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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Congressional District 1 | May 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 11 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Republican Candidates for AZ Congressional District 1 debate the issues
Republican Candidates for AZ Congressional District 1 debate the issues. We welcomed Robert Backie and Kim George to the studio.
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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Congressional District 1 | May 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 11 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
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THE AMERICAN DREAM, IT'S DYING, AND WITH THAT, THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF YOU, YOUR KIDS, AND YOUR GRAND KIDS.
I'M ROBERT BACKY, AND TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE.
I'M A BUSINESSMAN WITH INTEGRITY AND OVER 30 YEARS OF GLOBAL EXPERIENCE IN CORPORATE AND SMALL BUSINESS.
I HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF GETTING THINGS DONE AND BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS FOR A COMMON CAUSE.
I'M A DOER, NOT A TALKER.
I MOVED HERE 30 YEARS AGO.
I RAISED MY KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I DECIDED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR US TO START SOLVING THE PROBLEM THAT DAVID SCHWEIKART TALKS ABOUT BUT NEVER DOES ANYTHING ABOUT.
>> AND IT'S YOUR TIME.
>> I'M A CHRISTIAN WITH A SERVANT HEART.
I'M A WIFE TO MY HUSBAND MARK, AND I'M A LOVER OF THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I'VE GOT 23 YEARS IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I'VE WORKED INVESTIGATIONS TO INCLUDE CRIMINAL MATTERS, MONEY LAUNDERING, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, AND INVESTIGATION AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN COUNTER INTELLIGENCE MATTERS, WHERE FOREIGN AD VERSARIES STEAL OR TECHNOLOGY AND -- OUR TECHNOLOGY AND OUR DATA AND REVERSE ENGINEER IT AND USE IT AGAINST OUR COUNTRY AND OUR BUSINESSES.
I'VE GOT EXPERIENCE IN THE HERE AND NOW, THE EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL SECURITY, THE EXPERIENCE TO TACKLE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND EARNING YOUR VOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ROBERT, WE'LL START FIRST QUESTION.
YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST AN INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN.
WHY?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, TED.
AS I STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT, TWO YEARS AGO, IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION, DAVID SCHWEIKERT BARELY WON, AND THEN, IN THE ELECTION, HE WON AGAINST AN UNKNOWN DEMOCRAT.
IT SEEMED THAT HE WAS VULNERABLE IN THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE SIX DEMOCRATS RUNNING AGAINST DAVID SCHWEIKERT, AND THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR HIM.
WE THEN LOOK AT HIS POLICIES.
HE IS SENDING MONEY TO UKRAINE AND OTHER AREAS RATHER THAN FIXING OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE AN ET GETTING OUR STUFF IN ORDER.
HE TALKS ABOUT DOING THINGS IN HIS LETTERS AND FUNDRAISER MAILERS THAT HE SENDS OUT MORE THAN EVER.
IT'S TIME FOR NEW REPRESENTATION FOR THE VOTERS.
>> KIM, IT'S YOUR TIME IN THE DEBATE.
WHY SHOULD VOTERS REJECT A VETERAN REPUBLICAN IN OFFICE?
>> THIS ISN'T PERSONAL.
I THINK THE CONGRESSMAN DID WELL IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IT'S TIME FOR SOMEONE TO REPRESENT WE THE PEOPLE.
WE NEED SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING.
WE'VE GOT SERIOUS ISSUES RIGHT NOW, AND TO MR. MACKIE'S POINT, WE NEED SOMEONE WILLING TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND FIGHT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS.
>> ROBERT, BACK TO YOU.
HE DID WIN THE DISTRICT THAT WENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S BEEN EFFECTIVE AT WINNING OVER THE YEARS AND KEEPING THAT SEAT.
AGAIN, ARE REPUBLICAN VOTERS READY FOR A CHANGE?
>> I THINK THEY ARE.
I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING WITH VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHETHER THEY'RE INDEPENDENT, REPUBLICAN, OR DEMOCRATS.
VOTERS ARE READY FOR CHANGE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE DISGRUNTLED REPUBLICANS, AND 70% OF THEM WANT HIM GONE.
