Hi everyone, I am here with a congressional candidate running to represent California's 26th district His name is Daniel Wilson and he is running as a non-partisan individual, but a progressive leftist and He's here to talk about his campaign Daniel. Thank you so much for coming on the program. Thank you so much for having me Mike, it's a pleasure to be here So what made you want to run for Congress because this is out of all the candidates that I've spoken with It's very very tiring. It's grueling and on top of that You know you This is self-sacrifice, right? So what made you want to run and what kind of influence your decision to run as non-partisan? So there's a lot that kind of goes into that. So the final I would say the final straw for me deciding to run was just the 2020 pandemic and you know the entire year 2020 just blew the doors wide open and you know We knew that there were some corruption and we knew that there was these problems But it kind of all just got laid wide open and So I just I kept watching kept kept watching and you know We we protested at my my member of Congress's house last summer with the People's Party demanding You know the people stimulus cancel rents mortgages Medicare for all these things I've since pulled pulled away from the People's Party and and I'm running completely non-partisan and the reason for that is because In my conversations with people whether it was I worked at my county elections office I volunteered at the polls for a number of years and then also just in my political act You know being engaged with with politics when you have conversations with people one of the first things they want to say is well You know are you there?  Oh What does that mean or tell me about that and so instead of them? You know instead of things going tribal and everybody like hunkering down on their sides and just it they we actually have a conversation and We're able to create dialogue and find that we agree on more things than we disagree on and so That's plus, you know what we watched happen with with Bernie Sanders in 2020 and 2016 and 2020 and what the DNC did to him The complete coalescing of the establishment candidates right to trounce somebody and then we just continue watching it And I mean Nina Turner was one of the final blows where we see the DNC the GOP and you know Israeli lobbyists Coalescing behind the establishment candidate that they know that they can control to silence somebody who they know is going to go in there and change things and There's a lot of conversations to be had about what what Nina has been doing since then But I know that she would have gone in there and been a fighter for us And I know that there would she would have been one of the best things that we've never had seen in Congress yet I think that she really would have bolstered the squad and kind of reinvigorated them But all of all of the hamstring all of the all of the dirty dealings all of the back door stuff all of the putting their finger on the scale Just I just didn't want to I just absolutely didn't want to be a part of it And so my the incumbent that I'm running against is a establishment corporate Dem She won't cosign Medicare for all she won't co-sponsor the Green New Deal while sending letters to the constituents saying I support Medicare for All and I'm a climate advocate, but you won't come co-sponsor the legislation So But she's she's she's not she's not you know a party star, but she tells the party line every time She's a good soldier. She gives money when she's told she supports the people She showed up to back Newsome in the recall, you know, she does what she's told She follows she follows orders and so she votes party line 98 99 percent of the time and They're never they were never gonna support me anyway So, you know, I've had a lot of pushback a lot of people who you know our leftists are still like Oh gotta run Democrat or you're never gonna make it gotta run Democrat or you're never gonna make it I'm so tired of hearing that and that's exactly why I'm determined to make it because until somebody like me makes it through I mean Bernie did it Bernie run got into Congress as an independent. So this isn't even Completely breaking the mold here. This has been done. We've had independent members of Congress People just don't like it. So they continue to tell you that it can't be done and for a variety of reasons Their conflict is either they don't want it to change or they truly don't believe it's possible either way We did we need to make change and so yeah, all of that is kind of why I decided to run Why I decided to throw my hat in the ring I knew that our community and our our district needed better and then also having a fighter in Congress Here and there would also make huge differences not only in our local community but nationally as well Yeah, I think that's really interesting. Um, I'm of the belief that basically 99 times out of 100 duverges law will hold and unless you run in one of the two parties in most districts It's it's you don't have a chance but in california It's interesting because you all have this jungle type primary I'm not sure what it's called and I've kind of warmed up to it because we have it in uh, california in Washington, but Oregon out of the you know, west coast is the only state that doesn't have it and we all voted it down And I think it was 2014 and now I kind of regret that because it does open the door to um, you know, uh socialist candidates non-partisan candidates which is really interesting because I think that you're right about this idea that so many So many people see that party label as a non-starter But at the same time you also see a lot of people normally Democrats So I think that leftists should probably try to win over somehow They're also loyal to the party. So as leftists we have the most difficult job Like we have to walk that fine line Of trying to make sure that we don't scare away the normies because we don't want them to think we're these like extremists Uh, who are gonna, you know, I don't know take take away their private property Uh, and we also have to um, you know, we have to Work to an extent with people who we don't like so I like that you're kind of using this unique opportunity To run as a non-partisan because in a way it gives you an advantage I mean, there are pros and cons. I'm sure right like you um, you you don't get access to the infrastructure that the democratic party has But at the same time as a marketing standpoint You really can appeal to people who I think are non-voters who are dissatisfied with the status quo more independent minded And I think that even if you change the way that you explain some policies You might be able to appeal to some open minded right wingers Not all of them and it depends on how you sell certain policies But I think that you have that opportunity. Uh, what is the reception that you've received? Um, because I'm sure that you've held, um, you know events I'm not sure if you're doing in-person events and whatnot. What's the reception that you've received from someone that you kind of talked about How they were immediately like their guards were up when you said I'm running for congress But when you told them you weren't a democrat or a republican Can you recall a single person who was like either conservative leaning? Like did that actually change and make them more open to left-wing ideas? Because I think this is really important to learn about Yeah, and so I think that Yes, so specific conversations I actually had one um, so uh, one of the local community members here does a pop-up in the uh It's basically just a lot, but she's she does a pop-up where she lets local um Merchants and vendors and and food people come and and do stuff and she's Raising money to turn that into a sensory garden for for our homeless community because that's Some of the best things that we can do is just try and give them a safe place to be Where they they aren't going to be hassled and and and harangued by the by the police or the authorities. So, um At this at this pop-up event. Um, I was talking to this gentleman and he's he's a veteran like myself Um, much much older veteran and he even he even told me he said I'm conservative I vote republican every time um And not only did this gentleman end up spending the two hours in the cold talking to me I can see him start to shiver and he still kept talking to me