1 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:11,640 Seth: Hey, Allie. 2 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:12,660 Ally: Hey, Seth. 3 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:15,240 Seth: Hey, so we got another great candidate running 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,890 for Congress in Tennessee. 5 00:00:16,890 --> 00:00:20,885 It's Victoria Broderick, she's out of District four, and she's 6 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:23,790 another great millennial candidate, progressive candidate, and I 7 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:24,645 can't wait to talk to her today. 8 00:00:25,395 --> 00:00:26,265 Ally: I can't wait either. 9 00:00:26,265 --> 00:00:27,855 It's our first female candidate. 10 00:00:28,215 --> 00:00:32,744 You made this arrangement, you arranged this interview and I feel like it 11 00:00:32,744 --> 00:00:36,135 was a very special gift to me, so I can't wait to get to talk to her. 12 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:36,540 Seth: Yeah. 13 00:00:36,855 --> 00:00:36,975 Yeah. 14 00:00:36,975 --> 00:00:37,215 We met. 15 00:00:37,215 --> 00:00:37,875 Ally: See on the other side. 16 00:00:38,295 --> 00:00:39,285 Seth: All right, sounds good. 17 00:00:39,285 --> 00:00:39,615 Let's get it. 18 00:00:39,915 --> 00:00:43,215 Ally: We have another congressional candidate today, and I'm 19 00:00:43,215 --> 00:00:45,075 going to just bear with me. 20 00:00:45,915 --> 00:00:46,635 It is. 21 00:00:47,415 --> 00:00:49,425 Victoria Broadway. 22 00:00:50,475 --> 00:00:50,805 Okay. 23 00:00:50,805 --> 00:00:52,905 I had to use the Oprah Voice. 24 00:00:52,995 --> 00:00:57,045 I had to use the Oprah voice because this is the first female 25 00:00:57,045 --> 00:01:01,155 congressional candidate that we have had on the show so far. 26 00:01:01,905 --> 00:01:03,445 One of more to come. 27 00:01:04,410 --> 00:01:05,910 Let's, that's the caveat. 28 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:12,360 Um, but I'm insanely excited to finally have a gal pal to talk to on the show. 29 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:15,120 So, Victoria, are you there? 30 00:01:16,050 --> 00:01:16,260 Victoria Broderick: I am. 31 00:01:16,260 --> 00:01:16,470 Hi. 32 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:19,050 Ally: Hey, welcome, welcome. 33 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:25,195 So, Victoria, you are running for congress in Tennessee's fourth district, correct? 34 00:01:26,055 --> 00:01:26,275 Victoria Broderick: I'm, 35 00:01:27,509 --> 00:01:29,759 Ally: and I did some research on you and. 36 00:01:30,425 --> 00:01:34,955 I saw that there was something specific that triggered you to run 37 00:01:34,955 --> 00:01:39,305 for political office, and I'm using the word trigger intentionally. 38 00:01:39,755 --> 00:01:44,915 Um, and that specific thing is personal to me as a woman, personal to me as a 39 00:01:44,915 --> 00:01:49,835 woman with two daughters and personal to so many women across our country. 40 00:01:50,885 --> 00:01:55,025 So if you wouldn't mind, um, talk to us a little bit about your 41 00:01:55,025 --> 00:01:59,555 background and what prompted you to run for Congress in Tennessee. 42 00:02:00,450 --> 00:02:00,990 Victoria Broderick: Yeah. 43 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:04,590 So, um, my hard launch was in 2024. 44 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:06,750 That is when I decided to run against my opponent. 45 00:02:07,230 --> 00:02:12,180 And, um, basically I was on a district wide call because I was a one of, 46 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:15,540 uh, a county chair of one of the, at the time, 93 counties in Tennessee. 47 00:02:16,620 --> 00:02:20,670 Found out he was gonna run an oppose and I sent over my dead body and picked up a 48 00:02:20,670 --> 00:02:26,280 petition over a weekend and some liquid courage, and I was off to the races. 49 00:02:26,610 --> 00:02:30,420 Um, but my journey really started in 2022. 50 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:32,640 Um, a year prior. 51 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:39,330 In 2021, I suffered an IUD fail, um, and found out I was pregnant. 52 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,350 Um, and was navigating a very, like, what, what could be a 53 00:02:43,350 --> 00:02:45,000 very complicated pregnancy. 54 00:02:45,405 --> 00:02:50,204 Um, unfortunately I miscarried and you know, then again, you know, you're 55 00:02:50,204 --> 00:02:53,084 dealing with the medical system, you're dealing with all the issues that come 56 00:02:53,084 --> 00:02:57,315 up with that you're dealing with just not learning everything on the fly. 57 00:02:57,614 --> 00:02:57,765 Right? 58 00:02:57,765 --> 00:03:03,765 Well, a month later I found out I was pregnant again and again. 59 00:03:03,825 --> 00:03:07,244 Not a healthy start for a pregnancy right after a miscarriage. 60 00:03:07,304 --> 00:03:11,265 Um, you know, shocking the doctor shocking the system, shocking the family. 61 00:03:11,670 --> 00:03:16,260 Having to navigate the medical system again and again, a 62 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:18,060 more complicated pregnancy. 63 00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:22,620 Um, because just the, the way it started, luckily for me, I gave birth 64 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:25,170 to a beautiful baby nine months later. 65 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:26,880 Seth: Congratulations. 66 00:03:26,910 --> 00:03:29,160 Victoria Broderick: Yes, we, we adore him. 67 00:03:29,190 --> 00:03:32,580 Even though I don't quite trust him 'cause he is not supposed to be here. 68 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:37,080 And that is a joke for, I've been a lot, I get pushback on that joke. 69 00:03:37,140 --> 00:03:38,490 But no, we adore him. 70 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:38,910 He was. 71 00:03:39,135 --> 00:03:42,885 It was wanted and loved and you know, it's a happy surprise. 72 00:03:43,215 --> 00:03:48,945 Well, while I was on maternity leave ro overturned and I 73 00:03:49,545 --> 00:03:51,465 just could not stand that. 74 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:57,285 I could not stand the idea that now, a year later, almost to the day. 75 00:03:57,675 --> 00:04:01,095 Of what I was experiencing now would've been more complicated. 76 00:04:01,155 --> 00:04:01,245 Mm-hmm. 77 00:04:01,484 --> 00:04:05,925 My doctor's arms being one arm being tied behind their back, I wouldn't be 78 00:04:05,925 --> 00:04:08,565 getting the same medical care, et cetera. 79 00:04:08,625 --> 00:04:11,985 Tennessee's trigger ban was going to go in effect, so I did the logical thing. 80 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:15,945 I started a TikTok account and became the friendly neighborhood liberal and started 81 00:04:15,945 --> 00:04:19,394 doing voter education and why you should show up in local and state elections. 82 00:04:19,635 --> 00:04:24,645 I was already pretty plugged in with the party at that point, um, because. 83 00:04:25,575 --> 00:04:28,905 I didn't realize that it's not normal to be a five-year-old watching the West 84 00:04:28,905 --> 00:04:31,365 Wing, but like that was me as a kid. 85 00:04:31,695 --> 00:04:35,535 And then, um, you know, I worked on a campaign in 2019. 86 00:04:35,535 --> 00:04:38,625 That was my first work, but I've been always a little bit political. 87 00:04:39,105 --> 00:04:43,425 Um, started the friendly neighborhood, literal, uh, liberal on TikTok, 88 00:04:43,425 --> 00:04:47,055 which was kind of a joke because, you know, people considered me radical 89 00:04:47,055 --> 00:04:50,265 at the time, but I wanted it to be fun and friendly and inviting. 90 00:04:50,820 --> 00:04:54,659 And then I also became a county chair a month later because I was 91 00:04:54,659 --> 00:04:57,630 like, okay, I'm gonna change it on the ground and be involved in the 92 00:04:57,630 --> 00:05:02,760 party, uh, and change the party from within while also educating voters. 93 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:05,340 And then fast forward to 2024. 94 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,789 You know, I lost my election, but for those you don't know, 95 00:05:09,239 --> 00:05:10,830 I was a first time candidate. 96 00:05:10,830 --> 00:05:12,330 I had no name recognition. 97 00:05:12,330 --> 00:05:17,159 I ran my campaign as a mom of two tiny humans. 98 00:05:17,474 --> 00:05:21,195 At the time for fur babies, I foster with a local humane society. 99 00:05:21,195 --> 00:05:26,234 I worked full time, I ran a campaign in five months, and I raised 100 00:05:26,234 --> 00:05:30,044 over $120,000 as a first time. 101 00:05:30,435 --> 00:05:31,125 Ally: Incredible. 102 00:05:31,604 --> 00:05:35,205 Victoria Broderick: And I mean, this is, this is what being told three days into 103 00:05:35,205 --> 00:05:39,735 me picking up a petition and being on the ballot, that I would be lucky if I 104 00:05:39,735 --> 00:05:42,645 raised $50,000 and I got no party support. 105 00:05:43,020 --> 00:05:47,100 So like this is a phenomenal race and we felt it on the ground. 106 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:51,630 We felt it in 2024, where it just felt different and people were showing up 107 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:53,580 even with everything else going on. 108 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:54,360 Mm-hmm. 109 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,680 And about 15 seconds after I lost, I decided I was gonna run again up, because 110 00:05:59,070 --> 00:06:02,220 I was like, let's keep the momentum going, let's keep the work going. 111 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:05,910 Let's keep moving the needle because you know, that's the goal is to move 112 00:06:05,910 --> 00:06:10,170 the needle, make the change, and the numbers reflected that work. 113 00:06:10,710 --> 00:06:16,410 We learned that between 2022 and 2024, I grew the district and that 114 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:18,480 is what we felt on the ground. 