>>> HELLO.

ATLANTA BUREAU CHIEF WITH NET STAR MEDIA GROUP.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FROM GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTS NEAR ATLANTA.

GENERAL ELECTION DEBATE AMONG ATTORNEY GENERALS DEBATE.

MEET THE CANDIDATES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, CHRIS CARR, REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

NEXT WE HAVE MARTIN COLON LIBERTARIAN, FORMER ASSOCIATE PROBATE JUDGE AND LAST NOT AT LEAST JEN JORDAN, SERVING GEORGIA STATE SENATOR FOR DISTRICT 6.

NOW LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS.

WE HAVE JILL NOLAN COVERING STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS FOR GEORGIA REPORTER AND ROSE SCOTT IS HOST OF WAVE'S "A CLOSER LOOK WITH ROSE SCOTT."

VISIT THE WEBSITE, ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG/DEBATES.

TO START THE DEBATE EACH CANDIDATE ASKED ONE QUESTION.

CANDIDATES HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.

JILL NOLAN, YOU HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION TO JEN JORDAN.

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

SENATOR JORDAN YOU'VE SAID IF ELECTED YOU WOULD NOT USE STATE RESOURCES FOR THE STATE ABORTION LAW AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE.

SOME ARGUED REPRESENTING THE STATE IN COURT EVEN IF YOU DON'T PERSONALLY SUPPORT THE LAW IN QUESTION.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS CRITICISM?

>> YES.

I BELIEVE ENFORCING ALL STATE LAWS BUT MY PRIMARY OBLIGATION ENFORCE OUR STATE'S CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S THE OATH I TOOK AS A LAWYER AND AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND WHEN THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO THE CONSTITUTION CONTROLS.

THAT'S WHY WHEN I TALK ABOUT NOT DEFENDING THE LAW, WHAT I DO TALK ABOUT IS THAT I WOULD CHALLENGE IT IN COURT.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S JOB.

>> RUTH SCOTT YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION TO MARTIN CALLAN.

>> MR. CALLAN YOUR TWO OPPONENTS ON OPTION SIDES OF GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAW PROHIBITS MOST ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.

IF ELECTED AS GEORGIA'S NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THIS A LAW YOU WOULD DEFEND AS CONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT?

>> I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED ROE V. WADE AND I STILL SUPPORT ROE V. WADE.

I WAS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME CORPORATE DECISION AND PARTICULARLY OBJECTSED TO IT BEING POORLY WRITTEN DECISION.

A REASONED MEASURED DECISION, I ALWAYS THOUGHT.

I AM ON JEN JORDAN'S, SENATOR JORDAN'S SIDE ON THIS, BUT USE THE PHRASE PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION.

THAT IS A LOOPHOLE FOR ANY PROSECUTOR THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN DRIVE A TRUCK AND I CAN PROMISE YOU MY PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION WOULD BE EXERCISED AND NOT PROSECUTING DOCTORS AND PATIENTS WHO WERE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT VERY DIFFICULT DECISION.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE DOES AND CAN DO.

IF ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT I'D SEND THEM TO A GEORGIA PRISON, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PROSECUTE SOMEBODY MURDERED IN PRISON, WHICH I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ALSO.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JILL, LAST QUESTION THIS ROUND FOR CHRIS CARR.

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL CARR, THE ATLANTAAL JOURNAL CONSTITUTION AND KAISER REPORTED ACCEPTED $70,000 FROM COMPANY EXECUTIVES A VENDOR THAT'S ACCUSED OF INFLATING DRUG COSTS IN GEORGIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM.

A SETTLEMENT REACHED IN GEORGIA GOING THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

WHY, OR WHY NOT?

>> FIRST OF ALL LET ME THANK THE PRESS CLUB FOR HOSTING THIS DEBATE.

TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, CANDIDATES WHO ARE HERE.

LET ME START, ONE FROM A CAMPAIGN PERSPECTIVE I'VE DONE EVERYTHING ABOVE BOARD LEGALLY ETHICALLY AND HONESTLY.

RECEIVING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS WE REPORT THOSE, HOW THE MEDIA KNOWS WE RECEIVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANYBODY.

FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOK AT FACTS AND LAW.

MY ONE GOAL AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO ALWAYS VIGOROUSLY DEFEND OUR CLIENT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PEOPLE OF OUR STATE.

