I was raised in Levittown/Fairless Hills, graduated from Pennsbury High School (Go Falcons!), then Kutztown University (Go Golden Bears!) with a BFA. I married my high school sweetheart and worked in the corporate world as a designer, creative director, video game designer and software product manager. Currently, I manage an eyewear company and am partner in a business venture.

Other than three years in Delaware, Sue and I have lived in Horsham, North Wales and Buckingham for 37 years. We have a great life together in beautiful Bucks County and love our home, family and neighbors. I golf, paint and do wood carvings while Sue gardens, is in to bread making and leather crafts. We both love our dogs and the Eagles (Go Birds!)! We are very blessed.

As for politics, I’ve never been all that closely aligned with any political party. Over the decades I’ve supported whoever I thought was the best candidate, voting for Republicans like Arlen Spector and Jim Greenwood or Democrats like Bob Casey and Patrick Murphy. After 9/11 and our subsequent unnecessary and senseless war with Iraq, I began to wonder what was happening to the Republican Party. The so-called “Neo-Cons” seemed to have taken over, with a desire to spend American lives and treasure on costly regime change in the Middle East rather than helping low and middle income Americans make ends meet.

So when my driver’s license renewal came around 2006, I decided to register as a Republican. I believed then as now that voting in federal primaries gives you a greater chance to impact our elections, since fewer people vote and there are more choices. Pennsylvania being a closed primary state, I figured I could try to boost “non” Neo-Cons in favor of fiscally conservative Republicans who would get our government back on budget. I didn’t seem to have much impact so I switched to Democrat prior to the 2016 election.

I voted for Bernie Sanders even though by the time the 2016 Pennsylvania primary came around, Hillary Clinton had basically been chosen as the Democratic candidate. In my opinion the Democratic Party had unfairly tipped the scales in her favor. But sadly, something darker happened in 2016: the ascendence of Donald Trump.

As the primary season wore on, I watched as Trump spewed his hateful venom and moronic insults. After Trump lost the Iowa Caucus (and of course claimed fraud) I thought this would pass. No American would support this other than fringe extremists. GOP leaders rightfully pointed out who Trump really was:

• A “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” who “represents the worst in America.” -Lindsay Graham

• A “sniveling coward” “pathological liar” “utterly amoral” -Ted Cruz

• A “con artist” “He has spent his entire career sticking it to the little guy" -Marco Rubio 

• A “cynical asshole” “America's Hitler” “Unfit for our nation’s highest office” “Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible.” -J.D. Vance

That’s pretty much what I thought of Trump as well, and still do. So when he actually secured the GOP nomination, I decided that I could no longer support ANY Republican, at any level of government, as long as Donald Trump was their standard bearer. I believed that America was as close as we ever were to devolving into fascism and authoritarianism.

So for the first time in my life, I signed up to knock on doors to get out the vote. Not to support Hillary Clinton so much, but to keep Trump out of the White House. Sadly, the 2016 election resulted in Trump coming in to power. I expected the worst but hoped for the best.

When Joe Biden won in 2020 and ended Trump’s national nightmare, I was relieved. But then I watched in horror as Trump and his cronies attempted to stage a “coup attempt” (Brian Fitzpatrick’s words) on January 6, 2021. When Trump finally told these violent rioters to go home, I thought that was the end of Trump as a political force in the GOP. I was wrong.

The GOP spinelessly embraced Trump again. Like many others I became concerned that Joe Biden, who had indicated he would serve only one term, no longer had the confidence of the voters. He should have stuck to that promise and given the Democrats the opportunity to have a full primary season. After he finally drop out and Kamala Harris procured the nomination, I volunteered again, making phone calls and driving volunteers to knock on doors.

Sadly, Harris lost and here we are. Fascism and authoritarianism has come to America. Believe it. It’s not happening - it’s happened. Now we must regain our Constitutional Protections and defend our American Democracy with every ounce of our courage, passion and honor.

Too many people have risked their lives and died fighting for this. Civil rights activists marching for voting rights. Veterans who fought in wars, like my father and Sue’s father, who fought fascists and Nazi’s in WWII. We MUST pass on a strong democracy to the children of today and future generations. It’s our duty as Americans to defend our Constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic.

Brian Fitzpatrick has failed to defend us against Trump. He’s failed his oath of office to defend our Constitution. He’s not doing his job, so he must lose his job. That’s why I’m running for Congress.