TED: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS AZ VOTES 2026 "CANDIDATES IN CONVERSATION," A SPECIAL EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

TONIGHT WE FEATURE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ARIZONA'S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS MOST OF TEMPE AND PARTS OF PHOENIX, MESA AND CHANDLER.

OUR "CANDIDATES IN CONVERSATION" IS NOT A FORMAL DEBATE, IT'S AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN CANDIDATES FOR ONE OF ARIZONA'S MOST IMPORTANT FEDERAL OFFICES.

AS SUCH INTERJECTIONS AND THE OCCASIONAL INTERRUPTION ARE ALLOWED PROVIDED THAT ALL SIDES GET A FAIR SHAKE.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

JOINING US NOW FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: REPUBLICAN ZUHDI JASSER, A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

AND DEMOCRAT GREG STANTON, THE INCUMBENT IN DISTRICT-4.

GOOD HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

>> FOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

VO WE'LL START WITH YOU, THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IN THE DISTRICT IS?

>> LOWERING COST FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT.

LOWERING COST FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THERE IS A TYRELL LINE BETWEEN THE POLICIES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE MAGA REPUBLICANS WHO ARE THE MAJORITY IN CONGRESS AND INCREASING THE COST FOR EVERY DAY GOODS, THEY RIPPED AWAY HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE, INCREASED THE COST OF AMERICAN HEALTH CARE BY INCREASING TAX CREDITS, INCREASING ENERGY COST, AS WELL.

AND GAS PRICES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.

WELL OVER $4 A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WAR OF CHOICE IN IRAN.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LOWER COST.

TED: MOST PRESSING ISSUE IN THE DISTRICT IS?

>> HEALTH INSURANCE COST, PREMIUMS, I HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF FAMILIES IN THIS DISTRICT FOR OVER 27 YEARS.

CAN TELL YOU, RIGHT NOW, THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, THE UNAFFORDABILITY OF THE UNAFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT MENS LIKE CONGRESSMAN STANTON PUT INTO PLACE HAVE MADE IT UNABLE TO KEEP THEIR DOCKET, A LOT OF PROMISES HAVE NOT BEEN KEPT.

ALSO, THE OTHER THING IS BRINGING US TOGETHER.

THEY ARE SEEING OUR COUNTRY BEING RIPPED APART BY THE DISEASE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

CREATURES LIKE CONGRESSMAN STANTON.

THEY WANT CHANGE.

OUR FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT WANT CHANGE.

THEY WANT AN INDEPENDENT VOICING, THAT DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE PARTY BOSSES BUT ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THE DISTRICT AND NOT WASHINGTON DC.

>> WELL, THIS IS A KEY ISSUE WHERE DR.

JASER AND I DISAGREE BECAUSE I DO SUPPORT THE AFORM CARE ACT.

HE WANTS TO REPEAL THE AFFORDABLE CARE AC.

IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL IN REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ABLE, NO LONGER WILL PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS BE COVERED.

WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

WE NEEDED TO HAVE HEALTH CARE.

HE IS A GOOD DOCTOR.

HE KNOWS.

WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE A PREEXISTING CONDITION.

OTHERWISE THEY SEE CARE IN THE HIGHEST EXPENSE ARENA WHICH IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOMS.

SO WE NEED PEOPLE PRIMARY CARE.

WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSTEAD OF RIP IT AWAY ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> LISTEN, GREG, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE WELL INTENDED BUT SO FAR OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE REALITY OF THE FRONT LINES OF PRIMARY CARE, TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS.

I NEVER SAID I WANT TO REPEAL THE ACT.

WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS MAKING IT AFFORDABLE.

YOU HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO THE BELTWAY HEALTH CARE, THE BIG HEALTH CARE FOLKSES THAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 25 YEARS INSTEAD YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING A PAYCHECK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE UNAFFORDABLE, THERE IS NO COMPETITION.

THERE IS NO PRICE TRANSPARENCY.

I WANT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE.

SEE PATIENT ALSO THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY HAVE PREEXISTING ILLNESSES OR NOT.

I KNOW THE FRONT LINES OF HEALTH CARE, AND THE HOUSE NEEDS A DOCTOR, NOT A POLITICIAN THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE I POD WAS MADE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE UNAFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHCARE.