still was fully engaged And um, not only that he he came back the next week and he has called me and we are now going to go out to lunch one day this week. Um, so There's him specifically, but then also there's another gentleman who I've connected with online. Um, we did a live stream on on his thing and and he considers himself, uh He voted for bernie 2016 the primary but he says he took a hard right where the rest of us went left He he voted trump in our recall. He was supporting larry elder and just on the face of those facts Right, just on the face of those facts him and I would not get along We would have nothing to conversate about Him and I did a live stream on one of his his, uh, IG live streams that he does and we talked for four hours Not once where we root are disrespectful Not once did we get into any type of screaming match and we disagreed on on a handful of things But we actually agreed on more than we disagree. Um, he considers himself more of libertarian more of a moderate And so, you know, he's for medicare for all but we disagree on how to do it. And so that's what I've really found is that It's it's the slogans. It's the it's the misinformation and it's it's I mean it really boils down to all of it It's just information. Um With medicare for all with deep on the police with you know, climate change green new deal all of that I mean even how long did it take us? To shift from global warming to climate change Because we couldn't get anybody to believe in global warming while there was snow on the ground right it's messaging and it's it's What I've found and especially so I guess the best example I could give you Um, rather than a specific person is a specific policy. So deep on the police My father is a police officer. My uncle is a police officer. My cousin is a police officer Um, they've also served in the military and a variety of things. And so, um, both my parents voted for trump in 2016 I'm kind of the unicorn. Um, they had they didn't in 2020 and I'd like to take a little bit of credit for that. Um My mom is even Yelling about medicare for all now because she had to pay for her rehab She she had to stop going to rehab after her breast cancer surgery because uh, it was $60 a time and she couldn't afford to it Anyway, I'm not even answering your question anymore. Um, let's go back to the specifics So, um, we're talking about deep on the police when you say that immediately The conservatives republicans even some even a lot of democrats shut down. They don't want to hear it They don't want to talk about it. They love their police support the blue all of that. Um, and It takes someone who is in a police family who has been and involved in for me to kind of break through and so There's a lot of unique traits about myself where I don't fit into any one thing I'm a veteran, but I'm trans. You know, I was raised by conservative republicans, but I'm very much in extreme leftist Um, I'm not a politician. I think that's one of the best things about me. Um, so Uh, those things kind of give me a little bit of an edge and a little bit of advantage Or a way to speak to somebody that wouldn't wouldn't hear something else and and it's giving me a unique opportunity And so with the fun the police so I say look You might not like that slogan.  Let's remove. Let's get rid of the slogan Let's look at the amount of police funding the amount of police responsibility If you love and support your police, then you should actually want us to pull back these things and because I know personally I don't want my dad going to deal with people who are on a 51 50 who are our psych, you know Psych having suicidal issues or any type of other mental thing. He's not trained for that He's a good dude and I don't believe that he would shoot them But he's not a trained mental health professional and he should not be sent to handle things like that And so when you bring it from a perspective of look these police officers over decades have been given more and more social societal responsibilities without any training or handling on how to do such, you know They're given a spit smock right like police have a thing to put over somebody's head so they can't spit on you Like this stuff is insane and that's that's their that's their training, right? They're trained to contain And bring things down and to to stop and even even our de-escalation training to go better But I won't go so so so short-sighted as to say that all we need is police reform I think we need police reform. I think we absolutely need to the way I've been stating it is we need to divest From police services and reinvest into our community So instead of just shutting down the police department. What I'm saying is is remove some of their responsibilities Let's create a mental health rapid response team and train our dispatchers to know when somebody's calling in Do they need a police officer? Is there a violent armed situation that they are encountering? Are they somebody on the side of the road who just needs maybe something like a transit support or something?  They're gonna get shot Well, maybe we stop sending police officers to deal with people who are suicidal that will stop happening And to save the police officer too because if they had to take down somebody that that sticks with them Right and I know that there's a lot of things that can be said about that But we don't put them in that situation. We remove the opportunity for it to go back And so that's that when I when I talk about that when I talk about it from a perspective of Helping the police helping the community providing more resources instead of just the police are bad We need to destroy them then people will start to hear you and so I really think it is it's It's messaging and it's how we come about it But I also don't think we need to kowtow and bow and and acquiesce to anything either Yeah, we still need to push hard for these things, but we can adjust the way we discuss it and focus on More reparative than destructive That's that's really interesting the way that you're describing it is it seems like they're really receptive to your message And you're kind of demystifying all of these ideas that are seen as you know, this is the boogeyman, right? Yeah, and that's interesting because if you hear about a candidate who's trying to win over Everyone trying to appeal to conservatives you would expect. Okay. Well, what's getting what's getting cut? What's on the chopping block? What are you sacrificing to appeal to them? But that is not the case looking at your platform. It's amazing You are running with reparations front and center Medicare for all and so to have that message And and to not water it down but rather explain it. I think that really can go a long way It just is a mean a matter of reaching out to enough people to win this this election or make it into the runoff That's when you really that's that's you know, when you have a huge opportunity I wanted to ask you about your history in this particular district And if you were an activist in the district if you lived in the district What is your relationship to the district and how do you feel like you can meet the specific needs Of the people in that district because I think that nationally speaking your politics are really really popular But what do you think is the main issue that is really going to galvanize voters in this district to vote against that incumbent? Sure. So a couple things and actually something that we went through last night is a perfect example We were on a five hour city council call last night There was over 80 of us that showed up to speak on one agenda item We were proposing rent control measures for venture county of oxenard city specifically and I was so proud and so moved that so many people showed up Like I said 80 and there's a wonderful new law that has been passed where they have to give us three minutes each for public comment No questions, they cannot remove or do anything about that no matter what you are saying And you know, there's there's good and bad to that. Um, I've seen some of the viral videos Sometimes they get sometimes they get a little abuse But um, I think that it's time I think that that is exactly how we put pressure on these people and that's exactly how we hold their feet to the fire Showing up at these things and letting our voice be heard So specifically so venture county. So I'm actually a transplant here. I was born and raised on the east coast of maryland I lived there until I was about 24 and I joined the navy. Um, I went to chicago for my training went to florida for my training And then I got order station to point magoo here in california venture county I got off of the plane in november and it was 70 degrees and I said, I'm never going back. What is this amazing place? So I've never liked the cold maryland doesn't get enough snow to make it worth it. Anyway, so I love it here. So I've been here since 2009 Um, I've lived in port wanimi a small state a small military city here There's two bases in my county, which is really interesting. Um, one is the cb base. Um, it's the major base It's the port. It's the actual the naval port as well And then there's a smaller base point magoo that I was stationed at which is more aviation So I was I was aviation structural mechanic here at point magoo I got out in 2013 and I started going to college. I used my gi bill So I go into our local community college.  