The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - Interview With US Congressman John McGuire; John McGuire Is Running For A Second Term

Episode Date: February 17, 2026

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Good Tuesday afternoon, guys. My name is Jerry Miller, and thank you kindly for joining us on the I Love Seville Show. It's a pleasure to connect with you guys wherever you get your podcasting and social media content. This, the water cooler of content and conversation in Charlottesville, Central Virginia, across the Commonwealth and the country. We encourage you, the viewer and listener, to shape the discussion, ask questions. I have a feeling today's guest, Congressman John McGuire, will get some of you guys asking questions, and we welcome that. There is one caveat, however, follow the golden rule. We don't mind some intellectual challenging, but it's going to follow a mindset of respect, even if you disagree with what we're talking about today.

That's the only caveat. I want to highlight one of the partners that make the program possible first, Stanley Martin Holmes. They are building and developing homes all over the Commonwealth, all over the Mid-Atlantic. They're a trusted partner of the I Love Seville Network and the I Love Seville Show. they build homes the right way the honest way Stanley Martin Holmes a partner here the I Love Seville Show and the I Love Seville Network 30 minutes maybe 32 minutes

if that's allowed with John McGuire Judah Wickhauer studio camera and then let's two shot our congressman as I see what appears to be 100 plus comments already on the feed here with a man that is a household name in the Commonwealth John McGuire first I want to thank you for joining us on the program And then I'll follow up with this. Introduce yourself to the viewers and listeners that are watching the show.

Sure. Well, Terry, thanks for having me on the show today. I'm learning more about what you do. It's amazing how you connect so many forms of media, and you have so much reach across the Commonwealth, if not the country. Now, my name is John McGuire. I was born and raised in Central Virginia. I had the honor of serving our country in the military.

I'm a Navy SEAL veteran. There are many ways to serve, and my service is no better than anyone else's, but where I come from, it's all about teamwork, leadership, and communication. My wife is my best friend. She's my favorite artist, my favorite real estate agent, my favorite everything. And we have five children. They're the best part about life.

We're empty nesters now. And as a military veteran, I love our country. And I fought for all Americans, regardless of party, race, religion, or creed. And I see that as a member of Congress. We're helping people every day. You can't always help somebody, but when you can, it's pretty cool. And again, we don't know what their party, race, religion, or creed is. We just love our country.

We want a better future. You on Friday announced a push for a second term. Yes. Put in perspective, the decision making, the reasoning, what the conversation you had with your family running for a second shot here in Congress. Well, you know, we've had a lot of success. A lot of your viewers may not know, but I was in the Virginia House of Delegates. And by the grace of God, we had a really good win.

and within one week, it's not true, but within one week the media said, Freshman McGuire just solved an eight-year problem in two days and saved Virginia $100 million. Now the truth is, Terry, someone like you are one of your viewers gave me the idea by knocking doors. And then I built a team, and I just went around the table. You know, what do you think?

What do you think? What do you think? And not me, but we solved the problem. When 20-year legislators say, you can't solve this problem, and I go, why do you say that? and they say we spent eight years on it, and that's why. And then people like you and me work together and we solve it, I call it a touchdown. We had 25 touchdowns in General Assembly, five-year, 10-year, 30-year problems,

a lot of funny stories and how we got them done. But now I'm in Congress, and we've only been there one year. And I told a reporter, one year I've got it all figured out, I've got no more questions. But I'm just joking, but we've solved a lot of problems and help people all over the district. And it's just an honor to serve our country. I'm not done. and I think we're making life better for all Americans. What's the day like as a congressman?

It's a very busy day. It's up to you how busy you want it to be, but people who know me, I put a lot of miles on the car. You know, in the district, as of last Sunday, I've been to 400 different churches. Every type of church you could imagine or a place of worship.

My wife and I go to our church 8 a.m. every Sunday. And then I go to a second church sometimes a third. And as a Navy seal, I don't drink or smoke. So when I was in foreign countries, I did that. So I figured when I got asked to run for office, I would continue that. But I usually get up at 5 a.m. workout. And then people probably saw me. I don't know if you've ever heard, but I stand on the side of the road waving a sign in the morning.

I've been doing that for seven years. I'm always in a different county. And I don't care if it's rain or snowing or what, because as a military guy, there's no such thing as bad weather or bad year. But people come up and talk to me, and they tell me their problems. And I get their name and number. And almost, not always, but almost 100% accuracy, not because of me, but I have people on my team way smarter than me.

