WEBVTT - Running for the Right Reasons with Tiffany Smiley 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.280 It's no secret that Washington d C is broken. We 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.320 have too many people there who serve their own interests, 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:12.760 not ours. We have too many people who go to 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:19.000 enrich themselves and who push these disastrous policies that they're 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:23.840 completely immune from. In basic terms, Washington d C no 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:27.720 longer works for us. That's how it's supposed to be, 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:31.440 but that's not how it is right now. And very 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:35.800 rarely do you get candidates where you just truly believe 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.159 that their change agents, that they actually want to go 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.520 to Washington d C and fight for you, that they're 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:44.199 in it for the right reasons, that they're in it 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.600 for something beyond themselves, for for actually for the country 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.800 to actually make a difference. And this candidate, Tiffany Smiley, 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.080 who's running for Washington State, who's running to unsee Patty Murray, 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:59.040 who's been there for almost thirty years, is that kind 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:03.120 of candidate. I've spoken to her twice now. I interviewed 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:05.080 her for night when I filled in for Dan Bongino 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:08.160 on his show The Dan Bongino Show, and then we've 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:10.640 interviewed her for this show for The Truth with Lisa Booth, 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.440 which you're about to listen to. She is that candidate. 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.880 She has that kind of person who's fighting for the 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:17.880 right reasons, who's in it for the right reasons, who 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:19.920 would go to d C and be a warrior for 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.760 people in Washington State. She was an incredible story to 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.640 She was a triage a nurse. April two thousand five, 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:30.560 she found out that her husband, Scottie, while serving in Iraq, 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.560 was severely wounded by a suicide bomber. He had fell 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.720 into a coma. He lost sight in both eyes, and 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.720 they tried to get her to discharge him, but she 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.240 would not. She would not do that, and he actually 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:47.040 went on to be America's first blind active duty Army officer. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.240 And in the process of fighting the system, of fighting 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.800 for her husband, she realized just how broken Washington d C. 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.680 Truly was, how broken this system was, how the system 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.920 was failing, or veterans failing, or military heroes failing. You 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.480 and me, We're going to get to that story with her, 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.600 because obviously you want to hear it from her herself 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.360 about her own life story. But I'm just telling you, 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.880 I really liked Tiffany smile A. We really need her 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.960 in Washington, d C. And I truly hope you enjoyed 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.560 this interview with her, Tiffany Smiley, running for Senate at Washington, 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:34.320 d C. Tiffany Smiley, Tiffany, I loved I gotta interview 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.760 you on the Dan Bongino Show, and I just loved 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.239 our conversation so much. So I'm so glad to be 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:40.840 able to have you on my podcast. So thank you 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.400 so much for making the time. Yes, Lisa, thanks for 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.840 having me on. I just truly believe that we need 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:49.800 more people in Washington, d C like you, who didn't 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:53.000 want to get into politics. It wasn't the chosen career path, 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:54.920 but you know, you saw was going on in the 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.880 country and decided to get in. That's what we need 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.520 in d C. Yeah, you know it's someone would have 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.720 told me back in two thousand five that me and 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.200 my husband's journey would lead me into politics. I would 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.239 have laughed and said, you're crazy. You know, there's absolutely 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.799 no way our family will get into politics. But um, 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:15.720 you know, our country is we're fighting for and we're 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:21.360 just watching Washington State yet destroyed under bad leadership, bad policy. Um. 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.040 You know, my husband lost his eyesight for this country. 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:28.480 He's never never seen our children's faces. Um, we were 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.440 not going to sit by and just watch thirty year 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:35.240 incumbent career politician Patty Murray phoned in for another six years. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:39.000 That's not what's good for our country. And so um, 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:40.960 you know, it's interesting when when we were trying to 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:44.440 decide even getting into this race and getting into politics, 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.600 I remember I was I was feeling, you know, some reservations, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.720 and rightfully so we and just finally built a house 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.480 and and you know, weren't moving all over the country 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.440 with the military and blood sweent in tears, but we 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:01.000 have built a beautiful life. And Scotty came to me 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.480 and he said, Tiffany, there's one person who can beat 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.000 Patty Murray and Washington State. And I hate to tell you, honey, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.160 but it's you. And he he just said, you know you, 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.120 you kicked me out at that hospital bed, and Walter 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.560 read and believed that I had purpose and could live 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.279 for you know something, you're in better than myself, and 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.240 so he said, go do it for all of Washington 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.960 and I'm behind you all the way. So for for 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.960 me and Scottie, we want to know in ten twenty 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.279 years that our three boys have in America worth giving 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.760 their eyesight for it sounds like you guys have a 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:39.320 really beautiful and supportive marriage. Oh yeah, Scotty is so amazing. Um, 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:41.120 you know, and he's very much so part of this 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.160 campaign as well. So people all across Washington State loves 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.160 Scotty and have heard from Scotty. He stumps for me, 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.960 he goes to speeches for me. He's an amazing, amazing 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:54.680 human being and certainly knows that that freedom isn't free 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:59.080 and that this country, this state is worth fighting for. Um. 