115 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,630 And now here I am running my second congressional race and 116 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:26,340 I've been running consistently, consistently since May of 2024. 117 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,530 I have not stopped working. 118 00:06:28,530 --> 00:06:29,730 I still work full time. 119 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:30,930 I work in the tech industry. 120 00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:31,980 I work in support. 121 00:06:32,655 --> 00:06:36,164 Um, Seth and I actually met over my logistics experience. 122 00:06:36,224 --> 00:06:41,085 Um, we were up on a TikTok live debating, and I talked about international 123 00:06:41,085 --> 00:06:44,984 domestic logistics when it comes to tariffs and yeah, that's just a little 124 00:06:44,984 --> 00:06:46,664 bit about me and how I got here. 125 00:06:46,664 --> 00:06:51,135 I mean, it, it feels wild telling the story, but this is what we need. 126 00:06:51,135 --> 00:06:51,380 We need change. 127 00:06:52,349 --> 00:06:58,409 Ally: I am exhausted Just hearing all of that, but also so impressed. 128 00:06:58,590 --> 00:07:04,710 Um, I love that your response to losing that race in 2024 was like, okay, well 129 00:07:04,710 --> 00:07:05,940 we're just gonna keep it going then. 130 00:07:06,239 --> 00:07:06,330 Seth: Mm-hmm. 131 00:07:06,570 --> 00:07:06,630 Victoria Broderick: Yeah. 132 00:07:06,630 --> 00:07:09,390 Ally: We're just gonna, we're we're gonna, we're gonna win it next time, 133 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:11,190 but we're not gonna lose that momentum. 134 00:07:11,429 --> 00:07:12,150 Incredible. 135 00:07:12,659 --> 00:07:12,840 Victoria Broderick: Yeah. 136 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,070 'cause most candidates burn. 137 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:15,299 They don't do it again. 138 00:07:15,359 --> 00:07:15,510 Yeah. 139 00:07:15,510 --> 00:07:17,909 They, they, they get, and I'm like, I'm an athlete. 140 00:07:17,969 --> 00:07:19,500 You know, you don't, you don't. 141 00:07:19,725 --> 00:07:23,025 Fall down on the field and because you missed the goal, you get 142 00:07:23,025 --> 00:07:24,405 back's up and you go catch it. 143 00:07:24,465 --> 00:07:26,145 Oh, you're not ex soccer player. 144 00:07:26,385 --> 00:07:29,925 You know those jokes that your coaches make if you're younger and they're 145 00:07:29,925 --> 00:07:33,645 telling you like, all these things will pay off in your life later on. 146 00:07:33,705 --> 00:07:34,965 It literally does. 147 00:07:34,965 --> 00:07:35,275 Like it does. 148 00:07:35,715 --> 00:07:39,735 I thought that my coach was dumb and now I'm over here like, no, I'm making, 149 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:41,030 Ally: yeah. 150 00:07:41,035 --> 00:07:41,085 Yeah. 151 00:07:42,855 --> 00:07:43,455 Love that. 152 00:07:43,725 --> 00:07:47,865 Seth, I know you have a ton of questions, so I don't wanna Bogart your time. 153 00:07:47,865 --> 00:07:48,060 Go ahead. 154 00:07:49,020 --> 00:07:51,659 Seth: Yeah, exactly Allie and I mean, don't, don't get me started 155 00:07:51,659 --> 00:07:54,120 on this sports stuff 'cause this interview will go all the way left. 156 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,170 Don't go, don't get me going. 157 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:56,460 It's already March Madness. 158 00:07:56,460 --> 00:07:56,729 All right. 159 00:07:57,030 --> 00:07:59,700 But uh, again, Victoria, it was so impressive to see you 160 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:01,140 grow the district in that way. 161 00:08:01,140 --> 00:08:04,650 I mean, $120,000 and that is unbelievable. 162 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:08,010 As a guy who does sales for my own sports teams. 163 00:08:08,340 --> 00:08:11,490 I'm lucky if I can get 20, so I need to talk to you about that. 164 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:16,680 But anyway, uh, as we go, as we go into, uh, the primaries and the 165 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,150 midterms, you know, I mean, obviously you have the momentum from last 166 00:08:21,150 --> 00:08:24,720 time, but also, you know, just a few months ago we saw Afton Bain. 167 00:08:25,695 --> 00:08:30,854 Really come in, in your, in your home state of Tennessee, and I mean, come 168 00:08:30,854 --> 00:08:33,405 within single digits of a victory. 169 00:08:33,554 --> 00:08:37,574 And so with your own momentum and then seeing Afton do what she did, 170 00:08:37,689 --> 00:08:40,965 what, what kind of encouragement does that give you heading into 171 00:08:40,965 --> 00:08:42,314 your primaries in the midterms? 172 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:45,905 Victoria Broderick: I mean, that one I love Afton. 173 00:08:45,990 --> 00:08:49,860 I actually love that I got, I met her on the campaign trail. 174 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,190 We have become not close friends, but we're friends. 175 00:08:53,190 --> 00:08:57,240 Like I get to text her and talk about things and I loved supporting her race. 176 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,240 I don't, I don't know if you gotta see, but I literally was on the 177 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,440 ground canvassing for her, making sure that we were outreach, like 178 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,420 reaching out to all my creator content. 179 00:09:06,510 --> 00:09:06,600 Mm-hmm. 180 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Uh, contacts to try and like get more momentum around it. 181 00:09:10,095 --> 00:09:11,385 I mean, that's what we saw. 182 00:09:11,385 --> 00:09:17,324 So like Afton went up in a primary against men and she was the most 183 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:19,665 progressive candidate on the ballot. 184 00:09:19,694 --> 00:09:23,115 But here's the thing, Afton Iss an activist at heart. 185 00:09:23,115 --> 00:09:27,135 She won her seat because she started as an activist. 186 00:09:27,135 --> 00:09:30,314 There is this famous picture of her getting arrested at the State House 187 00:09:30,585 --> 00:09:34,725 because she was literally speaking out for ch like for children's rights, 188 00:09:34,725 --> 00:09:36,405 I believe is like what the story is. 189 00:09:36,795 --> 00:09:38,444 Um, and so like. 190 00:09:39,090 --> 00:09:41,310 In this fear, this is her work. 191 00:09:41,325 --> 00:09:47,580 Her her game, her field game was so strong and just everything that she offered was 192 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:52,290 different for voters because voters around here listening progressivism isn't scary. 193 00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:55,770 If you like eight hour work days, that's progressivism. 194 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,280 If you like your weekends, that's progressivism. 195 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:01,110 It is progress with purpose. 196 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:04,980 We're not out here offering anything other than I want working 197 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:06,570 class people better represented. 198 00:10:06,570 --> 00:10:07,705 I want your life to be easier. 199 00:10:08,565 --> 00:10:14,445 And Akin represented that she's a working person who is real and 200 00:10:14,445 --> 00:10:16,665 sings Dolly Parton nine to five. 201 00:10:16,665 --> 00:10:20,565 When she gets, when she gets going, and then, you know, I 202 00:10:20,565 --> 00:10:23,835 happened to have a conversation with her when she was considering. 203 00:10:23,835 --> 00:10:27,315 She mentioned to me that people had reached out and asked her to run for 204 00:10:27,315 --> 00:10:30,495 office, and I said, girl, do it like. 205 00:10:31,095 --> 00:10:32,775 Go for the special election. 206 00:10:32,775 --> 00:10:33,555 Let's do this. 207 00:10:33,555 --> 00:10:34,455 Let's flip this seat. 208 00:10:34,455 --> 00:10:38,535 And what we saw was a growth in that district and a voter turnout and 209 00:10:38,535 --> 00:10:44,955 excitement and, and, and a single digit margin in a 22 plus district. 210 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:45,699 Unreal. 211 00:10:45,699 --> 00:10:45,709 Seth: And 212 00:10:46,305 --> 00:10:51,285 Victoria Broderick: what's ironic that is my district is a 22 plus district, and one 213 00:10:51,285 --> 00:10:56,205 of the counties in my district, Rutherford County, is on the map, the national map. 214 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:58,020 For flippable counties. 215 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:04,530 And what does that mean for me, that means I flip my seat because that's 216 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:08,100 where the majority of my votes, I think it's like 55,000 of my votes 217 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:09,510 came out of Rutherford County. 218 00:11:09,990 --> 00:11:14,850 And what did I offer in 2024 that wasn't already in, I was working class mom. 219 00:11:15,045 --> 00:11:16,585 I'm offering progressivism. 220 00:11:16,925 --> 00:11:20,490 I'm not, I don't shy away from the hard topics. 221 00:11:20,490 --> 00:11:22,710 I don't abandon marginalized communities. 222 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:24,690 And it's fought me respect. 223 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:25,680 It's fought me. 224 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:30,585 Republican ticket, like Republican votes who, 'cause they come to my, 225 00:11:30,645 --> 00:11:37,095 my, um, protest and, um, forums and they're just like, you sound moderate. 226 00:11:37,365 --> 00:11:42,105 Which is literally my favorite thing to hear in a world district in Tennessee. 227 00:11:42,345 --> 00:11:44,835 Tennessee, because for those of you all know, district 228 00:11:44,835 --> 00:11:47,085 four, it doesn't touch Memphis. 229 00:11:47,085 --> 00:11:50,925 It doesn't touch Nashville, it doesn't touch Chattanooga. 230 00:11:50,985 --> 00:11:53,475 I am literally in the middle. 