for veterans um and meeting with anyone who would
Speaker 1: take a meeting with me, I was really disappointed. I
Speaker 1: remember leaving our capital and feeling very very sad because
Speaker 1: here are family. You know, Scotty had lost his eyes,
Speaker 1: and we were fighting and trying and striving and doing
Speaker 1: everything we could and facing just government bureaucracy. And we
Speaker 1: went when we went to the Capitol, we we found
Speaker 1: career politicians on both sides of the aisle. Um, this
Speaker 1: isn't a democratic Republican issues American issues that we have
Speaker 1: going on, and just the status quo and the apathy
Speaker 1: and UM, I just you know, career politicians who were
Speaker 1: just more interested in their special and just interest driven
Speaker 1: agenda than they weren't doing what's right for the American people.
Speaker 1: And when we left the Capitol, I remember looking at
Speaker 1: Scotty and said, I don't know how Scotty, but our
Speaker 1: voices belong there, like our country deserves better. UM. So
Speaker 1: you know, in some ways, I feel like I'm still
Speaker 1: being a UM, I'm just helping people in a different way.
Speaker 1: Quick break back with Tiffany Smiley, who's running for Senate
Speaker 1: in Washington State. What you had said that for the discharge,
Speaker 1: they told you that everyone signs it, but you didn't.
Speaker 1: What held you back from doing that? Internally? I do
Speaker 1: like if I sign that, not that it was the
Speaker 1: death sentence for Scottie, but it was like that that's
Speaker 1: a path that I don't want him going down. Um.
Speaker 1: And it was basically like sign right here will get
Speaker 1: him transitioned into the v A and then you can
Speaker 1: look for long long term care facilities for him. He
Speaker 1: was twenty four years old, was in the best, best
Speaker 1: shape of his life, best point grab and I remember thinking, no,
Speaker 1: our life is going to be better er than this.
Speaker 1: We are going to we are going to make something
Speaker 1: of this. And I I believed in Scotty Um when
Speaker 1: everyone else didn't um and rightfully so they thought I
Speaker 1: was crazy. But I had a vision. I knew that
Speaker 1: we could work, and I knew I could fight for Scotty.
Speaker 1: I would walk in his hospital room and tell him
Speaker 1: all the things that he could be versus all the
Speaker 1: things he couldn't be. So my conviction was strong when
Speaker 1: I looked them in the eyes and said, I'm not
Speaker 1: signing that paperwork. In fact, I pushed it in front
Speaker 1: of me a second time and said, Mrs Smiley, you
Speaker 1: know everyone signs this, sign it, and I said, I'm
Speaker 1: not signing it. UM gave me time to build a
Speaker 1: coalition that believed in in this vision of something better,
Speaker 1: not just for Scotty, but but for thousands of catastrophically
Speaker 1: injured veterans and their families and how we treat them.
Speaker 1: But I would walk into Scotty's room, and you know,
Speaker 1: every day he didn't know what medical crisis he was
Speaker 1: going to face, or you know, even just the aftermath
Speaker 1: of dealing with being in the best shape of your
Speaker 1: life and the best vision to to no vision at all. Um.
Speaker 1: And I would tell him all the things he could.
Speaker 1: I would say, you know, you're gonna you're going to
Speaker 1: be a speaker some day, Scotty, You're going to be
Speaker 1: an author, You're gonna write a book, and you're gonna
Speaker 1: be a phenomenal teacher. And and he would refute it,
Speaker 1: but he's like, Tiffany, you're the most persistent person. I know.
Speaker 1: He's like, you just kept coming in and speaking truth
Speaker 1: and speaking hope and life into my life. And you know,
Speaker 1: he reached a point where he's like, I don't have
Speaker 1: any other choice, Like I, you know, I have to
Speaker 1: go forward and do this. And you know, Scotty is incredible.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm lucky. I am so lucky that I get
Speaker 1: him as my teammate every single day because he you know,
Speaker 1: of course he went back to Duke and got his NBA,
Speaker 1: he wrote a book. Um, He's climbed Mount Rainier Denali.
