1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,170 Ally: So we have a special guest today. 2 00:00:13,230 --> 00:00:17,490 Again, another congress person or potential congressperson. 3 00:00:17,490 --> 00:00:18,930 This is Tim Suski. 4 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,890 He's running for Congress in Virginia's, Virginia's first district. 5 00:00:23,310 --> 00:00:30,780 Um, I saw him on my TikTok, FYP, and was immediately hooked, became 6 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,890 immediately obsessed, stalked his website, looked at all of his videos. 7 00:00:35,250 --> 00:00:36,690 There's something so. 8 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:39,510 Refreshing about this guy. 9 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,910 I don't even know if I can put it into words. 10 00:00:41,910 --> 00:00:45,930 Maybe after we're done talking with him, I'll be able to articulate it, 11 00:00:45,930 --> 00:00:48,780 but I'm super excited to talk to him. 12 00:00:49,290 --> 00:00:53,880 Seth: Yeah, I'm pumped too because I mean, he's a, uh, millennial and, uh, 13 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,100 we, and we love that over on this side. 14 00:00:56,130 --> 00:00:58,964 Uh, you know, just a. An engaging guy. 15 00:00:59,265 --> 00:01:02,775 Um, I, I watched a couple videos of his as well and, uh, 16 00:01:02,805 --> 00:01:04,754 so, so excited to talk to him. 17 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:07,575 A young, millennial, progressive candidate. 18 00:01:07,785 --> 00:01:11,505 That's what's gonna get things to change in America. 19 00:01:12,315 --> 00:01:12,975 Ally: Absolutely. 20 00:01:12,975 --> 00:01:16,185 Alright, let's talk to Tim and I will see you on the other side. 21 00:01:17,354 --> 00:01:19,545 Seth, we have a really special guest today. 22 00:01:19,545 --> 00:01:21,945 I'm so excited to talk to this guy. 23 00:01:22,365 --> 00:01:24,615 His name is Tim Solinski. 24 00:01:24,615 --> 00:01:25,634 Tim, are you there? 25 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:26,880 Tim: I am. 26 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,950 Thank you so much for having me on here, Alison, this is a, 27 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:29,940 this is a real pleasure for me. 28 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:31,440 Ally: Thanks for joining. 29 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,720 So, Tim, you are running for Congress in Virginia, and when we spoke 30 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,420 briefly, you said there was some stuff going on with your district. 31 00:01:39,420 --> 00:01:42,510 So explain kind of what district you're in and what district, what's 32 00:01:42,510 --> 00:01:43,395 going on with your districts? 33 00:01:44,835 --> 00:01:45,435 Tim: You got it. 34 00:01:45,435 --> 00:01:49,875 So, um, I'm in Virginia, which is in the middle of a redistricting battle because 35 00:01:49,905 --> 00:01:54,435 it's a response to what Trump is doing in Texas and North Carolina and Florida. 36 00:01:54,435 --> 00:01:57,255 And I'm sure some states that will try to pull some stuff off by the 37 00:01:57,255 --> 00:02:01,155 2026 election because they're gonna try to undermine the sanctity of our 38 00:02:01,155 --> 00:02:03,045 democracy and the values of our voices. 39 00:02:03,045 --> 00:02:04,785 That's just, we know this is going to happen. 40 00:02:05,265 --> 00:02:09,014 So Virginia's responding by trying to take our maps from a current six Democrat. 41 00:02:09,570 --> 00:02:12,480 Five Republican to 10 Democrats and one Republicans. 42 00:02:12,990 --> 00:02:17,250 Uh, there's gonna be a referendum about it and on April 21st where voters get to 43 00:02:17,250 --> 00:02:18,900 decide if we want the new maps or not. 44 00:02:19,410 --> 00:02:22,920 And I can tell you that, um, I'm voting for it even though it, even though 45 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:25,920 it disadvantages candidates like me who don't have a lot in our coffers 46 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:27,780 because we refuse corporate money. 47 00:02:28,140 --> 00:02:31,559 But when you mess with our co, with our democracy, there has to be consequences. 48 00:02:31,559 --> 00:02:34,049 It doesn't matter if it's gonna make it harder for me to win a primary. 49 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:36,179 So we'll see how that plays out. 50 00:02:36,179 --> 00:02:40,500 'cause GOP is spending millions, millions of dollars to, to try to stop it so 51 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:42,179 that the playing field can't be equal. 52 00:02:42,209 --> 00:02:43,200 Because they know. 53 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,469 And I think everyone here knows, you know, listening to this knows if 54 00:02:46,469 --> 00:02:47,760 it's an equal playing field, we win. 55 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:49,109 We win 10 outta 10 times. 56 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,040 What we do with that win is what I'm running for. 57 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:55,070 And uh, that was longer answer to your question than you 58 00:02:55,070 --> 00:02:56,060 probably were expecting, so I'll 59 00:02:56,150 --> 00:02:56,359 Ally: show effect. 60 00:02:56,359 --> 00:02:57,200 No, I love that. 61 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,620 Thank you. 62 00:02:57,620 --> 00:02:58,490 I appreciate that. 63 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:02,120 Um, not everybody's from Virginia, so it's nice to know what's going on with, 64 00:03:02,269 --> 00:03:03,800 you know, in other parts of the country. 65 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:08,660 So tell me about who your current congressman is and how 66 00:03:08,660 --> 00:03:09,620 that's working out for you. 67 00:03:10,220 --> 00:03:11,240 Tim: Oh, how long do you have? 68 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,530 'cause this guy's the worst. 69 00:03:13,350 --> 00:03:17,520 So it, the current congressman, his name is Rob Whitman, he actually 70 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,700 ran for Congress the first year I could vote, which was in 2008. 71 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,150 The fir? 72 00:03:21,180 --> 00:03:21,330 Yeah. 73 00:03:21,330 --> 00:03:21,900 Can you imagine? 74 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:23,850 My first time I could vote was for Barack Obama. 75 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:28,770 I was all optimistic and hopeful in retrospect, naive 76 00:03:28,770 --> 00:03:29,970 about what we could accomplish. 77 00:03:30,450 --> 00:03:33,750 Uh, and this guy came in as like a nice guy Republican who's willing to 78 00:03:33,750 --> 00:03:35,460 do anything, you know, for any people. 79 00:03:35,820 --> 00:03:38,430 And he has done nothing but sell out his constituents. 80 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,610 Ever since he has had power, he has done nothing but enrich himself and 81 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:44,580 kissed the ass of his party ever since he's become a congressman. 82 00:03:44,820 --> 00:03:48,930 And he gets away with it because he just, like a lot of the Republicans just engage 83 00:03:48,930 --> 00:03:50,700 in, look over here, not overhear politics. 84 00:03:51,030 --> 00:03:53,730 It's, you know, look at this person who's from a different country than you. 85 00:03:54,090 --> 00:03:55,679 They're the reason that you have problems. 86 00:03:55,769 --> 00:03:57,390 Look at this person who has darker skin than you. 87 00:03:57,390 --> 00:03:59,579 Look at this woman, you know, fighting for her rights. 88 00:03:59,820 --> 00:04:03,269 That's the reason that that our problems exist, and I think it's the 89 00:04:03,269 --> 00:04:06,329 lowest form of politics to blame the people with the least amount of power 90 00:04:06,899 --> 00:04:08,760 for all of the issues that we face. 91 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:11,790 Because if we do that, if we look horizontally and not vertically, 92 00:04:12,239 --> 00:04:14,609 we won't see him and realize that he's not doing his job. 93 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,880 He is so bad that he voted for the big, beautiful bill, even though. 94 00:04:18,445 --> 00:04:20,875 It closes our only rural hospital in his district. 95 00:04:21,445 --> 00:04:22,075 Wow. 96 00:04:22,135 --> 00:04:25,734 And it's gonna raise the healthcare prices of tens of thousands of his constituents. 97 00:04:25,739 --> 00:04:26,965 Does he does, he doesn't care. 98 00:04:27,205 --> 00:04:30,265 No, because he's enriched himself with, with insider trading. 99 00:04:30,625 --> 00:04:33,474 And he has been a darling for the Republican party with committee 100 00:04:33,474 --> 00:04:35,755 assignments and lavish fundraisers. 101 00:04:35,755 --> 00:04:39,895 The day the, the government shut down, when I think about 90,000 people in 102 00:04:39,895 --> 00:04:41,544 our district lost their SNAP benefits. 103 00:04:41,724 --> 00:04:45,684 He went to a fundraiser and look, I wanna say that. 104 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,180 This is only a problem on the right. 