Robert James Sutherby

Robert James Sutherby was born in Flint, Michigan. He earned a high school diploma from Grass Lake High School, an associate degree from Jackson Community College in 1987, a bachelor's degree from Spring Arbor University, and a graduate degree from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2021. His career experience includes working as a pastor, insurance agency owner, mortgage brokerage net branch owner, cable TV show co-host, and Bible study teacher. Sutherby has been affiliated with Christian Community Outreach Center, Love AFA, Plumley Nursing Home, Hope Center, NOBTS Alumni, and Good News Club.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a christian and follower of Jesus Christ. Pastor a non denominational church. Have a servants heart as we opened a homeless shelter that brought persecution. I have history of volunterring at the good news club, the hope center, bible studies, nursing home, christian co.munity outreach center, doctor appointments, hospital visits. graduate of multiple faith based schools. Believe strongly in term limits and government reform. Right to life. Day 1 trump supporter in the birthplace of the republican party I approached the executive board of 18 members who was the lead with trump all 18 rejected trump in addition the senare majority leader mike shirkey thought i was lost but i steadfastly held my ground as i will for you as well. I had told the church prior to election against biden why biden would win none of the reasons were policy or intellect. Would love to help the president finish the job he started. Sutherby v sukach is a case where the police chief wrote a false police report and the charges were for life in prison no american should have to go through that. I want to bring light into the darkness as there were other actors. Why when aggrevated perjury happens like this is there apparently no charges brought? We need transparency. Maybe the president will read this and help in that area. President Trump is a rare person and does not like seeing citizens mistreated. Jesus is my savior and through faith believe all need to repent and pray for the USA.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Farming this district is blessed with great agricultural. Its time to reduce the governmental burden on all the paperwork. Farmers need to farm not continually be immersed in govt paperwork. There needs more to be done to simplify and extend the farm help that comes to move that to one year. To have the interest rates better favor the farmer. The lower the cost to farm the lower the price of the product can be. Make it easier for family farms to stay family farms. Discourage the use of farmland becoming solar fields or wind turbines or other things that eat up the farm ground. God blessed this nation mightily we should all take time read 2 Chronicles 7v14 and then do it!The deficit. No more foreign aid until we are out of debt. Make foreign loans instead. The giveaway days need to stop. With interest being our second largest expense we need to wake before it is to late. Eliminate government funds for studies. Evaluate what groups can be consolidated in government. Open up government employment to all its our government. The american people should not be a sub class of potential employees for government. Ask the american people whats not working or ideas they have to cut the deficit we have 50 states to draw on. Reduce the forms each agency manages to increase there forms and rules creating more waste. Having meetings to have more meetings is counter produ tive to helping the american people.Term limits. We see part of the problem is that there appears to be to much sway with lobbyists in congress when people are in office for decades they become less effective it appears as it relates to their constituents. When earmarks are somehow parts of a bill that has nothing to do with the bill we have a problem. You should not have to vote for a bill to find out whats in a bill. Usa jobs website has limited resumes to two pages more than that your not considered. Seems like a good starting point. People in congress do not even know whats in many bills. Term limits are needed so there are people not making it a career but rather a service to the american people. Switching seats is not the answer either house to senate.Lord help

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Affordability. Medical,groceries, housing.

In that order. We need to do better in messaging and address an overhaul of insurance. We need to simplify paperwork remove regulation barriers. We need common sense illegals need removed off the rolls The idea of funding sanctuary cities is ridiculous. Lets get back to the common sense of our founders recalling where are rights come from God himself. A much stronger push to get rid of corruption in government and enforce laws when its caught. Sutherby v sukach is a current case where a police chief and others lied in their oaths yet nothing done about there aggrevated perjury. False police reports should never happen life in prison was at stake. How many are forced into plea deals?