END OF THE DAY THIS REALLY DOES -- I'M PROUD OF THE RECORD I HAVE AND PUT TOGETHER THE LAST SIX YEARS SERVING AS ATTORNEY GENERAL WORKED WITH THE GOVERNOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROUD I AM A RULE OF LAW ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT ALSO PRO-BUSINESS.

I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.

>> THANK YOU.

CONCLUDES FIRST ROUND OF THE DEBATE.

CANDIDATES NOW ASK A QUESTION TO OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

BE SPECIFIC.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK THE QUESTION, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKS THE QUESTION WILL HAVE A 30-SECOND TIME FOR REBUTTAL.

BY RANDOM SELECTION, MARTIN CALLAN YOU MAY ASK THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION FOR SENATOR JEN JORDAN.

IF A GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA CLAIMED PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY TO CONFINE ALL UNVACCINATED PEOPLE TO THEIR HOMES OR TO REMOVE THEM TO SOME KIND OF CAMP, WILL YOU JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS ENFORCE THAT ORDER?

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WITH RESPECT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER FOR THE GOVERNOR AND SUPPOSED TO SERVE AT A CHECK ON THE GOVERNOR.

MY OBLIGATION WILL ALWAYS BE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE AND WHILE OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO DO WHAT YOU CAN IN TERMS OF REPRESENTING THE EXECUTIVE OR GIVING THEM ADVICE, END OF THE DAY, IF THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO VIOLATE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE, THEN CLEARLY I WOULD STAND IN THE BREACH AND NOT ALLOW THAT.

>> MARTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT?

30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> VERY GLAD TO HEAR YOU WOULD OPPOSE PUTTING PEOPLE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AND I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THE ANSWER.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHRIS CARR, NEXT QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. CALLAN.

MR. CALLAN, AS ATTORNEY GENERAL I'VE ACTED ROUTINELY TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF GEORGIANS FROM FEDERAL OVERREACH UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

I JOINED OTHER STATES IN SUING PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STOP CONSTRUCTION ON THE MUCH-NEEDED KEYSTONE PIPELINE.

WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED MY ACTION TO FIGHT FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND THE FREE MARKET?

>> I HATE TO BE ASKED A QUESTION TO WHICH I CAN SAY I ADMIRE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, GENERAL CARR.

SO MY ANSWER IS, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THESE LAWSUITS THAT THE CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS FILED AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BOY IS THAT NEEDED, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN GEORGIA, AND IN FLORIDA, AND OTHER STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SO I HAVE TO, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS, CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE LAWSUITS.

I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF FREEING UP THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND I WANT THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS.

THANK YOU.

>> CHRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT?

30 SECONDS.

>> AS ATTORNEY GENERAL I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER FROM MR. COLON BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO PROTECT LIVES, LIBERTY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.

JOE BIDEN HAS DON BEYOND HIS CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS.

THE KIND INVESTED WE NEED TO RESTORE AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

FISING FOR THE CONSTITUTION I'M FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN JOBS, LOWER GAS PRICES, AND LESS RELIANCE ON EVIL REGIMES THAT HATE US.

MY DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, HOWEVER, WOULD SIDE WITH BIDEN, AND THE EXTREMISTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN US IN THIS MESS.

>> THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR THAT.

JEN JORDAN, FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> YES.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR MR. CARR.

MR. CARR, WHILE ATTORNEYS JERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE CRACKING DOWN ON COMPANIES NAMES FOR RIPPING OFF TAXPAYERS INFLATING DRUG PRICES YOU COZIED UP TO THE COMPANY AND ITS EXECUTIVES TAKING APPROXIMATELY $75,000 IN DONATIONS, IN THIS YEAR ALONE EVEN FLEW A PRIVATE PLANE TO ST. LOUIS FOR A FUND-RAISER AS A BASEBALL GAME WITH 16 EXECUTIVES.

THE VERY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDED THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.

MY QUESTION IS, MR. CARR, WILL YOU CONTINUE TO PUT YOUR PERSONAL INTEREST AND INTERESTS OF YOUR CORPORATE DONORS AHEAD OF THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA?

>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, SENATOR.

SHOWS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE FACTS ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.

THIS SHOWS TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND BELIEVE IN RULE OF LAW.

FOLKS IN THIS STATE HAVE SUPPORTED ME WHETHER THEIR COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS.