We've solved almost all of their problems that they brought to me. And so because they won't let me call people that early in the morning, I want them to know that they voted for a guy that they're going to see. I don't want to be some guy you voted for it. Like I voted for a guy, but I never see them. I never heard of them. People have come up to me in these counties and say, do you live in my county?

And I go, why do you say that? And they said, because I see you more than any other elected official in my county. So basically, I give them the morning and I work out. they want to me call people that early so I wave of cars. And then I've been again making phone calls and having meetings. And I have meetings all over the district with food pantries in Charlottesville in every county, wherever they have them. I go to different businesses.

And we talked about some of the business where we've connected folks. And what I hear every day all over the district, I've never met a member of Congress. I've never met a member of Congress. But it's not unusual pretty much every day that I get home or get to bed around 10 o'clock or 11 o'clock. Now when I'm in D.C., the same thing. I'm in with both feet. I want to be the best congressman you've ever had. And we are solving lots of problems.

I'm sure you've heard some of them, but we're about to put a press release out to solve a 25-year problem in this district that the last five congressmen have failed to solve. And I think the reason we're solving these problems is I'm certainly a Republican, but I'm an American. And if you have a good idea, you have a good idea. And this is a lesson for all of us that I've learned,

and I think we all would agree, it sounds like common sense. It is amazing what you can achieve when you treat people with respect and put your differences aside and work as a team. Sometimes you can turn a no into a yes or an impossible to a possible. So I think we're doing a good job. I certainly could use your prayers and advice, but I love our district. The fifth district is a geographically territory-wise. It's massive and it's incredibly dynamic.

Charlottesville and Almaro County, as anyone who knows, is extremely liberal. And that's probably an understatement. As you get in the southwestern portions of the 5th District, and as you get in your truck and drive around, you see that the ideology leans more conservative. How do you characterize the challenges you face with serving a district that is so dynamic in ideology where you can be in one portion, of the fifth and have the red carpet rolled out for you. And then you could come to Charlottesville

and Amarro County, like perhaps on Friday night at first free coffee and have two dozen protesters outside protesting an announcement for a second term. Put that in perspective for us. Yeah, you know, I tell my kids I can't control other people, but I can control myself. And I genuinely mean this as a Christian. You know, Jesus is about love. I always hear the devil divides and Jesus reconciles. I really want to be the leader that can bring us together. And I'm growing. and getting better, but I could use everyone's help because I can't control them. But I, as a Navy SEAL, fought for your right to protest, and as a congressman, I will continue to fight for your right to protest.

Now, peacefully protesting is one thing. If you're harm in others, that's a problem. But, you know, I've solved a lot of problems. You know, when I first got elected to the House of Delegates, I had one guy tell me, he said, the Democrats are not your friend. Don't patron their bills. And whatever you do, don't you ever, ever, ever chief co-patier Democrat bill. So you know what I did? I walked across the aisle and I chief co-patriened a Democrat. Now, not because they were a Democrat, but it was because it was a good idea. And if you have a good idea, you know, we passed bills every year for seven years in the General Assembly with every Democrat, every Republican voted yes. And I think a big part of that is building relationships and being respectful. And I would say we've returned $6.5 million in a year back into the pockets of constituents that was owed to them by the government, whether it be a social security.

security claim, IRS, or VA, and other things, I have no clue if they're Democrat Republican Independent. It doesn't matter. I'm here to serve everyone in the district. You mentioned protests. We've covered protests closely on the I Love Seville Show. This past week, eight days ago at Charlottesville High School, a couple of hundred kids, I called it truancy, and I caught tremendous grief from the community for using the word truancy. They chose to skip school to protest what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. This past Friday, we saw the same at Almore County High School

and at Monticello High School. I want to open-ended question first. What do you make of the protests that are happening as it applies to ICE in our country? You know, I don't know if your viewers have seen the story about Lake and Riley, but I wonder why people don't protest that. There's a young girl who was stabbed on the subway

and cried while she bled to death, and I don't see why people protest that. There's a viral video of an ICE agent. It just happened to be a black ice agent. And the only reason I bring that up is while he was talking to a woman on the side of the road, she was using racial slurs. And this black ice agent said,

ma'am, what are you doing? We are about to arrest a man who raped a 14-year-old kid. And so, look, I love these students, but I think they're misinformed. And I think they don't have to understand that. we would not have a country without our men and women in our military. And we would not have a country without our men and women in law enforcement. And a lot of people leave their work every day and they risk their time, they risk their money.