105 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:50,690 It's not that we have people who aren't necessarily in tune with 106 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:53,420 the lies, uh, with the lives and livelihoods of everyday people. 107 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:57,200 And I just decided that I was gonna run 'cause I wanted to impact that 108 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,370 part of our political culture. 109 00:04:58,610 --> 00:05:01,760 So it's not just him, he is the poster child for everything that's wrong with 110 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,450 our politics, but it's also the political system itself that needs to change. 111 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:06,230 Ally: Yeah. 112 00:05:06,315 --> 00:05:07,785 I couldn't agree more. 113 00:05:08,145 --> 00:05:10,010 Seth: One thing I would, you know, one I one. 114 00:05:10,065 --> 00:05:13,155 The first thing I wanted to ask you, man, is, so, you know, in Virginia, 115 00:05:13,155 --> 00:05:17,205 obviously we saw what happened in the special elections just a couple of 116 00:05:17,205 --> 00:05:22,935 months ago, and what I would like to know is, did you decide to run before then? 117 00:05:24,045 --> 00:05:29,685 If so, did were, did those results really encourage you and make you 118 00:05:29,685 --> 00:05:34,335 think, I've got a real shot at this, or did, did those elections may maybe 119 00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:39,075 sway you to say, I think now I can run and make something really happen? 120 00:05:39,315 --> 00:05:44,025 Uh, especially for people who are looking for young, progressive leadership. 121 00:05:45,090 --> 00:05:46,200 Tim: Yeah, thanks for bringing this up. 122 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,409 I actually announced my candidacy in September or so way before those, those 123 00:05:49,409 --> 00:05:53,310 elections where you saw like this big blue wave type style election, which 124 00:05:53,310 --> 00:05:56,430 was definitely a response to Donald Trump's first year in office, which 125 00:05:56,430 --> 00:05:59,610 is marked with failure and cowardice and corruption and terrible things. 126 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:03,210 You know, again, we don't have that kind of time right now, but um, I actually, 127 00:06:03,270 --> 00:06:04,860 my background is in community organizing. 128 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:08,730 I do organizing in environmental justice, mostly in rural America, but also in 129 00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:10,620 some suburban and urban areas as well. 130 00:06:11,635 --> 00:06:14,275 I work with communities regardless of who they voted for, because. 131 00:06:15,419 --> 00:06:18,690 Whether it's big tech or big pollution, these people just deserve 132 00:06:18,690 --> 00:06:21,120 to have someone who has their back, who understands the political 133 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,690 system and why it's strategically designed to disadvantage them. 134 00:06:25,140 --> 00:06:30,150 And I have a lot of Ws in that area of help stop data centers from being built 135 00:06:30,150 --> 00:06:32,159 literally 50 feet away from neighborhoods. 136 00:06:32,159 --> 00:06:36,180 I've helped stop landfills that would poison an area that DC and Richmond 137 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:39,870 had forgot about, um, in southwest Virginia where they don't even have a 138 00:06:39,870 --> 00:06:44,190 fully functional waste system in place and they all rely on well water, but. 139 00:06:44,445 --> 00:06:49,185 One of my more recent things was now, and it was a group of people in Cumberland 140 00:06:49,185 --> 00:06:53,115 County that nobody's ever heard of trying to fight a landfill from being built 141 00:06:53,115 --> 00:06:57,015 literally, uh, 600 feet away from one of the first black schools in Virginia. 142 00:06:57,675 --> 00:07:00,585 And this type of landfill is a, is a shell landfill. 143 00:07:00,585 --> 00:07:01,544 So it's above ground. 144 00:07:01,604 --> 00:07:04,155 So it's literally going be casting the legacy of racism. 145 00:07:04,695 --> 00:07:06,914 A shadow of the legacy of racism will be casted on that school. 146 00:07:07,435 --> 00:07:10,075 And the thing is, they did everything they were supposed to do. 147 00:07:10,135 --> 00:07:11,935 They said, if you have opposition, go this way. 148 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:14,395 If you wanna make an argument about the evidence, send it here. 149 00:07:14,695 --> 00:07:17,845 You can show a big force of opposition. 150 00:07:18,115 --> 00:07:18,745 Come to this meeting. 151 00:07:18,745 --> 00:07:21,445 They did everything they were supposed to do and it wasn't enough. 152 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:24,565 They did everything the system was asked them to do and it wasn't enough. 153 00:07:24,565 --> 00:07:27,985 And it's not because the, they failed the process. 154 00:07:27,985 --> 00:07:29,155 It's the system that failed them. 155 00:07:29,665 --> 00:07:31,555 And it was that moment, literally when I was sitting in that. 156 00:07:32,145 --> 00:07:35,145 In that audience, and I gave a speech about how they have this opportunity 157 00:07:35,145 --> 00:07:38,505 to say, just because those people have more money than you, doesn't 158 00:07:38,505 --> 00:07:39,825 mean that they mean matter than you. 159 00:07:40,185 --> 00:07:42,825 But when the book came across, that's exactly what happened. 160 00:07:43,005 --> 00:07:44,625 That is exactly what, what came down. 161 00:07:44,985 --> 00:07:48,105 And that was the moment I saw, I just gotta run for Congress because we have 162 00:07:48,105 --> 00:07:51,345 to shape this political system in a way that works with people, not against them. 163 00:07:51,645 --> 00:07:54,735 And it shouldn't matter how much money you make, your voice matters to me, and 164 00:07:54,735 --> 00:07:56,445 it should matter to everybody in Congress. 165 00:07:57,405 --> 00:08:01,095 The House of Representatives was designed to be the most accessible 166 00:08:01,095 --> 00:08:02,145 part of our federal government. 167 00:08:02,415 --> 00:08:04,485 That sounds like a fucking joke right now. 168 00:08:04,785 --> 00:08:05,565 Sorry, I cursed. 169 00:08:05,565 --> 00:08:08,265 But that's what it's, you know, like you can't call up your congressman 170 00:08:08,265 --> 00:08:11,115 and get a meeting with them, but if you're a lobbyist, you certainly can. 171 00:08:11,355 --> 00:08:12,855 If you're a big donor, you certainly can. 172 00:08:13,335 --> 00:08:14,895 And if you have a system like that. 173 00:08:15,465 --> 00:08:19,245 The economic system itself is prime to breed hatred. 174 00:08:19,545 --> 00:08:23,895 It is prime to cast, uh, polarization and, and spread division. 175 00:08:24,375 --> 00:08:25,665 And that's how Trump came to power. 176 00:08:26,055 --> 00:08:28,275 That's how people like my congressmen stay in power. 177 00:08:28,275 --> 00:08:31,275 It's because everyone's looking for someone to blame except for 178 00:08:31,275 --> 00:08:32,475 the people who are responsible. 179 00:08:32,475 --> 00:08:33,765 And that is what needs to change. 180 00:08:33,765 --> 00:08:35,865 And the only way that changes is if we give people more power. 181 00:08:36,315 --> 00:08:37,155 I fully believe that. 182 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:38,460 Ally: I love that. 183 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:39,150 That's great. 184 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:45,270 Um, and kudos to you, you know, for meeting the moment with, you know, 185 00:08:45,450 --> 00:08:50,610 I'm sure that vote must have been so discouraging, um, not just for you 186 00:08:50,610 --> 00:08:55,110 but the community and to take that and turn it into an opportunity to 187 00:08:55,110 --> 00:08:59,700 hopefully an enact change for your community members is really admirable. 188 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:01,050 Thanks. 189 00:09:01,380 --> 00:09:01,620 So. 190 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:04,720 You popped up in my TikTok, FYP. 191 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,280 That's how I found you. 192 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,970 And the first clip I saw, I think is your most recent post, 193 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:11,380 which we will put up here. 194 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:13,540 Tim: We have to be the part party that fights hard. 195 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,100 We have to be the one that fights for people. 196 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,560 And fighting means that we, we are bold and we are brash, and we are obnoxious 197 00:09:20,590 --> 00:09:24,160 about the truth that Trump and his MAGA acolytes are about misinformation, 198 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,600 half truths and missing context. 199 00:09:25,750 --> 00:09:28,300 We have to understand, and I think this is true throughout the entire 200 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:31,180 history of our country, that the road to progress is not run through politicians. 201 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:31,720 It runs through people. 