and, look, as i mentioned before, inflation is the highest rate in 40 years. the grocery store shelves are empty. gas prices are ridiculous. i mean, pumping gas to get here this morning insane the prices we are paying. our families are basically paying the price to live in joe biden s america. and this is the problem. so i m running to give our community a voice. and i m really excited, you know, for me, this country, i talk about this on fox plenty of times before, this country has given me a lot of opportunities. i do not want to see and i refuse to surrender our country to people who do not treasure what we have here. that s why i m running. brian: congratulations. that s a big move. thank you. brian: did you always believe when you went to west point academy, west point, did you always believe you want to have had get into congress and serve? at one point i was more so concerned about commissioning as an officer and learning how to lead soldiers. that was the number one thi