A video discussion with JD Jordan.
I never knew I talk with my hands this much. Photo by Tran Bui Productions.
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to be interviewed by Tran Bui, an Emmy-award winning journalist, news anchor, and Roswell businesswoman who’s production company helped with our killer “Vote for a fighter. Vote for a dad” campaign ad.
I’d like to share a few of those interview clips with you—to help you get to know your State Senate candidate a little bit better and to help you make the most informed decision possible about who might best represent Georgia State Senate District 56—East Cobb, Roswell, and Woodstock—when you hit ballot box this November.
You can also find and share all of these videos on our social media channels:
On why I’m runing.
I'm running for a lot of reasons. But the reason that's most salient to me is that I'm the parent of children who identify as part of the LGBTQ community.
Specifically, I have two children who identify as trans. And what I'm seeing here in Georgia—as we've seen sadly in lots of other states—is a move to target that population, to deny them access to healthcare, both when they're youth and sometimes when they're adults as well. And that is, I think, an overstep of the government's role in our healthcare and in our personal liberties.
The senators like our opponent, who sponsored those bills, do not deserve to be in the doctor's office with me and my kids and their healthcare providers.
On the evolution of my political views.
I think my view of things was greatly shaped, actually, by the McCain-Obama race.
Growing up, I lived in a conservative community, I went to a conservative college, and really did identify there. But I never identified very much with identity politics, the culture wars. I was always very socially liberal. And when, in the Obama-McCain race, we started to see what is now the more radical side of the Republican Party move to dominance, it was at that point that I started really looking at them as a … or that I stopped seeing it really as policy arguments and it becoming more of like lifestyle and culture issues.
And it wasn't a lifestyle or culture that I was proud to identify with at all. And it wasn't one that I thought was on the right side of individual liberty and personal freedom.
On a people-first approach to government.
My professional life has always been about putting the user at the center of solving the problem. That's something I think is really lacking in our approach to government.
When we're talking about legislation, we shouldn't be talking from an ideology-down perspective. We should be talking about the person and their problem up. And because I think most of us can align on those problems. Most of us are feeling inflation the same way. We're hurt by insurance the same way. We have meddling in our healthcare and danger in our schools the same way.
And so, I'd like to start at that level and I'd like people to hopefully see in me someone who's going to take that problem seriously and work to find a solution with them and talk to them and not just dictate down an ideology that restricts their liberty.
On protecting LGBTQ rights—and more.
I would like to see a restoration in protections and actually an expansion of protections for the LGBTQ community. Not just because my children—some of my children—identify as part of that community but because it's the morally right thing to do.
You should not lose your job because you're gay and you should not be denied healthcare because you're trans. And by the same token, women's reproductive rights should be restored. And we should be more proactive about making sure our kids are safe wherever they go. I have no problem with people owning guns if they can do so safely, but my children's school should not be one of the most dangerous places they go to in a given day.
And I think all of this is wrapped up in changing the dynamic between an elected official and the people they represent.
On government overreach.
Since the pandemic, over these last several years, we've seen the government be very proactive, sometimes in good ways and sometimes in bad ways, in terms of how it interfaces with our personal lives, whether that's in the bedroom, in the school, in the library, in the doctor's office, even in the polling place.
And I think there's been a dramatic overstep. So, the government does not need to be in the business of policing what books, for instance, my kids can check out of the library. That's really a conversation for me and them.
JD JORDAN FOR GEORGIA STATE SENATE DISTRICT 56
For anyone in East Cobb, Roswell, or Woodstock alarmed by the state’s escalating attacks on our bodies, our families, our doctors’ offices, our classrooms and libraries, even our polling places, I’m running for state senate district 56 to fight for our freedoms and to deliver a better future for everyone in Georgia.
And unlike my opponent who’s spent 14 years rolling back our freedoms, failing to safeguard our kids, and gerrymandered his district to stay in office, I promise to bring everyone in the 56—regardless of ideology—the best possible constituent experience so you feel heard, valued, and supported. As we all deserve to be.
I’m running for the 56. Let’s make a better Georgia for all of us.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jordan For Georgia, LLC
10800 Alpharetta Hwy Ste 208 #629
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