Over the last three years, Ian Smith, the bombastically bearded co-owner of Atillis Gym, has gained a larger than life persona. Smith, who recently had the chance to meet and strategize with former President Trump regarding Smith’s bid to unseat Andy Kim, has been on TV numerous times to tell his story of how he battled Gov. Phil Murphy, including Tucker Carlson and other national media outlets.

While Smith has told those same stories over and over regarding how he and his partner fought against the lockdowns, I had never heard any interviews that dug into Smith’s past, so I reached out to his campaign to see if he’d be willing to sit down for an interview. I also have reached out to the other two known candidates for the CD3, Andy Kim and Bob Healey, yet neither of those two accepted the offer, but Smith did.

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