MY OPPONENT, HOWEVER, CALLS CORPORATIONS IN GEORGIA PREDATORY.

SHE HAS A LIST OF COMPANIES SHE WANTS TO SUE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

FINANCIAL SERVICES IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, DOCTORS, SHE WANTS TO SUE YOU.

IN ADDITION, THIS IS REALLY -- THIS IS A DESPERATE CANDIDATE.

THIS IS A DESPERATE CAMPAIGN WHO REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE JOB SHE WAS ELECTED TO DO IN THE LEGISLATURE.

SHE INTENTIONALLY SKIPPED 164 VOTES INCLUDING VOTES THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED DEFUNDING THE POLICE, INCREASED PENALTIES FOR DOMESTIC ABUSERS, WHO USE A GUN, INCREASED PENALTIES FOR STREET RACING, INCREASING FUNDING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VOTED TO ENSURE THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS.

>> JEN, A 30-SECOND REBUTTAL?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD LECTURE ME ABOUT NOT SHOWING UP.

ASK IN AUGUSTA AND MACON REFUSED TO SHOW UP AND PROSECUTE SOME OF THE STATE'S MOVIE CRIMINALS AND STREET GANGS.

ASK MY CONSTITUENTS YOU DIDN'T SHOW UG ASKING FOR HELP A COMPANY NO MY DISTRICT EMITTING CARCINOGENS AND WE WEREN'T EVEN TOLD ABOUT IT.

ASK THE PEOPLE OF BRUNSWICK HOW YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FAILURES TO PROSECUTE THE MURDERERS OF THAT YOUNG MAN, AHMAUD ARBERY IN THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

>> I HAVE TO RESPOND, BECAUSE SHE HAS MADE A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS.

>> WE WILL COME BACK IN ROUND THREE AND CONTINUE THAT.

IN INTERESTS OF TIME CONTINUING THE DEBATE.

NOW WE MOVE ON TO ROUND THREE.

THANK YOU FORETHOSE JUST JOINING US.

THIS IS THE GENERAL ELECTION DEBATE BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO OUR PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF TIME, AND AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE I MAY INTERJECT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES AND ALSO DWHERM A REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.

ROSE SCOTT, FIRST QUESTION IN THIS ROUND, FINAL ROUND.

>> THANK YOU.

THIS QUESTION'S FOR SENATOR JORDAN.

SENATOR, YOU STATED THAT GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAW "RUNS AFILE OF THE GEORGIA CONSTITUTION."

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO VOTERS YOU HAVE SAID YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE THAT BUT UNDER WHAT PROVISION OF A STATE CONSTITUTION WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE A SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE.

>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

I THINK SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK TO IS THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY UNDER GEORGIA'S STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICH WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN 1905.

THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS HAD A RIGHT OF PRIVACY -- WAY BEFORE EASTERN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED IT IN GRISWALD VERSUS CONNECTICUT.

SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO GEORGIA, WE RATIFIED OUR CONSTITUTION IN 1982, THE LAST TIME.

SO THE VOTERS OF THIS STATE RATIFIED A CONSTITUTION WITH RIGHT OF PRIVACY RECOGNIZED IN THAT HAD, IN THAT VOTERS KNEW, INCUMBENTS, THE ACTUAL RIGHT TO ACCESS ABORTION CARE OR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.

THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT IT RUNS AFOUL OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION NO MATTER WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID WITH RESPECT TO THE REVERSAL OF ROE V. WADE AND THAT'S ALSO WHY I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WOMEN OF THIS STATE ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR RIGHTS GIVEN BACK TO THEM WHILE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE THAT WE HAVE WITH US HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE STRIPPED.

>> THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND, MR. CARR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I'VE STOOD UP FOR THE WOMEN OF THIS STATE FIGHTING TO PROTECT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM, FIGHTING TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF GANGS.

FIGHTING THOSE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FROM AN ELDER ABUSE STANDPOINT.

BUT MY OPPONENT SKIPPED VOTES.

MADE A LIVING SUING OB-GYNs AND HEALTH CARE CLINICS, AND SKIPPED A VOTE AND VOTED NO TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

HER RHETORIC DOESN'T MATCH HER ACTIONS.

IN ADDITION ALSO HERE WE ARE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CANNOT SUE THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

IT DEFENDS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> THANK YOU, CHRIS, APPRECIATE IT.