231 00:11:53,805 --> 00:11:58,425 Of this very Red Sea, but it wasn't always that way. 232 00:11:58,425 --> 00:12:00,255 It's been gerrymandered that way. 233 00:12:00,945 --> 00:12:01,725 Mm-hmm. 234 00:12:02,385 --> 00:12:02,445 Yeah. 235 00:12:02,445 --> 00:12:05,564 What, what we learned in 2024 is my messaging works, 236 00:12:05,745 --> 00:12:07,665 my work speaks for itself. 237 00:12:08,085 --> 00:12:10,665 And the great thing is the field director who did all that 238 00:12:10,665 --> 00:12:12,825 field work for Afin on my team. 239 00:12:12,915 --> 00:12:13,125 Oh, that's, so 240 00:12:13,965 --> 00:12:14,535 Seth: let's go. 241 00:12:14,535 --> 00:12:14,625 Cool. 242 00:12:15,285 --> 00:12:15,945 Let's go. 243 00:12:16,245 --> 00:12:19,305 Well, I, I, I'm, I'm super jacked to hear about that. 244 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:22,695 I mean, as a, as a guy who grew up in the South, seeing. 245 00:12:23,444 --> 00:12:28,665 Democrats gained momentum right away where, around where I live. 246 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:31,305 I told you my, my, my father was raised in Nashville. 247 00:12:31,370 --> 00:12:33,855 My, my grandpa lived and died in Nashville. 248 00:12:34,155 --> 00:12:36,525 Uh, and so to see that change. 249 00:12:36,810 --> 00:12:37,830 It's so encouraging. 250 00:12:37,830 --> 00:12:38,670 It's so cool. 251 00:12:38,910 --> 00:12:41,760 Uh, I wanna talk to you about the super majority in Tennessee 252 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,020 and we talked about that. 253 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:46,560 Um, you know, Mississippi just got done breaking their own 254 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,540 super majority over there. 255 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:51,570 And again, that's just proof of the momentum that we have in the south. 256 00:12:51,690 --> 00:12:54,690 Talk about the super majority in, in Tennessee and, and the 257 00:12:54,690 --> 00:12:55,375 work that you wanna do there. 258 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:57,825 Victoria Broderick: Yeah, so I mean like a lot of people don't 259 00:12:57,825 --> 00:13:00,435 realize Tennessee is a unique state. 260 00:13:00,585 --> 00:13:05,025 We are a super majority in our state legislature, but we also have 261 00:13:05,025 --> 00:13:09,435 a majority of our federal seats are held by Republicans, as well 262 00:13:09,435 --> 00:13:11,355 as we have a Republican governor. 263 00:13:11,715 --> 00:13:16,365 We also have the added bonus of most right wing medias now housed in the 264 00:13:16,365 --> 00:13:18,465 state of Tennessee, in Nashville. 265 00:13:18,915 --> 00:13:24,180 So this is a very, very calculated move by the right year testing round. 266 00:13:24,825 --> 00:13:26,775 Now, what does that mean for a super majority? 267 00:13:26,805 --> 00:13:28,875 Well, Tennessee wasn't always red. 268 00:13:29,025 --> 00:13:30,165 We used to be purple. 269 00:13:30,795 --> 00:13:34,995 We used to have, my district itself was blue up until 2008, and people 270 00:13:34,995 --> 00:13:38,355 wonder how it flipped and why we've always felt like a red state. 271 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:42,255 And I tell people all the time, it's because there was a down ballot initiative 272 00:13:42,585 --> 00:13:48,375 in the 2008 to 2012 range, which lit, literally, they flooded the market and it 273 00:13:48,375 --> 00:13:50,325 allowed for school boards to be flipped. 274 00:13:50,850 --> 00:13:53,970 Red and then the people work their way up through the system. 275 00:13:54,240 --> 00:14:00,090 And it is when my opponent, Scott Derale, became the now 16 year 276 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:05,100 incumbent, um, and was elected in office and has stayed here ever since. 277 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:06,720 And we haven't been able to touch him. 278 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:11,940 And that is because Tennessee is not, while we are, if you go in 279 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:16,440 our election office, you see every like voting booth that will say 280 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,030 number one in voter integrity. 281 00:14:18,329 --> 00:14:20,520 We're 51st in voter turnout. 282 00:14:20,550 --> 00:14:24,420 We are 40, 48th in voter turnout in 2024. 283 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:29,099 That's not first in voter, like in voter safety or voter, you know? 284 00:14:29,310 --> 00:14:31,260 But what it is is voter suppression. 285 00:14:31,349 --> 00:14:34,319 It's gerrymandered and voter suppression because I think it's 286 00:14:34,319 --> 00:14:39,180 like something like 2000, 200,000 voter, if they showed up to vote on 287 00:14:39,180 --> 00:14:40,800 Democrat, we would flip every seat, 288 00:14:41,670 --> 00:14:41,939 and 289 00:14:42,030 --> 00:14:44,160 Victoria Broderick: it's a small, it's like such a small number. 290 00:14:44,505 --> 00:14:47,775 So what we need is people to stop being apathetic. 291 00:14:47,865 --> 00:14:50,535 I'm not, I'm not afraid of losing my election. 292 00:14:50,535 --> 00:14:52,815 I'm afraid of voter apathy in 2026. 293 00:14:54,585 --> 00:14:55,545 Seth: Absolutely. 294 00:14:55,695 --> 00:14:59,655 I wanna talk to you about, uh, a, a, an issue that's close to your heart. 295 00:14:59,655 --> 00:15:05,325 And I think, uh, uh, right, it rings, uh, uh, loud and true with progressives like 296 00:15:05,325 --> 00:15:10,485 myself and Allie, uh, universal pre-K you know, as a, as a mom, as a parent. 297 00:15:10,635 --> 00:15:11,835 I think that's something that. 298 00:15:12,084 --> 00:15:17,694 A lot of parents are looking for in this world where increasingly one 299 00:15:17,694 --> 00:15:24,204 income is not going to pay the bills for middle class households in America. 300 00:15:24,444 --> 00:15:28,675 And so as a working mom, as a parent, I know that that's something close 301 00:15:28,675 --> 00:15:32,485 to your heart and I wanna know what, just, I want you to dig into that a 302 00:15:32,485 --> 00:15:33,685 little bit deeper for our audience. 303 00:15:34,185 --> 00:15:37,755 Victoria Broderick: Yeah, no, I, it is on, it is something that's on my platform. 304 00:15:37,755 --> 00:15:42,045 You can go to Victoria, the number four tennessee.org or.com and you 305 00:15:42,045 --> 00:15:46,005 can see that I want Universal pre-K and that it's not just because, you 306 00:15:46,005 --> 00:15:51,165 know, I want an outlet for working class families who are like myself. 307 00:15:51,525 --> 00:15:53,715 Both parents are working and we need a good place. 308 00:15:54,135 --> 00:15:59,865 We know that pre-K education, that starting early, we catch things earlier. 309 00:15:59,865 --> 00:16:03,285 They get a more equitable start in life and. 310 00:16:03,810 --> 00:16:07,260 It's social bonding, it's learning how, and if we take the pressure off 311 00:16:07,260 --> 00:16:12,780 of parents to pay that additional amount of money, you know, et cetera, 312 00:16:12,810 --> 00:16:17,100 we can save, it saves money in the long run because you're, if parents don't 313 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:21,720 have to worry about, you know, where their kids are going to school, they 314 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,640 have, they have that pre-K option. 315 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,050 They can go straight from daycare. 316 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:27,150 Maybe they're only paying now two years. 317 00:16:27,795 --> 00:16:33,315 Childcare for a, for a young child instead of paying from now, like one to 318 00:16:33,315 --> 00:16:35,925 all the way up to almost five years old. 319 00:16:36,285 --> 00:16:38,565 Um, just depending on the area of we live in. 320 00:16:38,565 --> 00:16:43,695 So again, these are all things that can be done and it it, people are 321 00:16:43,695 --> 00:16:45,585 like, how are you gonna pay for it? 322 00:16:46,365 --> 00:16:46,665 Seth: Course 323 00:16:46,665 --> 00:16:47,205 Victoria Broderick: taxes. 324 00:16:47,595 --> 00:16:47,715 Ally: Yeah. 325 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:50,115 Victoria Broderick: Making corporations pay their fair share. 326 00:16:50,490 --> 00:16:54,990 Ally: Exactly, and corporations should be incentivized for a program like that. 327 00:16:55,230 --> 00:16:57,510 You're going to have increased productivity. 328 00:16:57,510 --> 00:17:03,030 You're going to have parents that are basically more available because they 329 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:08,399 can afford to have their children in, in, you know, in daycare services. 330 00:17:08,399 --> 00:17:11,670 So it seems like a win-win to me, but you know, they never 331 00:17:11,670 --> 00:17:12,480 quite look at it that way. 332 00:17:12,944 --> 00:17:14,145 Victoria Broderick: They never look at it that way. 333 00:17:14,145 --> 00:17:18,645 They, they think, we think short term, they don't think long-term outcomes. 334 00:17:18,825 --> 00:17:23,505 And it's not a one size fits all because like it's not just universal pre-K, 335 00:17:23,505 --> 00:17:28,335 it's making sure education system is up to par with the rest of the world. 336 00:17:28,335 --> 00:17:32,775 You know, the average child is going to the school at like what, five years old. 337 00:17:32,775 --> 00:17:37,335 Whereas in other countries, they're starting as early as three years old. 338 00:17:37,740 --> 00:17:44,130 That is a huge amount of time to lose in a very young developmental life. 339 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:45,240 I mean, I'm in the thick of it. 340 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,530 I have a three major and a 5-year-old, and I said teenager specifically 341 00:17:49,530 --> 00:17:55,680 because like he is a whole personality that that IU DFA miscarriage and an 342 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:01,020 immediate pregnancy baby who would've thought it, but he's so smart and 343 00:18:01,020 --> 00:18:04,260 that's because we had something unique. 