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.679 We call it Teams Miley, and we are building Teams 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.440 Smiley all over this great state. And for those who 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.640 are unfamiliar with your your story and your husband's story. Um. 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.520 So he served in Iraq and was severely wounded by 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:15.400 a suicide bomber. This happened in April two thousand five. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.159 Talk about that and and sort of how it completely 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.599 changed the trajectory of both of your lives. Yes, I 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.960 was working as a nurse here in Washington State and 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.840 resigned resigned for my nursing job, and I took a 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.800 one way flight out to Washington, d C. Up to 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.400 the old Walter Read And I didn't know if I 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.680 was going to greet Scotty dead or alive, but I 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.760 was going to be there. And when I walked into 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.960 his trauma care unit, he had tubes coming out of 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:45.799 every orifice of his body. He was in a coma, 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:50.080 and one thing, um, one thing was permanent. The suicide 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.720 bomber that he was negotiating with in service to our 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:56.840 country had detonated his car, and the shrapnel from that 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:01.960 detonation completely obliterated both the Scotty's eyes. Um, whether he 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.640 lived or died, he would be forever blind. And that's, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.560 you know, truly, when my fight began for Scotty, I 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.520 realized that I had to stand up and and fight 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:15.080 for his life, liberty in pursuit of happiness. The Army 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.320 and the v A were coming at me with paperwork 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.839 and saying sign right here on the dotted line, Mrs Smiley, 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.880 and I said, no, I'm not signing that, and they said, well, 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:24.920 everyone signs it, and I said we I'll be the 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.560 first one to not sign it. You know, it was 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.240 bigger than me, It was bigger than Scotty. Um. I 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.520 believe that Scotty could still serve, that I could help 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.279 him make a miraculous recovering, that he could still be 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.279 an asset to the military, so we took on the army. 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.679 He went on and became the first blind active duty 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.640 officer to ever serve our country, and we served for 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.800 over a decade with him completely blind. He's Scotty has 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:50.400 never seen our children's faces. Um, they were all born 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.320 after he was blind. But once Scotty was well, I 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.040 knew I had to go back and make it right 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.360 for everyone else. So we took on VA reform, and 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:03.200 you know, took on big government, big big rocks, bureaucracies, 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.360 and and did what was right. But truly, in that fight, 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.240 I realized we have so much more to be fighting for. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.560 And I remember, you know, the first time means Scotty 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.680 was well, it's like the second time. The second time 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.680 we walked into the capital where we were advocating and 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.560 fighting for veterans um and meeting with anyone who would 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.640 take a meeting with me, I was really disappointed. I 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:24.880 remember leaving our capital and feeling very very sad because 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.680 here are family. You know, Scotty had lost his eyes, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.360 and we were fighting and trying and striving and doing 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.840 everything we could and facing just government bureaucracy. And we 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.120 went when we went to the Capitol, we we found 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.880 career politicians on both sides of the aisle. Um, this 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.760 isn't a democratic Republican issues American issues that we have 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.280 going on, and just the status quo and the apathy 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.400 and UM, I just you know, career politicians who were 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.800 just more interested in their special and just interest driven 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.760 agenda than they weren't doing what's right for the American people. 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.960 And when we left the Capitol, I remember looking at 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.320 Scotty and said, I don't know how Scotty, but our 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:08.000 voices belong there, like our country deserves better. UM. So 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.560 you know, in some ways, I feel like I'm still 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.320 being a UM, I'm just helping people in a different way. 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.680 Quick break back with Tiffany Smiley, who's running for Senate 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:25.880 in Washington State. What you had said that for the discharge, 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.320 they told you that everyone signs it, but you didn't. 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.240 What held you back from doing that? Internally? I do 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.360 like if I sign that, not that it was the 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.560 death sentence for Scottie, but it was like that that's 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:43.920 a path that I don't want him going down. Um. