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AZ Votes Debate: Republicans running for AZ Congressional District 3 | May 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 8 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Republican candidates running for Arizona's third congressional district debate the issues. Today we
Ted Simons hosted a debate between Republican candidates running for Arizona's third congressional district debate the issues. Today we welcomed David Mendoza and Jeff Zink.
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AZ Votes Debate: Republicans running for AZ Congressional District 3 | May 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 8 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Ted Simons hosted a debate between Republican candidates running for Arizona's third congressional district debate the issues. Today we welcomed David Mendoza and Jeff Zink.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE AZ VOTES 24 SPECIAL EDITION OF ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMONS A DEBATE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ARIZONA THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT INCLUDES WEST, SOUTH PHOENIX AND DOWNTOWN AND A PORTION OF GLENDALE.
DISTRICT IS REPRESENTED BY RUBIN LEADING TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE.
CANDIDATES WILL BE BEGIN 90 SECONDS TO REPLY AND A 45 REBUTTAL WILL BE OFFERED.
LET'S INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES IN ORDER.
DAVID MENDOZA A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND JEFF ZINC A MINSTER AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY >> WE BEGIN WITH OPENING STATEMENTS WE START WITH DAVE YOU'D MENDOZA.
>> HI, VOWERS I'M DAVID MENDOZA.
I'M HAPPY I'M HERE, I'M A WELL EDUCATED IMMIGRANT ON A REPUBLICAN DEBATE STAGE.
IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM COLUMBIA ESCAPING POLITICAL VIOLENCE SPUROD BY ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, CORRUPTION, LACK OF QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION.
AND NOW 27 YEARS LATER I SEAT SAME PATTERN DEVELOPED IN FOR SIMILAR REASONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PATTERNS CONDITION IS WE KILL OFF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WITH IT SPARK CONFLICT.
I'M SOMEBODY THIS KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ATTACK, PROSECUTE VOCABULARYING AND BLAME EACH OTHER.
ALLOW FOREIGN WEALTHY ENTERS TO DICTATE LEGISLATION.
WHEN WE FAIL PROVIDING QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION.
I HOPE YOU SEE THAT WILL WILL HELP IN PREVENTING THE CONFLICT.
THANK YOU.
AND VOTE MENDOZA.
VOTE.
TO LEARN MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOT OPENING STATEMENT FROM JEFF ZINC.
>> HI I'M JEFF ZINC I'M HERE TO TALK TO THE UPON LISTENERS ABOUT THE TABLE ISSUES THAT CONCERN US TODAY.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT THIS WE SIT DOWN SPECIAL START TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH GAS PRICE THAT THE HIGH FOOD PRICE WE HAVE TODAY THAT ACTUALLY TALK AND BRING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CANDIDATES AS FAR AS MYSELF.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS ACTUALLY BRING SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
WHAT WE WILL FIND OUT TODAY IS WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE.
AND HOW I CAN BE THE BEST CANDIDATE THAT WILL PERFORM AND PUT THOSE SOLUTIONS TO THE TEST AND MAKE SURE THESE ARE ALSO PROVEN THAT IT IS TAKEN PLACE.
SO, FOR ME, WHAT I WANT TO YOU DO IS I.
YOU TO GO TO JEFFZINC.
VOTE AND LOOK AT MY WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DAVID, START WITH YOU THIS DISTRICT 3 HAS 3 TIMES AS MANY DEMOCRATS AS RESIDENCE.
WHY ARE YOU RUN SOMETHING >> THANKS, GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE NOT ONLY I'M THE FIRST COPATROL BIAN TO RUN I'M THE FIRSTIM GRANTS TO RUN AS A REPUBLICAN IN THE STATE.
AND ATTACH IS AN HONOR.
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE LATINO POPULATION IN OUR DISTRICT IS 45% SPANISH SPEAKING WHERE OTHER CANDIDATE NAS SPEAK SPANISH AND UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT?
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN BAMBOOZELING THE LASTINTOSE IF THEY ARE PROVIDED ALL THE WELFARE, FOOD AND HOUSING THEN LIFE WILL BE GREAT WE COME HERE TO WORK HARD AND PROGRESS THAT'S THE MESSAGE I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS OUR DISTRICT I'M RUNNING THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYONE LIKE ME.