GO TO JILL, NEXT QUESTION FOR CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE.

>> THINK CONFESS IS FOR EVERYONE.

START WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL CARR.

WHAT IS YOUR INTERPRETATION OF GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAW?

CAN PREGNANT WOMEN ARE PROSECUTED UNDER HB 41?

>> A GREAT QUESTION.

ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS NOT TO INTERPRET THE LAW.

THE ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THIS STATE.

ON DAY ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL POLITICAL SCIENCE WE KNOW THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MAKES THE LAW.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH UPHOLDS THE LAW.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH INTERPRETS THE LAW.

OUR JOB AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE STATE.

NOW, SOMEBODY THAT LIKED THE LAW IN THIS STATE, ABSOLUTELY FINE, BUT YOU RUN FOR THE LEGISLATURE, IN THE CASE OF SENATOR JORDAN YOU DON'T QUIT THE LEGISLATURE.

STAY AND FIGHT TO CHANGE THE LAWS BUT DON'T RUN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CERTAINLY DON'T RUN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR CERTAINLY NOT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER -- >> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE STATUTE SAYING A PREGNANT WOMAN WOULD BE PROSECUTED.

ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THERE'S THE NO AUTHORIZATION TO PROSECUTE.

IF ANYONE, PROVIDERS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS LAW IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GO TO MARTIN.

SAME QUESTION AND THEN TO JEN.

>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD INTENDED TO ASK BUT DECIDED NOT TO WAS GEORGIA REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE WHOLE AND FOR THE MOST PART PRO-LIFE AND PRO-DEATH PENALTY.

I WAS GOING TO ASK IF A GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENACTED A DEATH PENALTY FOR DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS WHO DID ABORTIONS, WOULD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE SUPPORT THAT?

AND, OF COURSE, MY ANSWER WOULD BE, NO.

I DON'T SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND DON'T SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY AT ALL FOR THAT MATTER AND STRONGLY RESIST ROE V. WADE AS IT STOOD.

HOW THAT COULD BE DONE WOULD REMAIN SOMETHING FOR LEGAL RESEARCH BUT I PROMISE YOU THIS -- I WOULD RESIST ALL PROSECUTIONS THAT WERE OF PEOPLE WHO BEHAVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROE V. WADE.

>> THANK YOU.

JEN, FINAL RESPONSE.

>> THE LAW ABSOLUTELY ALLOWS FOR PROSECUTION OF WOMEN, PROSECUTION OF DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, NURSES, PHARMACISTS AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE PERSONHOOD PART OF THE BILL, WHICH NOW SAYS THAT EFFECTIVELY AN EMBRYO IS A PERSON UNDER GEORGIA LAW, MEANING FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES INCLUDING EVEN THE PROTECTIONS OF THE LAW.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE HOMICIDE STATUTE.

THE MANSLAUGHTER STATUTE.

YOU KNOW, EVEN CHILD ABUSE.

THE CHILD ABUSE STATUTE ALL OF THAT WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY TO AN EMBRYO AND A PREGNANT WOMAN IF SHE WERE TO HARM THE EMBRYO AND ACTUALLY MAYBE CAUSE HERSELF TOE HAVE A MISCARRIAGE.

I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS TO SAY THAT THIS LAW DOES NOT LET A PROSECUTOR GO AFTER A WOMAN, BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT IT DOES.

I THINK THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS NOT TALK ABOUT THAT, NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF WOMEN KNEW ABOUT IT, THAT THEY WOULD BE VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS DOWN THE LINE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY NAME, HAVE TO SAY THIS.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

GEORGIA LAW SAYS A WOMAN CAN'T BE PROSECUTED FOR HOMICIDE IF SHE OBTAINS AN ABORTION.

SENATOR IS WRONG.

ALSO KNOWS THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BILL THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT SHE JUST SAID.

COURTS INTERPRETATION LEGISLATION BEING LEGISLATURE INTENDED TO INCLUDE THE THINGS IT INCLUDED AND INTENDED TO KEEP OUT THOSE THAT IT DIDN'T.

SHE KNOWS THAT'S NOT IN THERE.

I'M PROTECTING WOMEN OF THIS STATE FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING, GANGS, ELDER ABUSE.

SHE'S SIMPLY TRYING TO SCARE THEM FOR CRAFT POLITICS.