THEY WANT A DOER, THEY WANT A BUSINESSPERSON.
THEY WANT SOMEONE WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF GETTING STUFF DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT TALKS, THEY WANT SOMEONE THAT CAN DO IT AND BE EFFECTIVE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, KIM, THAT REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT WANT THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN A VETERAN LAWMAKER?
>> THEY WANT A FIGHTER.
THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO DOES WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'VE HEARD THIS TALK OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
HE'S GREAT WITH HIS POSTER BOARDS, AND HE'S GREAT STANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND GIVING GREAT SPEECHES, BUT WE WANT SOMEONE FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE'S ONE VOTE.
I GET THAT.
HE CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT WE WANT SOMEONE WHO WE KNOW IS FIGHTING FOR US, NOT JUST FOR THE ECONOMY BUT FOR THE BORDERS, FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT MATTER FOR US.
WE WANT A FIGHTER.
>> KIM, NEXT QUESTION, STICKING WITH THIS, MAGA?
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE MAGA PARTY?
>> YES, I ABSOLUTELY 100% SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
I'M PROUD OF THAT.
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR ECONOMY WAS THE BEST THAT IT'S BEEN IN DECADES.
OUR -- YOU KNOW, EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC, JOBS WERE UP.
OUR ECONOMY WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
WE WERE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
WE WERE OUTSOURCING, WE WERE SELLING OUR ENERGY, SELLING IT, WE WERE DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
YES, I SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> AS SUCH, DO YOU THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP WON THE PRESIDENCY?
>> THAT'S NOT A YES OR NO QUESTION, BUT YES, I DO.
I THINK THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT FRAUD IN THE ELECTION, AND I THINK IF YOU ACTUALLY -- AND I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT AND ANSWER THAT WITH YOU.
>> PLEASE.
>> I GOT INVOLVED.
I GOT INVOLVED IN THE AUDIT.
I KNOCKED ON DOORS, AND CANVASSED DURING THE 2020 AND 2021 ELECTION.
I'M A TRAINED INVESTIGATOR, AND I KNOW WHAT I SAW.
I SAW SIGNIFICANT FRAUD.
WE DON'T SEE TRANSPARENCY IN OUR ELECTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT.
WE WANT TRANSPARENCY AND WE DESERVE THOSE ANSWERS.
>> DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH THE MAGA WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> LIKE KIM, I BELIEVE IN TRUMP AND HIS POLICIES: THE STRONG BORDER AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, SO YES, I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP AND I WILL SUPPORT HIM IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION THIS YEAR.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK, IF I COULD, KIM, TO SOMETHING YOU SAID IN THE ELECTION, THAT YOU SAW FRAUD.
COULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT FRAUD BECAUSE SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO POINT OUT SPECIFIC CASES THAT HAVE MADE IT TO THE COURTS OR THAT THE COURTS THAT DECIDED IN THEIR FAVOR.
>> I'M HAPPY TO.
I COUNTED THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS WITH SIGNATURES THAT DIDN'T MATCH.
ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE THAT'S TRAINED AS AN INVESTIGATOR AND KNOWS WHEN THEY SEE FRAUD FIRSTHAND.
THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE FOLDS THAT WERE MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
I ABSOLUTELY SAW THE FRAUD.
I KNOCKED ON DOOR AFTER DOOR AFTER DOOR.
WHAT PEOPLE TOLD ME, I'VE BEEN REGISTERED 25 YEARS, AND WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE POLLS, THEY WERE TOLD THEY WEREN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE.
I WROTE DECLARATIONS, PEOPLE'S STATEMENTS OF THEM TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ELECTION.
THOSE STATEMENTS WENT TO THE KARI LAKE AND ABE HAMADEH COURT CASES.
SOMETHING HAPPENED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
>> YOU SAID TO THE JUDGES YOU SAW FRAUD BUT NOTHING WAS PROVEN.
>> THAT'S THE CATCH PHRASE, ROBERT, AND I GET WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.
>> DO YOU THINK THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT.
HERE'S WHAT IT WAS: IT WAS DELIBERATE, IT WAS STRATEGIC, AND IT WAS INTENTIONAL.