I HOPE I CAN BE THE FIRST TO SHIFT IDEAS AND GET PEOPLE TO REALIZE IF WE WORK WE CAN SUCCEED.
>> AGAIN, LOTS MORE DEMOCRATS THAN RESIDENCE.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE GENERAL YOUR YOU DOING THIS.
YOU REPUBLICAN PREVIOUSLY AND LOST BY A LOT.
.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AGAIN?
FOR THE MOST PART, TED.
I'M REACHING THE LATINO POPULATION AS LIMP THE THING IS THAT AS A PASTOR AND WHAT I'M DOING IS REACHING THE PEOPLE FOR OUR CHURCH.
THING IS THAT GOD BRINGS ALL PEOPLE TOWARDS HIM AND WE NEED TO SET DOWN AND START BRINGING THOSE VALUES BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BACK TO OUR AREA WHERE MOST OF THE LATINOS HERE WHEN I SAT AND TALKED TO THE DEMOCRATS, THEY SALT DOWN AND WITNESS HAY FIND OUT WHAT I AM FOR SCHOOLS.
THAT EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.
IF I SET DAN AND TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE COUNTRY OR THE AND EMPLOYERS HERE WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND I AM WING WITH SEVERAL THE LEGISLATORS, SENATORS AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES BRINGING THOSE BUSINESSES HERE TO OUR AREA SPECIFIC LOW.
WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT HEALTH CARE AND WE ARE IN OUR DISTRICT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOSPITALS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND WE ARE PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN NOW START HAVING GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR OUR PEOPLE.
>> DAVID, YOU SAY YOU ARE RUNNING BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES ARE LEADING THE NATION OVER A CLIFF.
BOTH PARTIES MEANS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND YOU REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> YEA.
WHY WOULD YOU RUN ON A PARTY IF YOU ARE ANTIVIOLENCE AND WHY WOULD YOU BE ON A PARTY THIS PROMPTED INSURATION ON J6?
THAT'S NOT HOW I SEE IT THIS PARTY IS THE PARTY THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO PROGRESS TO PROGRESS.
.
.
!
A PARTY THAT STANDS FOR THE LOWER CLASSES.
HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A COUNTRY CLUB REPUBLICAN.
ATTITUDE I'M THE ONE THAT CHANGES THAT.
>> HOW IS IT LEADING THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT CLIFF?
BOTH PARTIES ARE DOING IT.
>> CONFLICT STEMMING FROM ECONOMIC INEQUALITY SPURS ON CONFLICT.
WE HAVE TWO PARTY CATHARSIS SO POLARIZE ON THE EXTREME THEY WOULD RATHER BRING THIS COUNTRY TO CONFLICT THAN FIND A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE WE AGREE.
I'M ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS IS THE ONLY PARTY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE WITH THE DEMOCRATS I CAN'T JOIN THE DEMOCRATS I DISAGREE WITH 80%.
20% I AGREE.
RESIDENCE I AGREE WITH 80% I'M A REPUBLICAN >> JEFF YOU WERE IN WASHINGTON FOR J6 WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?
YOUR SON WAS THERE AND GOT IN TROUBLE.
EXPLAIN TO VOTER WHAT IS THAT WAS ABOUT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO J6 WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST TO LET THE ELECTED OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND THIS WE WERE DISPLEASED WITH WHAT HAPPEN IN THE OUR ELECTIONS.
WE WENT WELL AND MY SON WAS WITH ME 100% OF THE TIME.
I MADE THE CHALLENGE ALL ALONG SINCE HE WAS WITH ME AND THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS CHARGED THEY WOULD IN THE CHARGE ME.
WHY IS THAT?
AND IT IS STILL TODAY WE ARE ALMOST 3 YEARS PAST THAT AND NO CHARGES AGAINST ME HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT WHY I WAS THERE?
BECAUSE JUST LIKE IN THE 1920'S, THE WOMEN MARCHED ON CAPITOL FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
IN THE 60s MARTIN LUTHER KING THEY MARCHED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE WENT BECAUSE OUR I FELT OUR VOICES WERE BEING SILENCED AND THAT IS SOMEONE THAT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE BEING OPPRESSD AND WE ARE GOING TO BE A BETTERINATION ESPECIALLY WITH THE WOMEN VOTE AND THEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND NOW WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THOSE VOTES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE STILL EXPRESSED TODAY.