THEY PAY FOR IT WITH PREMIUMS, COPAYS, INSURANCES OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND YOUR ANSWER IS JUST TALKING POINTS FROM KING JEFFERIES AND SCHUMER AND NO RELEVANT VANCE TO THE FRONT LINE OF CHAIR WE SEE EVERY DAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

WHEN I AM REELABLED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, I WILL FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN GET COVERAGE UNITED NATIONS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MAKE IT AS INEXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

YOU KNEE ELSE WE ARE GOING TO DO INTHE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, ALONG WITH DONALD TRUMP, CULT $1.00 TRILLION.

RIP MILLIONS OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS OFF OF HEALTH CARE AND PUT RURAL HOSPITALS AT RISK OF BANKRUPTCY AND GOING UNDER.

WHEN YOU LOSE THE RURAL HOSPITAL, WE LOSE IT FOR EVERYONE.

SO NOT ONLY GOING TO FIGHT TO RESTORE THE TAX CREDITS SO PEOPLE CAN GET CARE, I WILL FIGHT TO RESTORE THOSE CULTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE MEDICAID SYSTEM WHICH START JANUARY FIRST OF NEXT YEAR, AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN ARIZONA.

TENS AND THOUSANDS IN OUR DISTRICT.

I AM LOOKING YOU AT, NOT AT THE CAMERA.

I AM LOOKING YOU AT TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FAILING AT YOUR JOB.

YOU HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED ABOUT GREASING THE SKIDS OF THE HOPS AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, CIGNA, UNITED, OTHERS MAY GET PAID WELL BECAUSE THE PANELINGS ARE HELPING YOU AND OTHER THINGS 30-4% OF THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS COME FROM TAX.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WASHINGTON IS THE CANCER.

THE CURE AND TO HELP FAMILIES LOWER THEIR PREMIUMS IS MAKING RULES SO THEY CAN SELL INSURANCE ACROSS THE STATE LINE.

I IS HAVING COME TINGS HEALTH CARE.

NOT MONOPOLIES THAT ARE PREDATORS TEE STROYING PRIVATE PRACTICING.

THERE IS NO MORE SMALL PRACTICES LEFT BECAUSE THE HEALTHCARE MARKET HAS BEEN DECIMATED AND YOU HAVE SALT BY TO LET THAT HAPPEN AS YOU SET IN THE BACK OF THE PARTY BUS WHILE JEFFERIES AND SHUM REMEMBER TELLING YOU WHAT TO SAY.

>> , LOOK, THIS IS THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT THE ENTIRE REPEAL AND REPLACING MADE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND THE LACK OF CLARITY OF WHERE THE DOCTOR STANDS.

LET ME BE 100% CLEAR WHERE I STAND.

THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE RIPPED AWAY THE TAX CREDITS MAKING HEALTHCARE MORE AFFORDABLE SECOND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

I WILL FIGHT TO RESTORE THAT.

LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE RIPPED OFF OF HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAID DOS $1.2 TRILLION.

THE ACCESS SYSTEM HERE IN ARIZONA, WHICH IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM.

WILL FIGHT TO RESTORE.

THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA NEED CARE.

NOT LACK OF CLARITY AND TRYING TO REPEAL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

TED: MEDICARES ONE OF THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP.

MANY OF THESE WERE POLL OFFICE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, FROM REPUBLICANS, IN POWER, IN CONGRESS.

HOW ALIGNED ARE YOU WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIESES?

REGARDING EVERYTHING?

FROM THE NY, FOR REASON AFFAIRS, BUT HOW ALIGNED ARE YOU WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IS THAT WHAT VOTERS AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4 WANT TO SEE.

>> TED, LISTEN.

AM APROFEN INDEPENDENT VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING BIG HEALTHCARE.

I WAS STANDING AGAINST LEADERS OF MAY OWN PROFESSIONAL ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN BUSINESSES SAYING WE WERE ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.

I WAS ACTUALLY SAYING THAT EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY FAMILY IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.

WHEN THE GOVERNMENT AND WASHINGTON, WHILE YOU WERE VOTING FROM A VOTE TELLING US TO BASICALLY SHUT DOWN THE BUSINESSES.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT ON THE BALLOT.

WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT IS RATIONAL POLICIES COME ANOTHER NOVEMBER.

THOSE OPERATION RATIONAL POLICIES, TED, ARE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THINGS MORE COMPETITIVE.

SO WE HAVE PRICEY TO BRING THE PRICES DOWN, AND NOT FEED THE LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE 2,000.

