Lt. Col. Daniel Gade tells ‘Fox & Friends’ why he decided to launch the New Mission PAC after losing his Senate race in Virginia.
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Ainsley one Republican
Ainsley, one republican
candidate, is rebounding from
Senate loss by focusing on the
men and women who serve our
nation
as an army veteran himself. Our
next guest is launching packets
aimed at issues and candidates
heading to Georgia to help
republican candidates in the
January runoff. Here with more, is
former Virginia Senate candidate.
Lieutenant colonel Daniel Gabe
Good Morning
great, be here,
Ainsley. Sorry about your loss.
I know its heart breaking as
you candidates work so hard
going forward. How are you using
this to benefit veterans?
I woke up in November fourth on
the greatest country in earth
and going back to work to fight
for our slals
new mission, PAC, dot com and foe,
using can on veterans and
getting better and friendly
candidates elected
our first mission is we are
going to take some money and
take some activity down to
Georgia.
If you are one of Georgias
six hundred and forty thousand veterans- or you want to
help in the Georgia Senate,
races go to our website and
check it out,
and then in two thousand and twenty one im going to
work on winning back the house
of delegates in Virginia by
helping veteran and conservative
candidates right here in
Virginia
Ainsley. What is the track
record for veterans when it
comes to voting in elections?
Well, veterans vote actually
in a little bit lower rate than
you would expect and a lot
lower rate than they should,
because they know what it means
to sacrifice.
They know what it means to
serve.
They have already had an oath to
the constitution,
and so those are the people we
wants in office and those are
the people that I think that we
really should target and help
get out. The vote
Ainsley tell us what happened
in two thousand and six.
I know you were in Iraq and lost
your leg.
Tell us what happened.
Yeah
serves company commanders of a
tank company west of Baghdad in
a place called Ramadi and got
hit by a room.
It was the second time I got
wounded and ended up losing my
right level leg or giving my
right leg at the hip
spent a year in the hospital
and stayed in the army on active
duty for another thirteen years.
Ultimately, teaching at West
Point and getting a ph dot d.
It was great
Ainsley. How do you get through
something like that?
Well think, hard work and
grill,
we dont know each other,
but I have a very hard head
and so im somebody who is just
always going to do always
just going to keep working hard
and I just decided Ifsdz going
to thrive.
I have a wife and I have got now
three kids
at the time. I only had one
and I just decided that I had to
be this sort of person who could
still provide for my family and
still do all of that hard work,
and so I did-
and I hope that I can an
inspiration to her veterans and
other Americans as they look at
our servicemen and women.
Today is Pearl Harbor day
as people look at our servicemen
and women. I hope they see
stories of resiliency and grit
im happy to be one of those
Ainsley all right
Daniel. We wish you all the
best.
Thank you for serving our
country.
God bless you.
Thank you. So much.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-07.