From Battlefield to Ballot: A Veteran's Independent Bid for Congress

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Special Forces veteran and Harvard graduate Shelane Etchison discusses her inspiring journey from the battlefield to the political arena as an independent candidate for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. Drawing on her experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, where she worked with Kurdish women fighters to combat ISIS, Shelane emphasizes the power of an independent swing vote and the need for strong, principled leadership. With her unique background and commitment to electoral reform, Shelane offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional two-party system, aiming to unite Americans across the political spectrum. Tune in to hear about Shelane's groundbreaking role in a pioneering military program, her pursuit of dual degrees from Harvard, and her captivating vision for revitalizing American politics. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_a2VCqBqIDs Follow Shelane Etchison: https://x.com/ShelaneEtchison | https://etchisonforcongress.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/shelaneforcongress Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to Forward: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on forward.
0:04.0	And then I think the beauty of actually being a real independent is your swing vote, okay?
0:09.0	And you're looking at what is the environment, what's the kind of best research and data say that's
0:15.2	going to be the proper policy application to the problems that we are trying to
0:18.3	solve and who is bringing the best solutions to the table to this particular
0:22.4	issue well that's who I'll be voting with that for that bringing the best solutions to the table to this particular issue,
0:22.7	well that's who I'll be voting with for that.
0:25.0	I think that that would be very, very powerful position
0:28.1	should I get elected with such a margins.
0:33.0	It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast one of my favorite congressional
0:46.4	candidates in the entire country special forces veteran Harvard grad an independent candidate for North Carolina's 9th
0:55.4	congressional district. Shalane Echison and welcome Shalane.
0:58.0	Hi Andrew, thank you so much for having me. I really, really appreciate you stepping up.
1:05.0	And I have to say, your bio reads like that of a movie character, where you're one of the first women to support Army Rangers special operations in I believe it's Iraq Syria and Afghanistan?
1:20.6	Yes, so that well those are those are all the combat zones that I deployed too
1:26.0	But the particular kind of program that you're referencing was my time in Afghanistan. Yeah, it was a pilot program selecting just a handful of us women across the army
1:38.2	to deploy in combat with our special operation forces and, but the thing about that is this was at a time when there was still a ban on women in combat in the DoD.
1:49.4	So it was certainly kind of an experimental type thing.
1:53.8	We were there to gather intelligence from the Afghan women.
1:56.9	So that's the program that you're referencing.
1:58.6	And it's definitely been cataloged for the history books. It's been chronicled in a book and you say a movie actually.
2:06.3	Those rights were bought up by I think it was Reese Witherspoons production company.
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