Republican 13th District Congressman Ted Budd has announced he is running for the open US Senate seat in 2022.
Budd made his announcement in a video released on Wednesday, April 28, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gnXHPArcQ
When Budd was first elected to Congress in 2016, the 13th District split Guilford County with the 6th Congressional District, which at the time was represented by Congressman Mark Walker who didn’t run for reelection in 2020 and announced he was running for the Senate on Dec. 1, 2020.
In 2020, the 13th Congressional District was redrawn and Budd, who lives in Davie County, no longer represents any of Guilford County, and by running for the Senate he will have to give up his seat in Congress at the end of this term in 2022.
Budd’s announcement video starts off with monster trucks, a guy with a bullhorn and a dog in goggles. But mostly it is Budd talking about why he is running for the Senate, with a drive-in movie screen behind him depicting images that go along with the speech.
Budd leaves no doubt about where he stands on President Donald Trump and displays three separate clips of Trump at rallies in North Carolina talking about the good job Budd has done.
Budd says, “Today the US Senate is the last line of defense against the becoming a woke, socialist wasteland and I’m running to stop that period.”
Budd begins the video saying, “I’m a small businessman who was so fed up with the liberals attacks on our faith, our families and our way of life that I ran for Congress to stand and fight beside Donald Trump to drain the swamp and take our country back.”
Budd adds, “Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are shredding our Constitution, creating an unprecedented crisis at the southern border, cutting American jobs and mortgaging our children’s future with massive debts. My core beliefs come from being raised in Davie County. I’m 100 percent pro life and I even think that elections should be fair and secure.”
He also says, “I’ve shoveled a lot of manure on my family’s farm and it’s not the dirtiest job I’ve ever had now that I’ve been to Congress.”
Budd also notes that since he owns a gun shop, people know where he stands on the Second Amendment.
Along with Walker, former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has announced his candidacy for the Senate seat. Jen Banwart, who has said he doesn’t plan to raise any money, has also announced he is running in the Republican primary.
Sorry, I cannot vote for any of the swamp monsters. These next couple of elections I will be voting on name recognition. Not in the traditional sense. If the name on the ballot has served in public office, pass it over for someone else. We need a good Libertarian those of us who can’t stomach the thought of woke liberals, nor modern Republicans can get behind. Pull enough from both sides and it could go places!
I couldn’t agree more
I will absolutely not be voting for any one who has ever held an elected position .
They aren’t gonna drain the swamp . They are the swamp .
In a sense, I agree with SSDD and would prefer to vote for new people totally. I’m not sure I feel good about voting for Budd as it would mean losing a conservative seat in the House and that’s not good at all right now. I’d prefer he stay in the House and we have another conservative in the Senate, a fresh face, and a Libertarian. That would be refreshing.
Not my favorite politician, but certainly more qualified than a presidential daughter-in-law/tabloid TV producer or a 1/12 term Lt. Governor.
Time to leave the stain of the Trump legacy behind us and vote into the senate people who are for us and not him.
Right! It is time to move on. Pres. Trump will be too old, and too mean, to be a viable candidate in 2024.
Candidates need to make their own case, instead of being a copy-cat singer.
Frankly, all I see in the future is a choice of the least bad. We a need positive, likeable person with a sense of humor; such as Harry Truman or Ronald Reagan. Where are they when we need them?
Miller what planet are you on. The last 5 elections all there was to vote for was the least bad. Change will never come until we have term limits from the senate to the house all the way down to local elections. Political office was never meant to be a job it was supposed to be a service.
Same one as you. Moonbat planet. UR right, much of what we have had lately has been the least bad. We have term limits at the ballot box. Apathetic & uninformed voters keep electing these clowns; and there are more coming direct from the indoctrination system.