January 15, 2025 • 19 mins
Bobby Andera joins Bubba Startz to discuss his diverse background in healthcare, the military, and politics, shedding light on the grassroots Patriot Movement and its legislative challenges. The conversation navigates the dynamics within the Republican Party and the demand for transparency in South Dakota. Bobby emphasizes the principles of the Patriot Movement and its approach to governance. The episode wraps up with closing remarks and contact information, reinforcing the importance of grassroots efforts and political transparency.
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The following program is part of the PatriotBroadcasting Project brought to you
by the SCENE Projects Podcast Network.
Welcome in to South Dakota PatriotBroadcasting.
I am your host Bubba Starts, and with me todayis first term representative from District 10
here in South Dakota, Bobby Andera.
Welcome to the show, Bobby.
Thank you, Bubba.
It's nice to be here, and thank you forproviding this great platform, for all of South
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Dakotans.
And I just wanna wish everyone a MerryChristmas and a Happy New Year.
Well and that's great.
And it's it's nice to, just get to talk tolegislators.
It's not something that the everyday citizengets to do.
I don't really, I don't kind of make the spaceas a as a stumping place.
Right?
We're not here to, necessarily campaign, but wewanna get to know you.
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Right?
We we wanna get to know our legislators and toknow the people behind the policy.
So, let's go ahead and do that.
You don't have to start all the way back at thebeginning, but why don't you give us a little,
a little behind story of who you are and then,why you decided to run this year for a
representative?
Sure.
I'd be happy to.
So, I was born in Parkston, South Dakota, to afamily of seven brothers and sisters.
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My dad was a controller at Eglin Co op.
I don't know if you're familiar with that, butusually those of us in the Midwest are.
And my mom was a babysitter and a school cookgrowing up.
My brothers and sisters actually deliverednewspapers and babysat and worked at local
businesses to earn money.
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So I was literally thrown into earning moneyand managing that money very quickly in my
early life.
I went to the military after graduation.
I was in the United States Air Force.
There I was trained to be a medical laboratoryjourneyman.
After my honorable discharge, I received myBachelor's of Science from Weyland Baptist
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University.
It is a university in Texas.
And when I moved back to South Dakota, I workedat the then Sioux Valley on the night shift.
And that was obviously before it becameSanford.
Since then, I have worn several different hats.
I was part of the Lean team at Sanford.
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I was a laboratory business regulatory manager.
I was a lab compliance officer all at Sanford.
And I also decided to get my Masters of Sciencefrom the University of South Dakota, Go Yoats.
And at the present time, I serve on the parkingboard for Downtown Sioux Falls, the treasurer
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of South Dakota Republican Women's Cyberspace,the Armed Forces Chair for South Dakota
Republican Women's Cyberspace.
I also run my own consulting business, which iscurrently on hiatus as I focus on the
legislator and continue, as the regulatory leadfor the company I co founded, which is Alamaya
Health.
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That's amazing.
So so you've been in, health care or aroundhealth care your entire adult life.
That's fantastic.
I think your point of view is going to be very,very important for the state legislator.
I I think you're going to consider, justbecause of your background, you're going to
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consider things from a different angle than alot of other people would.
Was there I mean, you're talking about you'rebeing chairs.
You've been at the top of some of theseorganizations and committees and different
things, it seems like for a substantial amountof time already.
Is stepping into the later just kind of anatural evolution for you to to take that next
step to making change?
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Yes.
I believe so.
And the reason why I say that is because I lookat my particular background, my particular
experience as something that you just don'tcome across every day.
As a scientist and as someone who is familiarwith what goes on behind the scenes, so to
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speak, I believe that is a good position for meto be in to offer maybe a different
perspective.
And also it was very natural because ofeverything that has happened back, you know, in
2020, 2021, all of that with the COVID scareand everything else.
And on top of that, I served my country and Iwanna continue to serve.
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This is in my blood.
It's in my family's blood.
We come from a long line of military people,and, this is just part of who I am, and I want
to serve the citizens of South Dakota.
Well, I am so grateful.
One, for your service and for your family'sservice and for your continued service to the
citizens of South Dakota.