>> YOU SAID THAT IT WAS AN EFFECTIVELY PROTEST.
>> CORRECT THE VIDEO DOES NOT SQUARE WITH THAT HOW DO YOU DAUL A PEACEFUL PROTEST THERE WERE RESTS AND A WOMAN SHOT AND KILLED THERE WAS MAYHEM HOW IS THAT A PEEVE PROTEST AND YOU ARE COMPARING THAT WITH THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR CIVIL RIGHTS?
>> CORRECT.
>> EXPLAIN.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS AND I STATED ALL ALONG, I HAVE CONDEMNED THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE VIOLENCE.
PEOPLE WHO ENTER IN THE CAPITOL.
MY SON AND I NEVER DID ENTER IN THE CAPITOL.
WE WERE NOT A PART OF FIGHTING WITH POLICE, THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE WERE THERE FOR.
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED WE HAVE CONDEMNED ALL ALONG.
SO THE THING IS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WERE THERE FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN COLLEGE THAT WOULD CONSTITUTIONAL.
>> DAVID, HOW DO YOU RESPONDS?
COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER WAY WE APPROACH TODAY I WILL NOT DISAGREE WITH JEFF.
THERE WERE BAD ACTORS AT J6 I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON HOW IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.
NOT JUST ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT STARTS FIGHTING.
WHEN ONE GROUP STARTS FIGHTING THE OTHER FIGHTS.
>> I HATE TO SAY THIS HAVE YOU WATCHED THE [INAUDIBLE] OF SOUTH PARK.
THE END THE WHOLE POINT EPISODE TO SHOW WHEN ONE SIDE GUESS UP THE OTHER SIDE GUESS UP.
IT TAKES TWO OF THE SIDES TO COME TOGETHER.
>> OKAY.
WITH THAT IN MINDS, THOUGH.
REPUBLICAN VOTER IN D3 DID THEY WANT FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS KINDS OF ACTIVITY?
IS THAT HAD THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TO REPRESENT THEM?
>> SOME DO.
SOME WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD PEOPLE LIKE JEFF.
I WILL NOT SAY THEY WOULDN'T THE TRUTH IS SOME WOULD >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE THAT DON'T WANT THAT REPRESENTATION >> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A [INAUDIBLE] IN AMERICA NOW THAT IS ABOUT CONFLICT.
THERE IS A POLARIZATION AND IT IS COMING FROM BOTH SIDES PEOPLE THINK TELL BE FUN.
I TALK TO PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE YOU'VEED FIGHTING EACH OTHER THAT IS IN THE FUN.
I TALKED TO PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF GOING TO WAR WITH EACH OTHER.
HAVING WEAPONS AND USING THEM AGAINST OTHER AMERICANS.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY WE CAN GO.
IT IS NOT FUN.
FROM SOMEBODY COME FROM A COUNTRY WITH CONFLICT IT IS THE LEFT THING THIS COUNTRIMENTS >> LAST POINT FOR REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN D3 YOU DON'T WANT A PART OF THATARCTIVITY WHAT YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> ONE THING IS WE NEED OUR IDEAS GOING AND MAKE THE CONSTITUTION ALIVE AND WELL.
OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE AT PLAY HERE.
THEY ARE ARRESTING AND OPPRESSING THE PEOPLE IN THE J6 THAT DID NOTHING WRONG.
I BEING PART OF THAT.
MY SON BEING INNOCENT OF THAT.
THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THAT WENT IN AND DID THIS.
AND I STATE THIRD DEGREE ALL ALONG.
THEY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LU.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND NOT GO TO THE FIGHTING THAT WE SAW ON THAT DAY >> LAST QUESTION HERE GOTTA BE YES OR NO.
TRUMP LOST THE 2020 ELECTION?
>> NO.
>> DAVID?
>> YES.
>> GENTLEMEN, GET TO THE ECONOMY AND JEFF, JOB ELSE RATES LOW BUT PICKING UP.
RELATIVELY LOW, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT.