Unfortunately. Yeah, right when I when I graduated with my bachelors I was so thankful to get a job at starbucks as a shift supervisor for 16 dollars an hour It was the most money I'd ever made in my life too. So I was happy. Um, so that was great Um, but so that that was kind of my first. So, um, why wasn't the military kind of in and out not really involved? to be honest Going to school was really my first getting getting to know my community and getting engaged and involved in local events Nothing active this wise. I'm not going to give myself that much credit. Um, but then, you know going forward When I was working at starbucks in 2017 2018 That was when we had some of the worst fires that we had ever seen in california and the community response Was amazing like I'm getting chills just thinking about it. It was amazing We would have people we had firefighters coming in when I was working at starbucks And people would say I'm buying their coffee and do a little things like that, right? And that's how it started and then we had people start coming in buying whole buckets of coffee and and scones and Pastries and stuff and taking it to the lines taking it out to the firefighters on the line Or to the department to the to the fire station and they were taking it out And so we as some of the shift managers there we decided to do that same thing the end of our shift We took a whole bunch of coffee We got some food and a bunch of different things masks and we went and we went fire department by fire department we went we went um Volunteer station by volunteer station And they kept turning us away Because so many people had donated and brought them things that they weren't going to be able to use it And so it took us probably about an hour or two to just find a place that still had need And I was just so blown away at the community response showing up because there this isn't just food There people were bringing clothes to like their people's houses were being burned down people were being not evicted But um evacuated from their from their homes and so you know running with just the clothes on your backs Even if you know you might have your belongings to go back to we were people were getting put up at hotels The city paid for for things like that to happen That was really when a lot of stuff community wise started changing for me And I saw the beautiful place that I lived in and it has not stopped everything It just keeps going and and through the pandemic as well. There's a bittersweet Specific thing that happens here in our community that I wish didn't have to happen But it's so beautiful still when I see it I didn't understand it at first when I saw it. I saw people on the street You know doing car washes to raise money Um, which you know, you see you boys and girls clubs and cheerleaders and sports teams do that But these were different and and I pulled into a couple come to find out They were raising money to be able to bury their loved one And so it is actually a regular thing here You know, maybe not once a month, but several times at least throughout the year just in our city So I can only imagine throughout the state or throughout the country if this exists Where they are doing car washes and you know selling sweets and you know, they have you know What's awesome is some of the food truck vendors show up and give You know rate any of the funds they give they give to the family and stuff like that And so yeah, but people have to Do car washes to to bury their loved ones But our community shows up and shows out to make sure That they have what they need to do so Um, yeah And so all of that has really just made me fall in love with oxard more and more oxard ventura The the entire community here in ventura county. Um, I specifically am really close to oxards So that is where I I see a lot of this stuff happening um And it's also the community that that needs the support the most and you know to go into your so Bernie Sanders 2016 Was what awoken me to any type of politics for most of my life. I was a non-voter To be honest, I didn't even vote when rock obama was being elected Part of that was I was in the military and I I didn't I believe in the absentee voting Because in maryland at the time they just stuffed them in a basement and it did never get counted unless there was a tie Those are very electoral things. It's absolutely need to be changed. Yeah, there's some states where that's actually The absentee balance are only counted. I Don't know all of the states, but there are some states where the absentee balance are only counted if there is a tie that seems Weird Yeah, interesting There's also was over a decade ago. So I do not know what current legislation is on the books, especially in maryland I have not been there for over a decade Um, and I might have been misinformed at the time truly because that is also another part of yeah I was gonna say that sounds like a big scandal. So I would I would I would imagine that's not the case And I definitely I definitely should maybe uh do a little do some background research on that But that was that was my belief. Let me let me start saying that it was my belief that my vote didn't matter Anyway, so I didn't right And that is that is that is the point right? That's what they want us to believe Yeah, so 2016 bernie sanders woke me up started volunteering at the polls So from 2016 2017 with the working with bernie sanders campaign volunteering at the polls Watching our the fires devastated our community the community outpouring and I just haven't been able to stop this I volunteered at the polls 2016 2018 2019. I got a job at my county elections office I put on three elections for us in this county last year Um through the pandemic. There's some of the craziest stuff. I've ever seen and been through in my life Also, the most rewarding and exhausting thing I've ever done in my life um And so but it wasn't until probably last year if I'm being fully honest where I started Being an activist and actively doing and calling for things So while I was doing things in my community and you know, like I said doing car washes and things like that And and you know supporting our community members. I didn't know how to do anything bigger And to be honest, it was kind of overwhelming when even you go to look at all of these social justice programs and and things like that Which one do I want to be a part of who's doing this who's doing what and sometimes it's so overwhelming that people just uh I'm just going to get involved when I can right Variety of things like that. Um, so I would consider myself uh at that point It's typical american, right? I'm just going about my business working and and doing the best that I can um until I saw What bernie showed us was possible is that our representatives could stand For us they could fight for us they could speak to and actually care about us and that when we showed up we could actually make a change and so in 2020 when the pandemic hit and you know just They gave us what one stimulus check of six hundred dollars and then said, you know, they they went on a three month vacation with with with nothing and no no concern for for any of us um So that was when I decided I I need to get involved I found out the dsa wasn't I didn't have really any intention at the time to create a political party So that's when I started working with the people's party. Um, I