I think a lot of our legislature at this point,especially in the Sioux Falls area, is kinda
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dominated by business people.
And not that we don't need business people inthese positions, but we need a more, a broader,
spectrum that we're kinda pulling from.
Right?
We need different human experiences that arethere offering their side of things and not
just all business people that are kind offocused that economic growth over everything.
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Correct.
I completely agree with you.
And, you know, we have we have so manydifferent types of backgrounds that are coming
in to this term.
And it's just, it's really exciting to seeyou've got people from all walks of life that
are going to be offering their skills, theirtime, their energy to represent the citizens of
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South Dakota in the best way that they can fromkind of like a grassroots perspective.
And, and I agree.
It is it's time for a little bit of a changehere.
It's time for a little bit of a change.
Do you feel I mean, '22 new legislators, I'mhope you know, entering into the legislature
this year.
I don't know if that's a record, you know,since the inception of our state government,
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but that's a pretty big swath of newlegislators coming in.
Does that kinda speak to the broader kindagrassroots patriot movement in general?
It sure does.
It's interesting because what I heard when Iwas out there talking to my constituents, they
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made it very, very clear that they wantedchange.
The one thing that they had a hard time withwas actually verbalizing that change.
They just know they wanted it.
And so as we talked, we kind of were able toget on the same page of kind of where I'm
coming from and why I'm running.
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And it was a tough decision to run.
It was, it was a lot of work.
However, I felt now is the time for thatcitizen representation kind of with that
different perspective, a more holistic approachthrough a respect of that centeredness and that
neutrality.
And that's something that they reallyidentified with.
And my constituents made it clear that thegovernment was not doing their job, which
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simply put should only concern itself withensuring the rights of the people and those
rights shall not be infringed.
Government overreach and individual agendaskind of overshadowed a lot of things that were
happening.
And it created some unease with the citizens ofSouth Dakota, regardless of the party
affiliation.
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I mean, I talked to, I talked to Democrats, Italked to independents, I talked to
Republicans, I talked to everybody, you know,and, and overall this aligned with my
perspective as a staunch supporter of thefederal constitution, the state constitution,
and specifically the Bill of Rights.
So so, yeah, I mean, you know, that's why Iran.
And, I really, you know, felt that I made areally good connection with with my
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constituents here in District 10.
And now the learning process begins of learninghow to be a legislator.
It it's something that it's something that,another first time representative, Tessa
Schwands, came on here and shared, and shekinda shared that there's a there's a lot of
homework that goes into learning the lingo andthe processes of moving into the legislature
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and making these decisions and and making yourvoice heard.
We know that it's not going to be easy.
It wasn't easy to get to this point, and ittakes, it's gonna take a lot more work to,
affect actual change.
Right?
Like, getting getting patriots into thesethings into these positions is just the
beginning.
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Like, we're still fighting against a very, youknow, the incumbent, you know, some of them
call them rhinos and have other terms for them.
But, you know, the Republican, party in SouthDakota, it's just different than other places.
Right?
Because we are a a red state pretty much acrossthe board.
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I don't I don't know how many Democraticsenators or representatives or even are in our
state legislators who kinda have the supermajority, but there's no way that everyone in
that Republican party agrees with each other.
And I think what we're starting to see is we'restarting to see I don't wanna call it
fracturing, but there's definitely kind ofbattle lines being drawn within the Republican
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party.
Would you say that you kind of feel that aswell in your campaign and now kind of moving
into, your work as a legislator?
I would say that I see it.
Yes.
I would also say that my personal view, mypersonal approach is one of peace and working
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together and centeredness.
But, you know, to kind of go back to whatyou're saying, so the House currently 64
Republicans and six Democrats.
The Senate is about 32 Republicans and threeDemocrats, and we have had this largest
Republican caucus since 1952.
So we are breaking records.
As far as the fracturing goes, I would say thatthere has been this monolithic type of, I don't
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know, movement, I guess you could say, whereover a period of time, many of those that were
Republicans or are Republicans, they got usedto, well, I'm just going to stay at home.
I'm going to work.
I'm going to raise my family.
And since that person is a Republican, I'mgoing to trust them.