But these men and women oftentimes risk their life and sadly sometimes give their life. It's a very dangerous job. And they're protecting you and making the world safer. Comments are coming in quickly. I want to talk about what's happening in Minneapolis. I want to talk about protests that seem to be captivating the country and being pushed by legacy media that I feel has an agenda. And it certainly is on the tip of generations, the tongues of generations across our country. I had a conversation with somebody at a, interestingly at BOTOS.

You recently had a conversation with folks at BOTOS about some of the content we were featuring on the I Love Seville show in regards to the ICE protest here. the role of of governance as it applies to enforcing immigration at local levels there's many in almar county in charlesville that feel the federal government is overreaching by heading into schools or heading into courthouses and in courtrooms with with mask on and military fatigue and guns on their hips and pulling men and women out of courthouses or schools and taking them into nondescript vans and just raising fear in our community here. I'd love to throw that to you and get your take. Yeah, I really appreciate that question because I want your viewers to know I have a huge heart for that. And if there's a way we could modify that, we need to do that. But a lot of these people are

very dangerous. I realize not all of them are, but a lot of them really are dangerous. and my number one job as a father of five and as a veteran, and as your congressman, is your safety. I want you to be able to walk down any street in America with your little girl, little boy, and be safe. And, you know, we are making progress. You know, we just hit a 125 low for murder in our country. That's not by luck.

That's a lot of hard work and a lot of good policy. ICE agents are arresting criminal illegal aliens all across the country by thousands right now. But you hear about Minnesota because Minnesota is a sanctuary state with sanctuary cities. The reason you're not hearing about it, like West Virginia has arrested, I think, 600 recently, and you didn't hear anything in the news because local, state, and federal resources are cooperating. But these sanctuary cities become sanctuaries for criminals. Think about this.

If you're a criminal, would you rather go to a city that says we're a sanctuary and we're not going to work or coordinate or communicate with other levels of government, or would you rather go to a place where it says, hey, we're going to communicate, coordinate, and work as a team? You'd rather go where they're not going to work as a team, which in Minnesota is an exact example. They're not cooperating. And, you know, is it safer to arrest a criminal when he's in your prison

or put him into the suburbs of the neighborhoods where ICE agents have to go in there and get them? And I think they're working out a deal right now in Minnesota. They're like, wait a minute, we've got to turn down the heat. And even Tim Walts has said, we will cooperate because it's just safer to get them out of the prisons than to put them back on the street. And you know, there's a large percentage of people that have been released back on the street in the name of protecting criminals who have continued to victimize American citizens.

And that's just unacceptable. How do you characterize the two losses of life in Minneapolis? Hard-breaking. Do you characterize them deaths, murders, and then the follow-up, does ICE need to be held accountable with what happened? I'm not a lawyer, although the judges figured out, but I would say number one, no one wants loss of life. Heartbreaking, I think avoidable. And I don't know, I think being agitated with social media. You know, ICE agents are doing thousands of good things, protecting people all over the country.

But the media focuses on this one thing. And, you know, you think about it, these guys are getting ready to go arrest a dangerous criminal, and someone shows up in their face with a camera. It's a very tense moment. And, I mean, look, I don't know if that's legal, ethical, or moral. Again, if you could peacefully protest on the street, okay, but it is a federal crime to impede law enforcement. And these law enforcement officers are trying to do a job to keep the American people safe. Now, there's a big controversy about them wearing a mask.

And I understand there's both sides of the argument. But they are putting photographs of these federal officers' children on the internet and docks in them. And they're being attacked at schools. To protect their families, they have to wear a mask. They're there to do a job. And you would think normally, if you were an ICE agent team going into arrest, a very dangerous criminal, if you're coordinating and communicating with local state federal authorities, you would have a perimeter with local law enforcement.

And they would say, hey, these guys are doing their job. But in Minnesota, they were told to stand down and not help them. And that creates a dangerous situation. And so I'm hoping that people will come to their senses so they can do their job safely. The role, this is an interesting topic here. I think it applies certainly to your first term and something that you will need to navigate as you run here and your potentially for a second term. And it looks like the Democrats have absolutely backed Tom Periello, which is a household name in the fifth. We'll get to redistricting in a matter of moments.