TED: ARE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RATIONAL POLICIES?

BASE IS NOT ON THE BALLOT.

BUT A HE R BUT HE SAYS HE IS ON THE BALLOT.

HE WANTS REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO COME OUT TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

ARE YOU GOING TO ALIGN YOURSELF?

>> I ALIGN MYSELF WITH RATIONAL POLICIESES THAT INCLUDE EXPOSING FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, WHICH GREG JUST PROPOSED WAS SOMEHOW REPELLING AND TAKING AWAY CREDITS AND OTHER THINGS WHICH IS DECEPTIVE PROPAGANDA.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, POLL POLICIES THAT GIVE MONEY BACK TO TAXPAYERS, YOU KNOW?

CONGRESSMAN STANTON VOTED AGAINST THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT BROUGHT DOWN DAX TAXES, NO TAXES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, NO TACKS FOR OVERTIME, NO TAXES ON TIPS.

YOU VOTED AGAINST THAT, GREG.

THAT IS WHY I SUPPORTED THAT BILL, BUT HE DID NOT.

JEEP WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST THE BILL?

WELL, THIS IS TWO CLEAR AREAS WHERE DR.

JASER AND I COMPLETELIES DID AGREE.

I AM GOING TO FIGHT TO RESTORE THE HEALTH CARE CULTS THAT ARE GOING TO RIP AWAY HEALTH CARES FOR MILLIONS OF THE FELLOW AMERICANS.

I WILL REREELECT TO CONGRESS, I WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO RESTORE THOUGH CULTS TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE.

OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ABILITY.

LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT IS SO UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

SO UNPOPULAR THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT SO PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID.

THEY GAVE THE LARGEST TAX CUTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, TO THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS AND THE LARGEST, CORPORATIONS, BLOWING UP THE DEBT.

IT IS $5 TRILLION HIGHER AS A RESULT OF IT.

AND THEY PAID FOR IT BY RIPPING AWAY HEALTH CARE AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS, THE ABILITY TO SEE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SMART.

THEY KNOW WHEN THEY ARE BEING SCREWED OVER, AND THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, GIVEN AWAY THE MASSIVE TAXES, INCREASING OUR DEBT, RIPPING AWAY HEALTH CARE IS THE REASON WHY IT IS SO INCREDIBLY UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HAS TO BE UNDONE.

TED: CALL THE BILL WHAT YOU WILL.

WAS IT A GOOD THING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DIGS STRICK 4?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

EVERY FAMILY TELLS ME THEY DO NOT WAIT UNTIL 2026 TO BE ABLE TO PAY LESS TAXES SO THEY CAN BRING MONEY BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

BRING MONEY BACK TO INVESTING IT IN HOMES.

IF WE WANT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AND OUR DISTRICT, FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOUSES, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD GROCERIES, DO YOU THAT BY REDUCING THE TAX BURDEN.

CONGRESSMAN STANTON IS ANNOYING HOW MUCH OF A ROLE HIM AND OTHERS PLAYED IN MAKING HEALTH CARE UNAFFORDABLE.

IN MAKING PREMIUMS JACK UP.

AND ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS IN WHICH YOU HAVE OVERSEEN THAT.

WE ARE NOT BETTER OFF TODAY.

YOU HAD 20 YEARS IN POLITICS, 12 YEARS INCONNU ROSE FROM CHANGE THESE THINGS, AND YOU HAVE, I AM SORRY, EIGHT YEARS, YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANY OF THAT.

NOW YOU WANT TO BLAME IT ON ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR LITTLE UNDER TWO YEARS, AND WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THERE WITH BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THEN, THEN, BEFORE THAT, SO, AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> STAND STRONGLY BEHIND THE SO-CALLED ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WHICH IS RIPPING AWAY HEALTH CARE FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BLOWING UP THE DEBT.

HE CAN STAND WITH THAT IF HE WANTS.

I STAND AGAINST THAT.

THE OTHER AREA WHERE DR.JASSER AND I DISAGREES THE WAR OF IRAN, THE WAR OF CHOICE UNIRAN, WHICH IS COSTING PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TERMS OF INCREASED GAS COST.

BECAUSE OF THE REMOVES IS CLOSED.

THERE HAS BEEN NO BIGGER CHEERLEADER, THAN I KNOW ANYWHERE, A BIGGER CHEERLEADER FOR TRUMP AND THIS ILLEGAL, IRRATIONAL WAR OF JOYCE THAN DR.

