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After my older brother was gunned down and killed, I escaped street violence by enlisting in the Army when I was 17.
[View this message in your browser]( After my older brother was gunned down and killed, I escaped street violence by enlisting in the Army when I was 17. [Matt Stickland for Virginia Senate](
Friend, [send in a fighter who will defend your rights]( Youâve probably never heard of me, and if it wasnât for the Army, I probably wouldnât be alive today to even write you. My name is Matt Strickland, and Iâm running for Senate in Virginia.
Early voting has already started for my primary, and I could really [use your help in this last stretch](. After my older brother was gunned down and killed, I escaped street violence by enlisting in the Army when I was 17. I reported to my first duty station on September 10, 2001. The next day the Towers fell, and I spent the next decade fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. I went from dodging gangs to fighting terrorists . . . and it feels like Iâve never stopped fighting. Let me tell you why . . . After working for Blackwater and working several deployments as a combat medic, I came home and just wanted some peace with my family. I bought a food truck and started doing what I loved. It was a hit, and me and my wife, Maria, expanded to a restaurant that we named Gourmeltz. Life was good for a stretch, then the pandemic hit, and the government illegally ordered me to close my restaurant. Now listen, I spent too much time fighting for our country to come home and be told that I couldnât provide for my family . . . that I had to shut the doors to my business and lay off the staff I worked so hard to hire and train. Maria and I prayed about it. We talked to our staff, and then I talked to my kids. We have three boys and a beautiful girl. One of my boys is into comic books, and when I was in his room, I picked up one of them and there was Captain America with this quote . . . â âDoesnât matter what the press says.
Doesnât matter what the Politicians or the mobs say.
Doesnât matter if the whole country decides that something is wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else:
The requirement that we stand up for what we believe,
no matter the odds or consequences.
When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world â âNo, YOU move.ââ And thatâs what I did. The day after an order to shut down was posted on my door, I went to work that morning, opened up, and let the customers in. The government revoked my permits, my liquor license and even raided the restaurant with armed agents . . . and I stood my ground and NEVER closed. I took the government to court and finally won after nearly losing everything. And that experience opened my eyes to our government and politicians, and thatâs why [Iâm running today and asking for your support](. Now, Iâm running as a Republican but Iâm not proud of a few of the spineless, establishment hacks Iâll be serving with when I win. These are the same folks that I contacted for help when I had a government boot on my neck . . . and theyâre the same folks who ignored me UNTIL I won. And yeah, after I finally won, they all showed up. One even offered to fly a flag over the state Capitol in my honor. I told him, âNo thanks.â Iâm running to CRUSH THE ESTABLISHMENT . . . Republican or Democrat, I donât care. If they do nothing when the freedoms of Americans are taken away, theyâre all the same to me. Iâm running for Senate in Virginia to give a voice and two fists to all of the people just like us . . . who are powerless to the politicians and their government. We wonât be powerless anymore . . . [but Iâll need you to back me for that to happen](. You in? My primary is coming up in just a few days, and none of the clowns in power want me to win because they know Iâll be the guy who stands in their way, looks them dead in the eye and tells them, âNo, YOU move.â [Help me get to it.]( Respectfully, Matt Strickland
Candidate
Virginia Senate P.S. Now that youâve read some of my story, you get why theyâre all gunning for me. I will never work for them, I work for us. They know it and theyâre throwing tons of money behind my competitor to stop me. But I got you. [Pitch in and letâs show them how itâs done.]( Paid for by Friends of Matt Strickland If {EMAIL} should not be subscribed or if you need to change your subscription information for Conservative FWD, [please use this preferences page](. 625 First Street #183 Alexandria, VA 22314
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