The previous Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) agent who impressed the hit movie “Sound of Freedom” stated Friday he’s “very critically contemplating” a run for the U.S. Senate in his dwelling state of Utah to exchange retiring Sen. Mitt Romney.
Tim Ballard made the announcement throughout an look on the digital present of former Trump White Home press secretary Sean Spicer, the place he stated he had been approached by quite a few “influential folks” for weeks a few potential run earlier than Romney introduced Wednesday he wouldn’t be operating for re-election.
“Since Sound of Freedom took out any alternative for me to ever be an operator once more — these days are completed … They know my face. However beginning a number of weeks in the past, I have been requested by loads of very influential folks, names you’ll even know, asking me to throw in,” Ballard stated.
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Former DHS agent Tim Ballard, the inspiration for the hit movie “Sound of Freedom,” speaks outdoors the U.S. Capitol. (Rep. Chris Smith’s Workplace)
Spicer famous Ballard lived in Utah, which the previous admitted was the very seat he was requested to take a look at operating for.
“I used to be very critically contemplating it then. And now, I will be trustworthy, even mores very, very critically contemplating,” Ballard stated.
When requested what would get him into the race, Ballard stated his “spouse and prayer.”
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks to the media about not operating for a second Senate time period in his workplace within the Russell Senate Workplace Constructing in Washington on Wednesday. September 13, 2023. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)
“So she says sure whenever you go dwelling, you are in?” Spicer requested.
“That is the way it’s at all times labored prior to now. So even earlier than Senator Romney introduced his retirement, loads of issues had been constructing as much as this consideration. I used to be with the president of Honduras final week, and the president of Guatemala final week, and I used to be simply listening to them of their plight, of their tears, over the plight of their folks due to our border insurance policies,” Ballard stated.
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Activist Tim Ballard poses in the course of the pink carpet for the film ‘Sound of Freedom’ at Cinemex Antara Polanco on August 29, 2023 in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico. (Alan Espinosa/Getty Photos)
“We’re speaking about thousands and thousands of individuals being affected by types of slavery due to the wind that our insurance policies put into the sails of kid traffickers. And I believed, there must be one thing completed — extra completed — on the federal stage. So it simply stored constructing and constructing and constructing. On the similar time that is taking place I am getting telephone calls from folks,” he stated.
He added that affirmation Romney wouldn’t be operating once more took his consideration to the following stage.
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