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This has since changed because there have beenthese, you know, large businesses.
There have been agendas.
There's been money.
There's been corruption.
Now how much of that is happening in the SouthDakota legislation?
I don't know.
But as far as it goes from the perspective ofseeing it maybe on a federal level and maybe
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seeing some of it on a state level.
The people saw what was happening and theywanted to bring that Republican conservatism
back.
And their outright trust of people with Rbehind their name was going under a little bit
more scrutiny than it had been in the past.
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And I think that is why people have seen thisground swell of strong Republican conservative
people running for these positions because theyknow that, you know, sometimes people talk a
really good game, but they don't really followthrough.
And that's a major impetus for this thisprogram.
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And like I said, getting to know the peoplebehind the policy, because you really don't see
anything about the policy or these bills or,like unless you're really involved in that,
which very few people are, you have no ideawhat is changing until it's changed.
Right?
You're you're kind of constantly living in thepast, and and the present is already gone
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before you know what's going on, at least froma common citizen level.
You know, there's not a lot of reporting on ouron our media stations, you know, as far as
they're reporting the news, but they're notreporting what's happening and what you can do
to affect some change in that beforehand.
So it kind of serves, for us to to be thatvoice, to be that, hey, this is what's coming
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down the line.
This is what's being talked about, and this ishow you get involved to affect that change as a
common citizen.
I think no, you know, no situation kind ofexemplifies that better than, you know,
representative Bethany Soy, going to the SiouxFalls City Council meeting, just a week or so
ago.
Right?
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And and showing that and getting the press andpublicity that these things are, you know,
these things are happening.
You know?
And right now, it's literature in in the publiclibraries and in the school libraries, but
there's always something.
There's always something happening underunderneath the the surface, and we need to
kinda bring those things up into the lightbefore it's just, oh, well, that's just the way
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that it is.
Absolutely.
I agree with you 100%.
And transparency is probably one of the biggestthings that all governments have struggled
with.
And, you know, what can you say, what can younot say, but what you're bringing up as far as
transparency from the perspective of this needsto be out there and not stymied by cherry
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picking what gets, you know, exposed, such asyour platform, I'm sure you are going to be
bringing out a lot of these discussions, a lotof this background information that otherwise
would not have been available throughmainstream media to the citizens of South
Dakota.
So Bethany is just one example of whattransparency is and how those voices are not
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going to be, you know, silenced.
They need to be put out there.
People's perspectives need to be understood.
Because when you don't know that something elseis going on or you're not aware of the
information, how are you to make an informeddecision?
Exactly.
And that's kind of where I I've sent you know,I know the Patriot broadcasting and the Patriot
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movement, a lot of people are going toassociate that with some kind of far right
movement, but I don't think that's what it isat all.
I think it's a much more centered view of theworld and that people we just wanna have
discussions again.
You know?
And, unfortunately, for people who identify asDemocrats, that party was completely, taken
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over by I'll call them communist because that'swhat it was.
And they only gave you one one point of viewthat was accepted in the party.
And I feel bad for a lot of people that gotcaught up in that because now they have no
party essentially.
Right?
And and then you see that in a super party nowthat is the Republican party in South Dakota.
Like, yeah, we're all Republicans in name, butI voted yes on I am 29.
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I bet I was one of few Republicans who didthat.
Right?
Like, I have different views than you do.
But where we align in our morals and in ourvalues, I think that's where it it really it
really starts to bend in and that, you know,government isn't just about economic policy.
And I think that's what we're seeing a lot ofin South Dakota right now.
Obviously, our governor Kristi Noem or or soonto be ex governor probably with her new
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position in the federal government.
You know, she was obviously all about economicgrowth.
Paul Tenhaken in Sioux Falls, the same thing.
They they love the growth.
They love to be the cool guy.
You know, he's wearing his Jordans to the pressconferences and everything.
But what are you really doing to protect allthe citizens of South Dakota?
Growth at all costs doesn't seem like a very,it doesn't seem like a very good policy to me.
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And while we align in the name that's but, youknow, or the letter that's beside your name in
the, you know, in the chamber news or whatever,that doesn't mean that we agree on everything.