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

I would like all Christians to get out and vote. Jesus is on the ballot you can support those that support Him and the bible or you effectively have allowed satans team to get the better of it as they will then be the ones deciding policy.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a Pastor serving in Big Sandy Tennessee. Much like a Pastor I view the role of this position to be one that serves others. While the church has been going through extreme persecution I felt led to run for this position as it seems each election cycle it is normally the one who spends the most or has the most spent for them that wins. This is the case in the Republican primary again. It seems each year that people are more and more disillusioned by what becomes a forced choice. So I am running for those that feel they are being marginalized in both the parties. Their are six candidates left but notice the silence in having debate or discussion with the independent candidates. The race is pitted as either R or D. Over 70 percent of the democrats did NOT vote for their candidate. And nearly 50% of Republicans did not vote for the candidate. If all these people and include the Christian Community voted for me they would get their candidate, not one that was hand picked by the last person holding the job. Or you would not be forced to vote for the AOC of Dickson County Democrats. This should always be about the people of the district. Their should be a rule that you must live in the district to run, if elected I would put forth such a bill. I would go further to have more open discourse with all people. If elected I would actually ask many of the candidates from both sides to join together to best serve the district.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Anti War, if the war does not help the United States, then we need to stay out of them. The only war I see we should have is about the deficit. Over a trillion dollars in interest each year. The shutdown is showing us firsthand of what is essential and non-essential. We must pare down things and get the debt handled. The DOGE group made many cuts and both parties should be embarrassed by the pork that was found. I notice no one claimed that DOGE lied about the many absolutely ridiculous expenditures. We need to be strategic from information currently known it would appear intercepting boats before they get to the United States makes good sense. Yes, this in unconventional but has doing nothing been working? NO!AI this topic needs to be reigned in. The impact is going to be way beyond what pundits think. The effects are going to displace many workers and in this vein we need to lower the amount of immigration folks coming in. There is going to be many layoffs coming and to help the Americans already here we need to prepare for that, by not continuing the nearly one million a year immigrants each year. The times have changed and as a congressman we need those that are looking ahead on the horizon and discerning what is coming with these changes. We need action not reaction.Economy, we need to not keep looking back on trends and impacts of the past when there are so many new technologies coming out that our economy will not be traditional in any sense in the near future. It is clear that democrats (not all) but the move of the left of the party is clearly towards communism. Some would say socialism. Shortly you will see what that looks like in New York City with Mayor Zohran Mandami. This is not the path that Americans as a collective want to see.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Helping the Oppressed

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Jesus, Jesus the calling of a Christian that is born again in the Spirit. According to the Holy Bible in John 14v6 I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father but by me. If our country could become a Christian nation we would really have something. But instead Gods holy seed of the Bible is seldom followed and even less appreciated for what it is. A love letter that He wrote so that all could be saved. We now in the spirit of anti christ have now courted all kinds of religions this is not the answer. Jesus is the answer. Jesus is "the Christ'. People continue to disavow scripture many do not even believe in the miracle of His virgin birth. Everyone wants to be right and love to add or subtract from scripture, it's now about us, it's about what HE DID FOR US. The bible makes clear in Genesis 2v7 we were born a living soul, that has a body not a body that has a soul. The soul will live forever in one of two place heaven or hell, there is no purgatory in the bible, there is no joseph smith references or Ellen g white references or any other man-made nonsense. Jesus said for us to Love the Lord with ALL of our heart, mind, soul and strength. Not just one hour on Sunday or Saturday. Jesus paid a price no one could pay on their own, and through His shed blood there is remission of sins, not doing a bunch of good but dying into His death like discussed in Romans 6. The signs of His return are so obvious, yet we tend to focus on everything but the Lord. We totally miss the concept that no one is truly good. Look at the story of Noah. But if our position is "in Christ" and we have repented and been born again and believe and have faith totally in the Lord that we will see our family of believers in heaven. That is why Jesus said who is my brother or mother? and said you are as followers of me that love me and keep my commandments. This campaign is a total success if just one person comes 2 faith

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

To simply represent the people that elected you. That means doing their bidding, what they want to see done on their behalf, whether it gets passed or not to show that you are representing them to the best of your ability

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To be accessible and to follow the wishes and help the people in the district get the resources or contacts they need to deal with the matters that are affecting them.

What legacy would you like to leave?