tried to form my own local chapter here We held some protests actually protested in front of my representative's house demanding that she fight for medicare for all Do do anything for us our homeless numbers were exploding every day I saw more and more people on the streets our food lines were miles long in every city Not just not just the poorest town, but the richest towns as well We're also having having food and security issues um and the silence from our leadership was absolutely In their abdication of any responsibility to to do anything like oh now we've passed an eviction moratorium So you're fine. Meanwhile, people are still being evicted or forced out of their homes for you know loopholes and other things that landlords are finding and uh So uh, kind of kind of all of that. I don't know if I even necessarily answered your question No, I I think that this is really like for you to talk at length That's really important because what I want viewers to do is get to know you Um, you know and get the opportunity to see who you are What was the catalyst for your political awakening? And it seems like you have a pretty similar story As a lot of people, uh, you know, bernie sanders on top of that you you have very clearly diagnosed the issues One thing I will say I did uh Look it up for your state So the absentee balance are counted. So I just want to correct that. Yeah, no no record here Yes. Yes. Okay. So fact check in in real time. Okay, but now I'm going to put you in the hot seat So we know that you have all the answers, right?  I I guarantee it But as a legislator, it's a little bit different. Sometimes you get put into these weird predicaments that are sometimes bad sometimes morally gray and I just want to know in Hypothetical situations how you would uh deal with this just from your perspective. So let's say hypothetically speaking You worked really hard. You introduced a bill and uh, let's just say it's it's uh climate change related, right? It's not the green new deal, but it's a climate change bill and you've got lots of cosponsors You've got committee hearings on it and it's finally going to be put into a piece of our package Um, but even though this bill that you kind of worked really hard on your constituents want it You stake your career on it is in this package There's also a poison pill in that package at that poison pill is uh, let's say it's something to do with funding. Um I don't know. Um, or defunding uh public education or or police It's it's a really bad poison pill and it's it goes against everything you stand for but in that package is kind of your pride and joy as a lawmaker What do you do? Do you vote for that package? Passing what you want and accept that poison pill or do you withdraw? I would say there'd be a variety of factors that would go into that it would really depend, you know Where are the stakes is That the republicans or the the holdouts will only vote for this bill with that poison pill in there if that is the If we have exhausted all negotiations and we've gotten to the point where These these senators let's let's use a perfect example what we have going on right now christen cinnamon joe manchin who are holding out or saying that you know The leftists need to continue compromising and backpedaling and you know We've already been talked down from 10 to 6 to 3.5 and now they want us to accept 1.5 And you know, kory kory bush and jamal bowman absolutely slammed them on the radio on the That was great. It was absolutely you did a great episode on that as well. Um the it's That's that's what we need is that pushback. So I would do exactly what they're doing and more So not only and what what bernie is finally starting to do not only do we go and have on every news show every day the problem is always education and information and so where the the Major messaging failures are of the democratic party is They'll they'll they'll they'll tote and they'll all retweet these same things these same things the same things about this Garbage about oh, it's a gold star veteran day But we cannot get them to unify on these messaging on all these images on the platform Of what we need and they're always responding instead of instead of being for one So I would be on every news show every day every radio show everything I could do Me and the people that would be supporting me in fighting for this and then you hold rallies in those people's District you hold rote you tell protests at their houses you hold protests in their district and you inform Their constituents about what they are doing and what they are costing and what they are trying to shove down americans to write I would say that at the absolute end of the day I would exhaust every absolute possible option Rallying everybody letters to the editor like bernie just wrote good on him now all of a sudden joe mansion's like hey We're talking it worked. So those are the things that we need to do um I cannot say that there is never a poison pill that I would vote for If it gets my people healthcare if it gets my people housing and education I cannot say that there is not a poison pill.  I like that answer because you're being truthful and honest and you're thinking through You're not willing to just accept it. You're willing to fight but at the end of the day You know, you are telling us what you do as a lawmaker and I think that that's really important Okay, another hypothetical situation. I love hypothetical. So you'll have to bear with me. It's insufferable, but I love them.  They don't want you to do that. So in this situation, what do you do? Do you endorse their primary opponent and say, okay, I'll try to find the support somewhere else? Or do you realize this is pretty crucial and I kind of need his support? Maybe my my endorsement won't do much Tell me like what your thinking process would be in that scenario because it's really tough I I don't know what I would do, but I want to know what you would do as a lawmaker Sure, absolutely So I think that in the question is kind of the answer because that's another thing That's another tool in the toolkit that our legislators aren't using often enough when they get to a point where the The roadblock will not move, you know, Joe Manchin won't budge, Kristen Sinema won't budge Then you go primary them like that's the point.  Um, I said that really weird, but I don't know. I don't know how I would go and give them give them a good one too I'd probably say it better, but you know, basically set down the line that We need your vote on this and if you are not willing to do what the people need Then I am going to make sure that you get replaced by somebody Yeah, yeah, absolutely So use the use their primary challenger as the leverage instead of it being something that scares you away Lean into it. They're already concerned about it. Like Maybe if you vote for this legislation, then I wouldn't think Okay, I like that.  But when it actually happens that it is inevitable if you get elected, how do you how do you think you would handle that? I mean you you have life experience.  You've been in predict in really unpredictable situations How do you think you would deal with that? Um, because I think that Normal people it would bog them down But how do you think you would hold up and it's impossible to say not having an experience that but talk through Your life experiences that you think kind of thickened your skin because I think that's really necessary if you're a member of congress Yeah, absolutely. I would say um, you know Growing up in my household with it did a little bit of it and then Anything that I wasn't hardened on the military definitely helped in that and you know, there's some good and bad to that But yeah, I said this on a podcast I was on last time, you know with with what we had the AOC being being yelled at on the floor by Nancy Pelosi and changing her quote I said that would never happen to me because there's nobody in congress That's gonna say or do anything worse to me than my rd season drill instructors did like you can't it doesn't matter I I've I've literally faced down some of the craziest stuff I've ever seen in my life. Um, there's there's nothing that you're screaming at me it's gonna do um I would say as far as You know, I have a purple district here It's it's it's it's mislabeled as a d plus 20 because we the democrats do have a slight majority numerically But the republicans