Endorsement In California-- Bruno Amato v Kevin McCarthy
Politics 7/12/21 4:44am Read time: 7 minutes
Last year McCarthy outspent his opponent $24,265,583 to $1,665,373. This year, Bruno intends to raise enough for a serious challenge. Please watch Bruno's announcement video, read his guest post below, and contribute what you can.
By Howie Klein
Bruno Amato is running for Congress in California's 23rd District against Trump's spineless House minority leader Kevin McCarthy.
Bruno, the son of two Italian immigrants, told me he learned his work ethic from them both-- although "unfortunately, not my mom's cooking skills." His dad earned a Purple Heart in WWII, hit with a mortar blast and he carried the shrapnel from that blast in both his legs til the day he died.. He passed away when Bruno was 17, the year he graduated high school and joined the U.S. Navy, a submariner and torpedoman.
After 4 years in the Navy, he worked blue collar jobs-- mostly construction, but even on the back of a garbage truck. Eventually he saw an ad for the Union Ironworker apprentice program. He applied and was accepted and worked 3 years of apprentice training and schooling before becoming a journeyman ironworker-- "where," he said, "I found out the benefits of being in a union, great wages, healthcare and job security. That was a great career but after reading Live Your Dreams by Les Brown, I decided to become an actor." He was already in his late 30s and had no training as an actor but decided to go into New York City after working his day job as an ironworker in New Jersey to take acting classes. "I would bring a gallon of water with me and literally shower in the street before class depending if it wasn't freezing outside. Before I knew it, I was getting small roles on soap operas like All My Children and decided to move to LA and see if I could make it there. I'm an actor but still a working class guy who still has the same worries as most middle class folks, paying my bills, keeping a roof over my head and having health insurance. And believe me in my business I know what it's like not to know where or when the next job is gonna be."
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/07/endorsement-california-bruno-amato-v-kevin
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