Cultivating victory

This past weekend was the Indiana Republican Convention. Nearly 2,000 delegates gathered to cast their vote for the lieutenant governor candidate in a contentious race between Mike Braun’s pick, State Representative Julie McGuire, and Noblesville Pastor Micah Beckwith.
 
This convention was not simply about this one race. It was about the cultivation of victory by the liberty movement in Indiana and breaking the chokehold by establishment party bosses.
 
I am going to stop right here- Hoosiers for Medical Liberty is a non-partisan, single issue group. Our mission is to ensure the right to say no to vaccines (bodily integrity) for everyone. Further, Hoosiers for Medical Liberty does not endorse, support or oppose any political candidate, however, we do engage in issue discussion so that our members have the details they need to make an informed decisions.
 
Indiana has a Republican supermajority, and it is safe to say that the grassroots Republicans in the state are just as dissatisfied with their party as the Democrats are. The past four years have been responsible for the cultivation of change. Not just because people wanted it, but because YOU took action.
 
Over the course of four years Hoosiers gathered across the state, organizations, and networks formed.

This is truly cultivation. 

Much like gardening, creating change in politics is laborious. There are many steps and it is a continuous process because weeds can and will pop up, plants will die, produce will be small, scarred, or even rot while still on the vine. Weather is unpredictable and can change at any moment completely out of our control. 

The beautiful thing about gardening is that even though there are many challenges, with persistence and learning lessons over the course of a couple years, the process and progress become easier. Each year, as a gardener you learn valuable lessons, you know what to look for, you become accustomed to taking the time to tend your garden and make it something of beauty and sustenance.

I don’t know about you, but reading that list I can think of MANY times over the past four years that mirrored those same qualities in gardening. More on this later...
 
In my opinion, the result of the Lt. Governor's race was about so much more than one office. It was a clear sign of the momentum of the liberty movement in Indiana and its ability to enact accountability.
 
The Republican convention showed an immense victory for liberty-loving Hoosiers are tired of being told they have to settle for the status quo, and I am here to say the outcome was far more than what meets the eye. We are going to discuss all of this below.

1. The candidates rallied, ran tough campaigns and engaged with grassroots activists, bringing a close race.
2. Grassroots organizations exhibited their strengths and shaped the outcome through various means.
3. Many of the delegates present were first time convention goers, likely a secondary result of the Indiana PC Project by Hoosier Voices.
4. Medical Liberty was a prominent discussion point throughout the campaign and even on the stage. --- H4ML’s activists played a huge role.

 
First and foremost, I want to thank the H4ML activists who helped pass out our fliers at the convention. You stepped up and were true heroes!

We had about 12 volunteers making their rounds distributing THOUSANDS of fliers.

In a close race like the one for the lieutenant governor, we wanted to make sure each delegate knew where the two candidates stood on medical liberty. Only then could they make an informed decision nominating a candidate.

Thank you for making a difference!

Every action leading up to the vote made a difference.

How does a political outsider and underdog, Beckwith, beat out the hand-picked establishment sweetheart, McGuire?

Could it be medical liberty was firmly in the mind of the delegates as they voted, thanks to H4ML?  

An article by Indiana’s own Margaret Menge titled, “REVOLT in Indiana as patriots pick medical liberty activist as GOP nominee for lieutenant governor!” indicates so!

We have no arguments about the stance that Beckwith has taken over the last 4 years. We have witnessed as he fought to keep his church doors open, wrote thousands of religious exemptions for Hoosiers, and hosted liberty centric events.

Many Hoosiers texted and emailed asking for more information on the race due to conflicting conversation amongst voters and the increase of prominence of medical liberty in per-conference mailers.

Was McGuire for health Freedom?

McGuire sent delegates a letter claiming she had "produced significant results on issues like health freedom."

Letter sent to delegates by McGuire including a statement claiming she had "produced significant results on issues like health freedom..."

Unfortunately, we only had evidence that showed the opposite.

H4ML gave McGuire the opportunity to complete our survey and show her level of commitment to health freedom. She failed to return the survey.

Hoosiers, we know you trust us to share pertinent details with you and many of you depend on us for this information as you navigate busy lives while defending medical liberty.

Hoosiers deserve the ability to make informed decisions, and to do that they need facts, not empty campaign promises. This is why H4ML created fliers for the convention.

Our fliers warned of pending lockdowns, masking, and vaccine mandates and stated how McGuires previous votes as a state representative helped passed SEA4 (2023), also known as the "Governor's Pubic Health Commission", or "Health First Indiana". Fliers also highlighted the danger this law poses to the autonomy of counties as a result of financial strings.