show up in in strength and they they're The democrat's foothold isn't as strong as they would like to believe it is So we're more do you know the results from the last election in 2020 Very much. Remember. So let me let me answer this and then I can I can nail down all of that. Okay. Yeah It's actually all of that is why is another reason why I know that this can happen So, um, so I've got say I got republicans in my district Which there are a lot of there are a lot of conservative republicans in my district Even if we weren't a military town that you know, definitely adds to it. But all of that I'm not gun shy. I'm not afraid to go out and take some heat. I'm not afraid to deal with things What was interesting when I went and protested in front of julia brownlee's house is my incumbent Um, she sat in her car the entire I didn't realize it at the time But later I realized and put into stuff that we watched this this svb idle It was either her or her secret service. There's idle this car. I don't outside for three hours You care about the climate if I don't outside for three hours um While we were outside protesting and so What I would have done in that situation Talk to you Yeah, people are allowed to be upset There are a lot of things happening in this country that everybody has the right to be upset about They're very valid criticism And the problem is they don't have a place to put that anger or a way to direct it And so when they when they show up at your houses when they've been pushed to such extremes that they're willing To go to your member of congress's house. They've got something that they need to say Here's that here's that go there wasn't there wasn't there wasn't a thousand of us There was maybe 10 people that showed up to that first point. Okay, so there was in no way any way shape or form And I guess you could say that maybe culture life is a danger But we said loudly that we come in peace. We played music. We wanted to do things Um, we had no intention of doing anything harmful at any we took we had chalk We drew pictures on the sidewalk There was no there was no threat in any way shape or form And so unless somebody's on my lawn with an ak 47 if they're just out there with signs screaming I'm gonna go talk to them And so that that is how you meet your constituents where you where they are That is how you handle the unrest and the upset that these people are rightly feeling Is you talk to them because our biggest concern is not being heard and not that it's that we just need to be heard Having things happen after we're heard having our concerns needs and Abuses heard things that are happening and going wrong. They're coming to you crying and begging for help and you close the door And that's what's happening all across the country So what's been happening for decades all they care about is getting reelected and you know I've even had people push back on me Even though you're running non-partisan even though you're not going to do this once you get in you're only just going to be concerned about reelection and I want to put things in place so that we don't have to do that and I personally I don't want to be a politician I don't have a career goal to do this so I don't I don't see that as as a thing like yes I would do my job for the best of my ability as long as my constituents continue to vote me in and said that they Wanted me there for them But I also am not gonna even if even if I would never do 10 years, but that's that's too much It gets too long I think that I think that you know a good a good eight years is maybe maybe maybe as long as anybody should do There's some conversations we can have about Well, I feel like it would melt your brain if you were in there longer than a decade I mean, how could it not exactly if you're at that you're so out of touch from the people the time Going on around you. How can you? In good faith legislate for people that died by sign has 240 million dollar hole How do you have any concept of what somebody literally counting pennies to go put gas in their cars going? Yeah, yeah, and that's that's just that I don't think that you you do I I think you know if you live a completely different life than your constituents You're just incapable of representing them adequately. So daniel I think that you've given us enough to get to know you now We know your policy platform and your personality how you would govern as a lawmaker But now is the most important part of the interview your last pitch to my viewers folks if you like daniel He's gonna give us the pitch. So let us know how we can support you and what you need most Is it is a donations? Is it canvassers help us help you? Absolutely. So first and foremost money absolutely donations are the most important thing for any grassroots candidate Whether they're running in the democratic party or not if they are running grassroots if they have sworn off any type of I've sworn off Lobbyist pack money corporate pack money And I'm specifying that because like say if I would have worked at the sunrise movement They have a pack I would take money from that pack, right? So I don't want to say just a blanket I won't take any pack money. I will not take lobbyist pack money. I will not take fossil fuel pack money I will not take corporate pack money I will not take any fossil fuel industry any donor money any insurance company money Only from the people grassroots. I'm asking people from 5 10 15 my standard donation right now is $22 Running in 2022. So, um, Bernie did his $27 right? So I've got the $22. So $22 is is my standard small ask for anybody that can there's also the If you go to my donation page, which I believe Mike will have in the information below Also, if you go to vote for daniel.com, it's at the top right corner of my website the contribute button right yellow There there's also the option where you can put in as little as a dollar, you know So anything that anybody can give me I greatly appreciate and it is absolutely the most important thing that you could do Because those dollars turn into the postcards that I can print those dollars turn into Being able to do a campaign add those dollars turn into being able to expand our email and our canvassing program. So First and foremost absolutely any contributions that any of your viewers would be so kind to support us with We would greatly appreciate you can also go to my website at vote for daniel.com to sign up for our email list We're adding a volunteer sign up thing very soon We are because we are going to be hitting the ground running if not before then but by december for our canvassing program So donations canvassers anybody in the local ventura county or la or santa barbara area We would love to have your support anybody who is outside of the state We are also going to be doing calling and phone banking and text banking so you can support that way as well And I would just Encourage you to go sign up for my email email on my website and then we will send you information updates with the volunteer Well, thank you so much daniel. It's been a pleasure speaking with you We will continue to follow your campaign on this channel. I always try to follow and keep in touch with all the candidates that I bring on Uh, hopefully, uh, you know, we'll we'll be back in touch again. Uh, but we'll we'll certainly uh, be wishing you luck here Awesome. I thank you so much. Oh, and uh, all social medias all social medias daniel for vc Daniel for vc twitter social media all the instagrams everything and that Uh, thank you so much for your time. I i'm so thankful for this opportunity to be here and to speak with you and all of your viewers Viewers i've been a long time viewer three years and following mike at least. Um, he's amazing anybody that's new Definitely subscribe hit the like hit the bell Um, and then go check out my website as well. I appreciate you all Well, thank you. Well, okay now you've got to support daniel folks plug in the humanist support. I mean come on Thank you so much daniel. All right, like you have a good one


