Come on up, Adam. We have Adam Schwarzie here.
This is another great candidate running for U.S. Senate. Thank you. Go ahead.
I know we've been here a while already with some great friends of mine, some great policies, can't wait to get them elected as well.
I'm going to talk about two things today. I'll be really succinct with my message, and I'm really excited to hear what you have for me.
So, those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Adam Schwarzie. I'm running for the United States Senate.
I'm a political outsider. But I have fought for you my whole life. As a matter of fact, I love you. I have faith and freedom up there.
Those are the two words I would use to describe myself. Actually, definitely faith, but what are my values?
Why should you elect me to be your next U.S. Senator? Why am I going for the Republican Party endorsement and running on the Republican Party ticket?
I think it really comes down to one thing. One thing alone. Values. What are my values? Why should you vote for me?
I'm going to tell you my values. My number one value I want you to vote me? Christian. I'm a follower of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
And by the way, not Sharia law, which is incompatible with our great United States of America.
I have had the honor and privilege of serving you already my entire adult life.
I enlisted on my 18th birthday to fight for you. Thank you, man. I love my service. It was great to serve.
I've had the honor of serving more time downrange than anybody in Congress in the United States Senate.
Ten years as a Marine, 11 years as a Navy SEAL, nine deployments to over 75 countries. So thank you.
So, no arming, but I have deployed with a lot of Army guys. And I love my brothers on all services.
So what does that mean, though? What does that translate to? Leadership.
I've had the ability to serve under four administrations. So I know what leadership looks like. Bad leadership, Biden, Obama, and great leadership.
The best leadership example I can think of right now is my 45th and 47th commander-in-chief and our great president, Donald J. Trump, who under his leadership, America is back on top.
No tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, the largest drug reduction prices in the history of our country.
And it's not even the midterms yet. That's what happens when you elect a leader. And that's why I'm here, support.
Trump's agenda, another political outsider. Who in here cares about election integrity?
Who in here has heard of this beautiful piece of legislation called the Save America Act?
Where is that bill right now? Where is it? Does anybody know?
No, it's at the United States Senate's desk. Who is in control of the Senate right now? Republicans are. So why isn't that getting passed?
Because we have too many soft DC insiders that are not fighting for common sense legislator. That's why I'm running.
For you. The DC insiders are not doing their job right now, team. That's why I'm in this fight.
It's just really sad that we have a Republican-controlled Senate and they fail to pass something that 84% of Americans support.
This is not a Republican Democrat, conservative leftist, man, woman, black, white, rich, poor.
84% of Americans support that piece of legislation. But it's not getting passed, but we don't have fighters in Washington supporting you.
That's why I'm running. I know I'm in greater Minnesota. One thing I could tell is just that air gets better out here.
But let me ask you a question. Is anybody in this room like guns? Me too!
Besides being a Marine Infantry Marine for 10 years, a rightful man, as we're called, I'm also a distinguished lifetime member of the NRA.
Nobody's going to support your constitutional gun rights more than I will.
And as a leader, I say this, and my veteran brothers and sisters get this as well.
I'm not going to ask you to do something unless I'm going to do it first.
So thank God we've got some great, straight legislators here who are going to protect our gun rights.
Federally, I'm not going to ask you to give up your guns unless I will first.
Spoiler alert, I'm not giving up my guns. So your guns are very safe as well.
And the last issue, the last moral standard, the last value that I do want to talk about tonight, it's provocative. It's uncomfortable.
And it separates me from some of the other candidates running this race.
But leaders don't shy away from the tough issues. We lean into them.
It's the issue of life. Right now in the Republican Party, we have somebody running for the United States Senate who's a pro-abortion candidate.
Very sad. I'm not leaning away from that. I'm not going to sacrifice my values to win this race.
And we don't have to. And the issue of life, it's actually, it's a personal issue, as it is for everybody, but it's especially personal for me.
Because I was adopted. I'm only on this planet speaking to you here tonight because my mom sacrificed
so I could have a chance at life. Who in here is okay with expanding adoption?
Who is okay with supporting expected mothers, getting government out of the way?
What a great entrance point, right? We have thousands of children all across the country right now waiting to be adopted and loving families.
So I am going to be a pro-life champion for the United States Senate because it's the right thing to do. It's the right thing to do with God.
And it's such a great issue we can expand life. Why would we not want to do that with our money and our time on this planet?
And lastly, has anybody evolved in the Republican Party here in this room? Awesome. I love this.
And we got Republicans and we got veterans in here. My veteran brothers and sisters get this as well.
Marines, Navy SEALs, my Army brothers, we fight and win on the battlefield. Why?
Because we fight together as a team. That's what's going to take in this election.
We can't have expensive divisive primaries. We need to come together, support your, the will of the people, down the ballot, which I'm doing.
Whoever you endorse for Governor, Secretary of State, I've got some preferred ones that I really like.
Whoever you endorse, I am supporting your endorsement down ballot because we can't have primaries in Minnesota in 2026.
Prosperity, that's how we take our state back. And here's the best thing. We don't have to compromise.
We don't have to sacrifice our morals, our principles to win. Here's the best.
I know you've heard a lot of great metrics from my friends over here on the other side. Here's the best stat you will hear all night.
I promise you. First, let's talk about the incumbency, the incumbent candidates.
93% of the time, the federal DC elite establishment get reelected every single time on both sides of the aisle.
They want you to think there's open and fair elections. It's a facade. It's a mirage.
The Washington DC insiders, special interest groups, PAC money, foreign lobbyists, the military industrial complex, big pharma,
they put money on both sides of the aisle so you think that there's a fair election and it's not.
93% of the time, the DC swamp wins. But there's a small subset of American patriots who have figured out how to win federal general elections.
Any guesses? Navy Seals. 93% of the time, the swamp wins.
Navy Seals and general elections, 7 for 7. We are 7 for 7. We don't miss the target.
That's a good bit set, right? Also, I can't be the first guy to screw that up. But I won't.
And even actually going back to Minnesota, there's this wonky guy that didn't agree with all of his policies, but he won a statewide race, Jesse Ventura.
Statewide race in Minnesota. This last election cycle, we actually had another Minnesota Navy SEAL by the name of Tim Sheehy,
who's now the U.S. Senator in the great state of Montana.
Didn't compromise on values, did he?
My Eastern flank in Wisconsin, Derek Van Orton. Another SEAL, Blue to Red again. Down in Virginia, John McGuire, Blue to Red.
Derek Van Orton, Ryan Zinke in Montana, Eli Crane in Arizona, Morgan Latrell in Texas. We've won. 7 for 7.
How are we doing this? How are we winning all over the country? These races that usually 93% of the time, the swamp wins.
One, we build high-performing teams. That's my lane. I am truly unimpressive in all the things in life, except I build high-performing teams.
My last 7 years in the SEAL teams, I was a mission commander at the same unit actually that Tim Sheehy was. We build high-performing teams.
That's why I'm here tonight. And we do the work. There's no shortcuts to becoming a Marine. There's no shortcuts to becoming a soldier.
There's no shortcuts to becoming a United States Senator. You have to do the work. And that's why I'm here tonight.
If you want to join a high-performing team that does the work to earn the win without compromising values, without compromising principles, please, please, join us.
Team Schwartzi for Senate. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. God bless you. I'm happy to entertain all your questions.