(My family at Disney, 2023…not the best camera)
Before anything else, first and foremost, this is a satirical site and podcast. It’s all fictional and a lot of fun.
Breaking Character
I don’t intend on doing this again, but I realize some of you are going to subscribe to the paid newsletter + podcast so I think I owe it to you to at least hear from who is behind William Hardigan.
I’m a dad and husband. Baseball coach. Veteran. MBA. Writer. I’m an intentional idealist with a strong love for our country and the importance of our democracy. I believe in the power of differing perspectives, backgrounds, and genders. I struggle with how selfish many of us have become and how little we tend to care about what the other side has to say.
I’m optimistic. Serious. Frustrated. Private. Bitter. Grateful. I love me some childish humor, and I believe in the role political satire can play in bringing people out from their corners.
I also want to thank you for supporting my work.
Okay. That’s enough. It’s William you want to hear from, not me.
I’m William Hardigan, and This Is Why I’m Risking It All
If you listen to the first episode of the podcast, or read my first post, you’ll get a pretty good understanding of who I am and why I’m doing this. However, I’ll sum it up again here.
I’m a former advertising copywriter who changed careers to journalism. On my first assignment as a journalist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, I landed in Milwaukee covering the Republican National Convention. Before I knew it, one of Trump’s campaign staffers took a look at my name tag and pieced together what my name would sound like if my middle initial were a B. Which, unfortunately for me, it is. Will B. Hardigan…but all that staffer read was…will be hard again. Yep. Giddyup America.
Before I knew it I was in front of Trump himself and he had nicknamed me Boner. He also asked me to be his biographer for his second term. The rest is history.
So why am I doing this? Clearly I could be fired if Trump doesn’t like it.
Well, I’m from South Texas. I’m expected to be at The White House six days a week, so while my my beautiful wife and two children are living in Richmond, Virginia, I’m living in a 300 square-foot apartment over the river from D.C. in Arlington. I haven’t been paid by anyone, so I’m fronting this whole deal from my own wallet.
And, most importantly. I’m not that political. I voted for Trump once. I voted against him once, and I voted for my cousin Tyler once.
I’m fine doing this job or not, however, while I’ve got it, I’m going to make it fun. I think.
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