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Oh, Sean. Oh, man. I can't wait to see what Jamie has got stewing. Oh I've got some farts. So stew in there. Okay Not actually No, I don't All right, so what am I gonna talk about this week? Well, first I'm gonna talk about You know, I have I have several friends that I know who are having difficulties in life You know, it's the same the same old thing the usual thing like not enough money because job this and you know Can't get the right job to get enough money to get ahead to blah blah blah blah blah and My response is always well, why don't you make up your own job? You know just become an entrepreneur it's you know, just do your own thing, you know make up make up your own job and You know, I'll go on to Explain some of the businesses I started and some of the crazy ideas I've done and even some of the things that that I never expected to make money doing like like these videos And I don't make a ton of money doing them, but I make some money on it And it was just like something I wanted to do for non monetary reasons And you know, I'll like I'll explain these experiences and share these experiences hoping to inspire some some kind of some kind of ideas of what they can do for themselves, but they It seems like they keep coming to sticking points Like there's a there's a mental block like I'll get these friends And this is all separate people don't know each other's all separate conversations, but it always goes the same way I'll get them to say like oh, yeah, that is a that is a good idea Entrepreneurial thing, you know doing your own thing and then they're like, okay What are the choices and I'm like there are no choices. It's not said you anything you want you make it up You know, you just did well, yeah But you know, I can't just I can just make I can't just make up anything and just be like well Just just I'm just gonna make up a business of give me money, you know I can't just do anything. It's like no, no, but you make it up There's no there are no rules like you use your imagination to come up with something Okay, yeah, I can use my imagination, but what are what are the what are the choices and it's like, oh There are no choices like you just come up with something, you know and This has been going on for years and I have friends who I Just I just feel I feel bad and I feel I feel like If if only I could get through to them and you know, oh, you know, I think I got it You know, maybe I could help them to just or maybe they could just get out of this holder in if they could just change this One little thing and get through this mental block But then I was thinking about it Why this mental block is there and it's something that's built up from childhood basically like we're we're born basically useless dependent on our parents for everything and As we start as we start growing We start to become more independent and start being able to do more things ourselves You know at first you can't do anything and then you can start feeding yourself and dressing yourself and you know kind of taking care of stuff You know your your basic every day brushing your teeth and whatever but But then that process kind of gets halted When you're about like four or five years old See that the process shouldn't be halted the process should continue You should keep becoming more and more independent and learning learning more about how to navigate life and how to How to do whatever you need to do to thrive not just not just scrape by not just not just survive but actually thrive right and This is something that should go on for another decade, but we go to school and in school We learn that Our parents who we've been dependent on all this time are now replaced by institutions So you don't actually learn how to become an independent person how to think for yourself and do for yourself and take care of yourself and you know Like deal with the world deal with life on your own and figure things out You don't you're not you're not taught to do that. In fact, we're taught not to do that We're taught that you may you get a job and you make money and you get a job in an institution Some some kind of institution and that becomes your your new parents and you're not gonna grow up You're not gonna become an adult you're gonna stay a child permanently and you will always rely on these institutions So that when you grow up and you need a job You go to these institutions and you start giving them papers and resumes and begging them for jobs and saying please please parents Please please help me But the thing is you don't need a job. What you need is food and Shelter and and all the all the things to first you need the basic things to survive, right? And then you need things like personal relationships and things that make life worth living right this like Like just the idea that I need a job and I need money that's That's been that's been hammered into us over and over in school for decades To the point where people think that the solution to all problems is money and a job But number one is money But you get the money if you're not super lucky you you have to work a job and then you get the money and then and then everything's better and like millions of millions of people are miserable doing this and It puts you in a position where you are completely dependent on these institutions to keep feeding you Keep feeding you this money and you have to you have to do these things that you would not normally do and this is this is one of the One of the keys to life I think in Dealing with with money and figuring out what money is and and how it works and how it affects your life and all this And how how to deal with with the existence of money One of the most important things is to look at yourself look at your life and say Would I be doing this if I wasn't being paid?     I did finish But you need a drink All right there I got it I got to shine my light for my daughter to go get a drink anyway There was a there was some point when I was doing university Right at the beginning where I was like this is not going well This is not going to be any kind of life. I want to do none of this leads anywhere good So I just started feeling like I had to do things for myself So I started making little businesses when I was at school and then when I graduated from school and You know, it's basically like okay go out into the world and do your thing I already knew I could not stomach any of the any of the jobs that I'd been set up to be able to do by this University education basically the paper that says I'll do whatever I'm told are you done Okay So I got to a situation where I Didn't really have a choice. I had to figure it out myself and the funny thing is Once I started Making up my own businesses is just deciding that I had to do everything myself and I couldn't rely on on institutions for anything I I got to a point very quickly where I couldn't I couldn't see myself doing anything else and that's the thing about About becoming an entrepreneur Once you start doing it once you start relying on yourself for for your own livelihood and for the things that will Make you thrive in life once you rely once you start relying on yourself you realize That everything before all this stuff about relying on these institutions All it was was forcing you To stay a child as long as they could make you because as long as long as you stay a child You're controllable.  I mean, I couldn't I couldn't imagine working for some some business sitting in some cubicle or Doing something that I wouldn't want to do unless I was being paid Yeah, I'm not saying there's there are no things that I would ever want to do. Yeah, there might be some things But just just knowing that even if I have a job I can always fall back on myself even if I get a job somewhere doing like I don't know. It doesn't matter like logging or something and I don't know why I came up with that because I've been cutting a lot of wood lately Anyway, they get some job logging. I would I would never rely on that job. I always know that This this is temporary. I'm only here as long as this business wants me And you know, I'll take advantage of what's of what they're offering I'll I'll save the money help help to get ahead or whatever But I know that at any point in time That could disappear or I could decide that you know, I can't I can't stomach what they're doing because there's something immoral or whatever and Being able to let go of that Makes it so you're not you're not trapped because a lot of people when even when they get into a job They'll get into a job they hate and they they feel like they can't do anything else because if they lose that job, it's like I'm screwed if I lose this job I'm barely scraping by but the thing