Episode 7: The Divas Who Vote — with Alani Bankhead (Democratic Nominee for US Senate from Montana)

✨THE DIVAS WHO VOTE Featuring Alani Bankhead (Democratic Nominee for US Senate from Montana)✨ SHE HUNTED TERRORISTS. SHE OUTSMARTED CHILD PREDATORS. SHE SERVED HER COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. And now she’s running for the United States Senate. So naturally, we had to ask, is Alani Bankhead a Diva? 👑 This week, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alani Bankhead joins Divas on Call for a conversation that went places we never expected. We talk politics. Healthcare. Affordability. Immigration. Trust in government. Money in politics. What happens when public service stops feeling like service. But this episode became about so much more than policy. Alani takes us inside a career spent protecting some of the most vulnerable people in the world — from counterintelligence and child-exploitation investigations to Lulu, the extraordinary police dog who hunts digital evidence. She tells us why she wanted to THROW UP before operations she was commanding, how imposter syndrome followed her into rooms where other people's lives depended on her, and why sometimes the people most afraid they're not qualified are exactly the people we need leading. She tells us why she never wanted to enter politics, how she secretly hoped her husband would talk her out of running, and why she cried for weeks when she realized what saying yes would cost her. We talk about how you communicate with people who disagree with everything you believe. Why admitting you're wrong might actually make people trust you more. How a bowl of chili can apparently support democracy. And, somehow, Real Housewives enters the United States Senate race. But our favorite moment came when we asked Alani the question we ask every guest: “What makes Alani Bankhead a Diva?” Her answer? "Because I just don't take any bullsh*t anymore." And beneath the military career, the investigations, the politics and the campaign, we asked one final question: When all of this is over, what do you want people to understand about why you tried? Her answer stopped us: “I just want people to feel loved.” ❤️ This is The Divas Who Vote. Not because we're going to tell you what to believe. But because Divas pay attention. Ask questions. Have standards. Speak up. And show up. Your ballot belongs to you. Know what's on it. Know what you stand for. And use it. 🇺🇸 Status? Fabulous. Sparkles? Always. Divas? Forever. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ala... Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: UN8MFC2UIS15ZWZP