344 00:18:04,649 --> 00:18:08,159 That others like that other parents and generations didn't have before. 345 00:18:08,159 --> 00:18:15,180 And that is, I had two pandemic babies, so you know, there was more free time in some 346 00:18:15,180 --> 00:18:17,970 ways to just really hone in those skills. 347 00:18:17,970 --> 00:18:24,690 He also has an older brother who it was a full pandemic baby. 348 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:24,870 Ally: Yeah. 349 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:29,520 Victoria Broderick: And he, you know, I had so much more time 350 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,290 with him and so did my husband. 351 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:37,560 It shows, it just shows in how advanced they are, um, just overall. 352 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,330 And we know that that works. 353 00:18:39,330 --> 00:18:43,889 The science is there and the, the parents need it at the end of the day. 354 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:47,969 So, I mean, it's a win, win-win for everyone, you know, if we're quoting 355 00:18:47,969 --> 00:18:49,419 the office, it's definitely a win win. 356 00:18:51,784 --> 00:18:55,350 Ally: Can we really quickly go back to the incumbent. 357 00:18:55,754 --> 00:19:01,365 Um, your opposition, Scott, I believe you said his name was, what's his full name? 358 00:19:01,935 --> 00:19:02,625 Victoria Broderick: Scott Derale. 359 00:19:03,855 --> 00:19:08,205 Ally: And how is that working out for your community? 360 00:19:08,205 --> 00:19:14,535 How, like what are, how is he, obviously you must feel that he's falling short in 361 00:19:14,535 --> 00:19:17,595 terms of servicing, um, his constituents. 362 00:19:17,595 --> 00:19:19,965 So what's he like? 363 00:19:19,995 --> 00:19:20,550 How's that going? 364 00:19:21,435 --> 00:19:22,575 Victoria Broderick: I mean, he's potatoes. 365 00:19:24,105 --> 00:19:25,575 That's not a better way to describe him. 366 00:19:25,635 --> 00:19:28,905 So a lot of people don't know about Scott Dejero, and that's not 367 00:19:28,905 --> 00:19:32,865 because he's, it's because, I mean, he's been in office for 16 years. 368 00:19:32,865 --> 00:19:36,045 I mean, he is no different than Marjorie Taylor Greene. 369 00:19:36,435 --> 00:19:40,875 However, he's not loud and proud like some of his counterparts. 370 00:19:41,175 --> 00:19:46,365 So, Scott Derale was elected in 2011, 12 2012. 371 00:19:47,655 --> 00:19:51,375 He is a 16 year incumbent, but he is most famously known because after he 372 00:19:51,375 --> 00:19:55,845 was elected, it came out in divorced proceedings that he had pulled a gun 373 00:19:55,845 --> 00:19:59,805 on his wife and dry fired through the door to force her to get an abortion. 374 00:20:00,254 --> 00:20:01,065 Ally: What, 375 00:20:01,754 --> 00:20:02,415 Victoria Broderick: wait, there's more. 376 00:20:02,415 --> 00:20:05,024 Just go on and hold the beer there 'cause this is gonna get worse. 377 00:20:05,024 --> 00:20:05,055 Uh, 378 00:20:06,014 --> 00:20:06,315 Ally: okay. 379 00:20:06,615 --> 00:20:09,405 Victoria Broderick: Forced two other partners to get abortions, one of 380 00:20:09,405 --> 00:20:11,715 which he had to drive out of state and. 381 00:20:12,225 --> 00:20:16,185 The reason he had to force these two other partners to get abortions is 382 00:20:16,185 --> 00:20:22,965 because he was a medical doctor trading medicine for relations with his patients. 383 00:20:23,325 --> 00:20:29,355 He is no longer that because he, uh, had to step away for obvious reasons. 384 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:31,965 Now, he is a Tea Party member. 385 00:20:32,355 --> 00:20:34,845 He is a mago Republican. 386 00:20:34,845 --> 00:20:39,254 He has been voted by a conservative magazine, one of the worst Republican 387 00:20:39,254 --> 00:20:40,935 representatives in the house. 388 00:20:41,475 --> 00:20:46,304 And has been quoted in closed door sessions that if he speaks with, 389 00:20:46,335 --> 00:20:48,524 uh, constituents, he loses votes. 390 00:20:48,810 --> 00:20:50,804 Ally: I, I can't close my jaw right now. 391 00:20:51,195 --> 00:20:54,225 I'm having problems shutting my jaw. 392 00:20:55,455 --> 00:20:57,975 Victoria Broderick: He is, he is a potato. 393 00:20:57,975 --> 00:21:00,615 He has been in office, but like I said before, 394 00:21:01,004 --> 00:21:04,784 Ally: how did all of those scandals not drive him out of those all 395 00:21:04,784 --> 00:21:07,365 came out while he was in office? 396 00:21:07,605 --> 00:21:10,274 Victoria Broderick: Came out while he was in office. 397 00:21:10,860 --> 00:21:16,350 Ally: This is, this is so typical of the Republican party, you know, 398 00:21:16,350 --> 00:21:18,689 Democrats, um, and progressives. 399 00:21:18,689 --> 00:21:21,899 We hold ourselves to such a higher standard. 400 00:21:22,169 --> 00:21:27,750 We have a very low bar, a very low threshold in terms of tolerating 401 00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:34,290 the, any kind of action that would seem untoward, right, or that 402 00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:36,179 might negatively affect the party. 403 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,830 And now you've got this guy. 404 00:21:39,150 --> 00:21:43,500 Doing this stuff and he was not like, chased out of town 405 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,950 with pitchforks and tiki. 406 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:48,389 How, 407 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:50,850 Victoria Broderick: I mean, he doesn't come back to the district. 408 00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:53,850 He doesn't come back unless he, it's a friendly event. 409 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:59,280 And I mean, he doesn't have to, I mean, he's a, he's sitting on $500,000 410 00:21:59,490 --> 00:22:01,470 right now in his campaign fund. 411 00:22:02,159 --> 00:22:03,960 I a working class mom. 412 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,830 I don't have $500,000 or I wouldn't be working right now. 413 00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:09,750 I would be campaign full time. 414 00:22:10,139 --> 00:22:12,000 I mean, this is what we're up against. 415 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,429 You know that, that $120,000, the great part about that is that as all small 416 00:22:17,429 --> 00:22:22,710 dollar donations, 95% of it is small dollar donations, so $200 or less. 417 00:22:23,669 --> 00:22:29,129 Scott, he is 99% corporate hack money. 418 00:22:29,475 --> 00:22:35,445 Corporate money and APAC money, this man doesn't have to lift a finger and only 419 00:22:35,445 --> 00:22:38,085 1% comes from small dollar donations. 420 00:22:38,475 --> 00:22:42,075 Does he, is he beholden to constituents and District four? 421 00:22:42,135 --> 00:22:43,215 Absolutely not. 422 00:22:43,215 --> 00:22:43,754 That's why. 423 00:22:43,754 --> 00:22:43,774 Ally: And that, 424 00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:44,490 Victoria Broderick: that's 425 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:47,930 Ally: what I was going to ask you, like obviously your fellow 426 00:22:47,930 --> 00:22:55,125 community members in your district must be completely frustrated and. 427 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,240 Over this guy. 428 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,410 I would imagine. 429 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:01,710 Victoria Broderick: You would hope so, but unfortunately, no. 430 00:23:01,710 --> 00:23:05,070 Most voters, they vote party lines, they don't really care. 431 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:09,000 Voter turnout is crap and voter suppression is not good. 432 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,790 Here is like really not good here, you know? 433 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:13,290 So what has happened? 434 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:17,490 It, you have, it's a twofer because we've got this Republican incumbent 435 00:23:17,490 --> 00:23:21,120 in a, a super majority state where most of our seats are Republican. 436 00:23:21,930 --> 00:23:25,230 Then you have a Democratic party that is trying to figure out how 437 00:23:25,230 --> 00:23:32,610 to function in this new modern post-Obama, you know, Republican party, 438 00:23:32,790 --> 00:23:33,090 Ally: right? 439 00:23:33,390 --> 00:23:35,010 Victoria Broderick: This is a long-term thing. 440 00:23:35,010 --> 00:23:37,500 This didn't start in 2008. 441 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,180 It didn't start in 2002. 442 00:23:39,180 --> 00:23:42,090 This goes, I mean, if you wanna go all the way back, it goes 443 00:23:42,090 --> 00:23:44,220 back to the Civil War, but. 444 00:23:44,895 --> 00:23:49,995 The Republican party really pushed forward in 2000, in the early two 445 00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:54,105 thousands and how they narrative really the eighties is part of that as well. 446 00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:55,875 So that happened. 447 00:23:55,875 --> 00:24:00,735 And then you have the Democratic party that's trying going by Obama era ideology, 448 00:24:01,065 --> 00:24:06,675 the moderate will get the vote, et cetera, and putting forward moderate voters who 449 00:24:06,675 --> 00:24:08,865 are supposed to grab the swing vote. 450 00:24:09,075 --> 00:24:12,135 But swing voters don't vote on moderates. 451 00:24:12,135 --> 00:24:13,605 Yeah, they vote on the economy. 452 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:19,140 So what do you, what do you, what is the swing voter gonna do when you know 453 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:23,790 Democrats are out here getting lost in the sauce with Republican talking 454 00:24:23,790 --> 00:24:27,000 points and Republicans are over here like, I'm gonna lower your taxes. 455 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,050 I'm gonna make gas cheaper. 456 00:24:28,050 --> 00:24:28,800 I'm gonna do all the thing. 457 00:24:29,610 --> 00:24:31,620 So it's, it's a catch 22. 