And I think there needs to be open discussions,and you just don't get that anywhere.
I I completely agree with that.
And again, my platform was pretty much on thatcenteredness and more of government neutrality,
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more of government managing, the assurances forthe citizens that their rights are not going to
be infringed no matter what direction it'scoming from.
I grew up in a Democrat household.
I called it my little JFK Democrat householdand many of my family members are Democrat and
I love them fiercely.
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Do we agree on everything?
No.
But I have also heard from them that they feltthat they were being guided a certain way with
how their party wanted them to vote.
And so I just felt like I was a goodrepresentation of, you know, more of a central
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view of that and just bring a little bit ofsense and sensibility back to peer.
Well, I just love it.
I think that's a great point to jump off herefor today.
I thank you so much for jumping on with me andtaking a chance on you know, I'm just a guy in
his, in his garage with a microphone.
Right?
But I love having good conversations.
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I love getting to know people.
And then I like to know that those people thatI know are are out there doing the things that
are affecting all of our lives here and havingthat access.
So when something big does happen and I havequestions that I can reach out to you, and I
can reach out to women like Tessa as well andand go, hey.
What's really going on here?
So that I can deliver that to our people and toprovide some some comfort, right, some
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information and and some, you know, a littlebit of maybe levity to the the situations at
hand.
So, Bobby, I just wanna thank you so much for,jumping on.
Why don't you go ahead and and tell the peoplewhere they can get ahold of you, people in your
district, and just South Dakotans at large?
Absolutely.
You can get ahold of me at, Bobby l Andera forhouse dot proton dot me or at proton dot me.
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And then also you can go to the public email aswell.
I've got a website.
I will possibly be on X as well.
I don't know just yet, but that's part of kindof my my movement of transparency as well.
So more to come on that.
More to come.
Again, BobbylAnderaForhouse@Proton.me.
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Excellent, Bobby.
Well, we look forward to having you back on theshow anytime you got news share.
And, yeah, we'll we'll see you next time.
Okay.
Thanks, Bubba.
Thank you for tuning in to South Dakota PatriotBroadcasting.
You can get more content and news atsdpatriotbroadcasting.com.
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The following program is part of the PatriotBroadcasting Project brought to you
by the SCENE Projects Podcast Network.
The following program is part of the PatriotBroadcasting Project brought to you
by the SCENE Projects Podcast Network.
Welcome in to South Dakota PatriotBroadcasting.
I am your host Bubba Starts, and with me todayis first term representative from District 10
here in South Dakota, Bobby Andera.
Welcome to the show, Bobby.
Thank you, Bubba.
It's nice to be here, and thank you forproviding this great platform, for all of South
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Dakotans.
And I just wanna wish everyone a MerryChristmas and a Happy New Year.
Well and that's great.
And it's it's nice to, just get to talk tolegislators.
It's not something that the everyday citizengets to do.
I don't really, I don't kind of make the spaceas a as a stumping place.
Right?
We're not here to, necessarily campaign, but wewanna get to know you.
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Right?
We we wanna get to know our legislators and toknow the people behind the policy.
So, let's go ahead and do that.
You don't have to start all the way back at thebeginning, but why don't you give us a little,
a little behind story of who you are and then,why you decided to run this year for a
representative?
Sure.
I'd be happy to.
So, I was born in Parkston, South Dakota, to afamily of seven brothers and sisters.
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My dad was a controller at Eglin Co op.
I don't know if you're familiar with that, butusually those of us in the Midwest are.
And my mom was a babysitter and a school cookgrowing up.
My brothers and sisters actually deliverednewspapers and babysat and worked at local
businesses to earn money.
(01:35):
So I was literally thrown into earning moneyand managing that money very quickly in my
early life.
I went to the military after graduation.
I was in the United States Air Force.
There I was trained to be a medical laboratoryjourneyman.
After my honorable discharge, I received myBachelor's of Science from Weyland Baptist
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University.
It is a university in Texas.
And when I moved back to South Dakota, I workedat the then Sioux Valley on the night shift.
And that was obviously before it becameSanford.
Since then, I have worn several different hats.
I was part of the Lean team at Sanford.