In effort to ensure that delegates had excellent issue discussion on medical liberty, we also compared our membership to the list of delegates and found that over 130 of the 1800 Republican delegates received our text messages.

We sent a text message to the delegates we were connected with.

If you are a bit nerdy and care for some math keep reading. If not, skip the next paragraph. Just kidding, read it anyway!

This math shows the power of cultivation.

H4ML was able to reach just over 7% of the total number of delegates with digital messaging.

Close races are determined by a mere 3%+1 of the vote.

Even if 1 in every 4 of those 130 delegates (32) were undecided and chose to base their vote off of the information H4ML presented, that could have meant the difference in the extremely close Lieutenant Governor's race!

In a race resulting in 891 to 828, 32 votes moving to the other candidate would have meant 859 to 860 and a different result.

H4ML was able to share timely and factual issue discussion on one of the hottest topics for delegates and shine a light on truth. There is a reason that the Braun campaign was focusing on Medical Liberty- it was mentioned in multiple pieces of literature.

Picture of literature from Braun Campaign arriving days before the state convention and vote for Lt. Governor. Literature includes a bullet point titled: No more mandates or lockdowns. Body of bullet point: "The lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic were a disaster for our state and led to business closures, job losses, mental health issues, and learning loss, yet still failed to protect the most vulnerable. As Governor, Mike Braun will never lockdown our state, mandate masks for our kids, or tell someone their job or business is not essential, and he will always protect Hoosiers' right to medical Freedom."

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Hoosiers want to be free of mandates.

This issue will not be used as a political tool on H4ML's watch!

We are not in the business of telling you who to vote for, or who not to vote for. We want you to make an informed decision and we made sure that those representing you and forming your government were held accountable for their words and actions.

Even if you were not a delegate, even if you didn't know that this was taking place, YOU played an important role in ensuring accountability and protecting Liberty. Simply by you supporting us, making phone calls, sharing our posts or text messages YOU are directly impacting LIBERTY!
Thank you!

The next time you are feeling downtrodden or like your voice or vote doesn't count remember this story.

Look at those numbers.

VICTORY IS CULTIVATED

I don't know about you, but in the summer, when my garden is bountiful, it is easy to forget all the hard work that went into getting it there. The focus is on the  harvest. It can be easy to think it all just happens by luck until the next year rolls around and you are facing the laundry list of preparations.

With a "garden" as big as Indiana, it needs a lot of tending.

H4ML was not the only one tending the garden.

In close races, the MOBILIZATION of grassroots and hard work makes all the difference.

First of all, the birth of a strong political movement came from the series of roll call votes as a result of Reps Nisly & Jacob in 2021 & 2022. The two years these men were in the statehouse together resulted in multiple roll call votes which created accountability in the Republican super-majority that we had not seen before.

Liberty Defense rose up and emboldened liberty candidates to run on constitutional principles.

The Tea Parties filled with steadfast rockstars were reinvigorated with the return of old members and new ones too! They hosted meet and greets, ensuring the grass roots could engage with candidates and ask questions.

Hoosier Voices, Mary & Curt Nisly toured Indiana educating citizens about the Indiana PC project and the "Most powerful position in politics." This investment resulted in the growth of leaders in counties across the state infusing the Republican party with new life on neglected positions typically filled by county chairs. If this doesn't make sense to you, visit hoosiervoices.com or indianapcproject.com.

As a delegate I witnessed various individuals and groups at the convention and it was absolutely amazing. They all played a role in ensuring that the voices of the people were heard.

At convention I heard stories of individuals getting active and recruiting 1/2 or more of the delegates in their counties who were first time convention goers.

I heard exclamations, "Oh my, I struggled so much with my health to be here, and my vote actually mattered. I can't believe it. I am so glad I came."

We had activists who shared personal hardship and "busting their budget" to attend convention as a guest to hand out fliers despite the fact that they wouldn't even be able to vote as a delegate.

Others "I only played a small part, I made a few phone calls and talked with my friends and neighbors."

When we look at the math, we must ask ourselves, what would have happened if ONE of those people hadn't taken the time to do what "little" they did?

YOUR ACTIONS MATTER.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS.

Success in Indiana is not the result of just the candidates or the single groups, it is the result of liberty lovers cultivating victory through action!

Congratulations Hoosiers.

In Liberty,
Ashley Grogg MSN-RN


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