By: Ali Elizabeth Turner
Monday night I had the chance to attend a town hall meeting at Movement Church in Madison which was sponsored by Moms for Liberty. The event gave the attendees a chance to hear from United States Senatorial candidate Jared Hudson. Jared is a retired Navy SEAL who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, and I had heard him speak several times on Phil Williams’s Right Side Radio show. I like Jared, and while this is not intended to be a political piece per se, I want you to know why I like Jared: It’s because he is a trained member of Naval Special Warfare. Why should that matter? I don’t know exactly how to explain it, but it was something about which I became comfortable as a result of spending three years in Iraq amongst honorable warriors from all the service branches.
I lived amongst the SEALs on a base known as Radwaniyah, and it had at one time been the haunt of Uday Hussein. The SEALs faced down some of the worst that could be dished out by Al-Qaeda, come back, and always treated me with a level of respect that, quite frankly, spoiled me. So, how does that apply to a U.S. Senate race?
Speaking for self, if I am in a position where there are two good candidates that both have integrity, faith, transferable skills, and are excellent leaders, all things being equal I will lean toward the one that has been in combat, and most certainly one that has special forces training and experience. The reason is that this level of warrior has been trained to be in a position time after time where snap decisions have to be made and actions taken quickly on a repeated basis. Most often the stakes are literally life and death.
In Jared’s case, his specialization is being a sniper, and there is no job on earth that requires more patience. Combining those two qualities and sets of experiences could easily be parlayed into being a senator that gets things done, and gets them done right.
Mr. Hudson is well-known in our fair state as the co-founder of Covenant Rescue Group. CRG has led the charge nationally with regard to going after human traffickers, while working with law enforcement, and in 2024, alone their operations led to over 90 felony arrests.
In addition, Covenant Rescue Group trains law enforcement groups with SEAL-style operations, and they believe that the joint operations are one of the reasons they have had such success.
However, a well-planned op that is tactically solid is no good if you can’t build a case against the offender that will stick. The members of Covenant Rescue Group, while not lawyers, have learned over the years what kinds of things need to be in place ahead of time in order to build an actionable case with admissible evidence that will serve to land him or her behind bars for a long time.
At the town hall, I had a chance to talk with Jared for a moment. I asked him what kind of anti-trafficking legislation he would sponsor if elected, and his answer both surprised and delighted me. “None. We don’t need any more legislation; we just need to enforce what we already have. Just run the ops.”
I also learned from SEALs, while in Iraq, that they are to the man willing to die to protect our right to vote, and I have no doubt this applies to Jared Hudson. However, I would encourage you now to do your due diligence and find out which candidate most clearly resonates with you and your values. Then when the time comes, please vote your well-informed conscience.
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner
June 20, 2025