Donald Trump and the impact he's having on our country, some would say that, that there is no more divisive president than Donald Trump. And some would say it's compounded with social media. And social media, the algorithm, everyone knows this, is built on divisive content being forefront and atop the algorithm because it elicits emotions from users, which keeps them on the platform. I'll start open-ended with Trump, your take on your take on, Trump on America today?

You know, a lot of people are not objective, and I think you need to be objective. President Trump is not perfect. I'm not perfect, you're not perfect, only Jesus is perfect, as far as I know. But if you can look at his policies and what he's doing, there's something, as I drive around the 5th Congressional District,

people have been struggling with affordability. That's a big term these days. But as you drive around, I can drive around you and show you abandoned factories, abandoned warehouses. I ask the locals around this district, what is that? And they say after NAFTA, 95,000 businesses left our countries and devastated the local economies. Well, President Trump is only one year, just over one year in his second term, and with his policies, have brought $20 trillion investments and factories

back into our country. That has happened ever. And not only that, I did not know as your congressman, I would be sitting face-to-face with CEOs for major factories, corporations around the country and around the world negotiate and bringing jobs to the fifth congressional district. We've negotiated seven factories or jobs corporations come into this district over the last year. Five for sure, maybe two more. If they all come, that's 7,000 high paying jobs. That means when your son or daughter graduates, they don't move to another state. They got a good chance of raising their family next to grandma and granddaddy. And that's economic. He's doing a lot of good things. Like I said, 125-year murder rate at a record low.

I mean, can they be objective enough to say, hey, look, maybe he doesn't say things the way I like, but he's saving lives. I mean, you think about murder rates are down that's saving lives. You think about taking Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons. You know, Iran said, if we get a nuclear weapon, we're going to use it. And if they were to build that and use it, they would kill millions. President Trump stopped that.

And many presidents said they were going to do that, but didn't do that. And I would say the trade deficit is cut way more than half that just came out. The jobs numbers, did you see the recent job number report? So we're getting a lot of good things, and I hope that people can look past the rhetoric and say that our country is moving in the right direction. In Roanoke, Virginia, on December 7th at the Circle K gas station, I could send you a screenshot. Gas was $1.89 a gallon. When you talk about affordability, I mean, that's the lowest has been in five years.

And I don't know if we have time to talk about, but the American Dream Act would be a good thing to talk about on affordability. We have that on our talking points, and we're certainly mindful of your time with about 12 minutes left here. Respectfully push back as an interviewer here. The jobs report, some would say it's smoked and mirrored by artificial intelligence, and that jobs tied to AI may be in the long term, may not be what's best for the American voter or the American consumer, because they eventually could get replaced. In regards to Trump, some say this, and then throw it to you, Congressman McGuire,

that Republicans in the House and the Senate in Congress are nervous, if not afraid of Trump backlash, and as a result are unwilling to speak out against some of the, let's call it questionable, tactics or behavior that the president is employing or has utilized? Your thoughts on that? Well, first of all, on AI, I imagine when we invented the locomotive, a lot of people thought they were going to lose a job, and we adapt it.

When we invented the car, we adapted. We invented the airplane. We adapted. And so I think that AI will change the way we look at work and what the new jobs are or what. But I heard they were using AI for people that do x-rays. X-ray tech, what do they call those people that do X-ray, some sort of tech, I can't remember the name of it, but they said AI has caused and demand to go up to hire more of those people. So I think we'll adapt on that. And then being frayed, I've got to tell you, as a Navy SEAL, that's one thing I've

noticed in politics. You know, one of my SEAL brothers asked me in the General Assembly, what have you noticed? I said, I've never seen so much fear in my life. Look, I am not going to compromise my principles. I got the highest award for conservatism in the General Assembly. but at the same time I pass bills every year with every Democrat, every Republican. You can stand strong on principle and still be respectful. And so I do think there is fear there, but

you know, I've voted against my caucus probably 25 times this year. Don't quote me on that number. We have to count it up, but I think it's something like that. You know, I do what I think is best for my district. I will tell you, when you're in the General Assembly of Virginia, every bill you vote on, it's black or white, it's germane, it's one issue per bill. In D.C., it's a lot,

harder. I could legitimately give you an excuse to vote no on every bill, but you try to do the best you can for the people that you represent in your district. And that's how I'm doing that. And you know, you and I could work on a piece of legislation and we're high-fiving each other. We're like, man, this is great. And then they modify it. And you and I are like, we don't like our own bill anymore. So it's complicated. I want to hear what you think. And I'm going to do the best I can with the experience I have. Last question on this topic. And then we'll go to the Save America Act. I have to ask. I have to ask you about the Epstein files. I have to ask you about the General Assembly trying to

redistrict Virginia. We got about nine minutes left. Let's not get out. There's a lot. So on the record here in an interview that's going to live on the internet in perpetuity here, there is no fear as a Republican congressman of backlash from the president if you choose to step out of party lines? I don't think so. I mean, I got to do what's right. Now, I will say this. It's overall strategy. you know, what he's doing is working. He's basically bringing down gas prices. He's working on affordability. He's working on unemployment.