JASSER.

THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WE DIGS AWAY FROM.

FIGHTING FOR HEALTH CARE AND THE WARN IRAN WHICH IS INCREASING COST.

TED: ARE YOU A BIG CHEERLEADER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST IRAN?

>> I AM NO A CHEERLEADER FOR THE PRESIDENT.

AM CHEERLEADER FOR THE FACT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 47 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD A PRESIDENT, THAT NOW HAS THE IRGC LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS, TED.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS 47 YEARS OF CONGRESSMAN STANTON, HIS PARTY SENDING BILLIONS OF TOLL LARS OF PALLETS OF CASH TO IRAN, SAYING WE KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD.

THIS IS THE TEN OF FOREVER WARS.

WE DON'T HAVE TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN IRAN.

WE ARE, YOU LOOK THE FACT THAT THIS IS DRAGGING ON, IT IS PROOF POSITIONTIVE, THAT IF THEY HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS IT WOULD BE UNMITIGATED DISASTER THISMENT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

THE BIND ADMINISTRATION WHICH YOU CHEERED ON, PASLEY, DID NOTHING AND BROUGHT THEM CLOSE TO HAVING NUCLEAR WEEPPONS FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE AMENT THAT IS MAKING THEM PAY A PRICE, SO THEY HAVE NO MORE MILITARY CAPACITY.

AND THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, THERE IS NOTHING I THINK AMERICANS WANT MORE AND PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT WANT MORE THAN AN END OF FOR WARS.

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.

YOU CAN SIT BACK AND SAY YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

BUT AT THE TEND OF THE DAY, WE KNOW HOW QUIET YOU WERE WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS SENDING PALLETS OF CASH.

TED: A RESPONSE, PLEASING.

>> SO THERE IS A CLEAR DISSTRICTION HERE.

THIS WAR NEEDS TO COME TO A THEN.

WE NEED TO LOWER GAS PRICES FOR THE ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

IT IS TURNING AMERICA AGAINST OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO US, WONDERING WHAT THE LOOK WE ARE DOING.

THE STRAIT WAS OPEN BEFORE TRUMP ENTERED THE WAR OF CHOICE.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED TO THE WAR.

IT IS GOING TO TURN INTO A FOREVER WAR.

IT ITS GOING TO TURN INTO A GAG MIRE.

AMERICA IS WEAKER BECAUSE OF THE CHOICE THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION.

HE SUPPORTS TRUMP ROOM IN THE ILLEGAL WAR.

OPPOSE IT IF.

IF DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION, YOU WOULD SAY, YOU WOULD SUPPORT CONGRESS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND APPLYING THE WAR?

>> I SUPPORT IT ALREADY.

EVERY SINGLE WAR RESOLUTION, WAR POWER'S RESOLUTION, TRYING TO BRING THIS WAR TO A THEN, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WAS A WAR OF CHOICE.

CONGRESS HAS TO VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THAT WAR.

THEY NEVER HAVE DONE IT.

THIS WAS CHOICE OF ONE MAN.

WHO MADE A DECISION OF CHOICE TO ENTER INTO THIS WAR, WHICH IS COST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO MUCH, LOST LIVES OF OUR SOLDIERS AND INCREASED COST ON US AND OUR ALLIES, THIS WAR NEEDS TO COME TO AN END.

>> SHOULD CONGRESS HAVE TAKE ANWAR, TAKEN MORE OF A POSITION, WITH THIS PARTICULAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO DECORATION OF BAR THAT NO WAR POWERS IN.

THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED, THE COUNTRY HAS MOVED.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?

>> THE IR RACIAL ALLEY THINK OF TALKING POINTS OF THE PARTY BOSSES, THAT GREG IS USING TO SPEW HERE IS THE FACT THAT, THEY WANT TO CALL THIS A WAR, WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR IRAN FOR 47 YEARS.

SINCE THEY TOOK OUR HOSTAGES IN 79.

SINCE 83 BOMBING IN BEIRUT, SINCE 9/11 ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WHERE IRAN FUELS, FUELS HEZBOLLAH, FUELS WAR AGAINST OUR ALLY, OUR GREATEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL.

THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO DEFLECT THAT.

BECAUSE HE WOULD RATHER AVOID HIS OWN RECORD, WANTS TO SAY WE ARE AT WAR, ET CETERA.