>> THANK YOU FOR REBUTTALS AND POINTS.

IN INTEREST OF TIME NEXT TOPIC TO OUR GUEST IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME.

COMES TO GUN CONTROL, COMES TO MASS SHOOTINGS WHAT WILL YOU DO OR CONTINUE TO DO TO KEEP THE STREETS OF GEORGIA SAFER?

START WITH MARTIN THEN JEN AND THEN CHRIS.

HOW WILL YOU KEEP THE STREETS OF GEORGIA SAFER?

>> WELL, AS A LIBERTARIAN I'M OPPOSED TO ALL GUN LAWS.

I THINK THE GREAT TRAGEDY?

UVALDE, TEXAS, HAS SHOWN 400 POLICE OFFICERS WILL JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS STAND OUTSIDE A SCHOOL WHILE 19 CHILDREN AND 2 ADULTS ARE BRUTALLY MURDERED.

TRAGICALLY, THAT TERRIBLE ACT -- THE FAILURE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, ALMOST 400 POLICE OFFICERS NOT TO RUN IN THERE AND STOP THAT, HAS DAMAGED THE REPUTATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING.

MY MODEL FOR POLICE BEHAVIOR IS THAT OF THE "ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" REMEMBER SHERIFF ANDY TAYLOR OF MAYBERRY, NORTH CAROLINA DID HAVE A GUN.

WALKED AROUND THE STREETS BEING PLEASANT TO CONSTITUENTS.

THAT'S MY MODEL FOR POLICE.

EDESPISE THIS NEW, LET'S ALL, MILITARY UP AND CARRY ENORMOUS FIREARMS FOR OUR SUBJECTS.

I'M OPPOSED TO THAT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JEN, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

HOW WILL YOU KEEP THE STREETS OF GEORGIA SAFER IF ELECTED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL?

>> LOOK, EVERY SINGLE PERSON NEEDS AND DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND I THINK THAT'S THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT.

SO SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO GUN LAWS.

I AM A BELIEVER IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OWN GUNS.

BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY I DON'T -- I DON'T AGREE WITH PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH RIGHTS TO ENFORCE BASED ON GENDER OR RACE OF THE PERSON THAT THE RIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT.

LOOK, IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ONLY THIS COUNTRY, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE.

I SUPPORT SAFE STORAGE.

I SUPPORT RED FLAG LAWS.

I SUPPORT BACKGROUND CHECKS TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM.

AS A MOTHER, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I AM FURIOUS, FURIOUS, AND AS A SENATOR, I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER.

LOOK, AS THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL I'LL WORK WITH LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO GET ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREETS AND OUT OF VIOLENT STREET GANGS.

SO WITH RESPECT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, HE HAS NOT BEEN DOING THAT AND HAS BEEN SUPPORTING BILLS THAT -- >> RESPOND JUST -- >> ILLEGAL GUNS PRO LIVERATE ALL OVER THE STATE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

PAST SIX YEARS PRAECTED LIVES THROUGH HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AND GAK UNIT AND GLAD WE HAVE THIS UNIT NOW GOING STATE-WIDE.

WE HAVE CERTAIN ATTORNEY GENERALS ENDORSING MY OPPONENT DON'T WANT TONE FORCE CERTAIN LAS.

WE CAN NOW GO INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES LIKE IN ATHENS MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

I WELCOME MY OPPONENT SENATOR JORDAN TO THE DISCUSSION.

SHE HASN'T TALKED ABOUT CRIME YET.

IN FACT, CRIME WENT UP 60% IN HER OWN DISTRICT IN THE SHORT TIME SHE WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE.

SHE NEVER SAID A WORD.

SHE NEVER OFFERED ASOLUTIONS.

AGAIN, SHE STANDS ARM IN ARM WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THAT DON'T WANT TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

WHEN SHE HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE TO INCREASE PENALTIES ON DOMESTIC ABUSE, ABUSERS WHEN THEY USED A WEAPON, SHE INTENTIONALLY SKIPPED THAT VOTE.

SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS FROM DEMOCRATIC-RUN CITIES IN THIS STATE.

SEEN IT AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I'M PROUD OF THE UNIT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT INCLUDING GOING AFTER THOSE WHO USE ILLEGAL GUNS OR ILLEGALLY USE THEM.

>> QUICK REBUTTAL, JEN, A COMMENT?