Speaker 1: He's an iron man completely unstoppable, and um, I'm honored
Speaker 1: to be on team smiling with Scottie Well and now
Speaker 1: he's standing by your side, and it encourage you, you
Speaker 1: and in this endeavor as you fight for change in
Speaker 1: Washington d C. You know, after going through the whole
Speaker 1: process with your husband and getting a front or of
Speaker 1: a look at how our government works, how it treats veterans.
Speaker 1: What needs to change about government? Oh my goodness, the
Speaker 1: government needs to work for the people. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's clear, like right now we have Senter Murray
Speaker 1: who only works for Washington d C. In every room
Speaker 1: I go into here in Washington State. You know, I say,
Speaker 1: if it Senator Murray was really working for Washington State,
Speaker 1: then why did she vote to raise taxes? Why did
Speaker 1: she be the highest inflation that we've seen in a generation.
Speaker 1: Why did she vote for higher gas prices? She voted
Speaker 1: for crime soft on crime policies. I mean, these are
Speaker 1: the questions that people are asking. This is what's the
Speaker 1: state government needs to work for the people. Um, And
Speaker 1: I think we've got that confused in this country. Um,
Speaker 1: Senator Murray is just the government and growing larger government
Speaker 1: bureaucracies at every turn. Um, that is threatening our livelihoods
Speaker 1: are safety here in Washington State, so certainly in in
Speaker 1: this rate. That's that's what's that state. That's what I'm
Speaker 1: talking to. You know. On Saturday, I was in Seattle, UM,
Speaker 1: in a room with Democrats and Independence who who has said,
Speaker 1: you know, Tiffany, You're the first republic Can I've ever
Speaker 1: voted for and I'm honored, like I'm proud to be
Speaker 1: voting for you. Um. And they just feel increasingly less
Speaker 1: safe because anybody works for Washington d c. Um. So
Speaker 1: we need the people's voices in the people's House. Um,
Speaker 1: that that will be really really refreshing for our country,
Speaker 1: for our state, where we can just start to deliver results, um,
Speaker 1: all over this country. And that's the thing is, you know,
Speaker 1: the majority of Americans believe the country is on the
Speaker 1: wrong track, because it is, I mean, we see it
Speaker 1: in all aspects of government. And so why if if
Speaker 1: the majority of Americans believe the country is on the
Speaker 1: wrong track, why vote for someone who has been there
Speaker 1: for almost thirty years and has contributed to all the
Speaker 1: problems and that the directional wrong right of the country. Yes, yes, um,
Speaker 1: that's the case that we are certainly making here in
Speaker 1: Washington State. You know, is do you like the crime industry?
Speaker 1: Do you like inflation? Do you like high gas prices?
Speaker 1: If you don't like this, then you need to vote differently.
Speaker 1: And and that's certainly what we are doing. And I
Speaker 1: think there's some people just set out of politics because
Speaker 1: they're so discouraged. Um. You know, I have a whole
Speaker 1: avenda for political recovery and reform um, where I pledged
Speaker 1: to hold ten town halls all across Washington State. Um.
Speaker 1: Senator Mary, I don't even think she's held one last year.
Speaker 1: In addition to that, I'm not I'm not going there
Speaker 1: to get paid or or to build a retirement, Like
Speaker 1: if our Congress cannot pass a budget, then we shouldn't
Speaker 1: get paid. Senator Murray is sat on her elitist perch
Speaker 1: um failed us at every turn. Like I think she's
Speaker 1: forgotten that she's there to serve. And that's certainly what
Speaker 1: we need more of in every room and go into
Speaker 1: Washington State. Uh. You know, I talked about how ceremony
Speaker 1: has spent millions to attack me and my family. She's
Speaker 1: trying to paint us as a threat to democracy. Um.
