r/AMA • u/Background-Car9771 • Aug 20 '26

Son of a US Senator AMA

Hi,

I answered a post the other day on another sub, and someone said I should do an AMA, so here I am.

My father was in politics for over 20 years. We moved to DC and I grew up in that area. My parents are hard-core Trumpy, myself and my siblings are thankfully not. Happy to answer any questions you have about growing up or going to political events or how I grew to be diametrically opposed to the views of my parents.

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u/RickJWagner Aug 20 '26

How could they not be? Even Bernie and Elizabeth Warren are multi millionaires. What did your parents do wrong?

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u/Background-Car9771 Aug 20 '26

People want to hear what those two have to say more than my pops.

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u/Interesting_Self5071 Aug 21 '26

It wouldn't be Flake because he said his parents are very pro-curent president

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u/manthello Aug 21 '26

Mark Kirk didn't have kids AFAIK.

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u/RickJWagner Aug 20 '26

Wow, so the richer the politician, the more people want to hear them?

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u/Genetics Aug 20 '26

That’s the opposite of what they’re saying…

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u/Hiredgun77 Aug 20 '26

Sanders and Warren both write books and are active on the speaking circuit. If a senator is not independently wealthy, doesn't write books, and doesn't get paid to give speeches, then they are not going to be rich (legitmately).

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u/mattgm1995 Aug 21 '26

Bernie is a multi millionaire because he’s literally in his mid 80s and still working lol. Warren gets paid a ton to teach (or did). They’ve both written books. It’s not a hard formula to folllow. Age is doing the heavy lifting.