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.840 And it was basically like sign right here will get 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.040 him transitioned into the v A and then you can 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.800 look for long long term care facilities for him. He 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.240 was twenty four years old, was in the best, best 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.360 shape of his life, best point grab and I remember thinking, no, 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:00.480 our life is going to be better er than this. 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.440 We are going to we are going to make something 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.560 of this. And I I believed in Scotty Um when 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.160 everyone else didn't um and rightfully so they thought I 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.600 was crazy. But I had a vision. I knew that 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.920 we could work, and I knew I could fight for Scotty. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.839 I would walk in his hospital room and tell him 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:20.240 all the things that he could be versus all the 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.000 things he couldn't be. So my conviction was strong when 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:24.400 I looked them in the eyes and said, I'm not 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.880 signing that paperwork. In fact, I pushed it in front 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:28.840 of me a second time and said, Mrs Smiley, you 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.000 know everyone signs this, sign it, and I said, I'm 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.960 not signing it. UM gave me time to build a 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.920 coalition that believed in in this vision of something better, 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.320 not just for Scotty, but but for thousands of catastrophically 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.320 injured veterans and their families and how we treat them. 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.520 But I would walk into Scotty's room, and you know, 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.400 every day he didn't know what medical crisis he was 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.520 going to face, or you know, even just the aftermath 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.760 of dealing with being in the best shape of your 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:58.559 life and the best vision to to no vision at all. Um. 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.000 And I would tell him all the things he could. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.199 I would say, you know, you're gonna you're going to 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.080 be a speaker some day, Scotty, You're going to be 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:05.760 an author, You're gonna write a book, and you're gonna 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.040 be a phenomenal teacher. And and he would refute it, 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.959 but he's like, Tiffany, you're the most persistent person. I know. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.000 He's like, you just kept coming in and speaking truth 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.080 and speaking hope and life into my life. And you know, 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:19.760 he reached a point where he's like, I don't have 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:21.720 any other choice, Like I, you know, I have to 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:25.520 go forward and do this. And you know, Scotty is incredible. 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.719 I'm I'm lucky. I am so lucky that I get 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.920 him as my teammate every single day because he you know, 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.280 of course he went back to Duke and got his NBA, 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:38.520 he wrote a book. Um, He's climbed Mount Rainier Denali. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:43.360 He's an iron man completely unstoppable, and um, I'm honored 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.959 to be on team smiling with Scottie Well and now 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.959 he's standing by your side, and it encourage you, you 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.320 and in this endeavor as you fight for change in 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.680 Washington d C. You know, after going through the whole 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.960 process with your husband and getting a front or of 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.520 a look at how our government works, how it treats veterans. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.760 What needs to change about government? Oh my goodness, the 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.360 government needs to work for the people. Um. You know, 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.160 it's it's clear, like right now we have Senter Murray 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.520 who only works for Washington d C. In every room 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.320 I go into here in Washington State. You know, I say, 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.160 if it Senator Murray was really working for Washington State, 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.600 then why did she vote to raise taxes? Why did 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.280 she be the highest inflation that we've seen in a generation. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.600 Why did she vote for higher gas prices? She voted 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.400 for crime soft on crime policies. I mean, these are 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.839 the questions that people are asking. This is what's the 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.040 state government needs to work for the people. Um, And 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.800 I think we've got that confused in this country. Um, 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.400 Senator Murray is just the government and growing larger government 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:45.800 bureaucracies at every turn. Um, that is threatening our livelihoods 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:49.880 are safety here in Washington State, so certainly in in 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.199 this rate. That's that's what's that state. That's what I'm 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.199 talking to. You know. On Saturday, I was in Seattle, UM, 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:58.199 in a room with Democrats and Independence who who has said, 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.560 you know, Tiffany, You're the first republic Can I've ever 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.400 voted for and I'm honored, like I'm proud to be 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.800 voting for you. Um. And they just feel increasingly less 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.120 safe because anybody works for Washington d c. Um. So 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:15.040 we need the people's voices in the people's House. Um, 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.920 that that will be really really refreshing for our country, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.520 for our state, where we can just start to deliver results, um, 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.440 all over this country. And that's the thing is, you know, 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:26.880 the majority of Americans believe the country is on the 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:28.920 wrong track, because it is, I mean, we see it 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.920 in all aspects of government. And so why if if 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.760 the majority of Americans believe the country is on the 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.640 wrong track, why vote for someone who has been there 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.440 for almost thirty years and has contributed to all the 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:47.280 problems and that the directional wrong right of the country. Yes, yes, um, 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.280 that's the case that we are certainly making here in 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:53.320 Washington State. You know, is do you like the crime industry? 