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I was a laboratory business regulatory manager.
I was a lab compliance officer all at Sanford.
And I also decided to get my Masters of Sciencefrom the University of South Dakota, Go Yoats.
And at the present time, I serve on the parkingboard for Downtown Sioux Falls, the treasurer
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of South Dakota Republican Women's Cyberspace,the Armed Forces Chair for South Dakota
Republican Women's Cyberspace.
I also run my own consulting business, which iscurrently on hiatus as I focus on the
legislator and continue, as the regulatory leadfor the company I co founded, which is Alamaya
Health.
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That's amazing.
So so you've been in, health care or aroundhealth care your entire adult life.
That's fantastic.
I think your point of view is going to be very,very important for the state legislator.
I I think you're going to consider, justbecause of your background, you're going to
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consider things from a different angle than alot of other people would.
Was there I mean, you're talking about you'rebeing chairs.
You've been at the top of some of theseorganizations and committees and different
things, it seems like for a substantial amountof time already.
Is stepping into the later just kind of anatural evolution for you to to take that next
step to making change?
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Yes.
I believe so.
And the reason why I say that is because I lookat my particular background, my particular
experience as something that you just don'tcome across every day.
As a scientist and as someone who is familiarwith what goes on behind the scenes, so to
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speak, I believe that is a good position for meto be in to offer maybe a different
perspective.
And also it was very natural because ofeverything that has happened back, you know, in
2020, 2021, all of that with the COVID scareand everything else.
And on top of that, I served my country and Iwanna continue to serve.
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This is in my blood.
It's in my family's blood.
We come from a long line of military people,and, this is just part of who I am, and I want
to serve the citizens of South Dakota.
Well, I am so grateful.
One, for your service and for your family'sservice and for your continued service to the
citizens of South Dakota.
I think a lot of our legislature at this point,especially in the Sioux Falls area, is kinda
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dominated by business people.
And not that we don't need business people inthese positions, but we need a more, a broader,
spectrum that we're kinda pulling from.
Right?
We need different human experiences that arethere offering their side of things and not
just all business people that are kind offocused that economic growth over everything.
(05:14):
Correct.
I completely agree with you.
And, you know, we have we have so manydifferent types of backgrounds that are coming
in to this term.
And it's just, it's really exciting to seeyou've got people from all walks of life that
are going to be offering their skills, theirtime, their energy to represent the citizens of
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South Dakota in the best way that they can fromkind of like a grassroots perspective.
And, and I agree.
It is it's time for a little bit of a changehere.
It's time for a little bit of a change.
Do you feel I mean, '22 new legislators, I'mhope you know, entering into the legislature
this year.
I don't know if that's a record, you know,since the inception of our state government,
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but that's a pretty big swath of newlegislators coming in.
Does that kinda speak to the broader kindagrassroots patriot movement in general?
It sure does.
It's interesting because what I heard when Iwas out there talking to my constituents, they
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made it very, very clear that they wantedchange.
The one thing that they had a hard time withwas actually verbalizing that change.
They just know they wanted it.
And so as we talked, we kind of were able toget on the same page of kind of where I'm
coming from and why I'm running.
(06:41):
And it was a tough decision to run.
It was, it was a lot of work.
However, I felt now is the time for thatcitizen representation kind of with that
different perspective, a more holistic approachthrough a respect of that centeredness and that
neutrality.
And that's something that they reallyidentified with.
And my constituents made it clear that thegovernment was not doing their job, which
(07:05):
simply put should only concern itself withensuring the rights of the people and those
rights shall not be infringed.
Government overreach and individual agendaskind of overshadowed a lot of things that were
happening.
And it created some unease with the citizens ofSouth Dakota, regardless of the party
affiliation.
(07:25):
I mean, I talked to, I talked to Democrats, Italked to independents, I talked to
Republicans, I talked to everybody, you know,and, and overall this aligned with my
perspective as a staunch supporter of thefederal constitution, the state constitution,
and specifically the Bill of Rights.
So so, yeah, I mean, you know, that's why Iran.
And, I really, you know, felt that I made areally good connection with with my
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constituents here in District 10.
