Did 9 months of a campaign, all of which, other than the first 72 hours, was under Covid. He started with $3.1 million in the bank, 100% name recognition and a political MA. None of that. So We came within two points, decided to run again in 2022 because I knew that things were not going to get better in the country. I had no idea they were going to get this bad, this fast. And so I think that was a prudent decision to run and we have to take the country back in 2022. (06:00–06:08)
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Asserts that Derrick Van Orden decided to run again in 2022 due to concerns about the country's direction.
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