THAT IS NOT THE REALITY.

THE REALLEYTITION THAT I SERVED.

I KNOW WHAT THE PROOSs PRICES ARE AND MILITARY SERVES.

OUR MILITARY PAYS AS A NAVAL OFFICER.

S WITH AT THE CAPITAL ON JULY 1998 WHEN RUSSELL WESTTON JR.

SHOT THE WAY IN.

I WENT TO RESUSCITATE THE SHOT OFFICERS.

SO I KNOW EXACTLY HAZE TERRORISM LOOKS LIKE.

SIR, YOU DO NOT.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THE ONLY WAY YOU END THAT IS BY HAVING THEM FEAR US.

>> BUT MY QUESTION WAS, SHOULD HAVE CONGRESS TAKEN MORE, HAD MORE OF A PRESENCE IN THE AS OPPOSED TO LETTING THE PRESIDENT DO WHAT HE DID ON HIS OWN.

>> THERE IS A REASON, TED, THEMENT IS THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF OVER THE MILITARY.

HE HAS A PREROGATIVE TO PROTECT US, WHEN NECESSARY.

YES, IF IT IS A PROLONGED WAR, JUST AS AFTER/11 CONGRESS GOT INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND DECLARED IT WAS APPROPRIATE WAR IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, ESPECIALLY.

WE DID NOT REACH THAT POSITION HERE.

THIS IS SIMPLY AN ACTION, A SURGICAL ACTION THAT IS PROTECTING, AND SURGICAL ACTION AND NOT A WAR.

DO YOU AGREE.

>> OF COURSE NOT.

AND, AND HE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT I KNOW IN AMERICA WHO DOESN'T THINK THAT WE ARE IN IT.

>> YOU NEED TO TALK.

>> UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION, UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION, WHEN THERE WAS NOT A THREAT, ON/11, OBVIOUSLY TOMORROW IS THE SOLEMN 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRIBLE DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WE WERE ATTACKED IN THE CASE OF THE IRAN WAR, ITATION WAR OF CHOICE, THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT THE UNITED STATES, WHICH MEANS CONGRESS NEEDED TO VOTE ON IT.

THAT IS WHY I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE ON EVERY WAR POWER'S RESOLUTION BECAUSE UNDER THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION, ONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR.

AND SO DR.

JASSER WITH HIS LOVE AND, I GUESS, TRUST OF TRUMP,.

TED: LAST POINT, PLEASE.

A I AM A DEFENDER IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE PROTECTION.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN HOUSE ARREST.

MY PARENTS LEFT THE TYRANNY, SO I UNDERSTAND, BREG, WHAT TYRANNY IS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE THE MOST MORAL FIGHTING FORCE ON THE PLANET.

THAT MORAL FIGHTING FORCE WILL PROTECT US.

YOU ALLOWED THE BORDER TO STAY OPEN HEMORRHAGING FOLKS INTO THE COUNTRY IN THE MILLIONS INCLUDING TERRORIST, DRUG TRAFFICKERS, A TON OF CRIME, THAT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

AND NOW YOU ARE SIMPLY SAYING, THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT ICE AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THE DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS WHAT NATIONAL SECURITIES ABOUT.

THE CONSTITUTION GIVES OUR PRESIDENT THE LEEWAY, THE WAR POWERS.

TED: LOOK, DID YOU SAY LOU?

DID YOU AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION -- WAS THERE A LAX IN TERMS OF JUST A LACK OF FOCUS ON THE BORDER DURING THOSE YEARS?

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS WRONG ON THEIR SHOE.

IF HE KNOWS -- PEOPLE KNOW MY RECORD, I WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO USE EXECUTIVE POWER TO BRING MORE ORDER TO THE BORDER.

LOOK.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK IMMIGRATION.

I AM HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION BECAUSE I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF A PLAN.

STRONG BORDER SECURITY AND MODERNIZED INCLUDING ALLOWING THE DREAMERS, A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW BY THE ADMINISTRATION IS MASS DEPORTATION.

PEOPLE HAVE NOT OTHERWISE COME MILTED CRIMES AND BEING DETAINED AND DEPORTED.

THERE IS A REASON WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, RIGHT NOW, ARE SO ANGRY ABOUT HOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS EN GAMING IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT APROP.

I BELIEVE IN THE STRONG BORDER SECURITY.