And now the learning process begins of learninghow to be a legislator.
It it's something that it's something that,another first time representative, Tessa
Schwands, came on here and shared, and shekinda shared that there's a there's a lot of
homework that goes into learning the lingo andthe processes of moving into the legislature
(08:10):
and making these decisions and and making yourvoice heard.
We know that it's not going to be easy.
It wasn't easy to get to this point, and ittakes, it's gonna take a lot more work to,
affect actual change.
Right?
Like, getting getting patriots into thesethings into these positions is just the
beginning.
(08:30):
Like, we're still fighting against a very, youknow, the incumbent, you know, some of them
call them rhinos and have other terms for them.
But, you know, the Republican, party in SouthDakota, it's just different than other places.
Right?
Because we are a a red state pretty much acrossthe board.
(08:53):
I don't I don't know how many Democraticsenators or representatives or even are in our
state legislators who kinda have the supermajority, but there's no way that everyone in
that Republican party agrees with each other.
And I think what we're starting to see is we'restarting to see I don't wanna call it
fracturing, but there's definitely kind ofbattle lines being drawn within the Republican
(09:13):
party.
Would you say that you kind of feel that aswell in your campaign and now kind of moving
into, your work as a legislator?
I would say that I see it.
Yes.
I would also say that my personal view, mypersonal approach is one of peace and working
(09:35):
together and centeredness.
But, you know, to kind of go back to whatyou're saying, so the House currently 64
Republicans and six Democrats.
The Senate is about 32 Republicans and threeDemocrats, and we have had this largest
Republican caucus since 1952.
So we are breaking records.
As far as the fracturing goes, I would say thatthere has been this monolithic type of, I don't
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know, movement, I guess you could say, whereover a period of time, many of those that were
Republicans or are Republicans, they got usedto, well, I'm just going to stay at home.
I'm going to work.
I'm going to raise my family.
And since that person is a Republican, I'mgoing to trust them.
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This has since changed because there have beenthese, you know, large businesses.
There have been agendas.
There's been money.
There's been corruption.
Now how much of that is happening in the SouthDakota legislation?
I don't know.
But as far as it goes from the perspective ofseeing it maybe on a federal level and maybe
(10:50):
seeing some of it on a state level.
The people saw what was happening and theywanted to bring that Republican conservatism
back.
And their outright trust of people with Rbehind their name was going under a little bit
more scrutiny than it had been in the past.
(11:10):
And I think that is why people have seen thisground swell of strong Republican conservative
people running for these positions because theyknow that, you know, sometimes people talk a
really good game, but they don't really followthrough.
And that's a major impetus for this thisprogram.
(11:34):
And like I said, getting to know the peoplebehind the policy, because you really don't see
anything about the policy or these bills or,like unless you're really involved in that,
which very few people are, you have no ideawhat is changing until it's changed.
Right?
You're you're kind of constantly living in thepast, and and the present is already gone
(11:55):
before you know what's going on, at least froma common citizen level.
You know, there's not a lot of reporting on ouron our media stations, you know, as far as
they're reporting the news, but they're notreporting what's happening and what you can do
to affect some change in that beforehand.
So it kind of serves, for us to to be thatvoice, to be that, hey, this is what's coming
(12:19):
down the line.
This is what's being talked about, and this ishow you get involved to affect that change as a
common citizen.
I think no, you know, no situation kind ofexemplifies that better than, you know,
representative Bethany Soy, going to the SiouxFalls City Council meeting, just a week or so
ago.
Right?
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And and showing that and getting the press andpublicity that these things are, you know,
these things are happening.
You know?
And right now, it's literature in in the publiclibraries and in the school libraries, but
there's always something.
There's always something happening underunderneath the the surface, and we need to
kinda bring those things up into the lightbefore it's just, oh, well, that's just the way
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that it is.
Absolutely.
I agree with you 100%.
And transparency is probably one of the biggestthings that all governments have struggled
with.
And, you know, what can you say, what can younot say, but what you're bringing up as far as
transparency from the perspective of this needsto be out there and not stymied by cherry
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picking what gets, you know, exposed, such asyour platform, I'm sure you are going to be
bringing out a lot of these discussions, a lotof this background information that otherwise
would not have been available throughmainstream media to the citizens of South
Dakota.