458 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:37,110 So that is why I, myself, and not only working within the party because 459 00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:39,030 I wanna see progressive change. 460 00:24:39,435 --> 00:24:43,455 And I wanna see better representation, but I'm also a candidate offering 461 00:24:43,455 --> 00:24:45,165 something different in District four. 462 00:24:45,165 --> 00:24:48,285 And what we learned in 2024 is it worked. 463 00:24:49,275 --> 00:24:49,815 Ally: Amazing. 464 00:24:50,505 --> 00:24:50,775 All right. 465 00:24:51,015 --> 00:24:52,845 I need, I need to process all of that. 466 00:24:52,845 --> 00:24:53,385 So Go ahead. 467 00:24:53,385 --> 00:24:53,475 S 468 00:24:54,705 --> 00:24:54,795 Seth: Yeah. 469 00:24:54,795 --> 00:24:55,095 So I'm 470 00:24:55,095 --> 00:24:56,175 Ally: gonna', that's insane story. 471 00:24:56,235 --> 00:24:56,835 Insane. 472 00:24:57,045 --> 00:24:57,705 Seth: It's wild. 473 00:24:57,855 --> 00:24:58,605 It's wild man. 474 00:24:58,610 --> 00:24:58,700 Truly. 475 00:24:58,995 --> 00:25:02,145 I mean, there, there, there really is like no standards. 476 00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:05,294 For maga, I mean, it's, uh, it's unreal. 477 00:25:05,715 --> 00:25:06,375 Uh, yeah. 478 00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:10,365 So I'm gonna, I'm gonna go with my, my basic millennial question now, uh, 479 00:25:10,365 --> 00:25:14,445 as, as a fellow millennial, I mean, you got, you and, uh, other people 480 00:25:14,445 --> 00:25:18,115 that we have interviewed here on this show, you guys represent a, a 481 00:25:18,115 --> 00:25:21,554 completely new, fresh wave of leadership. 482 00:25:21,675 --> 00:25:24,554 And I just wanna know, as a, as a millennial and as part of that 483 00:25:24,554 --> 00:25:26,804 movement, what does that mean to you? 484 00:25:27,044 --> 00:25:29,385 And, and, and, and how do you want. 485 00:25:29,645 --> 00:25:35,105 To see our generation kind of take up the mantle and start to take our 486 00:25:35,105 --> 00:25:37,595 country back, uh, to where we were. 487 00:25:38,524 --> 00:25:38,915 Victoria Broderick: Yeah. 488 00:25:39,034 --> 00:25:41,315 Um, I always joking to say I'm millennial trash. 489 00:25:41,685 --> 00:25:46,425 Um, but, uh, I can't quote, I can't take credit for that, you know, just a little. 490 00:25:46,965 --> 00:25:52,815 Um, but as a millennial, I think we offer something like a unique perspective. 491 00:25:52,815 --> 00:25:54,585 We remember the nineties. 492 00:25:54,585 --> 00:25:57,675 Most of us remember the eighties and the nineties. 493 00:25:57,675 --> 00:26:00,645 I mean, I have, I was born in the nineties, but I have like 494 00:26:00,675 --> 00:26:05,690 80 eighties nostalgia, you know, raised on Star Wars and. 495 00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:11,115 Indiana Jones and like the West Wing and the American president, like these 496 00:26:11,115 --> 00:26:14,775 are our foundational, like awareness. 497 00:26:14,775 --> 00:26:16,635 We had Nickelodeon and like all of that. 498 00:26:17,085 --> 00:26:17,295 Yeah. 499 00:26:17,445 --> 00:26:21,405 And so like as a millennial running for office, I never 500 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:23,265 saw myself in this position. 501 00:26:23,295 --> 00:26:26,205 I literally, it was never my dream to be president. 502 00:26:26,445 --> 00:26:30,615 I was always political, but it was never like this political 503 00:26:30,615 --> 00:26:35,415 side of myself really didn't take hold until watching my country. 504 00:26:35,820 --> 00:26:40,200 Really just be the beginnings of, you know, the Trump administration 505 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,570 and watching how he just swooped in and took over an entire party. 506 00:26:46,110 --> 00:26:49,680 And, you know, as a millennial, I was like, no, no, no. 507 00:26:49,740 --> 00:26:52,230 Like, we've all seen this movie. 508 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:54,450 Like we've all seen it. 509 00:26:54,510 --> 00:26:56,100 We've seen what, what? 510 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:57,840 This is it. 511 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,910 Why isn't anyone saying no, no, we've seen it. 512 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:00,240 We're good. 513 00:27:00,540 --> 00:27:04,080 You know, the Jurassic Park quote where Jeff Goldblum says. 514 00:27:05,070 --> 00:27:10,050 Everyone was too busy with like, can we, they never asked, should we? 515 00:27:10,649 --> 00:27:14,219 And you know, this is where I'm at as a millennial, as I'm watching 516 00:27:14,219 --> 00:27:16,199 all these things take precedent. 517 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:20,070 And I'm like, no, no, we've gotta bring back some of that nostalgia. 518 00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:24,000 But like with getting rid of the systematic oppression 519 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,830 that is plaguing our country. 520 00:27:25,830 --> 00:27:30,030 And I, I, I think, you know, I'm doing that and also as a candidate, I look 521 00:27:30,030 --> 00:27:33,479 different and I think that we're, we're groundbreaking in that way. 522 00:27:33,885 --> 00:27:40,485 Candidates no longer can be a 2D two, two sided person. 523 00:27:40,485 --> 00:27:43,725 We have to be 3D and you know, we have to be a triple threat. 524 00:27:43,725 --> 00:27:45,585 We have to be able to be personable. 525 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:52,260 Understand the, like the nostalgia and understand, you know, culture while also 526 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:57,450 being able to speak correctly and sound good and make videos and then be policy 527 00:27:57,450 --> 00:27:59,880 makers and understand the legislation. 528 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,610 So I think we do offer something that's different. 529 00:28:02,610 --> 00:28:06,330 You know, it reminds me of old school Hollywood, where the triple threat is 530 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:09,060 dancing and act like it's the same thing. 531 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:13,080 Ally: Yeah, I can, I can definitely see that. 532 00:28:13,409 --> 00:28:19,080 And I think, you know, also millennials, um, you know, Seth, you've talked 533 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:25,500 about before, living through like the recession of 2008 and the collapse of 534 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:31,050 the housing market and, you know, a lot of you coming into the workplace, into 535 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:38,340 the workforce during that time I think has been really, um, really sort of. 536 00:28:38,865 --> 00:28:42,645 Pivotal in, in informing your worldview. 537 00:28:43,005 --> 00:28:43,125 Victoria Broderick: Mm-hmm. 538 00:28:44,445 --> 00:28:48,585 I mean, that's a great point too, because like my work career looks different. 539 00:28:48,975 --> 00:28:49,065 Mm-hmm. 540 00:28:49,305 --> 00:28:51,825 You know, I went to university, I went to Austin p let's go 541 00:28:51,825 --> 00:28:53,685 pee in Clarksville, Tennessee. 542 00:28:54,075 --> 00:28:57,435 Um, and, you know, I graduated in 2015. 543 00:28:57,435 --> 00:29:03,225 I literally graduated as we're rolling into an election year and rolling 544 00:29:03,225 --> 00:29:06,615 into, um, like seeing all these things. 545 00:29:07,065 --> 00:29:08,715 Progress in our country. 546 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:14,145 You know, I, I knew that Trump was going to be a problem in 2015, um, 547 00:29:14,145 --> 00:29:17,925 but I went into a workforce with a degree thinking I was gonna get a 548 00:29:17,925 --> 00:29:20,055 decent job and it just wasn't that. 549 00:29:20,055 --> 00:29:22,665 So I wor have been working in customer service. 550 00:29:22,665 --> 00:29:25,035 I mean, I've been working since I had baby teeth, but like. 551 00:29:25,905 --> 00:29:30,705 You know, as I go into a, you know, you got the degree, I did it in four 552 00:29:30,705 --> 00:29:34,545 years, did it in one year, less than the average, the national average. 553 00:29:34,755 --> 00:29:36,075 All these things to be proud of. 554 00:29:36,075 --> 00:29:40,725 And I walk into a workforce that isn't prepared for me, that had spent four 555 00:29:40,725 --> 00:29:43,035 years telling me to get a real job. 556 00:29:43,035 --> 00:29:49,215 As I'm working at a, as a barista, my full-time going to school full-time, this 557 00:29:49,215 --> 00:29:50,895 is probably where the crazy schedule. 558 00:29:51,420 --> 00:29:52,470 Things were learned, 559 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:52,860 Ally: right? 560 00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:53,040 And 561 00:29:54,090 --> 00:29:57,000 Victoria Broderick: what we doing, it was learn and getting told every 562 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,370 day, get a real job, get a real job, and then I go out to get a 563 00:29:59,370 --> 00:30:05,640 real job and it's not there and you know it, and then I get a real job. 564 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,360 In 2016, I moved into international domestic logistics. 565 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,340 You know, it was outside of my scope. 566 00:30:11,340 --> 00:30:14,820 I, you know, I had always grown up in the tile industry. 567 00:30:14,820 --> 00:30:16,920 My, my dad worked in tile, so. 568 00:30:17,294 --> 00:30:18,824 He utilized that knowledge. 569 00:30:18,824 --> 00:30:22,395 And I went in and I started working and I started learning about the process. 570 00:30:23,475 --> 00:30:26,534 Trump had been elected, but I was like, oh, we'll be okay. 571 00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:32,865 And then the tariffs hit in 2018 and my international domestic logistics job was 572 00:30:32,865 --> 00:30:36,824 now facing, um, some real consequences. 