BUT ACTUAL LAY MODERNIZED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, AKIN TO WHAT SENATOR McCAIN SUPPORTED OVER A DECADE AGO, IF WE HAD DONE THAT THEN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW.

WE DO NEED A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS OWL AIL WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR.

TED: DO YOU SUPPORT WHAT YOU SEEN THE STREETS OF AMERICA REGARDING ICE AGENTS?

>> I SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW.

I SUPPORT A BORDER THAT IS SECURED.

I SUPPORT OUR POLICE.

GREG STANTON DID NOT.

HE VOTED AGAINST FUNDING THEM.

TED: I UNDERSTANDS THAT.

I AM ASKING BUT ICE AND THE ACTION ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE INCONNU GRESSAL 4 HAVE READ ABOUT.

THEIR ACTIONS REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> IF THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF UNACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICERS THAT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, NOBODY IS SAYING THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS , THE ICE AGENTS SHOULD NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLABLE.

CONGRESSMAN STATTON USED THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN TO TAKE AWAY PAY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, TSA AGENTS A AND OTHERS WHICH WASES A GLOBAL PUNISHMENT WHICH IS NOT WHAT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS WOULD DO.

I WOULD NEVER VOTE TO HOLD OVER THE HEAD OF OUR STATE SECURITY ISSUES BY NOT PAYING HOMELAND SECURITY BUT CONGRESSMAN STANTON DID THAT FOR 43 DAYS, TWICE HE VOTED AGAINST OPENING OUR GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU THE DIAGNOSIS, THE PROBLEM THE PATH OL LOW IF I, THE CAN CERTAIN WASHINGTON, OF FOLKS WHO ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, TO THEIR OWN PARTY.

HE CLAIMS NOW TO NOT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEMORRHAGING FORKED BORDER.

CLAIMS TO BE BIPARTISAN.

REALLY I TELL FOLKS TO GOOGLE.

TAKE A LOOK.

FIND A SPEECH FROM GREG STANTON.

STANDING WITH OTHER REPUBLICANS TO SEAL THE BORDER WITH NEW YORK WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED AND WHAT I FELT HE DID WAS TREASON.

OK.

ALL RIGHT.

RESPONSE?

>> WELL, THINK THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES.

I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO BRING BACK HEALTH CARE TOLL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WAS RIPPED YOU A WAY BY THINK ADMINISTRATION AND BY THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.

WE DISAGREE ON THE ISSUE OF THE IRAN WAR.

I OPPOSE THE IRAN WAR.

HE SUPPORTS IT.

I AM -- I WOULD -- I AM ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT WORKS ACROSS THE AISLE.

WORKS IN BIPARTISAN WAY.

I CONSIDER THAT A STRENGTH, NOT A WEAKNESS.

I GET CRITICIZED BY THE EXTREME END OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.

TED: PLEASE ADDRESS WHAT HE SAID.

YOU DID NOT ENFORCE?

DID YOU NOT ENCOURAGE?

YOU DID NOT SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT?

>> WELL, JUST TODAY, UM, THE POLICE ORGANIZATION, FOP, ENDORSED MY CAMPAIGN.

NO POLICE ORGANIZATION WOULD DO THAT IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW I HAVE THE BACK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT STRONG BORDER SECURITY, AND A MODERNIZED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, ONE IS NOT THE OPPOSITE MUCH THE OTHER.

I HAVE BEEN CONSIST TEN ON THAT.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

OOP GREG, IF YOU WERE BIPARTISAN ABOUT POLICE ENFORCEMENT YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING PRESSION CONFERENCE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN ANSAHRI WHOS THE MOST ANTI-POLICING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, SO YOU PICK HER TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY SAYING TO OTHER MEMBERS, TO REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS WHAT I DO EVERY DAY, IS WORK WITH PENTS, CONSERVATIVES.

I DON'T LOOK AT THE REGISTRATION OF THE PATIENTS BEFORE I SEE THEM.

SO YOU COULD HAVE EASILY TAKEN REPUBLICANS AND SAY LET'S GO IN SIDE THE DETENTION CENTERS TOGETHER AS BOTH PARTIES.

NO.

YOU DID IT AS A STUNT FOR JEFFREY FORCE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY INSTEAD.

TED: WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS SUG SUGGESTING BUT AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, YOU HAVE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT.

>> WHY DID YOU BRING REPUBLICANS WITH YOU?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IS FAIL TOLL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT.