That I love Jesus, that my action in thought and more importantly in deed, James 1v22 tells us to be a doer of the word. This is one reason I am so encourage by Turning Point Faith that people after Charlie Kirk was martyred are answering a call they cannot explain. Charlie left a great one I only got to have a single one on one with Charlie in Nashville at TP Faith, he was anointed by the Lord. I have no illusions of grandeur as the Lord came as a servant to all. He helped everyone. Currently I am blessed to be mentoring a young man each day after school, prayer, bible, school, chess. This is putting one's treasure in heaven. It's not a financial transaction. many are looking to check the boxes of what they think versus what the Bible says. This is where man continually finds himself wanting the ways of the world as the legacy. Jesus said in Matt 16v26 what good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet lose their soul? or what can ANYONE give in exchange for their soul? Yet people continue to focus on a self-legacy, continue to be covetous, continue to have various forms of idolatry. Yet at the same time demand to be in heaven or worse feel they deserve to be. The reality we all deserve HELL but by the grace and mercy of Jesus there is a way. But this path is not based on the productions of church across America, it's not who has the best music production, it's not who has the best coffee it really comes down to what the Bible says about salvation and that one MUST be born again on the Spirit, if a person does not think that to be the case they are lost according to the Bible. It's time for people to put more time into the Bible if they do not understand it please pray James 1v5-6 these verses did an incredible job for me as the Lord answered my prayer for wisdom. But if you cannot believe and pray in faith it says you won't have a breakthrough. Understand the Christian life is not one of ease.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first president I knew that had a brain. One that could understand the people and one that even had a better understand of government. November 4th, 1980. I would have been 14 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Newspaper boy for Jackson Citizen Patriot only 3 years. I started at age 11 got an exemption to start before 12. Was nearly 2 miles to my first stop from where we lived. Danny Zautner a classmate of mine had the route I live on and that gem was kept away from me. Danny was the first person to pass away from our class with a rare cancer, I still think of him from time to time.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Holy Bible this is a book of instruction, wisdom and guidance for anyone. Its Gods Holy word that is the seed for our human hearts. Its sharper than any 2-edged sword. This is God's love letter to us. How we can spend so little time preparing for eternity each week makes me weep.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

The Easter Bunny so I could warn the kids what Easter means to followers of Jesus, it's not bunnies and eggs. But the crucifixion of Jesus and how He paid the price at calvary

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

HAS been was an alcoholic, was a compulsive gambler, was a person who had sex prior to marriage. Jesus delivered me and made me a new creature that still has a long ways to go but that already is a long ways ago now.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Its a melting pot of people and places that should work for the people. They need to introduce a bill that during a shutdown congress folks also don't get paid.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Not really, you could have served as any position for some local unit of government and sadly government people take a government mindset and sometimes miss what the people want or need. How has experience worked out getting to 38 or ever how many trillion in debt. I would suggest that experience didn't help yet we have congress people in service for eons.

What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

AI and the battle for the soul of the country.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes, but a max time in congress needs to be attached. To much structuring and angling for higher seats

What are your thoughts on term limits?

YES PLEASE, this would help with all the money it takes to run as well as lobby. Their needs to be more commitment to not take Pac money in the local offices.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Jesus

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

My own, and it's sad. Lying Law enforcement to the point judge told the prosecutor "You have a perjury problem" yet with all the aggravated perjury was their action taken on behalf of the victim? to date none that I am aware of. Even reading about the fake DUI stops is also another you have to be kidding. In my case it was life in prison. This kind of thing needs to stop, along with any other fake stops.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Depends on the policy

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

NONE, not interested in raising revenue!

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

Wisely

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

I see there is a limit of 750 characters and would not want to alienate anyone.

Candidates hear many personal stories from voters. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching or memorable?

Yes many most from Christians that have spoken their faith and following of Jesus.

What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?

Getting on the ballot

What role should the United States government have in the development or use of artificial intelligence?

NONE that train is already running and out of the station. Let's get the government debt fixed before trying to legislate something that few in congress would fully understand.

What legislation would you enact related to election administration in the United States?

Go back to the concept of Election Day. I remember as a day one Trump guy, getting spit at, cursed at, and even death threats one even made a government-controlled website. What kind of thing is this. It's sad as Pastor and telling the congregation that Joe Biden would win in 2020 prior to the election and listed many of the reasons why. How disgusting! I would simplify it back to paper ballots. Credibility whether warranted or not the machines did not help in this matter. When I served on the recount committee when Jill Stein asks for one on Donald Trump it was all hand counted. Machines are all able to be made fallible so why use them? The idea there is a fight to not have ID to vote is more nonsense.