HOW DO YOU ALSO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO FIGHT INFLATION WHICH IS STUBBORN AND PERSISTS?
>> OKAY THIS IS AN EASY QUESTION TO ANSWER.
THE REASON WHY IS THIS, TED, ON DAY ONE BIDEN KILLED THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE.
THAT WAS THE OVER FLOW THAT WAS GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND WE HAD WAS EXPORTING OIL AND GAS FROM THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE WERE WE HAD LOW GAS PRICE.
WE WERE BETTER OFF THAN WE ARE TODAY.
BY DOING THAT AND STOPPING THE DRILLING IN THE PLACE LIKE THE DELAWARE BASIN, THAT HAS OIL AS SAUDI ARABIA DOES.
WE NEED TO SET DOWN AND PUT OUR AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
WE NEED TO DRILL BACK IN THE YOURS.
WE NEED TO START LOWERING OUR GAS PROCESSES WHICH AFFECTS OUR FOOD PRICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHAT WE WILL DO AT THAT POINT IS YOU WILL START TO SEE INFLATION TO START TO DROP.
AND INFLATION WAS WITHIN.2 WHEN TRUMP LEFT.
IT IS OVER 9% TODAY.
UNDER BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT IMFLIGZ AND TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY COVID HAD A FACTOR AND ALSO.
SOMEDAY ARGUE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BY PRINTING MONEY AND PUBLIC POLICY SPIKED INFLATION?
WHAT IS GOING ON WHAT WOULD DO YOU?
>> THE ISSUE WITH THAT ARGUMENT IS IS THAT IT IS A FEDERAL RESERVE THAT HANDLE SAYS MONETARY POLICY THEY DICTATE INTEREST RATES MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY.
U.S. AND OTHER DEBATE.
WITHOUT CUTTING SPENDING HOW DO YOU ADDRESS INFLATION?
CUTTING SPEND SYSTEM OBVIOUSLY ONE WAY WE TAKE AND ANYBODY WITH A BUDGET KNOWS.
I SPENDS TOO MUCH AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE I HAVE TO CUT.
INCREASE TAXES THAT IS THE OTHER ROUTE TO TRY TO BALANCE THE BUDGETS AND FIX THE ECONOMY.
THE ISSUE IS THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION SINCE THE 70s.
EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS A RAMIFICATION FROM THE 70s THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 50 YEARS IT HAS NOT BEEN BIDEN, TRUMP, BAMA AND BUSH THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 50 YEARS.
NOUGHT U.S. DOLLAR IS IN JEPPARD TEIS STRONG BUT BECAUSE WE HAD INTEREST RATES LOW FOR 10 PLUS YEARS.
IT IS THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS OVER 50 YEARS LEADING TO THE INFLATION RATE NOW THE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS IS TRAINING PEOPLE.
GIVING THEM AN EDUCATION SO THEY CAN PUSH FORWARD AND MAKE BUSINESSES.
OR ANYTHING.
THEY CAN DO ANYTHING.
BUSINESSES, DOCTORS.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AMERICA THAT IS UNTAPPED THAT'S HOW WE INCREASE THE ECONOMY.
>> FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
THE 6.6 BILLION DOLLARS ACT THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
THESE ARE THE REASONS JEFF,THE REASONS INFLATION RATE GOT HIGH.
IT WAS A WAY TO RECOVER FROM COVID WAS IT THE RIGHT WAY TO RECOVER FROM COVID >> WHOOT DEMOCRATS DOT RIGHT WAY THE BIPARTISAN PLANS.
I WOULD SAY, NO.
ANYTHING THAT OUR CONGRESS HAS DONE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
>> NOTHING.
>> I CAN'T THINK OF ONE THING.
JEFF, THOSE PLANS BRINGING MONEY TO ARIZONA AND HELP PROP INDUSTRIES AND KEPT IT GOING THAT IS ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT THE OTHER SIDE IT EXPLODED INFLATION.
WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THOSE PLAN SNS >> NO.
>> WHY?
>> REASON WHY IS THAT THESE PLANS INCLUDE SENDING MONEY TO UKRAINE TO SECURE BORDERS WE ARE NOT SECURING OUR OWN BOARDERS.