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.040 Do you like inflation? Do you like high gas prices? 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.680 If you don't like this, then you need to vote differently. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.679 And and that's certainly what we are doing. And I 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.080 think there's some people just set out of politics because 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.840 they're so discouraged. Um. You know, I have a whole 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.240 avenda for political recovery and reform um, where I pledged 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.400 to hold ten town halls all across Washington State. Um. 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.800 Senator Mary, I don't even think she's held one last year. 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.280 In addition to that, I'm not I'm not going there 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.679 to get paid or or to build a retirement, Like 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.840 if our Congress cannot pass a budget, then we shouldn't 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.600 get paid. Senator Murray is sat on her elitist perch 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.360 um failed us at every turn. Like I think she's 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.920 forgotten that she's there to serve. And that's certainly what 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.160 we need more of in every room and go into 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.920 Washington State. Uh. You know, I talked about how ceremony 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.600 has spent millions to attack me and my family. She's 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:51.280 trying to paint us as a threat to democracy. Um. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.080 And she shows a picture of Donald Trump. She's just 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.720 trying to further divide and and play into this rhetoric 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.719 that's dividing our country enough already. And I reminder every 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.480 room Howtie Murray wants to scare you, and I'm here 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.680 to serve you. That's the choice on the ballot this November. Well, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.640 and it's also shows that they have no solutions, right, 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.760 I mean the only it's yeah, it's like just they 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.319 don't have solutions. Yeah, I mean, what a bad look 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:19.000 for a thirty year career politician incumbent. She comes back, 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.360 you know, we haven't. She called for funds to be 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.920 diverted from our police force, and she disappears. People watched 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.160 the state didn't see her. Nowhere to be found. She 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:31.240 comes out attacking one opponent two months prior to the primary, 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.360 and she's not talking about solutions. She's not talking about 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.360 any plans to help out. People know. She's attacking Tiffany, 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:41.600 smiling and telling everyone in Washington State to oppose me 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.320 because I'm a threat to democracy. I mean, this is 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.400 it doesn't make any sense. It's it's it's a really 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.600 bad look. It's exactly why we will win this race, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.880 because we're actually sharing hope. We have planned a vision 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.960 agenda to rein in the out of control spending, unleash 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.280 our American energy independence. I remind every room that Senator 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.480 Murray took mack out donations from the North Room to 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.600 pipeline lobbyists. I would say, what a DC thing to do, 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:09.360 raise our gas prices and line her pockets enough people 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.160 are sick and tired of it. I mean that pretty 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.800 much does sum up the problem with Washington d C. 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.880 To be perfectly honest, and you'd you'd referenced her stance 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.880 on you know, crime and not really standing up for citizens. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.440 And I mean we all saw in disbelief with what 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:29.520 happened in Seattle, Washington where leaders city leaders, quote leaders 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.840 in print and quotes right because they're not really leaders, 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:36.480 seed seed the city to anarchists and and to tow rioters. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.720 And and that's extreme, Yes, that is so extreme. She 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.800 stood by, She didn't say anything. She didn't stand up 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.240 and fight, she didn't stand up and back are blue. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.480 She went along with whatever was working for Washington d C. 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.480 In fact, I recently, um I had a crime ad 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.280 where I'm holding Patty Murray accountable for her failures. And 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.440 then talking about what we could do in the future. 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.520 Senator Murray came back to relatively the same spot where 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.360 I filmed that ad Um. Mind you, where I was 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.680 filming there was murders in that parking lot and it 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.560 was a Starbucks has been completely shut down. She came 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.720 back to that area and pretended like there was no 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.600 crime here and mocked me like saying, I can get 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.240 a cup of coffee here. Um. You know, the news 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.880 went and uh interviewed a lot of the business owners 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:21.920 and they said, oh, yeah, we have crime every single day, 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.480 we have break in smuggies. So I'm like, what world 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:28.280 are you living in? Senator Murray, you don't deserve this 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.640 position anymore because you're so out of touch. She's a 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.200 slap in the face of two Washingtonians who are being 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.920 ravished by crime. A woman just yet, you know, a 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.320 couple of weeks ago told me she was walking to 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.920 the middle of the day in Seattle, was violently assaulted, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.040 shoved into a corner. She she had to fight off 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.840 the assailant herself, and then she looked around and someone said, 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:50.680 don't call nine one one because they're not going to 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:54.920 do anything. That's Patty Murray's Washington State. And it's also 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.480 the financial uh concerns as well. I mean, we see 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.960 so many Americans right now. I think it's something like, 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.360 you know, we're all paying four d forty some of 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.359 like four in ord fifty dollars more each month. You know, 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.960 it's gas is impossible. I mean, it's just it all 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:11.920 is just adding up. And I think so many people 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.040 are suffering. What what are you hearing from, you know, 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:18.680 folks back home about the economic situation that they're facing. Yes, 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.600 I mean the rising costs of living is affecting people. 