{"id":25624,"date":"2014-09-12T19:46:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T11:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=25624"},"modified":"2025-01-12T07:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:31:37","slug":"us-senate-rivals-survive-stay-on-remote-island-for-reality-tv-show-say-co-operation-was-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/12\/us-senate-rivals-survive-stay-on-remote-island-for-reality-tv-show-say-co-operation-was-key\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate rivals survive stay on remote island for reality TV show, say co operation was key"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.\u2014Two freshmen U.S. senators from opposite sides of the political aisle said Thursday they survived and even co-operated while spending a week marooned together on a remote island for a new reality show, \u201cRival Survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Mexico Democrat Martin Heinrich and Arizona Republican Jeff Flake said they hope their adventure, scheduled to air Oct. 29 on Discovery Channel, inspires their colleagues in Washington to work together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBoth of us know just how frustrated people are with Washington,\u201d the two said in a joint statement. \u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n

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Discovery says the show was filmed on the island of Eru in the Marshall Islands while Congress was on its August break.<\/p>\n

Discovery describes the island \u201cas an utterly unforgiving deserted destination where the reefs alone are fraught with dangers that include venomous stonefish, lionfish and scorpion fish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heinrich, a progressive Democrat, said the conservative Flake approached him with the idea for the show a few weeks after they spent hours on the Senate floor during a budget debate sharing photos of vacations, including two that Flake took to the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I thought it was crazy,\u201d Heinrich said. \u201cBut then I thought the idea of contrasting us working together when the national election is in full swing actually makes a bit of sense.<\/p>\n

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The senators were each allowed to pick three survival items from what Discovery called a modest list, then were forced to jump from a boat and swim to shore with just those items and the clothes on their backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hard,\u201d Heinrich said. \u201cIt was full-on survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

In advance of the show, Heinrich was only allowed to reveal one of the items chosen: a machete, which he said was crucial for cracking coconuts on the island with no fresh water source.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t be drinking coconut water for a while,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that trend is over for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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