Gracie Gato's Speakeasy Podcast
Oct 21, 2026 · 49 min · 13 segments
A candid conversation with Rep. Jonah O. Wheeler. Watch ! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
Jonah WheelerGuestGracie GatoHostAnd you're, you're a controversial figure too because, uh, you're not your typical Democrat.
So do you wanna talk about that? [laughs] Like, you're not exactly, um, the, um...
Well I, I, I guess I could say infamous in a, in a sort, a sort of way or... [laughs]
But, um, yeah, you know, there are obviously some controversies that have happened in the state house.
I'd like to say that my time in the state house is more as a result of, uh, independent-minded leadership.
And I certainly believe that the Democratic Party on a whole host of issues is-
... uh, has a, an orthodoxy that is not correct, that, uh, goes against what the values of our, our party are, whether they be civil liberties and your right to due process, whether they be protecting the innocent from making lifelong harmful decisions or whether that be protecting equal rights under the law from the dissolution of people who would dissolve them by virtue of using self ID as a matter of right.
Medical freedom, making sure that people have the ability to know that they decide what medical products they put into their body, but they're going to have the right to, to decide that and, and they should know, you know, it's, it's not about being anti-vax.
They should know they should have that right, and when they do, more people are gonna end up taking products because they'll feel better about doing so knowing that this isn't being forced upon me.
And so as at, at a time where, you know, public health and the institutions and trust and the meaning of language is being dissolved, I have just refused to accede to an orthodoxy of the Democratic Party which is, uh, militant and leftist.
And you're, you're a controversial figure too because, uh, you're not your typical Democrat.
So do you wanna talk about that? [laughs] Like, you're not exactly, um, the, um...
Well I, I, I guess I could say infamous in a, in a sort, a sort of way or... [laughs]
But, um, yeah, you know, there are obviously some controversies that have happened in the state house.
I'd like to say that my time in the state house is more as a result of, uh, independent-minded leadership.
And I certainly believe that the Democratic Party on a whole host of issues is-
... uh, has a, an orthodoxy that is not correct, that, uh, goes against what the values of our, our party are, whether they be civil liberties and your right to due process, whether they be protecting the innocent from making lifelong harmful decisions or whether that be protecting equal rights under the law from the dissolution of people who would dissolve them by virtue of using self ID as a matter of right.
Medical freedom, making sure that people have the ability to know that they decide what medical products they put into their body, but they're going to have the right to, to decide that and, and they should know, you know, it's, it's not about being anti-vax.
They should know they should have that right, and when they do, more people are gonna end up taking products because they'll feel better about doing so knowing that this isn't being forced upon me.
And so as at, at a time where, you know, public health and the institutions and trust and the meaning of language is being dissolved, I have just refused to accede to an orthodoxy of the Democratic Party which is, uh, militant and leftist.
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