Decorated Iraq Veteran Andrew Clyde Goes to Washington to fight the Swamp
“I fought terrorists in the deserts of Iraq,
I defeated corrupt IRS bureaucrats in the legislature and I will take on socialist democrats and the establishment in Washington.“
Congressman elect of Georgia Andrew Clyde’s career in the Navy began after he earned his commission as an officer from the University of Notre Dame. He then spent the next 28 years of his life in service to our country including three combat deployments to Kuwait and Iraq. During his service, he earned a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, four Navy Commendation Medals, a Navy Achievement Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal w/Marine Corps Combat Operations Insignia, Iraq Campaign Medal, Expert Rifleman Medal, Expert Pistol Shot Medal, and multiple other medals according to his website
After completing his active military service, Andrew homesteaded in Athens and decided to pursue a master’s degree from UGA in Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship. In 1991 he started a small firearms business called Clyde Armory. What started as a hobby business in his garage has grown into a nationwide company with two-brick-and-mortar locations here in Georgia. In fact, Clyde Armory just hit its 10th year of being #1 in the nation in law enforcement sales for Daniel Defense and has consistently been a top three Colt Law Enforcement distributor since 2009. As a veteran turned small business owner, Andrew was truly living the American dream.
Naturally, top on his agenda in Washington on to stand up for our Veterans: “As a former Naval officer, Andrew has seen the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in our nation’s military firsthand. He will make it a top priority to ensure veterans receive the care the government promised them when they took their Oath to protect this country.”
Congressman elect plans to join forces with the other 77 Members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are Veterans and want to fight for the Veterans
He has a very aggressive platform for the 2nd Amendment, to include:
Repealing the Pittman-Robinson excise tax on firearms and ammunition.
2) Repealing the National Firearms Act tax on firearms
And a final appealing agenda is to dismantle the IRS.
As a nation, we are overtaxed. If Americans are to truly be free, we must drastically decrease taxes. Andrew’s tax plan would be simple:
- Eliminate graduated taxes and implement a FairTax system
- Stop taxation on the production of goods and instead tax consumption
- Dismantle the IRS
And his biggest battle will be to limit the government that continues to swallow up and crush our Constitutional rights:
Congress has the authority to govern within the 18 articles outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Federal departments or funding for projects that fall outside of those 18 articles, should be eliminated. The department of Education must go. The Environmental Protection Agency must go. These functions should be left to the states and you should be left with more of your tax dollars.