YES, I DO THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTION.
I'M A TRAINED INVESTIGATOR.
I PARTICIPATED IN THE AUDIT.
I CANVASSED, I KNOCKED ON DOORS.
WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME WHAT I SAW, INSTEAD OF ASKING ME SEXY QUESTIONS, WHAT DO I THINK?
IT WAS IT WAS STRATEGICALLY MANIPULATED, THE ELECTION.
THE PEOPLE DESERVE TRANSPARENCY.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU'RE A TRAINED INVESTIGATOR.
WERE YOU TRAINED TO TAKE EXAMPLES OF FRAUD TO THE AUTHORITIES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DO, BUT WHAT YOU DO IS YOU FIGHT FOR THE CASE.
61 CASES WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT.
57 WERE DISMISSED DUE TO LACK OF STANDING.
ONE WAS LOST.
ELECTION SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.
IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE NEED -- WE NEED PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THIS, AND IF YOU LOOK BACK, IF YOU LOOK BACK IN 2016, AMY KLOBUCHAR, BERNIE SANDERS, THEY SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAID THERE WAS FRAUD, THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, DO YOU THINK VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT AGREE WITH THAT STATUS?
>> I DON'T.
IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT KIM SAID, SHE'S AVOIDING USING THE WORD "STOLEN," BUT SHE'S DESCRIBING IT USING EVERY OTHER WORD.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S STOLEN, YOU NEED TO HAVE INTEGRITY IN YOUR POSITION AND WITH THE VOTERS AND SAY YES, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS STOLEN.
DO I THINK THERE'S ISSUES THAT HAPPENED?
YES.
THE BALLOTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST ELECTION IN 2022, THE ISSUES WE HAD AT POLLING STATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TELL YOU.
I DOUBT THEY WERE INTENTIONAL, BUT I THINK IT DID HAPPEN.
>> LAST QUESTION ON THIS.
DO YOU THINK REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT WANT SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION?
>> THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS, IT'S ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW.
IT'S NOT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
SCRATCH THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I TELL PEOPLE.
THIS MAN IS NOT PERFECT.
NONE OF US ARE PERFECT.
HE IS JUST A MAN WHO RAN FOR OFFICE.
WE NEED THAT TRANSPARENCY.
>> THEN ANSWER MY QUESTION.
DO YOU THINK THAT VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT WANT -- >> VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT WANT TRANSPARENCY AND THEY WANT US TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW, AND THAT'S MY ANSWER.
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
ROBERT, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
CONGRESSMAN SCHWEIKERT BELIEVES THAT THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST TAX HIKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT?
INFLATION IS RUNNING RAMPANT.
EGGS DOUBLED IN PRICE.
THEY'RE NOW UP ABOUT $1.50 OVER WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
INFLATION IS A HIDDEN TAX IMPOSED ON US BY ALL THE SPENDING WE'RE DOING AND THE PRINTING OF MONEY, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT SCHWEIKERT TALKS ABOUT BUT HE DOESN'T FIX.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL, WE NEED TO STOP PRINTING MONEY AND SPENDING MONEY.
WE'RE AT $35 TRILLION DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT MONEY WAS CREATED OUT OF THE BLUE, AND THAT CAUSES INFLATION, AND THAT IMPACTS EVERYBODY IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.
>> KIM, AS FAR AS INFLATION IS CONCERNED, WHY IS INFLATION SO PERSISTENT, AND WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT?
>> WELL, INFLATION IS SO PERSISTENT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE'RE PRINTING MONEY THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE.
I WILL NOT VOTE TO SPEND ANOTHER TAXPAYER DOLLAR TO SEND TO UKRAINE, TO PROTECT THEIR BORDERS, UNTIL OUR BORDERS ARE SECURE.
I WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES UNTIL EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA IS TAKEN CARE OF, UNTIL EVERY VETERAN IS TAKEN CARE OF.
>> THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, THESE THINGS WERE CREATED TO GET THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE COVID MESS THAT WE WERE IN ECONOMICALLY.
WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THAT LEGISLATION?