202 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:34,890 And this is a moment when people are ready to do something 203 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,060 Ally: and you hooked me. 204 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,090 And so of course I had to stalk you a little bit. 205 00:09:39,090 --> 00:09:42,865 I went to your website, the reformist agenda. 206 00:09:44,055 --> 00:09:45,255 Tell me about that. 207 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:46,395 What does that mean? 208 00:09:47,085 --> 00:09:48,075 Tim: Thanks for bringing that up. 209 00:09:48,105 --> 00:09:51,615 And I call myself a reformist Democrat because when you're in 210 00:09:51,615 --> 00:09:54,315 the public eye, people are gonna provide labels for you regardless. 211 00:09:54,345 --> 00:09:57,195 You know, someone's gonna call me a socialist or a communist or what. 212 00:09:57,225 --> 00:09:58,455 They can call me whatever they want. 213 00:09:58,485 --> 00:09:59,025 This is fine. 214 00:09:59,025 --> 00:10:02,745 This is what I signed up for, but if I get to call myself anything, I believe it's. 215 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:05,250 Or we believe in anything it's performed. 216 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:06,120 Right? 217 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,930 So I wanted to just talk about not the de the typical issues 218 00:10:09,930 --> 00:10:11,370 that Democrats always talk about. 219 00:10:11,370 --> 00:10:15,420 You know, a, a fair economy, dignity, rights, justice. 220 00:10:15,420 --> 00:10:17,070 These are things and values that I believe in. 221 00:10:17,070 --> 00:10:20,490 That's why I continue to vote for the Democratic Party, but. 222 00:10:21,225 --> 00:10:24,585 As someone who's worked inside and outside of politics, including leaving the United 223 00:10:24,585 --> 00:10:28,935 States Senate because I did not like how the balance, uh, or how the, the scales 224 00:10:28,935 --> 00:10:32,355 were imbalanced towards people with money and got into community organizing 225 00:10:32,355 --> 00:10:36,225 and political advocacy from the outside, there are things that are very specific 226 00:10:36,225 --> 00:10:37,995 that keep people's voices stifled. 227 00:10:38,685 --> 00:10:42,375 And so the reformist agenda, which I may be changing to a fair shot 228 00:10:42,405 --> 00:10:45,075 agenda 'cause I think everyone in this country deserves a fair shot, 229 00:10:45,615 --> 00:10:47,505 um, is chose to address those issues. 230 00:10:47,505 --> 00:10:48,345 The number one thing. 231 00:10:49,170 --> 00:10:53,189 I say this with every bit of respect that I have, but also every 232 00:10:53,250 --> 00:10:54,510 inch of conviction in my heart. 233 00:10:54,510 --> 00:10:57,510 If you are not willing to fight big money in politics, you are not willing 234 00:10:57,510 --> 00:10:58,709 to fight for everyday families. 235 00:10:58,979 --> 00:10:59,699 Full stop. 236 00:10:59,699 --> 00:11:03,360 I will never be ever convinced otherwise because I've seen it 237 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:04,979 happen too much time, too many times. 238 00:11:05,579 --> 00:11:07,319 Um, the second thing is our economy is. 239 00:11:08,070 --> 00:11:09,300 Our economy's unfair. 240 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:12,180 You know, every time there's an economic downturn, they always ask everyday 241 00:11:12,180 --> 00:11:13,710 families to tighten their bouts. 242 00:11:13,710 --> 00:11:18,060 They always ask our schools and our hospitals and people who are the lifeblood 243 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:21,990 of this, of, of this country who make sure that we have essential services and who 244 00:11:21,990 --> 00:11:26,220 had to stay home or who couldn't stay home like me during COVID, and were out there. 245 00:11:26,340 --> 00:11:29,280 Those are the same people who are impacted the most by these Medicaid cuts. 246 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:29,790 By the way. 247 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:33,540 Meanwhile, all we did was make a tax cut for corporations, and that's been 248 00:11:33,540 --> 00:11:35,070 our economic system since the eighties. 249 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:37,170 We actually tax corporate greed. 250 00:11:37,615 --> 00:11:41,935 And hoarded billionaire wealth less than we tax hard work. 251 00:11:42,415 --> 00:11:43,825 So it's time to flip the script. 252 00:11:45,615 --> 00:11:51,345 One of the best ways to do that is to is, is to make sure that we actually provide 253 00:11:51,345 --> 00:11:56,715 a 4% tax reduction in income tax that will affect 82% of Americans, and we pay 254 00:11:56,715 --> 00:11:58,245 for it by taxing corporate greed more. 255 00:11:58,395 --> 00:12:00,405 And I want it to be Democrats who push for this. 256 00:12:00,435 --> 00:12:02,685 I wanna be able to go to rural areas and say, I'm the one 257 00:12:02,685 --> 00:12:03,705 trying to increase your pay. 258 00:12:03,885 --> 00:12:05,220 The price of everything else is going. 259 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,579 But not your paychecks. 260 00:12:06,579 --> 00:12:08,800 And that's 'cause these greedy corporations who I want them 261 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:09,760 to pay their fair share. 262 00:12:09,819 --> 00:12:10,839 And I know what'll happen. 263 00:12:11,170 --> 00:12:14,170 The only times I've ever gotten death threats on social media is when I 264 00:12:14,170 --> 00:12:15,489 talk about taxing the rich more. 265 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,079 It's kind of wild to think about. 266 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,219 And so I know that the Republicans will are just conditioned to flex into place 267 00:12:21,219 --> 00:12:22,869 and say, no, no, no, we're against this. 268 00:12:23,260 --> 00:12:25,239 I want that contrast to be on full display. 269 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:29,170 And then the third thing is just ethical reform and incentivizing 270 00:12:29,170 --> 00:12:30,729 good behavior by elected officials. 271 00:12:30,939 --> 00:12:32,500 Bid stock, stock trading. 272 00:12:32,780 --> 00:12:34,160 There's no question we have to do that. 273 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:34,910 Or insider trading. 274 00:12:34,910 --> 00:12:35,390 Excuse me. 275 00:12:35,660 --> 00:12:37,070 We have to ban insider trading. 276 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:40,160 We have to put in mandatory town halls. 277 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:42,800 For example, the guy I'm running against, Rob Whitman, he hasn't 278 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,150 done a town hall since 2017. 279 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:45,020 Ally: Ugh. 280 00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:48,860 Tim: Because he thought people, yeah, 'cause people were mean to him, right. 281 00:12:48,890 --> 00:12:49,460 People were mean. 282 00:12:49,490 --> 00:12:51,140 This is the most controversial thing you can do. 283 00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:54,230 This is the hardest thing we have to do, and that is what we signed up for. 284 00:12:54,470 --> 00:12:57,050 And if you wanna be a public servant, you have to do things that are hard. 285 00:12:57,410 --> 00:13:00,260 I don't understand why that's such a big deal for some people in power. 286 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,350 Um, and the, the most, I think, unique idea that I have is 287 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:06,060 something I call democracy dollars. 288 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:08,070 This helps us compete with big money. 289 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,590 'cause I think, again, level playing field, we win. 290 00:13:10,650 --> 00:13:11,760 We win every single time. 291 00:13:12,180 --> 00:13:16,530 That is $500 of your taxpayer money being dedicated to you that you can send to 292 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:18,030 any federal candidate of your choice. 293 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:22,260 So, $500 to Allison, where the first time in your life. 294 00:13:23,205 --> 00:13:25,485 You get to say exactly where your taxpayer money goes. 295 00:13:25,485 --> 00:13:27,075 You could say, I have $500 dedicated to me. 296 00:13:27,135 --> 00:13:28,845 I wanna send 50 to Tim Zelensky. 297 00:13:28,905 --> 00:13:32,055 I don't wanna send a hundred to this candidate, or $500 to this candidate. 298 00:13:32,535 --> 00:13:35,865 And what that does is incentivize candidates to go into communities and 299 00:13:35,865 --> 00:13:37,695 hear what it's actually like to struggle. 300 00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:40,935 Instead of being on the phone 12 hours a day, calling people who 301 00:13:40,935 --> 00:13:42,075 can give you the max donation. 302 00:13:42,105 --> 00:13:46,155 Those people, I'm sure have concerns that are legitimate, but they don't struggle. 303 00:13:46,335 --> 00:13:48,105 Like the people who can't afford a lobbyist. 304 00:13:48,155 --> 00:13:50,795 Yeah, I want more politicians to be incentivized to go to them. 305 00:13:50,795 --> 00:13:54,125 And if we do that, I swear in two elections, we'll have completely 306 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,204 different political culture. 