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| Former NFL Player Jake Bequette Announces Run For U.S. Senate In Arkansas | |
| 2021-07-13 | |
| [Daily Wire/Bongino] Jake Bequette’s service to his country began when he left his life as a professional football player and joined the 101st Airborne Division. He served in the military for three and a half years, but his service to his country, he says, is just beginning. Another vet, running for Senate, challenging a two-term Pub. "I see this run as the continuation of the oath that I took to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," Bequette said. "Just seeing the violence in our streets, the suppression of our economy, everything that’s happening coming out of Washington that’s permeated into every institution in American life. We need bold, dynamic difference makers in Washington who are going to actually stand up and fight for the conservative values that Arkansans’ and millions of Americans truly care about. That’s why I’m running." "I came back from Iraq and I saw street violence on a scale that was more reminiscent of a Middle Eastern country than our home," Bequette said. "That made me extremely angry. We saw small businesses — not just in Arkansas but nationwide — who were absolutely crushed through no fault of their own. They were told they could not conduct business. They were told they were non-essential. The government shut them down and suppressed them. I saw firsthand through my work with The Arkansas Fund — a nonprofit small business relief that I started — the economic devastation that was wrought and the consequences of that we’re still grappling with." I like what I read in the interview. He didn't mention the T word, but I bet they'd see eye-to-eye.
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| Posted by:Bobby |