>> LISTEN, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO PRECOVID SPENDING.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
OF COURSE WE WANT TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESSES, AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THESE COMPANIES COMING TO ARIZONA, BUT WE HAVE TO BE SMART WITH OUR MONEY.
WE PAY THESE FOLKS A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH OUR DOLLARS.
THE CONGRESSMAN IS KNOWN AS THE FINANCIAL GURU AND HE HAS THESE GREAT COMMITTEES, BUT WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR US AFTER 14 YEARS?
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE COMMONSENSE DECISIONS AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT >> YEA OR NAY, WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YEA OR NAY.
THERE'S MORE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THAT.
>> OKAY.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU.
THE $6.6 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL BROUGHT A LOT OF THINGS TO ARIZONA.
WAS IT WRONG, BECAUSE IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF SPENDING MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE?
>> SO THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE IT HITS ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS.
LET'S START WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES.
WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE BRIDGES THAT FALL DOWN -- IF YOU LOOK AT BALTIMORE, THAT BRIDGE SHOULD HAVE HAD PROTECTIVE PILINGS PUT UP AROUND IT, BUT IT DIDN'T.
IT'S NOT SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S ALL THE OTHER PORK THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
ALMOST 50% OF THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO PROJECTS IS PORK.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FIXING THE PROBLEM AND NOT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT.
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, TAIWAN, I'VE BEEN TO THESE FABS.
CHINA WILL INVADE TAIWAN, AND WITHOUT WITHOUT -- WHEN THEY DO, THESE PLANTS WILL BE BRICKED AND WE'LL HAVE NO SUPPLIES FOR OUR DEVICES.
>> YOU STILL DON'T WANT TO SAY HOW YOU'LL VOTE ON THAT, THE CHIPS ACT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT?
>> YES ON THE CHIPS ACT.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ON THE ABORTION ACT?
>> ROE NEEDS TO STAY WHERE IT IS.
>> YOU'RE PRO-LIFE?
>> I'M 100% PRO-LIFE.
MY ROLE WILL BE TO FIGHT FOR HARSHER PUNISHMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO THINK THEY CAN DO THIS TO WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS AND -- OBVIOUSLY, INCEST, MOLESTATION AND RAPE.
NUMBER TWO, NO MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND ABORTIONS, WHETHER INSIDE OUR U.S.
BORDERS OR OUTSIDE.
>> DAVID SCHWEIKERT ENFORCED THE LIFE AT CONCEPTION ACT IN 2021 BUT ROLLED IT BACK LATER.
DO YOU SUPPORT THAT?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S A STATE ISSUE, SO NO.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOU?
DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO SEE MORE ACTION ON ABORTION RIGHTS?
>> I AGREE WITH KIM.
THIS IS A STATE ISSUE.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND KIM AND I DO, IT'S NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND FOR THOSE THINGS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION, FOR CONGRESS TO TAKE US, IT'S FOR THE STATES.
IF WE HAD A MOTION TO ENSHRINE ABORTION IN THE CONSTITUTION, I WOULD VOTE NO.
HERE IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE A 15-WEEK LAW ON THE BOOKS.
WE ALSO NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON HELPING THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR BABY.
THE TRUE CHOICE THAT A WOMAN GETS TO MAKE IS NOT ALWAYS TO HAVE AN ABORTION BUT IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THE BABY, WHICH A LOT OF THEM DO, HOW DO WE HELP THOSE WOMEN?
HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM AND BRING THEM TOGETHER WITH THE FATHER TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE DECISION THAT THEY TOGETHER WANT TO MAKE?
>> WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT I WANT TO GET TO IMMIGRATION, A BIG ISSUE FOR VOTERS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT.
THE RECENT REJECTED BIPARTISAN PLAN, SEEMINGLY GAINING TRACTION, AND THEN DONALD TRUMP SAID I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT.
WOULD YOU VOTE FOR IT, REALIZING IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT'S A START?
>> I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH MY ANSWER.
NO.
BY THE WAY, THERE WAS NOT A VOTE ON A BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL.
IT INCLUDED $60 BILLION FOR UKRAINE.