307 00:13:55,685 --> 00:13:58,535 So these are the the underlying issues that I'm trying to address 308 00:13:58,535 --> 00:14:01,954 that allowed Trump to come to power that has allowed the erosion of 309 00:14:01,954 --> 00:14:04,895 our democracy, and that will make. 310 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:07,320 You know, our future just a little bit brighter. 311 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,410 I, I don't know about you guys, but I am, I'm tired of looking 312 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,700 up and being disappointed. 313 00:14:12,090 --> 00:14:14,670 I want to just feel something hopeful again. 314 00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:18,150 And if I can do that by changing our system even just a little bit, 315 00:14:19,050 --> 00:14:21,480 then that's worth fighting for every time it's worth fighting for. 316 00:14:22,334 --> 00:14:23,385 Seth: That's a beautiful thing, man. 317 00:14:23,385 --> 00:14:23,444 Yeah. 318 00:14:23,444 --> 00:14:27,645 And you know, as a millennial, as a fellow millennial, uh, I get really excited 319 00:14:27,645 --> 00:14:32,475 when I see guys like you because this, the change isn't gonna come unless we 320 00:14:32,475 --> 00:14:35,265 have a youth movement, because right now it just feels like a bunch of 321 00:14:35,265 --> 00:14:37,395 old people are yelling at each other. 322 00:14:37,605 --> 00:14:40,665 You know, BB and Trump are old. 323 00:14:40,814 --> 00:14:43,334 They're yelling at a 78-year-old. 324 00:14:43,334 --> 00:14:46,665 I told Khomeini, I mean, it's just a bunch of old men yelling 325 00:14:46,665 --> 00:14:47,745 at each other, trying to. 326 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,490 Keep what little power they have for as long as they have. 327 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:54,969 So, uh, it's great to to see you come out and do your thing. 328 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,579 What I would like to know is, you know, who politically inspired you. 329 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,060 You know, in your, as you've been, you know, educating yourself, maybe some 330 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:10,800 politicians that, uh, that inspired you to come out, um, and, you know, and, 331 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:15,420 and put action behind your words, and then, you know, how does that inform 332 00:15:15,690 --> 00:15:20,250 the race that you're running and kind of, uh, separate you from your primary 333 00:15:20,250 --> 00:15:22,290 candidate or primary, pardon me? 334 00:15:22,290 --> 00:15:23,280 Your primary opponent? 335 00:15:24,225 --> 00:15:27,945 Tim: Just, you know, it's a great question and I just kind of think in being inspired 336 00:15:27,945 --> 00:15:29,595 by politicians is just not my thing. 337 00:15:29,745 --> 00:15:35,295 Um, I was, I was raised by my mom who's a historian, and so I grew up hearing 338 00:15:35,295 --> 00:15:39,495 about stories of peak pivotal moments in our country, and the people who 339 00:15:39,495 --> 00:15:44,355 showed up to be truly transformational we're always underdogs, I think of. 340 00:15:45,135 --> 00:15:47,415 Fannie Lou Hamer, which a lot of people don't think of in 341 00:15:47,415 --> 00:15:48,345 the Civil Rights movement. 342 00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:48,495 Mm-hmm. 343 00:15:48,735 --> 00:15:51,615 You know that phrase, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. 344 00:15:51,795 --> 00:15:51,915 Ally: Yes. 345 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:55,365 Tim: Came from her and she did not even have a high school education, and 346 00:15:55,365 --> 00:15:59,625 yet she became a voice of an entire generation of people fighting for basic 347 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,365 dignity and rights in our country. 348 00:16:01,815 --> 00:16:02,715 I think about. 349 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:06,480 People, um, in the labor movement who were just told they have 350 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:07,560 to work seven days a week. 351 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,540 Their kids have to work seven days a week. 352 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,210 And even though the odds were against them, they fought 353 00:16:12,210 --> 00:16:13,410 back and they won anyway. 354 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:18,210 I mean, you know, since my mom is very much a, a very prideful 355 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:21,750 feminist, like I heard all about the women's suffrage movement, not just 356 00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,040 in America, but across the world. 357 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,270 And that's the thing, it's, I think that when people without the pa, the 358 00:16:27,270 --> 00:16:29,790 power that's on paper realize that. 359 00:16:30,450 --> 00:16:33,030 Just because everything else in our system tells you that if you're 360 00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:35,820 not rich enough, therefore you're not powerful enough to stop them. 361 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,870 The best moments in our history that have benefited the most of the majority 362 00:16:39,870 --> 00:16:43,650 of us, they have come from people who prove that mentality wrong and. 363 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:45,660 That's what I'm trying to do right now. 364 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:47,010 I don't take corporate money. 365 00:16:47,250 --> 00:16:51,720 I am the poorest candidate by far in my primary, and that's okay. 366 00:16:52,050 --> 00:16:54,840 Uh, because I'm not wealthy and well connected, so I can't just have a 367 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,640 house party with 20 people who can give me $5,700 max out their donation. 368 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,450 I could, I'd win this primary right now, but it's supposed to be hard. 369 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,240 They're supposed to be the people with the least. 370 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:07,890 And doing something for them. 371 00:17:07,890 --> 00:17:09,750 That's the true measure of progress in our country. 372 00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:12,720 The people who are, uh, left out in the cold, that's how strong, 373 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:15,150 strong we are as a country is if we're making sure that their voices 374 00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:16,319 are a part of the process too. 375 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:22,530 So, you know, FDR maybe just because he thought that the government should 376 00:17:22,530 --> 00:17:25,740 be part of making sure we can lift people up, and he also believed 377 00:17:25,740 --> 00:17:29,460 that if we didn't do that, our, our system would fall into fascism. 378 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:30,780 I mean, that's what happened. 379 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:34,020 The same time that he became President Hitler and Mussolini came to power. 380 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:34,980 He knew. 381 00:17:35,330 --> 00:17:38,990 That if America didn't deliver for the American people, we would have a situation 382 00:17:38,990 --> 00:17:40,669 like we are having exactly right now. 383 00:17:41,149 --> 00:17:41,240 Mm-hmm. 384 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,750 So the the, this is not just me trying to act like, you 385 00:17:44,750 --> 00:17:45,950 know, I'm pushing some agenda. 386 00:17:45,950 --> 00:17:47,780 There's a reason I call myself a reformist. 387 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:51,200 That's not just about my policy, but that's the way we think 388 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,399 about how government works. 389 00:17:52,580 --> 00:17:55,760 And if we don't do that, we're gonna continue to slide into a dark period that 390 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,230 I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of. 391 00:17:57,230 --> 00:18:00,919 But if we do, and if I don't win my primary, because I know I'll beat Rob 392 00:18:00,919 --> 00:18:02,870 Whitman a thousand times over, but. 393 00:18:04,290 --> 00:18:05,190 I'm still gonna fight. 394 00:18:05,310 --> 00:18:07,290 And that's the moment we need to think about right now. 395 00:18:07,290 --> 00:18:08,670 'cause everything is under attack. 396 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,020 Everything's on the line. 397 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,300 People's dignity and rights is on the lines. 398 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:16,520 And if we're gonna respect that 2026, not 20 28, 20 26 is the time to do it. 399 00:18:17,175 --> 00:18:17,294 Ally: Yeah. 400 00:18:17,294 --> 00:18:21,345 Seth: And since we are in the primary, you know, because you know the Democrats 401 00:18:21,345 --> 00:18:27,254 right now, we get to, we get to kind of, uh, pick our, our dream candidates, right? 