is if you're in a situation where you're barely scraping by That's not valuable. You shouldn't be holding on to that. You should be trying to figure out something else and Figuring out any kind of business or or or thing that you can do for yourself Is something I would highly recommend to anyone who's never done it because it is it's an experience that that change You know, people say this horrible cliched thing of you know, it's a game changer Oh, I hate when people say that but this is one of those things that literally is a game changer It changes the game it changes the rules Because once you stop once you stop relying on those institutions and being dependent completely on those all those institutions Suddenly a lot of rules disappear like a ton of rules just disappear And you're open to do so many more things that you couldn't do before And the difficult part about it is that Succeed or fail. It's your fault um Which is something that I don't know. It's it's like something that we're We're again, we're trained from a very young age to not want to be in that position where we're responsible for something But um, you should be responsible for that. You should be responsible for yourself You should be able to to take on challenges and take risks and say this is this is my decision Regardless of what anyone else thinks I I want to give this a try and see how it goes and maybe it works and maybe it doesn't But that's you need to be fine with that, you know, if you're if you're not willing to accept Your own failure you you're you're incredibly limited in what you can do.  It's just it's just going around in a circle over and over and over To actually take take charge of your own life and to actually grow up and and become an adult like a real adult Not just not just an old person But like a real adult who's responsible for themselves and self-sufficient can handle things and can deal with the world It can deal with people and can solve problems and like like to become the kind of person where the buck stops here You know, there's I'm not I don't pass things on to anyone else Like if this is this is where stops I take care of it to become that person You have to be able to take the risk of failure And if you if you can't do that you can't grow up You got to be able to you got to be able to risk failure to to grow up and to learn and to become a more amazing person and uh It's a really difficult message to explain to people But anyway, I just tried to say it here So you want to know what else is going on like just things that are going on around here. I'm itchy. Why am I itchy? It's because Right here. I'm itchy my ears were also itchy earlier, but I I I washed them really good with this scrubby soap So I'm digging up behind my house an area and it's near a mango tree And mango trees are related to poison ivy Now the mango tree is not nearly as bad as poison ivy, but it it's It's unpleasant, you know I mean, it's like maybe five percent maybe ten percent as bad as poison ivy Um, but yeah, if you're digging in a in a spot where there's mango tree roots there's going to be mango tree sap and You know if you pick up blocks of dirt or anything it gets on your hands And then if you brush a bug off your ear then your ear is going to be itchy for the next Three days until you just scrub it really good and get the stuff Anyway Yeah anyway I've also started building my second floor and if there was light out, I would show you but it's it's all dark and I'm making videos of all this stuff. Don't worry but uh today I started cutting wood on my lumber mill. So I've been over the last few weeks like a couple days a week I'll go out and go to the jungle and use my chainsaw to cut some boards, you know, I've made some videos about this Uh, but I'm just cutting like slabs of wood so they're You know, they're one thickness here, but the the width is not defined It's just like as as wide as I can make it and then I was I've carried a bunch of them over here. Maybe a quarter of what I've cut. So it's It's a lot of wood, but it's there's still a lot left um But I've been piling up piling it up in my house and today the sun came out And for about an hour, I had blazing sun, which means I can run my lumber mill and I started carrying boards up there So do I call them boards if they're not really cut to width yet? Anyway boards I took boards up there and cut them to width to widths either eight inches or six inches otherwise known as imperial noodle units um And I built the first section of my second floor without the floorboards on it Um, I'm pretty excited about that though. I was standing up there and man The view was amazing. Um, you know, the view is just looking down on all the clutter of my house Of all this stuff that's going to go up on the second and the third floors, but still the view was amazing um Oh, it's going to be so good to get a few of those Sections up like even even just like a quarter of the second floor up I'll be able to take some of the stuff from down here and put it up. So that'll be great. Um Also I've been playing with my 3d printer a lot this This is the latest thing I've been working on Uh, which is lego tank treads In your world because you know lego has tank treads and they're kind of cool But they break easily and they come apart and you know anyone who's who's played with lego a lot And who's used to tank treads know they come apart easily and I would you know, I would always wonder Why don't they just make them better? and so I took all the ideas that I had when I was a kid and hold on trying to look at this to figure out which way it opens Oh, yeah, so, um These are very strong. They're super strong And they're like pretty rigid like it's it's a strong thing But you can open them if you turn it at 90 degrees and then wait, which direction was it? this direction Yeah, you turn them at 90 degrees to each other and they they come apart pretty easily And then go back together and then once they're not at 90 degrees Man, those things are solid And I still have to I still have to print out the wheels Um But you know, I'm going to put all this stuff on on Thingiverse I've been putting I've been putting things up on Thingiverse. What was it the other day? I put up, uh a little wind up motor lego motor thing and uh Yeah, it's just it's just super cool to have a 3d printer that it's like It's so good. I'm so impressed with this 3d printer. It's a so-of-all SV06 and I have no affiliation with the company. They didn't Send me a free one or anything. You know, I bought it.  They must be amazing if this $200 one is this good Um, what else is happening? Yeah, I guess that's that's mostly it, you know Carrying all the all that wood out of the jungle. That was it was a lot of work um I can carry one board out of the jungle every 15 or 20 minutes on average uh And that's partly because the tide has been really low during the day So I can't get my boat right in so I have to carry them a little further But it's like, you know, it's like a quarter mile even from the good parking spot to where I cut the boards and they're heavy it's like Yeah, like if I carry well one day I carried 14 boards out of there And it was about 500 meters walk each way so That's like seven kilometers So yeah, imagine like piggybacking someone for like seven kilometers because the boards are like one to 200 pounds depending on that There were there were a few that were 200 pounds man. Those ones are Those ones are hard to move But yeah, imagine piggybacking someone for seven kilometers and then you got to walk walk back seven kilometers, too You know, it's a lot of work. Anyway, um All right, let's let's see what you guys are talking about. I've been rambling on long enough here Oh, man, I can't oh for anyone who's new here who doesn't know how this works Usually when I do these lives I'll do some kind of monologue and they know talk a little bit about what's going on and that usually takes like 15 or 20 minutes And that's enough time for some comments to pile up a little and then I start reading through them So I'm always at the beginning. I'm always like 20 minutes behind on the comments But then at some point like an hour later, I'll I'll or two I'll catch up to the comments and then that's kind of, you know, when I'm finished basically So let's see what the comments are doing Uh, hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hey bud wishing