YOU HAD A HAND UP.

>> ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS IN TERMS OF 60% OF MY DISTRICT, 60% ALL OVER THE STATE OF GEORGIA ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WATCH.

IT HAS BEEN HIS JOB AND HE HAS FAILED MISERABLY.

THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA FIND IT HUMOROUS TO HEAR A DEMOCRAT BLAME A REPUBLICAN FOR CRIME.

>> BACK TO OUR PANELIST ASK ONE FINAL QUESTION.

ROSE, QUICK LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GET TO CLOSING STATEMENTS.

>> YES.

I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS CARR.

YOU'VE STATED AG'S OFFICE MUST DEFEND STATE LAWS BUT AN INSTANCE HERE IN GEORGIA, THINK BACK TO THEN GOVERNOR SONNY PERDUE, BAKER, REFUSING TO DEFEND A LAW HE THOUGHT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IF YOUR LEGAL OPINION IS A LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WILL YOU STILL DEFEND IT?

>> JOB OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY CONSTITUTION AND STATUTE, UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THIS STATE.

THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

AGAIN, THE LAW COULD BE CHANGED.

THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

WHERE YOU CAN, COULD GO AND CHANGE THAT LAW.

NO, THAT IS THE DUTY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF THIS STATE AND I HAVE PROUDLY DONE THAT THE PAST SIX YEARS THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PANELISTS.

TIME LEFT EACH CANDIDATE HAS 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

CHRIS CARR, YOU GET THE FIRST CLOSING STATEMENT.

GOOD LUCK.

>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL THE PAST SIX YEARS TRIED TO PROTECT LIVES, LIVELIHOODS AND LIBERTY STANDING UP FIRST OF ITS KIND HISTORIC HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROSECUTION UNIT.

FIRST OF ITS KIND HISTORIC GANG PROSECUTION UNIT.

THAT IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT ALL GEORGIANS NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, SOUTHWEST GEORGIA, ATLANTA, BUCKHEAD, BLARES VAIL, BLAIRSVILLE, YOU'RE SAFE.

FIGHTING OPIOID CRISIS AND ELDER CRISIS PROBLEM ALL OVER STATE OF GEORGIA.

PROUD PROTECTED LIVELIHOODS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING.

FIGHTING TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN AND PROTECTING LIBERTY.

THE RULE OF LAW HAS TO MATTER.

I AM PROUD TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION LAWS OF STATE OF GEORGIA AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.

YOU CAN NOW VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOT, VOTE EARLY AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JEN JORDAN, 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> I GREW UP IN SOUTH GEORGIA A PLACE CALLED DODGE COUNTY, RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, A HAIRDRESSER AND WENT TO LAW SCHOOL BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE.

JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT I GREW UP WITH.

LOOK, THE PAST 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

REPRESENTING REAL PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEEDED IT MOST.

WHETHER TALKING GOING AFTER PREDATORY LENDERS WHO PREY ON PEOPLE AT THEIR LOWEST AND CHARGE 1000% INTEREST OR HOLDING INSURANCE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE REFUSING TO PAY FOR LIFE-SAVING CANCER TREATMENTS.

MY TOUGHEST CASES THOSE WHERE I REPRESENTED VICTIMS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND FOUGHT HARD TO PASS LEGISLATION AND LAWS TO CRACK DOWN ON SEXUAL PRESIDENT PREDATORS TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.

THE REALITY IS NEEM THIS STATE DO NOT FEEL SAFE.

MR. CARR HAD THE JOB SIX YEARS, FAILED TO DO HIS JOB.

SUED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN GONE AFTER GANGS OR SEX TRAFFICKERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR YOU, JEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

MARK CALLAN, FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> MY NAME IS MARTIN CALLAN AND I AM THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL IN 1975 OVER 47 YEARS AGO.

FROM 1964 UNTIL 1972 MY FATHER LINDSAY CALLAN WA DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL.

HIS APPOINTMENT MARKED BEGINNING OF THE GREATNESS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL HAS BECOME.

BOTH OF MY OPPONENTS ARE GRADUATES OF UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL.

MY FATHER, DEAN LINDSAY CALLAN, WOULD BE SO PROUD THAT ALL THREE CANDIDATES FOR GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING.

THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA SHALL BE A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL.

GO DOGS!

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS, MARTIN AND JEN.

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