THEY HAVE LET THIS PRESIDENT WALK OVER THEM.

THEY HAVE GIVEN AWAY THE POWER ON TARIFFS.

THEY HAVE GIVEN AWAY THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR AND WHEN, WHEN OTHER CONGRESS MEMBERS AND I HAVE GONE TO DETENTION CENTERS THAT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO KNOW.

TED: THAT WRAPS UP.

THAT WRAPS UP A LAMB BOY BOW ON THIS THING.

WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED YOU.

HE SAYS YOU TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH THE PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH THE, CAN PARTY ON EVERYTHING?

FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT ACCURATE?

THAT IS WHAT VOTERS IN CD4 WANT?

>> LISTEN, VOTERS WANT SOMEONE WHO IS RATIONAL WHO HAS RUN A BUSINESS, THAT HAS SIGNED THE FRONT OF A PAYCHECK, THAT IS TAKING CARVE PATIENTS AND NOT A POLITICAL CREATURE FOR OVER 27 YEARS SINCE BEFORE GOOGLE EXISTED.

TED: WHAT ABOUT UM TRUMP?

>> I DISAGREE HOW MUCH HE USED TARIFFS.

I DISAGREE HIM ON THE PUR CHAFES INTEL, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEBODY WHO ESCAPED OUR FAMILY, OUR FAMILIES ESCAPED SOCIALIST TYRANNY.

GREG STANTON COULD NOT VOTE AGAINST SOCIALISM LAST WEEK AND CLAIMS TO BE PARTISAN.

IT DEMOCRATS VOTESSED AGAINST.

WE HAVE TO STOP IT RIGHT HERE.

WE ARE, ALAS, A POINT OF AGREEMENT.

WE NEED TO FIGHT LIKE HELL AGAINST THE ILLEGAL TARIFFS WHICH ARE RAISING COST.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

OK.

YOU GUYS, ALL RIGHT.

>> WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

TED: WE HAD AGREEMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CANDIDATES.

IT'S NOW TIME FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS, AND GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WE START WITH ZUHDI JASSER.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

GREG, IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AS A PHYSICIAN, AS A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I AM RUNNING IS OUR COUNTRY NEEDS CHANGE.

OUR COUNTRY NEED A HOUSE NEEDS A DOCTOR, NOT THE WAIVE DOING BUSINESS.

AND THE BOTTOM LINE THAT IS WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH ENRICH RESPECT INTERNALLY WITHIN CONGRESS, THEY HAVE FOR GO WHAN IT IS LOOK FOR FAMILIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO DECREASE COSTS, TO AFFORDABILITY, TO HAVE SOLUTIONS, TO BUILD COALITIONS, I CAN DO THAT, I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.

I HAVE BEEN A PROVEN FIGHTER.

TALK ABOUT FIGHTINGER LIKE IT IS A TALK POINT.

AT IN THE OF THE DAY, BEING A FIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT.

I HAVE PROVEN IN HEALTH CARE, FIGHT AGAINST BIG MEDIA.

FIGHTING AGAINST BIG ISLAM AND REFORM, COUNTERTERRORISM FOR MANY YEARS.

SO I ASKED FOR YOUR VOTE HUMBLY.

I ASK FOL BEES TO TAKE A LOOK AT Z AND TO LOOK AT GREG'S REAL RECORD TO LEARN ABOUT THE REAL, THE REAL REFORM AND REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE CAN HAVE.

TED: ALL RIGHT THANKS SO MUCH.

AND NOW THE CLOSING STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON.

>> THANK YOU DR.

JASSER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A DOCTOR IN THE MILITARY.

LOOK.

I HAVE BEEN CLEAR.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLEAR HE IS AC WILLING I WHAT I AM GOING TO DO WHEN REELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REESTABLISH HEALTHCARE, PARTICULARLY RESTORE THE CUTS MADE TO THE ACCESS SYSTEM, SO THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CAN SEE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO RESTORE THE TAX CREDITS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, SO MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH CARE.

WE NEED TO CHAIR.

CARE, WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO LOWER COST AND GET RID OF THE ILLEGAL TARIFFS, END THIS WAR, WHICH IS RAISING ENERGY, GAS PRICES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND FIGHT THE CORRUPTS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS CORRUPTION IS INCREASING THE COST FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR VOTE IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION.

TED: YES THANKS VERY MUCH.

THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.