Speaker 1: And she shows a picture of Donald Trump. She's just
Speaker 1: trying to further divide and and play into this rhetoric
Speaker 1: that's dividing our country enough already. And I reminder every
Speaker 1: room Howtie Murray wants to scare you, and I'm here
Speaker 1: to serve you. That's the choice on the ballot this November. Well,
Speaker 1: and it's also shows that they have no solutions, right,
Speaker 1: I mean the only it's yeah, it's like just they
Speaker 1: don't have solutions. Yeah, I mean, what a bad look
Speaker 1: for a thirty year career politician incumbent. She comes back,
Speaker 1: you know, we haven't. She called for funds to be
Speaker 1: diverted from our police force, and she disappears. People watched
Speaker 1: the state didn't see her. Nowhere to be found. She
Speaker 1: comes out attacking one opponent two months prior to the primary,
Speaker 1: and she's not talking about solutions. She's not talking about
Speaker 1: any plans to help out. People know. She's attacking Tiffany,
Speaker 1: smiling and telling everyone in Washington State to oppose me
Speaker 1: because I'm a threat to democracy. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: it doesn't make any sense. It's it's it's a really
Speaker 1: bad look. It's exactly why we will win this race,
Speaker 1: because we're actually sharing hope. We have planned a vision
Speaker 1: agenda to rein in the out of control spending, unleash
Speaker 1: our American energy independence. I remind every room that Senator
Speaker 1: Murray took mack out donations from the North Room to
Speaker 1: pipeline lobbyists. I would say, what a DC thing to do,
Speaker 1: raise our gas prices and line her pockets enough people
Speaker 1: are sick and tired of it. I mean that pretty
Speaker 1: much does sum up the problem with Washington d C.
Speaker 1: To be perfectly honest, and you'd you'd referenced her stance
Speaker 1: on you know, crime and not really standing up for citizens.
Speaker 1: And I mean we all saw in disbelief with what
Speaker 1: happened in Seattle, Washington where leaders city leaders, quote leaders
Speaker 1: in print and quotes right because they're not really leaders,
Speaker 1: seed seed the city to anarchists and and to tow rioters.
Speaker 1: And and that's extreme, Yes, that is so extreme. She
Speaker 1: stood by, She didn't say anything. She didn't stand up
Speaker 1: and fight, she didn't stand up and back are blue.
Speaker 1: She went along with whatever was working for Washington d C.
Speaker 1: In fact, I recently, um I had a crime ad
Speaker 1: where I'm holding Patty Murray accountable for her failures. And
Speaker 1: then talking about what we could do in the future.
Speaker 1: Senator Murray came back to relatively the same spot where
Speaker 1: I filmed that ad Um. Mind you, where I was
Speaker 1: filming there was murders in that parking lot and it
Speaker 1: was a Starbucks has been completely shut down. She came
Speaker 1: back to that area and pretended like there was no
Speaker 1: crime here and mocked me like saying, I can get
Speaker 1: a cup of coffee here. Um. You know, the news
Speaker 1: went and uh interviewed a lot of the business owners
Speaker 1: and they said, oh, yeah, we have crime every single day,
Speaker 1: we have break in smuggies. So I'm like, what world
Speaker 1: are you living in? Senator Murray, you don't deserve this
Speaker 1: position anymore because you're so out of touch. She's a
Speaker 1: slap in the face of two Washingtonians who are being
Speaker 1: ravished by crime. A woman just yet, you know, a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago told me she was walking to
Speaker 1: the middle of the day in Seattle, was violently assaulted,
Speaker 1: shoved into a corner. She she had to fight off
Speaker 1: the assailant herself, and then she looked around and someone said,
Speaker 1: don't call nine one one because they're not going to
Speaker 1: do anything. That's Patty Murray's Washington State. And it's also
Speaker 1: the financial uh concerns as well. I mean, we see
Speaker 1: so many Americans right now. I think it's something like,
Speaker 1: you know, we're all paying four d forty some of
Speaker 1: like four in ord fifty dollars more each month. You know,
Speaker 1: it's gas is impossible. I mean, it's just it all
Speaker 1: is just adding up. And I think so many people
Speaker 1: are suffering. What what are you hearing from, you know,
Speaker 1: folks back home about the economic situation that they're facing. Yes,
Speaker 1: I mean the rising costs of living is affecting people.
Speaker 1: And you know, just a couple of weeks ago, I
Speaker 1: was at the kent Um Safeway parking lot and I
Speaker 1: saw two little girls playing in the parking lot as
Speaker 1: if it was their backyard. They had their dolls out,
Speaker 1: and it was clear they're living out of their car,
Speaker 1: and their mom was inside the grocery store, probably just
Speaker 1: trying to get a few bites to eat to get
Speaker 1: through the day or get through that night. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's clear that woman does not need Patty Murray's electric
Speaker 1: vehicle voucher. That woman needs gas prices to be lower,
Speaker 1: cost of groceries to be lower. Um, she needs childcare
Speaker 1: she needs a hand up in this country. I've been
Speaker 1: clear in every room in Washington State. That's why I'm
Speaker 1: fighting for. Senator Murray is so completely out of touch.