He's negotiated eight peace treaties, so to speak, eight conflicts have ended in eight or nine months. So overall, he's doing some really good stuff. Let's go, Epstein. It's been dominating the new cycle here. Documents being released to the American public, I've poured through this. I have two sons.

As a father, it's deplorable, it's disgusting, it's disheartening. It's downright depressing. Unspeakable evil. Unspeakable evil by some of the most powerful people in the planet. Will the Epstein files ever lead to charges being filed? I hope so. I hope so. I've got to tell you, I'm not in charge.

If I were in charge, maybe I don't know big picture stuff. They should have released all of it back in January. Obviously, the Biden administration had it for four years and no one said a word. That should speak volumes to people. I understand some people don't see it that way. But I wish that we would have released them all in January and be done. And, you know, as a member of Congress, I have access to all the unredacted information. And what all the members of Congress are telling me is the more you read it,

you realize the one person that was banging drums and saying arrest this guy was President Trump. I know some people that if you say the word Trump, they get triggered. I still love them. but he is the only one that was strong enough to stand up against that bully and say this guy is wrong you need to arrest him but the evil in there I can't with all the evil I've seen as a military guy is unspeakable you are right and I we need to arrest people left and right and all over the place what okay follow-up question sure you're your military veteran yes you're a father you are a congressman you're running for a second term As a congressman, there are not many out there.

Is it not your prerogative or your role to pursue charges and the extent of what the law allows with criminality? Yeah, yeah, I've been asking that question. I've been asking that question for a year. You know, what can I do? Because people like, John, you need to arrest somebody. And I'm like, I'm with you. But they said, John, the only thing you have in Congress

is the ability to oversight and you can report it to the DOJ and then it's up to the DOJ. So we need to put pressure on the DOJ, like you need to arrest somebody. And I've certainly been calling, texting and talking to people, like, what is the deal? And you're not going to like the answer I get, but I'll tell you the answer I get. They're like, John, if we do it right now, it won't stick. But if we do it the right way, which takes more time, then it'll stick. I don't like that answer.

I don't expect you to like that answer. I don't expect the viewers to like that answer, but that's the answer I'm getting. But I promise you, I won't stop pushing. I understand that. From a voter standpoint, and as a taxpayer standpoint, it seems that at this point, that bureaucracy is offering a pass on accountability for this unspeakable evil. And that's just... I don't like that. I'm with you on that.

And you know me a little bit better than the audience as far as we have a new media team. And I would ask the listeners, the viewers, yourself, I work for you. And I need your prayers and advice. I have had so much success. I got legislative in the year, policymaker of the year. but the idea is where your is not mine. So if we disagree, I'm going to still love you and be respectful, but I want to hear from you. Well, can we speak to accessibility with your office?

Yeah, absolutely. And John McGuire, the person. There are some in Charlestville and Almaron, Central Virginia, that have indicated that accessibility is a challenge. Yeah. You know, I'm sure something happened in there's some of the judges in that. I ask my team about that because what I hear from Democrats, all of the district, I may not agree with your voting, the way you vote or your beliefs, but I will say at least you guys always answer the phone, always answer email. So if that's not the case, I'd like to know, because we have an incredible team.

