Eric Rollins welcomes back Shane Lewis—U.S. Marine, father, worship leader, R&D engineer, and Republican candidate for California’s 18th Congressional District. CA-18 stretches across six counties: parts of Fresno, Kings, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara, plus all of San Benito. It’s 2½ hours north-to-south—farm communities like Salinas, King City, and Watsonville sitting next to denser pockets in Morgan Hill, Gilroy, and East San Jose.Lewis’s core claim is simple and constitutional: the Preamble already defines the job. Government exists so you can secure the blessings of liberty. It is not supposed to decide your values, raise your kids, or tax you first and ask later.They walk through:Why water and power infrastructure (largely unchanged since the 1960s) is the farm-country issue that also drives city affordabilityCost data since the ACA era: electricity, water, housing, and healthcare up far more than wages—leaving middle- and low-income families with roughly 40% less real room after basicsMaking healthcare premiums, care for aging parents, gym, and self-defense 100% deductible so “rights” actually stay off-limits to the taxmanHIPAA used by California to wall parents off from minors on abortion, pregnancy, and other major decisions—and Lewis’s plan to force parental notification while keeping age-appropriate privacyHomelessness as a community-and-family obligation, not a binary “government or chaos” choiceCivics in grades 2–12 and financial independenceSix years, then home—not a career in WashingtonIncumbent Zoe Lofgren has been in government about 30 years. Lewis says the difference is a father who has watched government crowd out parents and wants Congress to support families instead of substituting for them.Find Shane:https://www.shanelewisforcongress.comFacebook & Instagram | X: @SLewis4CongressIf you believe California still has room for first principles, share this episode and help a Marine who wants to be the water boy on the House floor.The Constitutionalist with Eric RollinsProduced by Phillip Villanueva (PhillVill) / Echo Light Media / Podcast Lair Network and StudioLike, subscribe, comment, and share. Let’s make California roar again.Suggested timestamps00:00 – Intro / “I’m a constitutionalist through and through”01:00 – Welcome back: Marine, father, man of God, candidate02:53 – What CA-18 actually is (six counties, farm + city)05:04 – Water infrastructure as the campaign’s spine07:03 – What urban and rural families have in common09:50 – Role of government: Preamble, not politicians14:09 – Career politician vs. someone who still has kids at home16:52 – Homelessness, charity, and who actually owns the problem20:03 – Taxation as the real wall between rights and government21:08 – Healthcare as a right → 100% deductible25:05 – What voters say: water in the valley, affordability in town28:02 – Five regulated basics pricing families out of houses31:38 – “Call me water boy” + nuclear / hydro34:06 – Parental rights, AB 1955, and a HIPAA overhaul38:13 – Allies, first principles, illegal immigration & apportionment40:12 – First-day wins, kids, six years then home42:36 – Website, hope, civics + financial independence44:34 – Close / call to help shift California