402 00:18:27,254 --> 00:18:27,855 So yes. 403 00:18:27,855 --> 00:18:30,794 Given that you, right now you're running against your fellow Democrats, what, 404 00:18:30,794 --> 00:18:34,335 what makes you different, uh, from the people that, that you're running against? 405 00:18:35,475 --> 00:18:38,865 Tim: So, uh, you know what, if I could be petty for just one 406 00:18:38,865 --> 00:18:40,004 minute, was that okay with you? 407 00:18:41,415 --> 00:18:41,504 Ally: We 408 00:18:41,504 --> 00:18:42,014 Tim: love petty. 409 00:18:42,735 --> 00:18:46,155 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, um, has already 410 00:18:46,155 --> 00:18:47,895 endorsed somebody in our primary. 411 00:18:47,970 --> 00:18:48,060 Hmm. 412 00:18:48,810 --> 00:18:52,920 They've already made sure that she could fundraise $3 million. 413 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,810 Um, this is five months before our primary, and this is the thing, a lot of 414 00:18:57,810 --> 00:19:00,660 people don't realize this, but because I've worked in politics for so long, 415 00:19:01,260 --> 00:19:05,190 primaries in the abstract to most everyday people is like, this is the time to have a 416 00:19:05,190 --> 00:19:10,020 battle of ideas, a confluence of policies, and an outreach that helps build the base. 417 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:13,470 And if you have a lot of primary candidates, that's exactly what happens. 418 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:16,260 But if you don't, that's how we get politicians who are out of touch. 419 00:19:17,110 --> 00:19:21,730 So the D CCCs already endorsed someone, um, who lost her last election because 420 00:19:21,730 --> 00:19:25,000 she took over, she took over a million dollars from our state's biggest 421 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,230 polluter and energy company that has. 422 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,370 Raised our bills to in an unaffordable amount. 423 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,020 I mean, this is the reason. 424 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:34,320 And look, she, she might be a very good person and she might be able to 425 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,620 take some bad money and do some good, but the reason I won't do it is if I 426 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:40,620 ever get in a position where I believe in something and I wanna vote for it, 427 00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:42,360 it happens to benefit a corporation. 428 00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:45,540 And I tell you, no, believe me, you shouldn't believe. 429 00:19:46,070 --> 00:19:46,879 Yeah, you shouldn't. 430 00:19:46,940 --> 00:19:47,389 I wouldn't. 431 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:51,139 Um, so the what makes me stick out, I don't know. 432 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,520 That's struck me people to decide. 433 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,710 I don't believe in assuming that people are gonna like me 'cause of 434 00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:56,149 my community organizing experience. 435 00:19:56,149 --> 00:20:00,050 I don't think people are gonna hear my words and think, oh, this 436 00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:02,360 is exactly what we should, uh, we should just take this at face values. 437 00:20:02,419 --> 00:20:05,389 I have to earn this, I have to earn this every single way. 438 00:20:05,389 --> 00:20:06,139 And that's the thing. 439 00:20:06,169 --> 00:20:08,510 I'm not asking for people to give me a lot of money. 440 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,389 I am not asking for people to just take me for my word. 441 00:20:11,570 --> 00:20:14,210 I'm asking people to let, to give me a chance. 442 00:20:14,729 --> 00:20:17,520 If you want to talk and you're my district, or even if you're outside of my 443 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,459 district, if you're just somebody who's struggling with something and think that 444 00:20:20,459 --> 00:20:24,179 the federal government has a role to make sure that when you are knocked down we 445 00:20:24,179 --> 00:20:27,449 can stretch out our arms and pull you back up, then I want to hear from you. 446 00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:30,179 That's not noble, by the way. 447 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,110 I think this is just the standard we should be used to, and it's gonna 448 00:20:34,110 --> 00:20:36,719 take people trying to redefine how campaigns are run, and that's what 449 00:20:36,719 --> 00:20:38,040 I'm trying to do and it's harder. 450 00:20:39,209 --> 00:20:42,840 Just stop giving a shit of what's politically convenient a long time ago. 451 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:46,230 You don't stand in arm, in arm with communities that I will fight with and 452 00:20:46,230 --> 00:20:50,939 the people that I talk to and think, you know, it's, it's never gonna change. 453 00:20:50,939 --> 00:20:52,080 We have to do it ourselves. 454 00:20:52,110 --> 00:20:53,310 We just have to do it ourselves. 455 00:20:54,270 --> 00:20:54,929 Ally: Absolutely. 456 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:58,199 And so you said no corporate PAC money. 457 00:20:58,919 --> 00:21:00,659 What about foreign interest? 458 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:01,770 What about APAC money? 459 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:03,060 Tim: No, God no. 460 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:03,929 Ally: Okay. 461 00:21:05,399 --> 00:21:05,850 I have to 462 00:21:05,850 --> 00:21:05,860 Tim: ask. 463 00:21:05,860 --> 00:21:05,899 I have to ask. 464 00:21:05,899 --> 00:21:06,780 I totally understand. 465 00:21:06,780 --> 00:21:11,220 It's, and thank you for asking the question, but No, I, I and I, I, I don't 466 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:14,040 even, I, I have a, I don't even think I'll be in the opportunity to take money 467 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,840 from specific organizations that I like. 468 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,520 I want this to be truly grassroots. 469 00:21:17,790 --> 00:21:17,850 Yeah. 470 00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:19,500 And I have enough money to file for the ballot. 471 00:21:20,129 --> 00:21:21,960 I, and that's enough. 472 00:21:22,260 --> 00:21:23,879 'cause you know, I'm a community organizer. 473 00:21:23,879 --> 00:21:27,000 I know how to get a volunteer network and I want to compete 474 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,169 one-to-one with big money. 475 00:21:28,470 --> 00:21:29,310 That's what I want. 476 00:21:29,370 --> 00:21:31,020 I, I, it would be nice to have a little bit more. 477 00:21:31,770 --> 00:21:34,590 Pay people, but this is it no matter what. 478 00:21:34,590 --> 00:21:35,610 I will not drop out. 479 00:21:35,610 --> 00:21:38,220 I have enough money to pay for the ballot, which is $4,000, by 480 00:21:38,220 --> 00:21:40,830 the way, and not a lot after that. 481 00:21:41,130 --> 00:21:41,820 But that's okay. 482 00:21:41,850 --> 00:21:45,030 'cause I'm, we just gotta deal, we gotta do what we can with the cards we've been 483 00:21:45,030 --> 00:21:47,040 dealt, but, and we're gonna get there. 484 00:21:47,220 --> 00:21:47,735 Yeah, go ahead. 485 00:21:48,175 --> 00:21:48,475 Sorry. 486 00:21:48,504 --> 00:21:51,355 Ally: We're gonna, we're gonna get you how people can help you. 487 00:21:51,565 --> 00:21:53,784 Um, 'cause I have a feeling people are really gonna like you. 488 00:21:53,815 --> 00:21:56,995 'cause I really like you and I can see Seth's face over there 489 00:21:56,995 --> 00:21:58,435 and I know Seth really likes you. 490 00:21:58,855 --> 00:22:00,475 You are saying all the things. 491 00:22:00,475 --> 00:22:02,395 We've been waiting a long time. 492 00:22:02,395 --> 00:22:05,245 I am Gen X, I'm 53 years old. 493 00:22:05,575 --> 00:22:12,235 I've been waiting a long time for these types of candidates to pop up in my party 494 00:22:12,235 --> 00:22:14,544 and get away from establishment Dems. 495 00:22:14,544 --> 00:22:14,935 So. 496 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,300 I'm, the more you say, the more I like. 497 00:22:18,450 --> 00:22:24,570 Um, now in terms of your primary opposition, any debates? 498 00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:25,740 What, how does that play out? 499 00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:29,895 Tim: That would be nice if we had them. 500 00:22:30,075 --> 00:22:35,565 Uh, but so far, I mean, there's an excuse not to do it, I guess right now. 501 00:22:35,565 --> 00:22:37,395 And that's because the districts might change. 502 00:22:37,395 --> 00:22:42,345 So right now there's nine of us in this district, and then after April 21st, we 503 00:22:42,345 --> 00:22:44,115 might get split into different districts. 504 00:22:44,175 --> 00:22:47,265 Um, I'm a paycheck to paycheck guy who is a renter. 505 00:22:47,355 --> 00:22:49,965 So it's kind of choose your own adventure for me, whereas everyone 506 00:22:49,965 --> 00:22:52,935 else owns their houses and which I'm happy that they are, by the way. 507 00:22:52,935 --> 00:22:55,365 I'm not, I'm not, I don't think that's, that's a problem. 