ability to overcome them than be anywhere else in the world. we begin tonight with growing presidential primary field. will hurd, former texas congressman and former cia officer, has thrown his hat in the ring. re-election was a tough fight, and he served on the house intelligence committee. why is he running for president? will he sign the pledge and support the nominee no matter who he or she may be? what will he do if he were president? let s find out. congressman will hurd, thank you for joining us. thank you, and amen, i agree, we are lucky to live where we live. trey: what did you see when you surveyed the existing candidates that led you to say, i m jumping in and going to run to be leader of the free world? sure, there is a path for a dark-horse candidate like me. i recognize the challenges i have ahead, the reality is, we are faced with generational-defining challenges, everything from china trying to surpass united states as global superpower to inflation that i
seeing how this administration has treated its military and done damage to the united states on the global stage, knocked us down a rung or two, it is a turnoff to see this leadership and administration and funding some initiatives we ve been funding over four years within the dod bill. money not going toward deterring or winning a war, but going through other social justice programs meant for political optics. these things are turning off a lot of recruits, especially in southern states and areas where you see pool of recruits coming from. trey: congressman, i m glad you are there, no substitute for someone who experienced war debating and deciding whether or not to wage it. glad you are in congress and i appreciate you joining us and happy early july 4th to you and