WE ARE HAVING ALL OF THE PEOPLE CRIMINAL ACROSS IN OUR COUNTRY THAT ARE UNVETTED AND THIS COVID THE THING THAT AGGRAVATES ME MORE.
COVID HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.
ANY PERSON ON A FARM AROUND ANIMALS HAS BEEN EXPOSED COVICHLTD PROBLEM WAS THAT THIS WAS WEAPONIZED.
AND IT WAS WEAPONIZED BY OUR GENTLEMAN.
AND THAT IS A TRAVESTY THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOK IN THE FURTHER.
BEING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR 38 YEARS, I UNDERSTOOD THAT GOD HAS BEGIN US IMMUNE SYSTEM A GREAT ONE AND ARE THERE PEOPLE THAT DIED?
YES, THEY DID.
BUT THE THING IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MONETIZED COVID SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WAS ATTACHED TO A DOLLAR.
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.
IT CANNOT BE MONETIZED.
>> WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOW UP.
WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO WEAPONIZE SOMETHING THAT WOULD KILL SO MANY HUMANS AND CRASH THE ECONOMY AND PUSH A BIPARTISAN CONGRESS?
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE.
>> PART IS THAT THEY WANT A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT THIS .
IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR SO LONG.
WE AS AMERICANS NEED TO START TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDY AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF VETERANS.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO THE STRUCTURE OF OUR OWN COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO PUT THE PEOPLE TO WORK AND TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
STOP SENDING MACHINE TOW COUNTRIES, START HERE BECAUSE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SENDS OUR HARD TAX PAYING MONEY TO ANOTHER COUNT ROW >> COVID WAS AN EFFORT FOR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT DO YOU AGREE?
>> I WOULD NOT PUT IT IN THOSE TERMS, NO.
>> I SAY THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE WUHAN LAB LIKE THE JOHN STEWART JOKE.
A VIRUS START IN THE A PLACE CALLED WITH YOU MANN HAHN AT THE LAB.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
THERE WAS AN ASPECT OF THAT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT TO SAY THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN PLAN TO KILT WORLD AND DESTROY THE ECONOMY.
I WOULD NOT SAY THAT I WANT THE IMMIGRATION WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE REALISTICALLY?
DAVID?
GI LOVE THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I'M ANIM GRANT THE REASON I AM HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
FUNNY I'M A REPUBLICAN DEBATE STAGE MY GRAND MOTHER CAME LEGAL ON A BOAT FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA OUT OF COLUMBIA.
SHE WAS SCARED FOR HER LIFE.
LEFT HER FAMILY TO FIND A BETTER LIFE HERE.
AMNESTY FROM REAGAN IS THE REASON I'M HERE.
SHE WAS BEGIN AMNESTY IN THE 80'S WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE NOW.
SHOULD THERE BE AN AMNESTY PROGRAM.
I THINK THERE SHOULD.
SHOULD THERE WE GET THE ALLOW ANYONE TO COME IN.
NO NOT EVERYBODY WHO COME IN THE COUNTRY IS MY GRAND MOTHER.
SOME ARE BAD ACTORS AND WE NEED TO PREVENT THEM FROM COMING INFORM ULTIMATE LOW THIS IS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS.
AND DECLARATION EXPLAIN THE COMPLAINTSES AGAINST KING GEORGE NOT ALLOWED HAVE MIGRATION AND THE INFORMIZATION OF CITIZEN.
IS THAT THE FIRST COMPLAINTS THE FOUNDERS BROUGHT AGAINST THE CROWN.
NOW WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE NOW.
I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO COME IN WHEN THEY WANT.
BUT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN IT COUNT ROW THAT DESERVE TO BE HERE THAT WILL COME HERE AND WORK HARD AND PROVIDE VALUE AND THAT LIKE JEFF SAYS AMERICAN VALUES NOT OF THE COUNTRY THEY CAME WITH.
IF YOU LIKE SALSA DANCE HAPPENING.
DANCE ALL YOU WANT.
>> JEFF.
REAL -~ICALLY, HOW DO WE HANDLE IMMIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY?
ILLEGAL AND GENERAL IMMIGRATION?
AND MIGRATION?