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.600 And you know, just a couple of weeks ago, I 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.240 was at the kent Um Safeway parking lot and I 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.400 saw two little girls playing in the parking lot as 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.680 if it was their backyard. They had their dolls out, 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:34.560 and it was clear they're living out of their car, 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.600 and their mom was inside the grocery store, probably just 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.280 trying to get a few bites to eat to get 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.520 through the day or get through that night. And you know, 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:47.240 it's clear that woman does not need Patty Murray's electric 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.280 vehicle voucher. That woman needs gas prices to be lower, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.600 cost of groceries to be lower. Um, she needs childcare 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.720 she needs a hand up in this country. I've been 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.000 clear in every room in Washington State. That's why I'm 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.280 fighting for. Senator Murray is so completely out of touch. 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:05.200 I mean, tax and spend is the name of her game. 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.680 We can we cannot afford six more years of Senator Murray. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.040 There's absolutely no way. It's leading us down a path 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.280 and higher, you know, higher inflation, higher cost of living UM. 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.760 Grocery prices are some of the highest in the country here, 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:22.360 same with gas prices UM. And you know, people are 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.760 they're very worried. But in addition to you know, the 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:29.880 rising cost of living and crime UM. In every room 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:33.520 I go into, there is someone that comes to me 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.840 with tears in their eyes talking about a son or 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.960 a daughter, or a relative or a friend, or in 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:44.320 a funeral they just went to from Fenton, al. It 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.840 is a crisis in Washington State. It's not just on 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.360 our streets and in our homeless encampments, it's in our 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:54.560 school since killing our kids. Senator Murray, you know, she 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:58.200 she held a hearing Washington's or she held a roundtable, 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:00.760 and then she went to Washington d C. And healthy caring, 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:06.119 and I have been very clear hearing you know, that's 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.120 such a Washington, d c. Thing to do, because hearings 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:12.840 don't say love save lives. Taking action and securing our 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:15.920 poorest southern border and stopping the flow with set and 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.399 all from coming in and killing our kids. That is 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.080 something that I hear in every single room I go 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:24.159 into in Washington State, someone that is affected by this 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:27.120 crisis and so many people are dying from it. As 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:30.000 you pointed out, you know, Tiffany, before we go, is 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:33.440 there anything you'd like to leave listeners with. Yes, I 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:38.119 would just encourage to, you know, continue to believe in 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.679 this country. And we are pushed in the corner and 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.359 all might seem loss that we always rise better. Um. 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.040 I'm fighting for the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.320 for all of Washington State. We can move forward. We 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:54.080 are this shiny beacon on a hill, UM, and I 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.520 am in this fight to deliver that, to bring our 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:59.359 state in our country together. We are not stopping. We're 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:01.240 going all the way through the finish line, continuing to 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.800 connect with voters, UM, to to ensure that we get 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:08.159 this country and our state on the right track. It 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:10.760 is worth the sacrifice and the fight, UM, so I 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:14.000 encourage everyone to get involved. Use your voice, because I 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:16.600 know that one voice can make a difference. And I 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:18.679 think you say one more time where people can go 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.800 help you. You broke up right at the time where 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:24.600 you're mentioning your website, so I want people to have that. Yes, sorry, 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:25.960 I'm on the road. I'm in the back of my 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.440 bus heading to another event. So, UM, anyone can join 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:34.360 us at Smiley for Washington dot com all spelled out. Um, 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:38.439 this is truely the fight there this country and for 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.160 Washington State. So thank you so much, Lisa, So Smiley 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:45.760 for Washington dot Com. Go help Tiffany Smiley. Tiffany, I've 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:48.760 I've really just enjoyed getting to know you through these conversations. 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:50.920 I really truly hope you get to Washington, d C. 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:53.960 We need people like you, so I'm praying for you. 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:57.000 Thank you, Luis, I appreciate it. We will win. Keep 0:20:57.000 --> 0:21:10.880 an eye on Washington. That was tifficly smiling. I mean, 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:13.480 what a story. I I really mean that when I 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.840