Pride, Gratitude, and Hope: A Father’s Reflections on Family and Politics

Governor, uh, a moment that you shared, that the world shared with your son Gus. You were speaking, the camera caught him. So incredibly proud of you, so emotional saying, that’s my dad. Yeah. I, uh. I don’t know, as a father, I could have ever imagined that. I grateful for so many reasons to be on this ticket. But that moment, um, to understand what was really important to. To have my son, uh, feel a sense of pride in me that I was trying to do the right thing. And, uh, it was, um. You know, you try and protect your kids. You know, it brings. It brings notoriety and things. But it was just such a. A visceral, emotional moment that I’m. I’m just. I’m grateful I got to experience it. And I’m. I’m so proud of him. I’m proud of him. I’m proud of hope. I’m proud of Gwen. She’s a wonderful mother, and these are great kids. And I think the one thing is talking about the era we’re in is our politics can be better, it can be different. We can. We can show some of these things, and we can have families involved in this. And I. I hope that there was a hope people felt that out there, and I hope they hug their kids a little tighter, because you just never know, and life can be kind of hard.