You know, we had a veteran. I called him up, I looking down the list of things. I said, it says here the government owes you $13,500. I'd like to help you. And instead of saying thank you, he said, I don't think you can help me. And I said, why do you say that? He said the last two congressmen over the last five years couldn't help me. Well, these are bright young people on my team. Got this guy his money in two weeks. I don't know if he's a Democrat or Republican. It doesn't matter to me. So if that is true, I'd like to know who that is true with,

and we'd like to solve that problem. I'm mindful of your time. We've got about five minutes left here. Can we talk redistricting and what the General Assembly is trying to do? General Assembly is Democrat. We've got a Democrat in the governor's mansion. It seems like, from my standpoint, the rules are being changed. Redistricting, I mean, this directly could have applied.

to your race. It could. Yeah. Anywhere you want to go on redistrict, then I'll ask a follow-up. Yeah, I would say this. I think it's a massive power grab. I've been all over the district over the last few weeks asking people, do you think that you should have a voice and you should choose your representative or should a politician choose your, be your voice and choose your politician? Everyone says, I should have a voice, I should choose. I mean, in the most simplest terms, everybody believes that. In fact, it's so believable that in 2020, there was a vote. Out of 40 Virginia state senators, 38 voted that you, we the people should choose our representative. In fact, 19 out of 21 Democrat state senators voted that you should have a voice

to choose your representative. Now they've got power and they changed their mind. I'm confident that I'm going to continue to represent this amazing district. It's a gateway to the bill of rights. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe. Our country came together in Appomattox County where they surrendered after the Civil War. But I believe this is where I'm going to represent and I'm going to win by the grace of God and continue serving. If you look at the Taswell rulings, a 15-page report, it says they broke the law six times, three statutory laws. So what is the message you can break the law and it doesn't care? I can't imagine that Virginia voters will think that's okay, but early voting starts, I believe it, is it March 60, you know, and the last day is April 21st.

So I would say, remember that campaign and said, just say no. Just say no to partisan gerrymandering. You should have a voice. And if that voice is for me to be a representative, that's great. And if it's for somebody else, it's a free country, that's okay. So does the calculus change if redistricting is greenlit? Does John McGuire run for a second term? The only thing I'm focused on is I was won election for two years in this district.

I've only done it for one year. I've got a year to go. So until something changes, I'm staying focused. Everything else is a distraction. Thoughts on Tom Perreella. Don't know anything about him. Thoughts on challengers from the Republican Party? It's a free country, and I think we're doing a good job.

We've made friends and bridges and solved problems everywhere, and, you know, it's not my seat. It's your seat. It's the people's seat. So if I'm doing a good job, then you'll reelect me, and if not, then God's got another plan. The Save America Act, John McGuire. Oh, are you talking about my bill?

So my bill is the American Dream Act. Well, first to save America. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. Then the American Dream Act. Yeah, so I think that having a voter ID is common sense. You can't do anything. You can't go pick up medicine. You can't go get SNAP benefits.

You can't buy a home. You can't fly on an airplane. I think it's like 85% of Americans believe it's a good idea, Democrat, Republican, Independent. So it seems like a no-brainer. And we need to rebuild trust in our elections. Anyone who says there are no irregularities or things that you should question about our election,

our elections is not being genuine. So why not put that to bed and pass the Safe America Act? Your bill, the American Dream Act. Oh, that's my favorite bill. I have Democrat and Republicans come up to me and say it's their favorite bill in Congress, and they say this next generation, they say thank you for thinking about us. I got the idea from the people.

I spent three months as I'm traveling around the district. Every time I saw anyone age 20 to 32-ish, I would just say, hey, two questions. Do you own a home? Almost all of them said no. And then the second question, do any of your friends you graduated school with on a home? Almost all of them said no.

I found out that it used to be 20% of home ownership in America was under age 32, and now it's much higher. So it says if you're age 65 or older and you sell your property to a first-time buyer, which is 98% of the time someone under age 32, there's a five-year moratorium on capital gains, not to a company like Black Rock, not to China, but to an American citizen,

there's a five-year window. And that should free up affordable housing even in Charlottesville. And we'll close the interview this way. We're mindful of your time. I gave you props on the I Love Seville Network for the American Dream Act. I think this is actually an incredibly

clever idea to loosen housing inventory. According to the National Association of Realtors, the average age for the first time homebuyer in America is 40 years old, and it's going to get even older now. So anything that will loosen inventory, I think, is a good thing. We'll close with this. A show with a lot of people watching you right now, anything that we have not covered that should be out there.

Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to go back to that American Dream Act. You know, these ideas come from We the People. I wish they were my idea. But as I'm talking with people, we developed these ideas. But I did run into a 72-year-old near here that has 55 rental properties between value of $250,000 and $500,000. I know who that is.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And he says it's too much. I'm getting too old for this. So I just asked an innocent question, well, why don't you just sell them? He goes, I don't want to pay capital gains. Sure.

