A new reality TV show called “Rival Survival” features two U.S. senators who are stranded on a remote island together and forced to work together to survive. From the release:
At a time when partisanship in U.S. politics litters the media landscape, Discovery Channel’s RIVAL SURVIVAL brings together two real world political adversaries and maroons them on a remote island for a week. Disconnected from the world on an uninhabited island surrounded by shark infested waters that mirror the seemingly treacherous terrain of the U.S. Congress, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) must put their political differences aside and work together for six days and six nights to find common ground through compromise if they want to survive […].
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) were dropped onto the island of Eru, Marshall Islands, where they have to learn to put their political differences aside for six days and six nights if they want to survive in a harsh desert island environment. They’ve issued a joint statement:
?Both of us know just how frustrated people are with Washington right now. We can both attest that no one is more frustrated than those of us trying to get things done in this environment. We recognize how difficult it can be to cut through the partisanship. So we decided to do something completely out of the ordinary and frankly a little extreme to show the world and our colleagues that even if you have serious differences, if you want to survive you have to work together.?
The interesting thing about this is that apparently the senators approached The Discovery Channel themselves about doing a show. It’s important to note that neither of the two men is up for re-election. It’s amazing how much people can accomplish when they’re not focused on getting re-elected.
The show premiers on The Discovery Channel on October 19.
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