508 00:22:55,935 --> 00:22:59,024 But I have a little bit more flexibility to go, hopefully, where 509 00:22:59,024 --> 00:23:01,365 Rob Whitman goes and expose his record. 510 00:23:01,544 --> 00:23:04,004 Um, but that's kind of the, the deal. 511 00:23:04,004 --> 00:23:04,814 But I do think. 512 00:23:05,355 --> 00:23:08,895 You know, if we're serious about democracy, the only way you can do that is 513 00:23:08,895 --> 00:23:12,975 by making sure that we are presenting our candidates to as many people as possible. 514 00:23:13,815 --> 00:23:17,265 And that has not been the case so far in this campaign. 515 00:23:17,535 --> 00:23:20,805 And you know, one of the reasons, and I don't think that this is unreasonable 516 00:23:20,805 --> 00:23:23,355 saying, is that there's been a lot of rallying in one, one candidate 517 00:23:23,355 --> 00:23:26,865 that the D Triple C told us that's the person that they wanna support. 518 00:23:27,284 --> 00:23:27,975 That's okay. 519 00:23:28,455 --> 00:23:29,564 That's part of the process. 520 00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:32,804 I think it's part of the, of the process that expose how broken our politics is. 521 00:23:32,804 --> 00:23:34,485 This is so what I'm what? 522 00:23:34,485 --> 00:23:36,705 Me and some other candidates we're friends, by the way. 523 00:23:36,705 --> 00:23:39,105 I'm friends with a lot of the other millennial candidates and 524 00:23:39,105 --> 00:23:40,274 I'm not rooting against them. 525 00:23:40,274 --> 00:23:41,715 I'm just rooting for myself more. 526 00:23:41,955 --> 00:23:44,085 We're trying to set up our own town halls. 527 00:23:44,085 --> 00:23:46,875 We're trying to set up our own forums so that people realize 528 00:23:46,875 --> 00:23:50,564 that or people see on full display how politics is supposed to work. 529 00:23:51,135 --> 00:23:53,774 Um, you know, sometimes that costs a little bit more money than 530 00:23:53,774 --> 00:23:54,600 we're willing to shell out, but. 531 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,970 Again, this is, if there was ever a time to be insurgent about away 532 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:01,790 campaigns run, it's this time because the stakes are too high. 533 00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:05,180 If we don't do enough to elect the right people in 2026, I'm not 534 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:06,560 convinced we're gonna get 2028. 535 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:07,670 I'm really not. 536 00:24:08,085 --> 00:24:09,140 Ally: I, I feel the same way. 537 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:10,850 I know Seth does as well. 538 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:17,690 So you talked about kind of the, um, the vote that that. 539 00:24:19,095 --> 00:24:25,274 Ignited in you a desire to, um, to run for Congress. 540 00:24:25,695 --> 00:24:33,465 Tell me what are the challenges that your district is facing in general and how 541 00:24:33,465 --> 00:24:39,435 do you plan to serve your constituents and help them in those challenges? 542 00:24:40,935 --> 00:24:46,514 Tim: 90,000 of my, of my constituents or the hope to be constituents, uh, 543 00:24:46,514 --> 00:24:47,805 go to bed, hunger every single night. 544 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,760 This is the richest country in the world. 545 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:53,580 I'll never be able to square those two things at the same time. 546 00:24:54,540 --> 00:24:56,115 Um, I think about. 547 00:24:56,985 --> 00:25:01,575 16,000 are going to lose healthcare and another 30,000 are going 548 00:25:01,575 --> 00:25:02,775 to have healthcare skyrocket. 549 00:25:03,525 --> 00:25:07,755 Um, in the coming months, I call every single donor regardless 550 00:25:07,755 --> 00:25:08,955 of how much money they give me. 551 00:25:09,465 --> 00:25:13,215 And the people who give me $25 or more, they're usually like, I just like you. 552 00:25:13,215 --> 00:25:14,115 I don't need you to call me. 553 00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:18,645 People who gimme $25 or less, I get a lot of $5 donor donations. 554 00:25:18,735 --> 00:25:21,825 Um, they would just wanna talk because they've said that this is 555 00:25:21,825 --> 00:25:26,265 the only time opportunity I've ever had to someone who is seeking power. 556 00:25:27,375 --> 00:25:32,235 I think right there is a testament to how bad our political system is 557 00:25:32,235 --> 00:25:33,675 at treating people with dignity. 558 00:25:34,125 --> 00:25:34,245 Mm-hmm. 559 00:25:34,575 --> 00:25:36,915 Um, and oftentimes I hear the story and I just refund the 560 00:25:36,915 --> 00:25:38,955 $5 because they could use it. 561 00:25:39,285 --> 00:25:39,585 Ally: Yeah. 562 00:25:39,615 --> 00:25:44,325 Tim: The, the things I hear most about is hunger, taking care 563 00:25:44,325 --> 00:25:45,915 of their kids in healthcare. 564 00:25:46,725 --> 00:25:47,205 Um. 565 00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:51,225 I think that the only reason we have this healthcare system that we 566 00:25:51,225 --> 00:25:56,025 do is because healthcare companies spent a billion dollars in 2024 on 567 00:25:56,025 --> 00:25:57,825 lobbying and campaign contributions. 568 00:25:58,815 --> 00:25:58,905 Mm-hmm. 569 00:25:59,175 --> 00:25:59,250 They also get. 570 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,690 Almost a trillion dollars of our direct taxpayer money that goes straight to 571 00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:07,350 private health insurance companies that they just take and then turn around and 572 00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:08,790 raise our healthcare prices every year. 573 00:26:08,910 --> 00:26:12,900 There is nothing about our healthcare system that isn't a, a scam and it's 574 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,030 not very hard to make it affordable. 575 00:26:15,060 --> 00:26:15,910 One, we, you know, we could. 576 00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:19,080 Have single payer Medicare for all conversations. 577 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,350 All we want, and we should, but if we just had a public healthcare system 578 00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:23,820 right now, costs would go down. 579 00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:27,570 'cause the first time a private industry will have to compete with a, excuse 580 00:26:27,570 --> 00:26:31,320 me, a for-profit industry will have to compete with a nonprofit industry that 581 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,270 literally lowers prices right up the gate. 582 00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:38,190 And these solutions are known to our elected officials. 583 00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:39,960 These, these. 584 00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:42,645 These problems can be solved very easily. 585 00:26:42,670 --> 00:26:43,845 I, I say this all the time. 586 00:26:44,385 --> 00:26:47,565 The the things that we need to do, they are not predicated 587 00:26:47,565 --> 00:26:49,125 on possibility or technology. 588 00:26:49,125 --> 00:26:50,865 They are simply matters of political will. 589 00:26:51,675 --> 00:26:55,125 I just wanna take all those same people that I talk to, the $5 to 590 00:26:55,125 --> 00:26:58,245 $10 donations and I wanna bring them to Capitol Hill with me. 591 00:26:58,875 --> 00:27:01,665 I want our elected officials to have to look them in the eye and say, 592 00:27:01,665 --> 00:27:03,075 sorry, there's nothing I can do. 593 00:27:03,795 --> 00:27:07,155 And if we do that and dare them to ignore us. 594 00:27:08,024 --> 00:27:11,985 I think then you're gonna be able to grow the base of the party of people who 595 00:27:11,985 --> 00:27:14,835 talk a lot more like me than people who. 596 00:27:15,735 --> 00:27:18,764 We'll spend all their time just ignoring the, the, the voices and 597 00:27:18,764 --> 00:27:20,595 the struggles of everyday people. 598 00:27:20,865 --> 00:27:22,064 So that's, that's how I went. 599 00:27:22,064 --> 00:27:25,575 I wanna be, you know, I'm not just doing this for activism, for activism's sakes. 600 00:27:25,575 --> 00:27:29,685 I have, I have a plan for almost everything, but as a political 601 00:27:29,685 --> 00:27:33,375 communication strategist, I know that the only way to get people in power 602 00:27:33,375 --> 00:27:36,705 to do things is to make them look like assholes for disagreeing with us. 603 00:27:37,485 --> 00:27:37,845 Ally: Right? 604 00:27:37,845 --> 00:27:40,784 Tim: And so I think I bring that unique perspective to do that 605 00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:42,105 on behalf of my constituents. 606 00:27:42,915 --> 00:27:43,455 Ally: That's great. 607 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:45,840 That's really great actually. 