you the very best. Thanks, man. Yo, Jamie. Hello. Hello guys. Hello to everyone Uh late to the party greenhouses are ready. They wait what? Greenhouses are ready, baby. What what greenhouses? I strapped two kayaks together with pvc today kayak kayak amaran. Dude, that's great. Um stewing on the education system. I see Is there pressure to send your kids to school? Why are you frustrated about this today? I didn't say I was frustrated about it. This is something that actually happens a lot like I'll I'll talk about something in a video and people will say why are you so upset about this? Why is this so frustrating for you right now? What's what happened? Nothing happened. It's just something to talk about because it's it's a problem. This is nothing nothing particular happened um, it's just well, I guess what happened is And this didn't even happen today or anything. It's just, you know, something that's been going on for a long time It's I have I have friends Who are stuck in this in this in this mindset that they have to rely on institutions to get a job and money and blah blah blah But yeah, nothing has happened. My kids are not being I'm not being in any way pressure to send them to schools or anything Oh, yeah, and uh, I'm late today because It's a you know a bit of a chain effect of an airplane landing late in town I wasn't in town or anything but um There was just a chain reaction and a whole bunch of things happened that ended up Being later than they were originally and blah blah blah And we ended up eating dinner after dark here, which isn't that unusual, but it was a while after dark uh, anyway I have mr. Landfill uh sending out my links to my website and and my thingiverse so very good very good Yeah, I'll I'll put my my lego tank tank tracks on thingiverse after after I you know draw some wheels to go in this and uh Yeah, and make some cool stuff and make sure it works and everything I kind of want to put the the tank treads on my little wind up car and see see if I can get Get it kind of driving along wind up style It's kind of hard to make a wind up motor a good wind up motor out of plastic Because usually wind up motors they have like a steel spring and the steel is real thin So you can have it wound around a lot of time so you can crank it a lot But with this with a plastic spring it's thicker so it takes up a lot of a lot more space So you can't get nearly as many winds Anyway, uh, let's see Send me an I found you from yeah, let's show on tv in the uk Uh jack Fisher says completely agree sitting in a cubicle sounds like torture to me I much prefer manual labor and self-employment. Yeah, man. Once you Once and I keep trying to explain this to my to my friends who are who are having difficulties and they're and they're stuck like once you figure out How to how to make your own job how to be an entrepreneur how to do it yourself It's just life is a completely different thing. It's Like yes, you are taking on the risks, but you also Gain all the freedom So you you get so much more More say in in the direction of your life You know, whereas If you're just working for money doing whatever you're you have to do whatever they say um Three stories of stuff all on the first floor. Yeah Uh, love lego tank trade. Thanks, man What if you make a jig with one bike wheel you could roll your board easier Oh If I make a jig with one bike wheel I could roll my board easier like to get the boards out of the jungle Well, the the tricky thing is It's not on even ground at all. So what I've what I've been doing And I do want to make a path into there at some point like a like a concrete kind of sidewalk little road thing But right now it is not there So and there there are big logs on the path that I have to step over That I just don't have time to cut out because I just need to get I'm busy, man So what I've been doing is I'll I'll stand the log straight up and stand in front of it and just get it On my back and then lean forward until I get it off the ground and then just start walking like that and you know It's not the most comfortable But I I found this this kind of foam thing that I put on the on the back of my Like the top of my back here for it to rest on there. So it's not like pushing on my neck so much Um, and that works well. It's tiring I did also make A really simple thing that's just like an axle with a pair of big pair of wheels on the ends You know with bearings and everything so I can strap a board onto the axle And then grab the other end of the board and you know pull it along But I took it with me on the boat and I was like, all right, if I get a board That's too heavy for me to move I'll put it on the wheels But uh, I managed to move the heaviest boards It was not easy, but I but I did and the thing is with the wheels as I was walking back Back and forth on the path. I kept thinking okay when I get to this part with the wheels I'm gonna have to stop and lift everything over that then when I get to this part. It's gonna be an uphill And I might just have to pick up the thing anyway because it's pretty steep uphill, you know And I was just like let me just let me just carry this stuff But at some point in the future I do want to have like a nice path Where I can put something on wheels and you know wheel heavy things in and out Which will be great. That'll be a huge a huge boost to productivity, but Yeah, right now. I just I just really want to get the second floor done So I'm I'm putting all that stuff aside and just going straight to the second floor New floor second level outstanding great moving forward awesome job. Well, thank you What's that a 2z? Oh, that's um Will all floors Will all floors be complete or will you be able to see All the way down from upper floors. Well, the floors will be complete But you mean will they cover the whole thing? Uh, the second floor is just going to be around the outside. There's going to be a big hole in the middle Um, and then the third floor will be solid floor all the way across and I think I want to have it so when you're up on the third floor it is actually solid floor the whole way across so All the entries up to the third floor. I want to have You know doors that open In the floor so you can go up there close the doors And when everything's closed you just you've just got solid floor big big open solid floor No pillars in the middle or anything because it's got a dome roof. So it doesn't need supports in the middle That's going to be cool. There's going to be lots of frisbee. I think and basketball and volleyball and and things like that Sean McGuire is a big fan of being your own boss. Yeah, be once you're once you are your own boss It's hard to imagine Letting anyone else be your boss after that once you once you figure it out and it really is like It's like it's like growing up.  I have to do what what you say, okay? Yeah, once you once you get hold of your own life and you start figuring out There's there's no way to go back. You can't you can't go back It's too good compared to the other the other alternative um I noticed Uh Yeah, so I was on this tv show a while ago. Um, I didn't think it was very good um And there was there was a lot of uh What's the word? kind of like Passive aggressiveness and I don't know someone was just asking me something about something. I don't I don't feel like any Anyway Arc's mechanical what's going on man. Hey there. Good to see you. Wow. I'm already at the end of comments That usually doesn't happen this quickly. Maybe it's because my uh my life today was super late and everyone went to bed But um, yeah if anyone if anyone has any Questions or comments or anything you think I should talk about Put a comment down here. Otherwise in a minute. I'm gonna take off and Go see what my kids are doing. I left them. I left them watching a movie while I came and did this I'm pretty sure it's not over yet um Oh, you know what? Let me reload the chat just to see if I missed anything. Okay. No looks like I'm at the end of the end of comments and No one else has anything important to say right now. So I'm gonna take off And I hope everyone has an excellent evening or morning or whatever you have wherever you are and uh Yeah, I'm looking forward to to working on my second floor more tomorrow. Mr. Landfill be safe Jack have a good one. You too, man All right, I'm out of here. Here's the button. Oh, they put it on the other side. Yep Uh later mic