So Bethany is just one example of whattransparency is and how those voices are not
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going to be, you know, silenced.
They need to be put out there.
People's perspectives need to be understood.
Because when you don't know that something elseis going on or you're not aware of the
information, how are you to make an informeddecision?
Exactly.
And that's kind of where I I've sent you know,I know the Patriot broadcasting and the Patriot
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movement, a lot of people are going toassociate that with some kind of far right
movement, but I don't think that's what it isat all.
I think it's a much more centered view of theworld and that people we just wanna have
discussions again.
You know?
And, unfortunately, for people who identify asDemocrats, that party was completely, taken
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over by I'll call them communist because that'swhat it was.
And they only gave you one one point of viewthat was accepted in the party.
And I feel bad for a lot of people that gotcaught up in that because now they have no
party essentially.
Right?
And and then you see that in a super party nowthat is the Republican party in South Dakota.
Like, yeah, we're all Republicans in name, butI voted yes on I am 29.
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I bet I was one of few Republicans who didthat.
Right?
Like, I have different views than you do.
But where we align in our morals and in ourvalues, I think that's where it it really it
really starts to bend in and that, you know,government isn't just about economic policy.
And I think that's what we're seeing a lot ofin South Dakota right now.
Obviously, our governor Kristi Noem or or soonto be ex governor probably with her new
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position in the federal government.
You know, she was obviously all about economicgrowth.
Paul Tenhaken in Sioux Falls, the same thing.
They they love the growth.
They love to be the cool guy.
You know, he's wearing his Jordans to the pressconferences and everything.
But what are you really doing to protect allthe citizens of South Dakota?
Growth at all costs doesn't seem like a very,it doesn't seem like a very good policy to me.
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And while we align in the name that's but, youknow, or the letter that's beside your name in
the, you know, in the chamber news or whatever,that doesn't mean that we agree on everything.
And I think there needs to be open discussions,and you just don't get that anywhere.
I I completely agree with that.
And again, my platform was pretty much on thatcenteredness and more of government neutrality,
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more of government managing, the assurances forthe citizens that their rights are not going to
be infringed no matter what direction it'scoming from.
I grew up in a Democrat household.
I called it my little JFK Democrat householdand many of my family members are Democrat and
I love them fiercely.
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Do we agree on everything?
No.
But I have also heard from them that they feltthat they were being guided a certain way with
how their party wanted them to vote.
And so I just felt like I was a goodrepresentation of, you know, more of a central
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view of that and just bring a little bit ofsense and sensibility back to peer.
Well, I just love it.
I think that's a great point to jump off herefor today.
I thank you so much for jumping on with me andtaking a chance on you know, I'm just a guy in
his, in his garage with a microphone.
Right?
But I love having good conversations.
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I love getting to know people.
And then I like to know that those people thatI know are are out there doing the things that
are affecting all of our lives here and havingthat access.
So when something big does happen and I havequestions that I can reach out to you, and I
can reach out to women like Tessa as well andand go, hey.
What's really going on here?
So that I can deliver that to our people and toprovide some some comfort, right, some
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information and and some, you know, a littlebit of maybe levity to the the situations at
hand.
So, Bobby, I just wanna thank you so much for,jumping on.
Why don't you go ahead and and tell the peoplewhere they can get ahold of you, people in your
district, and just South Dakotans at large?
Absolutely.
You can get ahold of me at, Bobby l Andera forhouse dot proton dot me or at proton dot me.
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And then also you can go to the public email aswell.
I've got a website.
I will possibly be on X as well.
I don't know just yet, but that's part of kindof my my movement of transparency as well.
So more to come on that.
More to come.
Again, BobbylAnderaForhouse@Proton.me.
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Excellent, Bobby.
Well, we look forward to having you back on theshow anytime you got news share.
And, yeah, we'll we'll see you next time.
Okay.
Thanks, Bubba.
Thank you for tuning in to South Dakota PatriotBroadcasting.
You can get more content and news atsdpatriotbroadcasting.com.
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