573 00:30:36,945 --> 00:30:41,685 We were a small, a small company, a small business that, uh, helped 574 00:30:41,685 --> 00:30:46,185 source for bigger companies that people would recognize the names for. 575 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:54,300 And over overnight I had $3.5 million worth of freight on an ocean liner 576 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:59,370 that all the contracts were paid out for, and we were trying to figure out 577 00:30:59,370 --> 00:31:02,910 how we're gonna pay the additional 'cause I think it went up to 30%. 578 00:31:02,910 --> 00:31:06,000 Don't quote me on that for the, like, you know, keyboard warriors 579 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,200 who might be watching this. 580 00:31:07,745 --> 00:31:10,530 I, I don't remember exactly the tariff amount, but I remember it 581 00:31:10,530 --> 00:31:13,140 was enough of a jump for the owners. 582 00:31:13,514 --> 00:31:16,514 To literally say, well, I guess we're gonna go out of business. 583 00:31:16,695 --> 00:31:16,905 Ally: Ugh. 584 00:31:17,415 --> 00:31:21,825 Victoria Broderick: And they didn't go out of business, but some of us lost 585 00:31:21,825 --> 00:31:23,835 our jobs and I was one of those people. 586 00:31:23,865 --> 00:31:25,635 My job was outsourced to China. 587 00:31:25,965 --> 00:31:29,415 I had went from being a sourcing coordinator, coordinator who could 588 00:31:29,415 --> 00:31:32,504 tell you how long it was gonna take, put in special orders, et cetera. 589 00:31:33,370 --> 00:31:36,885 Literally learned all the things about freight and tile, et cetera. 590 00:31:37,304 --> 00:31:40,665 Um, you know, importing from China, Italy, Spain, and India. 591 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,860 To having to figure it out again. 592 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:48,150 And you know, I worked temporarily at another job and then found another job. 593 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:50,820 We decided to move back to Tennessee 'cause we were living at tech in 594 00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:55,860 Texas at the time and moved back to Tennessee, get a domestic logistics job. 595 00:31:55,860 --> 00:31:59,130 Learning all about domestic, like the domestics, more of the 596 00:31:59,130 --> 00:32:00,900 domestic side that I had had before. 597 00:32:01,695 --> 00:32:03,435 And then the pandemic hits. 598 00:32:03,645 --> 00:32:04,065 Ally: Mm-hmm. 599 00:32:04,155 --> 00:32:08,025 Victoria Broderick: And Trump handles it the way Trump handles 600 00:32:08,025 --> 00:32:10,995 everything, which is, um, not good. 601 00:32:11,475 --> 00:32:18,225 And I witnessed an industry, truckers and, you know, freight go from 602 00:32:18,225 --> 00:32:21,705 what would've been $900 to $5,000. 603 00:32:22,125 --> 00:32:26,385 And again, I lost my job and I lost it for two reasons. 604 00:32:26,385 --> 00:32:28,785 The pandemic, and also I was a new mom. 605 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:32,610 There were no prote protections for new moms, and I was forced to come 606 00:32:32,610 --> 00:32:37,320 back, ma, from maternity leave before I was ready, and I lost my job. 607 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,139 Four days after returning from maternity leave, I was written 608 00:32:40,139 --> 00:32:41,729 up for poor work performance. 609 00:32:42,330 --> 00:32:42,479 Ally: Wow. 610 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:48,750 Victoria Broderick: So, I mean, these are your core to my, you know, to 611 00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:53,370 my existence, to why I am running for office is I'd witnessed it at, 612 00:32:53,430 --> 00:32:56,100 at the front end of what happens. 613 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,080 But I've also, you know, I was lucky. 614 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,070 I found another job. 615 00:32:59,070 --> 00:33:04,020 I'd worked a campaign and the, the guy who was running for office just happened 616 00:33:04,020 --> 00:33:07,590 to be like, Hey, I would love to rework for my team, even though he lost his 617 00:33:07,590 --> 00:33:10,440 election and I got a job and started in. 618 00:33:11,370 --> 00:33:15,270 Um, the tech industry where I became, um, tech support. 619 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:18,360 I tell old people when I go out and I'm trying to explain my job. 620 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,220 I'm, I'm the person who asks you to turn it off and on. 621 00:33:20,220 --> 00:33:21,750 Again, that's me. 622 00:33:22,385 --> 00:33:22,504 Um, 623 00:33:25,925 --> 00:33:26,345 mm-hmm. 624 00:33:26,699 --> 00:33:27,330 SAS Pro. 625 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:32,490 So project management, you know, um, online learning, all the ins and outs. 626 00:33:32,490 --> 00:33:35,129 I, I'm the one, the first troubleshooter on this. 627 00:33:35,879 --> 00:33:39,840 It's been an interesting industry to work in, um, taking all those skills 628 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,649 that I've learned pre previously and then putting it into tech and learning tech. 629 00:33:44,129 --> 00:33:49,709 Um, but now I get to also witness what happens, you know, in the tech 630 00:33:49,709 --> 00:33:53,250 industry because not only did I get to experience what was a positive, 631 00:33:53,580 --> 00:33:57,419 you know, post, post having baby experience with my second child. 632 00:33:58,649 --> 00:34:02,370 I also witnessed what happens with those lack of protections in a job 633 00:34:02,370 --> 00:34:05,790 because your brain's just not ready to come back for work, you know? 634 00:34:05,790 --> 00:34:05,850 Yeah. 635 00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:12,690 It's just too much to ask a person who has literally grown a whole human for 636 00:34:12,690 --> 00:34:19,350 almost an entire year, gives birth to it, and then is in the thick of motherhood 637 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:24,360 and parenthood to come back to work and pretend like she can answer an email. 638 00:34:25,020 --> 00:34:25,080 Yeah. 639 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:26,850 It's a big ask. 640 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,860 And then I also got to witness how the tech industry handles waves of the 641 00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:36,180 economy and how it it can negatively affect, and now we're seeing ai. 642 00:34:36,510 --> 00:34:40,889 So I think I'm uniquely positioned to understand what this administration 643 00:34:40,889 --> 00:34:45,389 is doing when it comes to tariffs, as well as understanding what we're 644 00:34:45,389 --> 00:34:50,340 not doing when it comes to AI and our industry and corporations when 645 00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:52,264 we just don't put any guardrails. 646 00:34:52,950 --> 00:34:55,380 Around protecting consumers and mm-hmm. 647 00:34:55,890 --> 00:34:59,760 Yeah, I'm going to Congress to change these things because I've not only 648 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,420 witnessed it firsthand, I know that a spec specifically when it comes 649 00:35:03,420 --> 00:35:05,760 to ai, we are in a dangerous spot. 650 00:35:06,090 --> 00:35:09,960 Um, absolutely guardrails for consumers and workers. 651 00:35:11,235 --> 00:35:15,705 Seth: And I just, I relate a little too well to that, not the pregnancy 652 00:35:15,705 --> 00:35:18,255 part, but I swear to God, like, 653 00:35:18,255 --> 00:35:18,555 Ally: thanks for 654 00:35:18,555 --> 00:35:19,155 Seth: clarifying 655 00:35:19,155 --> 00:35:19,575 Ally: that Seth. 656 00:35:19,815 --> 00:35:20,145 We were 657 00:35:20,415 --> 00:35:20,715 Seth: very 658 00:35:20,715 --> 00:35:21,135 Ally: confused 659 00:35:21,165 --> 00:35:21,465 Seth: a 660 00:35:21,975 --> 00:35:22,365 Ally: publicly, 661 00:35:22,365 --> 00:35:26,655 Seth: so graduating out of the recession, you know, thinking that I'm gonna 662 00:35:26,655 --> 00:35:32,325 have a job in tv, news, newspapers, whatever, coming out outta the recession. 663 00:35:32,850 --> 00:35:35,190 All the newspaper staffs are cut in half. 664 00:35:35,370 --> 00:35:37,560 The news station staffs are cut in half. 665 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,450 You're having to work part-time. 666 00:35:39,690 --> 00:35:44,550 I mean, you're getting into the gig economy, but what is the gig economy? 667 00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:46,470 I thought I was gonna get a full-time job. 668 00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:46,920 Nope. 669 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:53,460 Uh, and so it, it is just, it having to reinvent yourself over and over again 670 00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:56,460 and learn new skills for the gig economy. 671 00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:58,200 It's just, it's, it's wild. 672 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,610 So, yeah, like I think our. 673 00:35:59,970 --> 00:36:05,040 Our generation has this, has this trauma where we entered the adult 674 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:09,720 world in that was turned upside down from what we were told our 675 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:12,240 entire lives it was gonna be like. 676 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:16,170 So I'm just glad that you're in the position that you're in, you're running, 677 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,200 and you know, I'm so glad that we got to talk to you today to kind of round 678 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,235 things out because I think a lot of people don't understand the struggle. 679 00:36:24,690 --> 00:36:28,530 Ally: For sure, and I think you're just remarkable. 680 00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:29,670 Thank you. 681 00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:34,230 Um, I, I don't, I, I'm, like I said earlier, I'm exhausted just listening 682 00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:41,370 to this journey, but somehow, um, you seem so well, well equipped for it. 683 00:36:41,610 --> 00:36:43,265 And I mean. 684 00:36:44,415 --> 00:36:46,004 Victoria Broderick: I'm just fun, size and feral. 