608 00:27:46,170 --> 00:27:50,940 Um, okay, so before we get to how everyone can support you, Seth, do 609 00:27:50,940 --> 00:27:52,145 you have any more questions for Tim? 610 00:27:53,325 --> 00:27:55,545 Seth: I don't, I don't, I think, I think we good because I just 611 00:27:55,545 --> 00:27:56,760 wanted to hear, you know, what, what 612 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,720 Ally: kind of separate 613 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:58,365 Seth: you from your Oh, 614 00:27:58,365 --> 00:27:59,265 Ally: I have one more. 615 00:27:59,325 --> 00:28:00,135 I have one more. 616 00:28:00,225 --> 00:28:00,375 Seth: Sure. 617 00:28:00,675 --> 00:28:01,065 Ally: Okay. 618 00:28:01,065 --> 00:28:06,225 Tim, obviously you have a background in, um, political communication strategy, 619 00:28:06,225 --> 00:28:11,085 so you have access to a lot more information about the process of becoming 620 00:28:11,085 --> 00:28:16,185 a candidate, running for office, for people out there that share a mindset. 621 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:17,450 Like yours? 622 00:28:17,450 --> 00:28:18,410 Like ours. 623 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:19,340 What? 624 00:28:19,550 --> 00:28:22,010 How do people run for office? 625 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:27,020 I, you know, I know that there is on a local level, you know, you can go to 626 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:30,110 their website and you can find out how to submit your name and all of that. 627 00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:33,920 Then what, like, how does that play out for most people? 628 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,970 Because I think a lot of people don't know, and it creates a barrier 629 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:43,130 between wanting to be involved at the political level and being scared because 630 00:28:43,130 --> 00:28:44,510 you have no idea what that entails. 631 00:28:45,915 --> 00:28:48,375 Tim: I would say if anyone listening to this show who wants to run for 632 00:28:48,375 --> 00:28:50,925 office or has flirted with the idea of running for office, please 633 00:28:50,925 --> 00:28:54,075 do it because that's exactly the kind of candidates that we need. 634 00:28:54,075 --> 00:28:56,235 You always get business executives and lawyers. 635 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:59,055 That's the vast majority of people in in office right now, and 636 00:28:59,055 --> 00:29:00,135 especially at the federal level. 637 00:29:00,555 --> 00:29:01,035 Um. 638 00:29:02,895 --> 00:29:06,405 Navigating it is tough, uh, but it is also Googleable. 639 00:29:06,675 --> 00:29:08,565 You just have to look in order where to look. 640 00:29:08,565 --> 00:29:12,585 I mean, so it's not, and some of it is kind of chicken and the egg, but stuff. 641 00:29:12,645 --> 00:29:16,305 So for me example, um, I don't use any big businesses for any of the things 642 00:29:16,305 --> 00:29:17,715 that I do, including my bank account. 643 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:19,560 My campaign bank account. 644 00:29:19,620 --> 00:29:23,340 And, uh, you can't get certified as a candidate before you have a bank account, 645 00:29:23,340 --> 00:29:26,100 but you can't get a bank account unless you get certified for as a candidate. 646 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:29,280 And then you also have to navigate different things by the state. 647 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,310 So like in Virginia, in order to get on the ballot, you need to 648 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:35,910 pay $3,700 just to get your name on the ballot, which I think. 649 00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:38,010 It's purposely designed. 650 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:38,250 Yeah. 651 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:39,570 It's designed to price people out. 652 00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:39,629 Yeah. 653 00:29:39,870 --> 00:29:43,230 I mean, this is another reason why I want my democracy dollars planned to do it. 654 00:29:43,230 --> 00:29:44,910 I don't think it just strengthens our democracy. 655 00:29:44,910 --> 00:29:48,240 By incentivizing your typical candidates, I think you get people who aren't 656 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,600 typical candidates to be able to now have access to run for office, right? 657 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,460 So they can just go to their family and friends and say, 658 00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:55,170 can you give me your $500? 659 00:29:55,410 --> 00:29:57,990 And now I got enough money to just navigate these simple structures. 660 00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:59,910 Um, and. 661 00:30:01,345 --> 00:30:04,885 Like there's, I wanna give you like a universal easy approach to how to do this. 662 00:30:05,155 --> 00:30:07,825 There's some organizations that specialize in it, in particular. 663 00:30:08,490 --> 00:30:11,400 But it's, it's different based off where you are, where you live. 664 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:11,460 Yeah. 665 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:13,650 I would say that the same, yeah, e exactly. 666 00:30:13,650 --> 00:30:14,040 Where you live. 667 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:14,610 Exactly. 668 00:30:15,030 --> 00:30:19,890 The, but it is possible, it is possible for anyone to do it, but 669 00:30:19,890 --> 00:30:23,010 some things are more expensive, you know, like if, if I'm those people 670 00:30:23,010 --> 00:30:26,640 that I organize in Southwest Virginia, they're not gonna have the money, just 671 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:27,775 the startup money to get a website. 672 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:32,080 You know, and to be able to pay for that $4,000 right out the gate and 673 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,230 also know the things you're supposed to know in order to be in a bank account. 674 00:30:35,590 --> 00:30:35,649 Yeah. 675 00:30:35,649 --> 00:30:38,500 And which took me three months, by the way, before I could even get one. 676 00:30:39,220 --> 00:30:39,280 Wow. 677 00:30:39,310 --> 00:30:40,510 Because of those things. 678 00:30:40,510 --> 00:30:44,110 And you know, this actually speaks to another part of our political system, 679 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,210 is we have over complicated it. 680 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:50,840 We have made it so that you have to have some foundational knowledge in 681 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,880 order to just get your foot in the door. 682 00:30:53,390 --> 00:30:57,410 And because that is designed to exhaust us, so many people who would be good 683 00:30:57,410 --> 00:31:01,130 at this will never get a chance to even entertain that notion in their mind. 684 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:01,850 Ally: Right. 685 00:31:01,850 --> 00:31:04,640 Tim: So I just, if you know, that's perfectly thing. 686 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,070 If there's anyone who wants to reach out to me via my website 687 00:31:07,070 --> 00:31:09,800 and wants to know how exactly they can do what I'm doing right now. 688 00:31:10,455 --> 00:31:11,475 I will be happy to do it. 689 00:31:11,475 --> 00:31:14,625 And after this campaign, I've been flirting with the idea of writing 690 00:31:14,625 --> 00:31:18,830 a short book about how all the things that I went to and, and how I 691 00:31:18,830 --> 00:31:19,190 Ally: got there. 692 00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:19,995 I would love to see that. 693 00:31:20,055 --> 00:31:21,195 I would love to see that. 694 00:31:21,555 --> 00:31:24,795 But also I want you to win your campaign, so maybe the book will 695 00:31:24,795 --> 00:31:26,115 have to be on the back burner. 696 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,215 Um, okay. 697 00:31:28,215 --> 00:31:30,435 Tim, honestly, what a pleasure. 698 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,370 You are a breath of fresh air. 699 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:33,490 Thank you. 700 00:31:33,490 --> 00:31:36,780 I mean, you are exactly the type of candidates that we have been seeking 701 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:40,380 for this podcast series, and I really appreciate you taking the time to 702 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:45,030 meet with us, tell the people how they can support you and your campaign. 703 00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:46,649 Tim: Thank you for saying that. 704 00:31:46,649 --> 00:31:49,620 So my name is Tim Solinski, reformist Democrat running 705 00:31:49,620 --> 00:31:50,939 a Virginia's first district. 706 00:31:51,419 --> 00:31:54,449 You can find me on vote tim va.com. 707 00:31:54,689 --> 00:31:59,850 And all of my socials are Vote Tim Va. Um, if you wanna send my campaign a direct 708 00:31:59,850 --> 00:32:02,699 email, it's just contact@votetimva.com. 709 00:32:03,330 --> 00:32:04,830 And that is not an empty offer. 710 00:32:04,949 --> 00:32:06,990 I try to respond to everyone that I can. 711 00:32:06,990 --> 00:32:11,070 I try to call everyone I can because that's not just for you, that's for me. 712 00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:14,520 It makes me a better candidate so that that offer is genuine and it is open. 713 00:32:15,315 --> 00:32:17,535 Ally: I can attest to that, uh, audience. 714 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:21,645 I reached out to Tim this morning and we are now on this. 715 00:32:22,350 --> 00:32:24,389 Podcast recording this conversation. 