I WOULD HAVE VOTED AGAINST THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO STOP SENDING MONEY TO UKRAINE WITHOUT AN END GAME.
THERE'S TALK ABOUT WE SEND $60 BILLION AND NOW THERE'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MORE WE NEED TO SEND TO UKRAINE?
THIS IS $60 BILLION WITH NO END GAME.
>> BUT THE QUESTION IS BORDER SECURITY FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WOULD YOU VOTE ON IT TO GET THINGS STARTED?
>> YES, IF IT WAS WELL WRITTEN, BUT THE ONE THING IS THE BILL WOULD ALLOW 5,000 TO 8,000 A DAY.
ONCE IT HIT A RESTRICTION, IT WOULD SHUT THE BORDER DAYS DOWN FOR 270 DAYS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING FIXING ANY PROBLEM OR RESTRICTING IT, WE'RE TALKING CHANGING THE WAY WE RECORD IT.
>> KIM, THE BIGGEST OVERHAUL OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE 1990s, IT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING AND THEN IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING THIS DISTRICT.
WHAT ABOUT H.R.2?
H.R.2 WAS PASSED IN 2023.
BEEN SITTING ON SCHUMER'S DESK.
WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS BILL, BIGGEST IMMIGRATION REFORM IN HISTORY.
H.R.2 SHOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S SAT ON SCHUMER'S DESK.
YOU GO BACK TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR BORDERS AND OUR NATION.
I HOPE WE CAN GET BACK TO STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR AMERICA AND OUR BORDERS.
>> AGAIN, WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THIS IF IT CAME UP -- >> NO.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR UKRAINE.
IT HAS TO STOP.
NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE FALL, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A TEN-YEAR PROJECTION FOR UKRAINE.
WHEN DOES THIS STOP?
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PEACE AND PROSPERITY?
WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SENDING MONEY TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THIS WAR >> CAN I JUST ADD ONE QUICK THING?
>> YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 15 SECONDS.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BORDER, WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE NEED TO CLOSE DOWN THE BORDER.
WE NEED TO FIX THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, THOSE WHO WANT TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES TO APPLY FROM THEIR OWN ACROSS OR FROM ACROSS THE BORDER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TIME NOW FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, TED.
THANK YOU, KIM, FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU, PBS VIEWERS AT HOME.
DAVID SCHWEIKERT HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON FOR 13 YEARS.
COME NOVEMBER, IF HE'S ON THE BALLOT, HE WILL LOSE TO THE DEMOCRATS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CHOICE THAT WE WANT TO TAKE.
YOU HEARD FROM KIM AND I.
YOU HEARD FROM A GOVERNMENT WORKER OR WORKER AND YOU HEARD FROM A BUSINESSMAN WHO SAID WE CAN REACH AGREEMENT IF WE WORK TOGETHER.
I RAISED MY KIDS IN PHOENIX.
I CAME HERE 30 YEARS AGO.
I WILL WORK WITH MY FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES TO FIX OUR BORDERS, TO LOWER THE INFLATION THAT WE'RE SEEING AND TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR YOU, YOUR KIDS, AND YOUR GRAND KIDS.
BACKIE24 IS MY WEBSITE.
THANK YOU.
SKBL >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
AND KIM GEORGE, YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, TED, AND THANK YOU, ROBERT.
I'M GOING TO FINISH WHERE I STARTED.
I'M A CHRISTIAN, I'M A WIFE, AND I'M A LOVER OF THIS COUNTRY, AND I'M A 23-YEAR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, YES.
FIVE YEARS IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR.
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED FOR THE HERE AND NOW.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS IN DIRE STRAITS, AND I KNOW WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO FIX IT.
I PROMISE WHEN I'M IN WASHINGTON I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR BORDER SECURITY, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR SECURITY.
WE NEED SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF C.D.1, AND I ASSURE YOU, HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.
I'M GOING TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
I'M KIM GEORGE, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FOR YOU TO GET TO KNOW ME BETTER.
>> THANK YOU.
BE SURE TO JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MAY 23, WHEN WE JOIN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF.
I'M TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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