Post by Origanalist on Jun 8, 2016 16:39:53 GMT -8
I'm trying to find out more about where she is on the issues, but Justin Amash endorsed her and that's a pretty good sign.
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This liberty-loving conservative could become the youngest member of Congress—and just showed she’s a force to be reckoned with
June 7, 2016 8:42 am
Jack Hunter,
Rare Editor
Two months ago, I wrote: “Our monstrous debt really is the number one threat to America’s security and stability… I really don’t have time for any politician who doesn’t get this.”
“I tend to get overly enthusiastic about anyone who does,” I said.
I was talking about Rebekah Johansen Bydlak, who’s running for an open seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District (full disclosure: Bydlak is a friend and has been a Rare contributor).
Bydlak’s campaign announced on Tuesday that she had raised over $100,000 by the end of May, with “over $90,000 cash on hand, and over 200 donors.”
That’s a nice chunk of change. Perhaps most importantly, with that money coming from 200 donors, it shows there’s real grassroots enthusiasm for her campaign.
If Bydlak were to win the Republican primary, the GOP candidate is heavily favored in the general election in the safely red district.
Rebekah Johansen Bydlak—who turns 26 in August—would also make history.
“(Bydlak) would make history if she is successful in the August 30 Republican primary,” NorthEscambia.com noted Tuesday, “becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the first female to represent Florida’s 1st District.”
Some might see Bydlak’s age as a handicap.
They’re wrong.
Knowing and working with her, particularly in her role as senior staff for the Coalition to Reduce Spending, founded by her husband, I can tell you she easily runs rings around most people decades her senior.
“Most people in Congress don’t have any actual urgency to do their job,” said Bydlak in her first congressional debate, “and they just think they can wait until the end of the year and pass a big bill that includes a bunch of pork and roll it altogether and that will be that.”
“The first thing is making sure Congress actually passes budgets.” she said.
Bydlak explained how screwed up Congress’ appropriations process is, including how it contributes to runaway deficits and even how necessary functions of government are sometimes underfunded due to the recklessness of the overall procedure.
Watch her here beginning at the 2:00 minute mark (see her impassioned plea to cut spending at 9:30):
continued... rare.us/story/this-liberty-loving-conservative-could-become-the-youngest-member-of-congress-and-just-showed-shes-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/
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This liberty-loving conservative could become the youngest member of Congress—and just showed she’s a force to be reckoned with
June 7, 2016 8:42 am
Jack Hunter,
Rare Editor
Two months ago, I wrote: “Our monstrous debt really is the number one threat to America’s security and stability… I really don’t have time for any politician who doesn’t get this.”
“I tend to get overly enthusiastic about anyone who does,” I said.
I was talking about Rebekah Johansen Bydlak, who’s running for an open seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District (full disclosure: Bydlak is a friend and has been a Rare contributor).
Bydlak’s campaign announced on Tuesday that she had raised over $100,000 by the end of May, with “over $90,000 cash on hand, and over 200 donors.”
That’s a nice chunk of change. Perhaps most importantly, with that money coming from 200 donors, it shows there’s real grassroots enthusiasm for her campaign.
If Bydlak were to win the Republican primary, the GOP candidate is heavily favored in the general election in the safely red district.
Rebekah Johansen Bydlak—who turns 26 in August—would also make history.
“(Bydlak) would make history if she is successful in the August 30 Republican primary,” NorthEscambia.com noted Tuesday, “becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the first female to represent Florida’s 1st District.”
Some might see Bydlak’s age as a handicap.
They’re wrong.
Knowing and working with her, particularly in her role as senior staff for the Coalition to Reduce Spending, founded by her husband, I can tell you she easily runs rings around most people decades her senior.
“Most people in Congress don’t have any actual urgency to do their job,” said Bydlak in her first congressional debate, “and they just think they can wait until the end of the year and pass a big bill that includes a bunch of pork and roll it altogether and that will be that.”
“The first thing is making sure Congress actually passes budgets.” she said.
Bydlak explained how screwed up Congress’ appropriations process is, including how it contributes to runaway deficits and even how necessary functions of government are sometimes underfunded due to the recklessness of the overall procedure.
Watch her here beginning at the 2:00 minute mark (see her impassioned plea to cut spending at 9:30):
continued... rare.us/story/this-liberty-loving-conservative-could-become-the-youngest-member-of-congress-and-just-showed-shes-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/