685 00:36:46,125 --> 00:36:46,605 That's it. 686 00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:46,665 Yeah. 687 00:36:47,595 --> 00:36:48,165 Ally: I love that. 688 00:36:48,165 --> 00:36:48,285 Sure. 689 00:36:48,285 --> 00:36:50,895 Victoria Broderick: If we can get at, you know, if you go to, there 690 00:36:50,895 --> 00:36:52,845 is a link you can buy that shirt. 691 00:36:52,845 --> 00:36:55,064 It, it says fun sized and feral. 692 00:36:55,424 --> 00:36:58,665 Um, and then, you know, Victoria for Congress on the back. 693 00:36:58,665 --> 00:37:01,605 And that was because I, I've said it for a while now. 694 00:37:01,605 --> 00:37:01,995 Put. 695 00:37:02,310 --> 00:37:03,330 I was at a cre. 696 00:37:03,330 --> 00:37:08,940 I was at the remove the regime in DC and remember your oath in DC and I said it to 697 00:37:08,940 --> 00:37:10,980 a couple of co bigger content creators. 698 00:37:10,980 --> 00:37:12,270 I like, please put that on their shirt. 699 00:37:12,270 --> 00:37:14,580 And I was like, I need to trademark this today. 700 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:16,680 Ally: That is so cool. 701 00:37:16,830 --> 00:37:17,640 I love that. 702 00:37:18,090 --> 00:37:22,710 I've always, I've often called myself fun size 'cause I'm a, I'm a short girly. 703 00:37:23,070 --> 00:37:23,340 Seth: I'm 704 00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:23,760 Ally: I'm, 705 00:37:23,910 --> 00:37:25,080 Seth: and a half and a half does count. 706 00:37:25,755 --> 00:37:26,745 Ally: Yes, that's right. 707 00:37:26,865 --> 00:37:28,455 Oh, we, we count every half. 708 00:37:28,755 --> 00:37:28,875 Victoria Broderick: Oh. 709 00:37:29,895 --> 00:37:33,135 And I think people, all the time they meet me and they think that I'm taller. 710 00:37:33,315 --> 00:37:35,205 Like I can't tell you how many people I've met. 711 00:37:35,205 --> 00:37:37,395 And they're like, I just thought you'd be taller. 712 00:37:37,395 --> 00:37:39,345 And I was like, it's 'cause I'm unhinged. 713 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,195 Ally: It's the personality that makes. 714 00:37:42,605 --> 00:37:43,384 The stature. 715 00:37:43,654 --> 00:37:44,075 Right. 716 00:37:44,525 --> 00:37:45,095 I get that. 717 00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:46,325 Why I totally get that. 718 00:37:47,015 --> 00:37:48,964 Um, well this has been amazing. 719 00:37:49,295 --> 00:37:49,444 Yeah. 720 00:37:49,444 --> 00:37:54,605 Before we get into how to help you and your campaign, I have to ask 721 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:58,055 you a question that I ask every candidate just for confirmation. 722 00:37:58,685 --> 00:38:03,904 You do not, will not accept corporate PAC money or foreign 723 00:38:03,904 --> 00:38:06,214 interest money for your campaign. 724 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,630 Is that correct? 725 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:08,470 Victoria Broderick: I do not. 726 00:38:08,470 --> 00:38:13,600 I was actually unique In 2024, I was the only federal candidate to sign a 727 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:18,250 pro peace pack where I said I would not take APAC money and that I openly 728 00:38:18,250 --> 00:38:20,470 supported the Palestinian people. 729 00:38:21,195 --> 00:38:23,595 Um, so I am uniquely positioned. 730 00:38:23,595 --> 00:38:25,005 I do not take corporate PAC money. 731 00:38:25,005 --> 00:38:26,385 I do not take APAC money. 732 00:38:26,655 --> 00:38:29,865 I am a small dollar donation girly, and I am proud of it. 733 00:38:30,465 --> 00:38:32,325 Ally: I, and I'm proud of you for that. 734 00:38:32,325 --> 00:38:33,165 I love that. 735 00:38:33,165 --> 00:38:33,225 Yeah. 736 00:38:33,705 --> 00:38:35,715 So, um, okay. 737 00:38:35,715 --> 00:38:37,755 Tell us how to support you. 738 00:38:38,175 --> 00:38:39,315 What do you need right now? 739 00:38:39,375 --> 00:38:40,365 Is it donations? 740 00:38:40,365 --> 00:38:41,775 Is it volunteers? 741 00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:42,960 Is it everything? 742 00:38:43,095 --> 00:38:44,535 And how can people find you? 743 00:38:45,585 --> 00:38:46,485 Victoria Broderick: Donations. 744 00:38:46,515 --> 00:38:47,505 Donations are key. 745 00:38:47,505 --> 00:38:49,365 I am trying to do this full time. 746 00:38:49,365 --> 00:38:52,065 You know, we saw a lull in 2025. 747 00:38:52,065 --> 00:38:56,805 That's normal for election cycles, but a lot of people forget that money outta 748 00:38:56,805 --> 00:38:58,935 politics doesn't include candidates. 749 00:38:58,965 --> 00:39:04,395 And quite often we are put to the task to raise all this money as well as. 750 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,750 People see that money as value. 751 00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:11,460 I, I got the question a couple days ago of like, why am I talking about the $120,000? 752 00:39:11,460 --> 00:39:16,380 I was like, because not only does it winnow for endorsements and you know, 753 00:39:16,435 --> 00:39:21,810 more, more donations like from bigger people who can put out the, you know, 754 00:39:21,810 --> 00:39:24,870 max out to $3,300 here in Tennessee. 755 00:39:25,290 --> 00:39:27,720 Um, it also wins over voters. 756 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:30,960 And quite often voters really go on that. 757 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,670 They go on that social commodity. 758 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:33,930 So how can you support me? 759 00:39:34,290 --> 00:39:37,169 Donate become a, become a recurring donor. 760 00:39:37,229 --> 00:39:43,620 $5, $10, $25. You won't regret it because not only do you get to 761 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:48,689 donate to my campaign, you also get a handwritten thank you note of my donors. 762 00:39:48,689 --> 00:39:54,810 Every single one in 2024 got a handwritten thank you card from your truly, I even 763 00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:57,540 got people and call like call outs. 764 00:39:57,810 --> 00:39:59,759 Um, there is a resistor Vic. 765 00:39:59,759 --> 00:40:01,080 He is big on TikTok. 766 00:40:01,635 --> 00:40:03,855 I did not know he had donated to my campaign. 767 00:40:03,855 --> 00:40:04,995 Had no idea. 768 00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:09,735 And I wrote him a thank you note and then he made a video and all of his 769 00:40:09,735 --> 00:40:11,685 followers wanted to do that as well. 770 00:40:11,715 --> 00:40:13,395 Like we're just shocked. 771 00:40:13,455 --> 00:40:15,765 I have people literally send me pictures of them, put it up 772 00:40:15,765 --> 00:40:16,635 so you get a thank you note. 773 00:40:16,665 --> 00:40:18,825 You get multiple if you continue donations. 774 00:40:19,005 --> 00:40:23,115 I do send out several because I love my donors, especially if I know you. 775 00:40:23,415 --> 00:40:24,945 You get a little, a special note. 776 00:40:25,305 --> 00:40:25,770 Um, but. 777 00:40:26,430 --> 00:40:27,420 How you can help me. 778 00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:31,020 If you can't donate share, go to my social media page. 779 00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:33,720 Share it out with 10, 15 twin friends. 780 00:40:34,049 --> 00:40:35,520 Encourage people to vote. 781 00:40:35,549 --> 00:40:38,610 You can go to my website where I edit everything. 782 00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:45,000 You can see my actual work as well as you can see all where my PA platform is. 783 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,170 I am running on safety, affordability, freedom, and equity in 2026. 784 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:50,250 What does that mean for you? 785 00:40:50,250 --> 00:40:51,525 It's a safety net to protect you. 786 00:40:52,170 --> 00:40:56,400 It is a making sure that corporations are paying their fair share so that 787 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,500 you don't feel that at the gas pump. 788 00:40:58,529 --> 00:41:03,330 It is making sure that your healthcare is affordable and accessible to you. 789 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:07,830 Mental health, dental, et cetera is a fair, you know, when we talk about 790 00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:10,770 affordability, people think about the economy, but they think about the gas 791 00:41:10,799 --> 00:41:14,665 pump, they think about the grocery store, making them pay their fair share. 792 00:41:15,915 --> 00:41:20,325 Is the point, making sure that your corporate, but your corporate job is 793 00:41:20,325 --> 00:41:22,515 paying you fair wages is the point. 794 00:41:22,515 --> 00:41:25,575 Making sure that you have universal healthcare because that not only 795 00:41:25,575 --> 00:41:27,045 helps your company, it helps you. 796 00:41:28,140 --> 00:41:30,240 These are all things, and I mean freedom. 797 00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:32,430 At the end of the day, I want you to be able to love who you love, 798 00:41:32,430 --> 00:41:35,970 get the gender affirming care that you need, because I don't know your 799 00:41:35,970 --> 00:41:39,450 body, and as a governing person, I should not be telling you what to do. 800 00:41:39,660 --> 00:41:45,270 Your medical doctor and yourself can guide that messaging all the way, however 801 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:47,880 you decide to do that, I support that. 802 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,790 And also, what good is the American dream 803 00:41:50,790 --> 00:41:51,720 Ally: if you can't afford it? 804 00:41:52,125 --> 00:41:55,875 Victoria Broderick: So all the things I've been saying, freedom is there. 805 00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:59,595 And you know, for the two Ps, I am a gun owner. 806 00:41:59,745 --> 00:42:02,895 I am not here to take your ground, but I am here to address an issue. 807 00:42:03,285 --> 00:42:05,984 And then lastly, but not least, equity. 