Speaker 1: I mean, tax and spend is the name of her game.
Speaker 1: We can we cannot afford six more years of Senator Murray.
Speaker 1: There's absolutely no way. It's leading us down a path
Speaker 1: and higher, you know, higher inflation, higher cost of living UM.
Speaker 1: Grocery prices are some of the highest in the country here,
Speaker 1: same with gas prices UM. And you know, people are
Speaker 1: they're very worried. But in addition to you know, the
Speaker 1: rising cost of living and crime UM. In every room
Speaker 1: I go into, there is someone that comes to me
Speaker 1: with tears in their eyes talking about a son or
Speaker 1: a daughter, or a relative or a friend, or in
Speaker 1: a funeral they just went to from Fenton, al. It
Speaker 1: is a crisis in Washington State. It's not just on
Speaker 1: our streets and in our homeless encampments, it's in our
Speaker 1: school since killing our kids. Senator Murray, you know, she
Speaker 1: she held a hearing Washington's or she held a roundtable,
Speaker 1: and then she went to Washington d C. And healthy caring,
Speaker 1: and I have been very clear hearing you know, that's
Speaker 1: such a Washington, d c. Thing to do, because hearings
Speaker 1: don't say love save lives. Taking action and securing our
Speaker 1: poorest southern border and stopping the flow with set and
Speaker 1: all from coming in and killing our kids. That is
Speaker 1: something that I hear in every single room I go
Speaker 1: into in Washington State, someone that is affected by this
Speaker 1: crisis and so many people are dying from it. As
Speaker 1: you pointed out, you know, Tiffany, before we go, is
Speaker 1: there anything you'd like to leave listeners with. Yes, I
Speaker 1: would just encourage to, you know, continue to believe in
Speaker 1: this country. And we are pushed in the corner and
Speaker 1: all might seem loss that we always rise better. Um.
Speaker 1: I'm fighting for the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
Speaker 1: for all of Washington State. We can move forward. We
Speaker 1: are this shiny beacon on a hill, UM, and I
Speaker 1: am in this fight to deliver that, to bring our
Speaker 1: state in our country together. We are not stopping. We're
Speaker 1: going all the way through the finish line, continuing to
Speaker 1: connect with voters, UM, to to ensure that we get
Speaker 1: this country and our state on the right track. It
Speaker 1: is worth the sacrifice and the fight, UM, so I
Speaker 1: encourage everyone to get involved. Use your voice, because I
Speaker 1: know that one voice can make a difference. And I
Speaker 1: think you say one more time where people can go
Speaker 1: help you. You broke up right at the time where
Speaker 1: you're mentioning your website, so I want people to have that. Yes, sorry,
Speaker 1: I'm on the road. I'm in the back of my
Speaker 1: bus heading to another event. So, UM, anyone can join
Speaker 1: us at Smiley for Washington dot com all spelled out. Um,
Speaker 1: this is truely the fight there this country and for
Speaker 1: Washington State. So thank you so much, Lisa, So Smiley
Speaker 1: for Washington dot Com. Go help Tiffany Smiley. Tiffany, I've
Speaker 1: I've really just enjoyed getting to know you through these conversations.
Speaker 1: I really truly hope you get to Washington, d C.
Speaker 1: We need people like you, so I'm praying for you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Luis, I appreciate it. We will win. Keep
Speaker 1: an eye on Washington. That was tifficly smiling. I mean,
Speaker 1: what a story. I I really mean that when I
Speaker 1: told her, I hope you get to Washington, d C.
Speaker 1: These are the kinds of leaders that we need in America.
Speaker 1: These are the kinds of leaders we need in Washington.
Speaker 1: D C. You can tell she actually cares about the
Speaker 1: people that she's running to to represent in Washington, d C.
Speaker 1: So if you're in Washington State, please go help her
Speaker 1: get out and vote. The race is achievable and we
Speaker 1: need people like her. I want to thank you guys
Speaker 1: at home for listening. Want to thank Drew Steel for
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