Former Congressman Allen West | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 114
Mike Drop
Mike Ritland
4.9 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Wait a minute, a politician? On Mike Drop? Relax - Allen West is one of the good ones. He's a Republican Politician and Retired Military Officer who, believe it or not, doesn't work too far from the studio. That's why West was kind enough to dip in and spend some time talking about Parachuting into Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, running for Texas Governor against Greg Abbott in the 2022 Primary, what it's REALLY like to work in Congress, and answer a lightning-fast round of rapid-fire foreign and domestic policy questions that have been on Mike's mind for years. Strap in.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
2:00 - Congressional Surprises
10:30 - The Worst Part of Washington D.C.
12:30 - Pro Term Limits
22:00 - Running for Governor
26:00 - Morning Routine
27:30 - Growing Up in Atlanta
32:30 - On Welfare
36:30 - Commissioned at Fort Sill
40:00 - Desert Shield, Desert Storm
47:30 - Officer Evaluations
58:00 - Military Retirement
1:03:00 - Money in Politics
1:06:00 - Rebuilding Education
1:12:00 - A Republic (If You Can Keep It)
1:16:00 - Citizen Involvement
1:18:00 - Women in Combat Roles
1:20:00 - Russia & Ukraine
1:22:00 - On China
1:23:30 - Bills in Congress
1:25:00 - Foreign Aid
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You know, paratroopers allowed boisterous. |
| 0:08.0 | That bus was quiet. |
| 0:10.0 | Because we were all reflecting on what we were saying. |
| 0:13.0 | I mean, we were being followed by the Eastern |
| 0:18.4 | and the Stodzys Police. |
| 0:19.4 | You can look up and you can see the security cameras and |
| 0:21.6 | everything like that. |
| 0:22.6 | You saw the, you know, the streets, the potholes and the |
| 0:26.0 | buildings. |
| 0:27.0 | The fact that you were going in the stores and the |
| 0:30.2 | shelves were not completely stocked. |
| 0:32.7 | The people had no smiles on their faces. |
| 0:36.0 | It was sad. |
| 0:38.0 | And guess what? |
| 0:41.0 | I'm starting to see some of that here in the United |
| 0:43.0 | States with me. |
| 0:44.0 | I think it is fixable, but first and foremost has |
| 0:47.0 | been to me and Franklin said, you know, it's a |
| 0:49.0 | republic if you can keep it. |
| 0:51.0 | As a citizen, not a subject, but as a citizen we have a |
| 0:54.0 | responsibility to keep this constitutional |
| 0:56.0 | republic. |
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