808 00:42:06,525 --> 00:42:13,004 We deserve equity in our, in our small businesses so that you have a same chance 809 00:42:13,004 --> 00:42:17,205 of being successful as a big business, you know, so that you as an individual 810 00:42:17,205 --> 00:42:21,254 don't have to worry that you're gonna be priced out of the market by a corporation. 811 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:26,880 So that you're not having to worry about, you know, what your, if you're 812 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,940 black, brown, and indigenous or a marginalized community, you don't have 813 00:42:29,940 --> 00:42:34,500 to worry that you're not gonna get a fair shot at life because of those things. 814 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:39,210 So in 2026, we're running on safety, affordability, freedom, and equity. 815 00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:42,960 You can find me a Victoria, the number four, tennessee.com. 816 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:43,680 Dot org. 817 00:42:43,710 --> 00:42:45,210 You can see all of my policy. 818 00:42:45,210 --> 00:42:46,485 You can seize the safety afford. 819 00:42:47,130 --> 00:42:48,660 Affordability, freedom and equity. 820 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:50,730 As well as you can sign up to volunteer. 821 00:42:50,730 --> 00:42:55,080 You can find all my social medias 'cause these campaigns run on people like you. 822 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,880 And like I said, I'm not afraid of voter app. 823 00:42:56,970 --> 00:42:58,440 I'm not afraid of losing. 824 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,779 I am afraid of voter apathy in 2026. 825 00:43:00,779 --> 00:43:04,170 I need your support because we can flip this seat and we're 826 00:43:04,170 --> 00:43:06,210 gonna flip the house in 2026. 827 00:43:07,215 --> 00:43:07,725 Ally: Love it. 828 00:43:07,725 --> 00:43:11,055 I, hell, I, I'm, I'm a fan forever now. 829 00:43:11,265 --> 00:43:14,325 Um, you're an absolute delight, Seth. 830 00:43:14,325 --> 00:43:18,255 Thank you for, um, thank you for coordinating this with Victoria. 831 00:43:18,585 --> 00:43:19,240 I like to think absolutely. 832 00:43:19,245 --> 00:43:20,655 This was a gift to me. 833 00:43:21,075 --> 00:43:24,615 This was a, this was a gift for me because it's our first VML guest, 834 00:43:25,095 --> 00:43:28,125 Victoria Broderick: and I al I had a joke, but it felt a little inappropriate, 835 00:43:28,125 --> 00:43:29,595 and I don't know if you'll keep this in. 836 00:43:30,990 --> 00:43:32,610 I was like, oh, I get to pop your cherry. 837 00:43:35,580 --> 00:43:36,990 Ally: Yeah, we're keeping that in. 838 00:43:37,135 --> 00:43:37,355 Seth: Yes. 839 00:43:37,705 --> 00:43:41,035 Here we're, we're on Substack. 840 00:43:42,510 --> 00:43:44,010 Ally: We're allowed to say all the things. 841 00:43:44,195 --> 00:43:46,355 Victoria Broderick: I just got three notes because I said that. 842 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,120 Ally: I actually believe that. 843 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,590 That's very true. 844 00:43:52,590 --> 00:43:53,640 Victoria Broderick: No, was like, no, no, no. 845 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:54,450 She's super school. 846 00:43:56,250 --> 00:43:58,890 Ally: Well, Victoria, thank you so much for joining us. 847 00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:01,940 And Seth, thank you for, uh, making this happen. 848 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:02,569 Victoria Broderick: Yeah, we were 849 00:44:02,575 --> 00:44:02,835 Seth: of course. 850 00:44:02,835 --> 00:44:03,075 Yeah. 851 00:44:03,075 --> 00:44:03,920 This, this was a treat. 852 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,359 Victoria, thank you so much for the time. 853 00:44:05,629 --> 00:44:07,670 Victoria Broderick: Of course, Seth always has me on TikTok. 854 00:44:07,670 --> 00:44:08,509 That's how we met. 855 00:44:08,509 --> 00:44:10,609 So I'm super thankful you that Seth. 856 00:44:10,609 --> 00:44:11,149 I'm super. 857 00:44:11,729 --> 00:44:16,439 Thankful for all of you, for Allie having me on agreeing, working with my schedule. 858 00:44:16,470 --> 00:44:18,149 'cause you know it's wild over here. 859 00:44:18,299 --> 00:44:18,689 Ally: Yes. 860 00:44:18,689 --> 00:44:20,609 Victoria Broderick: So just making the time, like everything 861 00:44:20,609 --> 00:44:22,140 worked out, like that's my thing. 862 00:44:22,140 --> 00:44:24,299 It's like everything's just gonna work out in my favor 'cause 863 00:44:24,299 --> 00:44:25,859 I'm willingness into existence. 864 00:44:25,950 --> 00:44:28,919 We're flipping this seat and I'm gonna get a book deal at the end of it. 865 00:44:29,370 --> 00:44:29,790 Ally: All right. 866 00:44:29,939 --> 00:44:30,120 Let's go. 867 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,009 I love that's manifest it. 868 00:44:32,319 --> 00:44:33,310 Absolutely. 869 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:35,710 Alright, Victoria, we'll stay in touch. 870 00:44:35,950 --> 00:44:37,270 Big things to come for you. 871 00:44:37,660 --> 00:44:38,200 Victoria Broderick: Thank you. 872 00:44:39,069 --> 00:44:40,390 Ally: Well, that was delightful. 873 00:44:40,990 --> 00:44:41,200 Seth: Oh 874 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,610 Ally: man, I love her. 875 00:44:43,210 --> 00:44:43,630 Seth: What? 876 00:44:43,630 --> 00:44:45,730 And, and I, what an absolute treat. 877 00:44:46,390 --> 00:44:48,310 I mean, she, she is sharp as a t. 878 00:44:49,215 --> 00:44:49,905 She is. 879 00:44:49,905 --> 00:44:53,055 I mean, how many place does she have spinning Allie? 880 00:44:53,055 --> 00:44:53,535 I mean, 881 00:44:53,805 --> 00:44:53,985 Ally: I, 882 00:44:53,985 --> 00:44:55,575 Seth: Victoria really does it all. 883 00:44:56,025 --> 00:45:00,195 Ally: I mean, I, you know, I, my kids are grown, but I remember my 884 00:45:00,345 --> 00:45:06,585 working mom days and there's just no way I would be able to manage. 885 00:45:06,745 --> 00:45:11,544 Everything that she's managing with such young kids and with such 886 00:45:11,544 --> 00:45:16,855 positivity and grace and energy and like, this is what we need. 887 00:45:16,915 --> 00:45:18,774 This is what we're looking for. 888 00:45:19,404 --> 00:45:23,875 She's so bright, um, so engaging. 889 00:45:23,964 --> 00:45:25,194 Really interesting. 890 00:45:25,194 --> 00:45:26,125 Great storytelling. 891 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:33,470 Very insane story by the way, y'all, that, that story about, about Scott 892 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,710 is, I I'm never getting over that. 893 00:45:37,655 --> 00:45:39,470 Seth: Hey, it's, it's unbelievable and I mean. 894 00:45:40,530 --> 00:45:46,320 You know, it's a great opportunity for somebody like Victoria to completely 895 00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:56,340 change the landscape there in Tennessee, that guy he is so GOP, so maga, so you 896 00:45:56,340 --> 00:45:59,460 know, basic bitch, if I may say so. 897 00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:04,260 Myself and Victoria represents a complete change in leadership. 898 00:46:04,605 --> 00:46:06,075 In priorities. 899 00:46:06,255 --> 00:46:07,935 And she's just so sharp, man. 900 00:46:07,935 --> 00:46:10,695 I mean, talking about, you know, she's, she's in tech. 901 00:46:10,695 --> 00:46:12,105 She runs her own website. 902 00:46:12,315 --> 00:46:13,275 She's a mom. 903 00:46:13,425 --> 00:46:15,885 She's a, she's an, she's an animal mom. 904 00:46:16,065 --> 00:46:19,845 She volunteers, I mean, we didn't get into it, but she she's an 905 00:46:19,845 --> 00:46:20,775 Ally: activist. 906 00:46:20,805 --> 00:46:21,105 Yeah. 907 00:46:21,195 --> 00:46:26,445 Seth: And, and she's, and she also hosts, um, a foreign exchange student on top of 908 00:46:26,445 --> 00:46:28,960 that, folks, I mean, I know I'm exhausted. 909 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:29,775 She's unbelievable. 910 00:46:29,775 --> 00:46:31,695 I mean, folks, you are not ready. 911 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,800 For the millennial wave of leadership, there's a lot of AOCs out there 912 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,750 and they look just like Victoria. 913 00:46:38,020 --> 00:46:42,340 And so, you know, if you are in the great state of Tennessee, even if you're 914 00:46:42,340 --> 00:46:48,820 not out in Tennessee, you gotta we, you gotta back people like Victoria. 915 00:46:49,030 --> 00:46:54,220 She represents a complete change in the face of not only our politics, 916 00:46:54,310 --> 00:46:55,960 but the Democratic party as well. 917 00:46:56,110 --> 00:46:58,130 She's uncompromising, she's not taking money. 918 00:46:58,740 --> 00:46:59,609 From Big pacs. 919 00:46:59,609 --> 00:47:03,299 She's not taking money from Israel or other foreign entities. 920 00:47:03,540 --> 00:47:08,009 Um, and so I I, I'm just so pleased that we could get her on this program 921 00:47:08,339 --> 00:47:09,959 and, uh, and, and talk with her. 922 00:47:09,959 --> 00:47:12,689 'cause I mean, wow, what a great, great time. 923 00:47:12,689 --> 00:47:13,080 Was, had 924 00:47:13,620 --> 00:47:17,910 Ally: absolutely great time talking to her and we'll stay in touch with her for sure. 925 00:47:17,939 --> 00:47:20,910 'cause you know her, we've seen her on sub lives. 926 00:47:20,939 --> 00:47:21,629 She's around. 927 00:47:22,335 --> 00:47:27,765 And she'll always make time to talk about this, you know, the passion that she 928 00:47:27,765 --> 00:47:30,495 has to change her district in Tennessee. 929 00:47:30,495 --> 00:47:34,214 So we'll definitely be hearing more from Victoria, but that was a great 930 00:47:34,214 --> 00:47:36,015 guest, our first female guest. 931 00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:36,220 Mm-hmm. 932 00:47:36,299 --> 00:47:38,020 Many more to come and, uh. 933 00:47:38,775 --> 00:47:39,975 Just a great, great day. 934 00:47:39,975 --> 00:47:41,445 Thank you Seth, for making that happen. 935 00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:42,330 Seth: You got it. 936 00:47:43,030 --> 00:47:43,695 Ally: See you soon. 937 00:47:44,055 --> 00:47:44,505 Seth: Alright.