When I discussed this bill, he said, oh, well, I'll definitely sell them. Well, when you graduate college, UVA, you can't afford a million-dollar house. But you might be able to put money together and get a $250,000 fixer-upper and build a future and have institutional wealth. And so how do we help the next generation? This is not a Democrat thing. This is not a Republican thing. This is an American dream. act and I hope that you guys will support that.

Well, and also, and I know we're against the gun here, time-wise. You can go ahead. Are you okay with that? Yeah, I'm okay with that. I also think that, Congressman McGuire, that, and these are my words here, I'm curious of your take on this. There's been some double-take, some talking on one side of the mouth and acting differently on the other side of the mouth by Governor Abigail Spamberger.

She ran a campaign on a platform on affordability, and now we're seeing in the first inning of her time in the governor's mansion, 50 plus bills tied to taxes. And I understand she's not authored them, but it certainly seems from perception that she is supporting them. From my standpoint, as a voter who's lived in the 5th District for 26 years, who's lived in the Commonwealth for 35 years of his life, I was disappointed with Abigail Spanberger and what is perceived to be hypocrisy with her campaign. Again, you want to touch on that? Yeah, you know, I just, I've talked to a lot of people in the district about that. And I said, I actually had about 100 students at a university.

And I said, really simply, I said, my name is John McGuire. I'm a Navy SEAL veteran, and I'm your representative. And I'd like to ask you a couple of questions before I get started. And this will tie into Abigail Spanberger. And I said, if you consider yourself a Republican, will you raise your hand? Only a few people raise their hand. And I said, if you consider yourself a Democrat, will you raise your hand? Now it's being a little bit of funny because it was college kids,

and a whole bunch of them raised their hand. And so I turned my head sideways, and I weighed it because they were real loud. And I said, you know what I think? And I had a long pause. I think you're all Republicans and you don't know it. I got booze, all kinds of stuff. But then I said, okay, let's prove it. I said, I'm a lawmaker.

Raise your hand if you want me to go downtown and raise your taxes. How many of them do you think raise their hand? Probably none of that. Zero. Yeah. And I said, oh, you believe in less taxes or no taxes. That's a conservative principle. because I believe you can spend your money better than me.

And when you spend your money, the economy grows, you bring in more jobs, you build more factories. But when you stifle production, people move their businesses to North Carolina or to another company. That's just my opinion. If you disagree, I still love you. And then I said, do you believe it's your right to defend yourself and your family? And they were like, yeah, I agree with that. And then I said, what do you think about our country? Should we have a strong national defense?

and really I think Democrats and Republicans generally agree with that and they said yeah we definitely agree with that and my wife said I should have had a better idea but I just said what if you've got a $20 in your wallet can you go to a Target and buy a $40 sweater and one guy was on his phone he goes no everybody everybody in the whole room was like no you can't oh you believe in fiscal responsibility

when this was over with I thought they would just leave out the side door but they lined up and shook my hand and they said no one has ever explained it to us like that before you know and look I love people regardless of their party, race, religion, or creed. I really do. I don't like their policies, but I still love them, and I try to just go more about policies.

But when you look at the Affordable Care Act, it should have been called the Unaffordable Care Act. What it did was it raised insurance premiums 26% every year. I think Tom Periello went all around the district, telling everybody how he led the charge for the Affordable Care Act, and I heard, and I wasn't around, they said he got booed out of his, all over the district for supporting that.

But here's what, if you look it up, verify a fact check what I'm saying. It raised your insurance premiums 26% every year gave insurance companies like a 2,000% pay raise. I bet you don't have, I bet you'd love to have a 2,000% pay raise. So it's just unaffordable. Absolutely would. It's unaffordable, but they call it affordable. And then you look at the Inflation Reduction Act. It says inflation reduction act, but then it raised inflation.

And now you look at this gerrymandering going on. They're saying the fair maps, but how is it fair if you don't? get to choose. They had a nonpartisan redistricting commission, look at the state, which is pretty much it leans Democrat for sure, but almost 50-50 maps, six Democrat congressmen, five Republican congressmen, so pretty fair based on the voters of Virginia. And they're like, let's go 10-1. Even in Texas, the Democrats have a 26 percent voice. But if they succeed, Republicans will only have a 9 percent voice in Virginia. So they call it fair. And I'm like, How is that fair? So they say one thing and do another, and it sounds like Abigail Spanberger did bait and switch.

