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Barbara Craig's avatar

Another good conversation. We all have a stake in the current Democrat candidates. Bob is a builder of coalitions and that's a winning strategy. Best of luck! I can't vote in PA but will be pulling for you.

Millie Polli Haskell's avatar

Simon, Thank you for the great conversation you had with Bob Brooks PA-07, the soft spoken Candidate who has spoken out for what he believes in. Governor Josh Shapiro believes in him, and that's definitely a good reason for him to be the next Congressman of PA-07! Go Kick-Ass Bob! Pennsylvania needs You!

Lisa Iannucci's avatar

Hell yeah! Brooks for Congress!

Deborah Potter's avatar

Congratulations and thank you, Bob Brooks!

Firefighters are heroes! You made maga run scared.

Faith Wilson's avatar

Another win, folks! Looks like the insurrectionist slush fund is on hold, hopefully permanently! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkpyj41m15o

KBH's avatar

Bring it, Brother Bob! Congress needs you. And be sure to take care of your bulldog--a Hopium favorite breed!

On a related subject, the fabulous Congressman Jason Crowe was on Deadline White House on MSNow this afternoon. He's in charge of recruiting many of our intrepid Congressional candidates this year. He spoke about meeting them in their homes, talking with their families, visiting their small businesses to make his pitch. Their response: "you mean you want me to give up a year or more of my life to campaign, subject myself and my family to the crap on social media, including death threats, miss my kids' baseball games and dance recitals to run for Congress?" Crowe replied, "that's right--because your country needs you." The vast majority said, "where do I sign up; because my country needs me." And those are the fantastic people and candidates Simon has been introducing us to.

Crowe also mentioned that he and several others have started the "Anti-Corruption Caucus" in Congress, so watch for more about that in the coming days. They sure have a lot of material to work with.

Rachel Poliner's avatar

What a great ad and conversation! Thanks Simon - your collection of interviews is the best around (and love that they're organized on your YouTube page!).

Pat Hayes's avatar

Great candidate!

Patrick's avatar

This is great. It feels great to support candidates this solid, who have lived and worked outside of politics before taking the next step.

William's avatar

Thanks for the introduction! What a great candidate, happy to donate, hope he wins!!!

Lauren's avatar

Completely off topic. However, it’s in the spirit of HOPIUM. Many many thanks go to Neal Katayal and his team. https://abc7chicago.com/post/vernon-hills-toy-company-learning-resources-gets-10m-back-tariffs-imposed-president-donald-trump/19215247/

Kati Kertesz's avatar

Another great interview.

PA needs all these wins.

As a sister state, I’m pulling and working to win.

Hoping you'd say this...'s avatar

Thanks for the critical recommendations about where to put donations. We just added a couple to the Bob Brooks fund!

Anne Fitzpatrick's avatar

Great candidate!

I'm super impressed that he overcame a $1.7 million Repub spend on a competitor to win by 20 points.

I like his 'resume'. He's done it all and appears to have a good understanding of the people he is representing.

I love that he rescued some cats. I've had many cat companions through the years so I appreciate someone who's looked out for them.