716 00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:26,879 So Tim is not fucking around. 717 00:32:26,879 --> 00:32:30,690 If you reach out to him, I feel very confident you're gonna hear back. 718 00:32:31,169 --> 00:32:35,430 Seth: Um, my man is Give is giving you a call with a $5 donation. 719 00:32:35,430 --> 00:32:37,560 Like it doesn't get realer than that y'all. 720 00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:39,230 Seriously it. 721 00:32:39,230 --> 00:32:39,240 Seriously. 722 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,595 And so please, you know, please give Tim a look, uh, you know, help out 723 00:32:43,595 --> 00:32:45,725 however you can, money donations. 724 00:32:45,725 --> 00:32:49,475 But if you're on the ground in Virginia, you wanna give Tim a call. 725 00:32:49,475 --> 00:32:51,665 'cause not only is he a good candidate, but it sounds like 726 00:32:51,665 --> 00:32:53,795 he's a great grassroots organizer. 727 00:32:54,095 --> 00:32:58,385 And so I, I think that gives him a great advantage over a lot of candidates. 728 00:32:58,415 --> 00:33:01,145 'cause a lot of candidates don't have that experience on the ground. 729 00:33:01,295 --> 00:33:04,775 So if you're thinking about, you know, if you don't have the money, think 730 00:33:04,775 --> 00:33:06,635 about volunteering your time as well. 731 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:07,920 Tim: Absolutely. 732 00:33:07,955 --> 00:33:08,910 That would be, that would be the best. 733 00:33:08,910 --> 00:33:09,300 Thank you. 734 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:11,550 Thank you both for saying that, and this has been an honor of mine. 735 00:33:11,610 --> 00:33:12,090 Seriously. 736 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:12,840 I love, thank you. 737 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,500 Anyone who's trying to platform grassroots candidates, I, I feel indebted to 738 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:17,850 for the rest of my life, honestly. 739 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,490 Ally: Oh, well we appreciate you saying that. 740 00:33:20,490 --> 00:33:25,260 We hope to be doing a lot more of this between now and primaries at midterms. 741 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:26,635 When is your primary, by the way. 742 00:33:28,129 --> 00:33:32,146 Tim: August 4th now fourth it, August 4th to be in June, now August 4th. 743 00:33:32,146 --> 00:33:32,350 Now they're moving to August 4th. 744 00:33:32,595 --> 00:33:33,555 So yeah. 745 00:33:33,555 --> 00:33:33,565 Okay. 746 00:33:33,565 --> 00:33:35,535 But yeah, I'd love to be considered a friend of the show, 747 00:33:35,535 --> 00:33:36,375 so if there's any time that meet 748 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:37,090 Ally: there, I would would too. 749 00:33:37,185 --> 00:33:38,175 Let's keep in touch. 750 00:33:38,175 --> 00:33:40,335 Tim, I, I'm digging you man. 751 00:33:40,335 --> 00:33:41,325 I like your vibe. 752 00:33:41,325 --> 00:33:43,004 I like everything you have to say. 753 00:33:43,395 --> 00:33:46,035 I think you have a very promising future. 754 00:33:46,395 --> 00:33:47,025 Um, thank you. 755 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,014 In politics. 756 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:53,070 For the right reasons, which is exactly the type of people that we get jazzed 757 00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:54,510 about, and that's who we're looking for. 758 00:33:54,929 --> 00:33:58,440 I really appreciate you coming and meeting with us today, and I wish you the best 759 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,389 of luck and please, let's stay in touch. 760 00:34:00,629 --> 00:34:01,169 Seth: Yes, thank you. 761 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:01,500 Absolutely. 762 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:02,129 Good luck, Tim. 763 00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:02,669 Thank you, man. 764 00:34:02,879 --> 00:34:03,450 Tim: Thank you both. 765 00:34:03,450 --> 00:34:04,260 Thank you both so much. 766 00:34:05,010 --> 00:34:07,830 Ally: Well, that was our conversation with Tim Solinsky. 767 00:34:07,919 --> 00:34:10,770 I. I am even more obsessed. 768 00:34:10,770 --> 00:34:12,840 I didn't know that was gonna be possible. 769 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:14,970 Um, wow. 770 00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:18,240 I have not heard a candidate like him. 771 00:34:19,275 --> 00:34:22,935 I haven't reacted to a candidate like him in a really long time. 772 00:34:22,935 --> 00:34:23,775 What did you think, Seth? 773 00:34:24,525 --> 00:34:28,185 Seth: Yeah, I mean, it was, it was just everything that we, 774 00:34:28,185 --> 00:34:29,565 that we hoped for and more. 775 00:34:29,595 --> 00:34:33,225 I mean, this guy is, he's a millennial. 776 00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:35,685 He's a progressive and uncompromising. 777 00:34:36,094 --> 00:34:40,324 Progressive, uh, he, you can hear the passion in his voice. 778 00:34:40,594 --> 00:34:43,835 Um, you know that, that moment where he was talking, where I asked him 779 00:34:44,045 --> 00:34:48,425 who politically, uh, inspired him, like, what politician inspired you? 780 00:34:48,545 --> 00:34:51,930 He didn't, he didn't mention a, a. Uh, politician. 781 00:34:51,930 --> 00:34:54,660 It was so refreshing to hear something like mind blowing. 782 00:34:55,065 --> 00:35:00,720 My, my mom was, is a historian and she informed my politics and then 783 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,630 talking about, uh, you know, an old school civil rights leader. 784 00:35:03,630 --> 00:35:05,820 I mean, that was even more genuine. 785 00:35:05,820 --> 00:35:09,150 So, yeah, it was, it was just great to hear from a guy like 786 00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:13,020 that who's not gonna compromise, who's going up against big money. 787 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:17,325 He's not taking any corporate PAC money, no money from apac, I mean. 788 00:35:17,924 --> 00:35:18,944 What else do you want? 789 00:35:18,944 --> 00:35:19,515 America? 790 00:35:19,515 --> 00:35:21,404 I mean, this guy, he is got great hair. 791 00:35:21,404 --> 00:35:21,975 What do you want? 792 00:35:22,275 --> 00:35:22,755 What do you want? 793 00:35:22,755 --> 00:35:23,085 I mean is, 794 00:35:23,415 --> 00:35:27,075 Ally: and he knows, you know, with his background, he knows the 795 00:35:27,075 --> 00:35:28,935 behind the scenes of politics. 796 00:35:29,115 --> 00:35:30,734 He knows how dirty it can be. 797 00:35:30,734 --> 00:35:33,585 He knows how ugly it can be, and he's taken all of that 798 00:35:33,585 --> 00:35:35,745 knowledge and formulated. 799 00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:42,165 Um, a campaign to be just the antithesis to all of that yucky 800 00:35:42,165 --> 00:35:44,835 stuff we want out of our politics. 801 00:35:45,134 --> 00:35:50,445 And to me, um, that, that's just, that's everything we could wish 802 00:35:50,445 --> 00:35:51,795 for and more in a candidate. 803 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,040 Seth: If you're a Republican, uh, you better watch out For a guy like 804 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:57,090 Tim in the next 10, two, good luck. 805 00:35:57,870 --> 00:36:01,110 He's got, he's got community organizing experience. 806 00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:03,299 He's not new to this at all. 807 00:36:03,299 --> 00:36:09,840 So I think that gives him a huge leg up as far as just knowing how to organize, 808 00:36:09,870 --> 00:36:13,920 that's one of the biggest things is just getting people to come to your side. 809 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,200 And Tim is already very versed in that. 810 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,750 He helps other candidates do those same things. 811 00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:21,390 So, uh, I, I, I know that. 812 00:36:21,634 --> 00:36:23,375 You know, he's a good candidate now. 813 00:36:23,465 --> 00:36:27,365 He's gonna be a good candidate for decades to come, and you better watch 814 00:36:27,365 --> 00:36:30,845 out because a guy like Tim, he's going to be able to change a lot 815 00:36:30,845 --> 00:36:31,940 of things in the state of Virginia. 816 00:36:32,730 --> 00:36:34,290 Ally: Unbeatable, unstoppable. 817 00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:35,820 We're gonna keep our eye on Tim. 818 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:37,530 We promise to stay connected. 819 00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:41,400 Hopefully we'll have more things to bring to you about him and 820 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,440 his campaign as it goes on. 821 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,710 His primary is August 4th, I think he said. 822 00:36:46,890 --> 00:36:47,070 Tim: Yeah. 823 00:36:47,220 --> 00:36:48,930 Ally: Um, so still a ways away. 824 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,870 Um, and that's the guy, that's the guy to keep your eye on. 825 00:36:51,870 --> 00:36:57,360 So absolutely love that conversation and, um, can't wait to see what happens.