She said that we're going to work on affordability, but then they support these ideas that make life less affordable. And then she talked about law and order, and the first thing she did is say that Virginia law enforcement doesn't have to cooperate with federal law enforcement, which is the model of Tim Walts. and of all the governors in Virginia, why our new governor wants to emulate, with all due respect, Minnesota Governor Tim Walts, I don't know if that's where Virginia wants to go. So I pray that the voters are using discernment.

I hope they'll do their research, and maybe we could turn some things around. I appreciate your time. Thanks for having me. I sincerely mean that. He didn't have to do this. John McGuire, he's a U.S. congressman. He's running for a second term.

40 minutes with the congressman here. Should we hit on the boots in the snow real quick? We can do that. Yeah, let's do it. We can do that? Okay. Yeah, let's do it. It might be funny.

Why don't I set the stage? Yeah. I set the stage. On the I-Lipsieville Network, we kid because we care and because we can. We had a little fun with the congressman who was wearing what appeared to be a very nice suit. And cowboy boots, I thought they were leather loafers. And he was shoveling out. would appear to be some young folks, some teenagers, or maybe some young 20s.

It was a young girl. Out of some snow. Out of some snow. And then there was a photo op there. Had a little fun that the suit was still button and that you had a shovel. And I called into question whether there was actually some shoveling done and whether it was authentic or a photo off or not. Here's the story. You may have that photo.

I think, Judah, look at our executive producer down. Look at this. Can we put it on screen? Judah, I tell you, he's amazing. He's going to put it on screen. Okay, you want to give us the play-by-play of what we're looking at here? The photo is on screen? Yes, sir.

Well, we made the photo. You know, actually, I've been doing this for seven years. Even when I was in the General Assembly, we had a major ice storm. I'm sure Charlottesville were members, and Virginia remembers. A few years ago, we had a big ice storm. And I called, they canceled my entire schedule. And you know, I keep a full day. And so I'm not going to sit at home.

So I called the local food pantry. I said, can I volunteer? And they said, we're closed. So I called the fire chief. Certainly the fire chief would have. some need some help he said we're closed so i threw a shovel in the back of my truck a chainsaw and tow strap and i drove around the district chainsaw and trees and dragging them out of the road and i took pictures of down power lines i can show you the receipts i send pictures to a rapid

rapaetic electric co-op and demanding energy and said i'm not bothering you i'm and they said no you're helping us get bucket trucks where they need to be faster and there's a whole lot of stories in there I ran into an older couple in the middle of the intersection freezing cold. So I had somewhere to be, but I pulled over, got in my truck, warmed them up. They had lost power, and they were afraid they were going to freeze to death, and they were trying to get help, and we got them help. So I've been doing this for years. So the other day, I was toward Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.

And I told my new comms director, Brittany, right over there, she can detest. I said, if I see somebody who needs help, it's just what I do. I'm going to dig them out. And so this young college girl, I said, hey, you mind if I get a free workout. So I'm digging her out. And what happens is these other kids started to gather. Started to gather. And we got her out of there and got her going.

And by the way, I'm wearing boots that I bought tractor supply. I'm on my third pair. I wore holes in the last two because I knock a lot of doors. I get sunburned, ears, nose, and lips knocking doors. But that's where I get my ideas. And about the suit, well, you know, I'm a congressman. When I go visit a college, I'm going to wear a suit. But it comes from Joseph A. Bank.

I don't know if that's considered high quality or not, but I know I went to that. I keep wearing holes in my suits and stuff, maybe because I run in them and I shovel in them and do everything else. But I love the people in the 5th District, and I believe this is where God wants me to be, and I want to be the best congress than you had.

And so I genuinely, I don't care. If you save my life on the battlefield, if you saved my life in Charlottesville, you would have to agree if somebody saved your life. You wouldn't care if they were male or female. You wouldn't care if they were black or white or pink or blue. You wouldn't care if they were Democrat, Republican, independent.

Americans and if we can put our differences aside, treat people with respect, and work as a team, not always, but sometimes you can turn a no into a yes and possible to a possible. So I hope you guys will vote for me and hope I can continue serving you amazing people. John McGuire, ladies and gentlemen for the media that's watching the program, we don't mind if you utilize content for your content coverage. Just cite the I Love Seville Show, please. We appreciate your time. Thanks for having me. Sincerely meet that. Judah Wickhauer on the fly, enterprising per usual. Thank you, Judah Wickhauer.

This is the I Love Seville Show, and we're grateful for your viewership and listenership, and we're back in the saddle tomorrow at 1230. So long, everybody. He's going to tell us when the mics are off.