>> ONE THING IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP ESTABLISHED EARLY ON IN HIS PRESIDENCY, WE HAVE THEM STAY WHERE THEY ARE AT AND WE VET THEM OUT THEN THEY ARE ALLOWED COME THROUGH.
NOW I HAVE BEEN AT THE BORDER SEVERAL TIMES.
I SEEN THE FENTANYL, OTHER DRUGS BEING TRAFFICKED OVER.
I SEEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALSO TRAFFICKED.
WE HAVE MILITARY AGE MEN COMING HERE UNVETTED AND UNCHECKED.
WE HAVE TO USEEN IF IT IS OUR MILITARY WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THAT BORDER, SECURE IT SO WE UNDERSTAND WHO IS COMING IN SO THAT WE HAVE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.
THIS IS THE GREAT MELTING POT.
WE HAVE BEEN THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS ALL THE WAY FROM THE 1700'S TO TODAY.
BUT NOW THE OVER RUN WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH THE DOORS POLICY THAT IS OPEN, IS DAMAGING EVERY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND OUR COUNTRY WILL COLLAPSE.
>> THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN PLAN TO ADDRESS FUNDS FOR EXAMPLE UKRAINE SPECIAL ISREAL AND TAIWAN AND THE BORDER.
IT IT IS NOT PASS TRUMP DID NOT WANT TO GIVE BIDEN THE VICTORY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT.
WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THIS IT DID ADDRESS THE BORDER NOT PERFECT.
>> NOT IN THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY CEASE.
AND WE DID NEED TO NOT VOTE FOR THAT AS REPUBLICANS.
HUSH IS THE REASON TIRED OF THE BILLS AND THE PORT PUT IN EVERY BILL.
WE NEED TO HAVE ONE BILL AND VOTE ON THIS ONE BILL THAT'S IT.
WE NEED TO STOP DOING ALL OF THIS AND THEN HAVING WHAT NANCY PELOSI SAID WHICH IS, JUST SIGN THE BILL AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IS IN IT.
>> WE WILL WRAP THIS UP.
WOULD HAVE YOU SIGND THAT LEGISLATION?
GI AGREE WITH JEFF.
YOU KNOW ARIZONA HAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTIONS IN OUR CONSTITUTION WE ARGUE TO PASS A BILL HAS TO BE A SINGLE ISSUE FWHIL IS THE WAY CONGRESS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SHOULD OPERATE.
NO, I VALID VOTED AGAINST THE BILL BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT FOR THE SAME REASON THEY BILL SPENDING AND THING IN THE BILL NOBODY READS AND YOU DECIDE WHO HAD IS A CRIMINAL AND WHO IS NOT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
2 VOTES NO.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT NOW FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS AND AGAIN GOING IN ORDER.
WE START WITH DAVID MENDOZA.
>> HI, VIEWERS.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO ME THIS ELECTION I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF CD3 WHO HELPED ME GET HER THE LADY WITH THE BROKEN HAND XO SIGNED GET ME ON THE BALLOT AND THE GUY WHO SAID FICOULD SHOUT OUT ON TV.
HI, PETER TO THE WOMAN IN THE COUPLE THAT GAVE HE A PAINTED ROCK TO ENCOURAGE ME TO KEEP GOING AND THE DEMOCRATS WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED ON DOORS THEY GAVE ME A REAL TALKING TO.
I ENJOY TODAY THE REASON I RAN BECAUSE OF THE PARTISANSHIP AND POLARIZATION.
I HOPE I CAN GET FORCE AGAINST THIS WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS TO SPREAD IT IS I VIRUS THAT SPREADS ONCE IT SPREADS THE SOLUTION SYSTEM SOCIALISM.
AUTHORITARIAN THEM IS NOT WHAT THIS WAS INTENDED DO GO TO MENDOZA.
VOTE TO DONATE AND VOTE >> THE CLOSING STATEMENT FROM JEFF ZINC.
>> I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE MAMA AND PAPA BEARS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THIS THEY ARE WORKING HARD.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE END'S MEATED YOU HAVE MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY PUT MOW IN OFFICE I WILL FIGHT THAT DOLLARS WILL NOT GO TO UKRAINE, ISREAL THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
AND AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FIGHTING HARD FOR OUR VALUES.
WE NEED SET DOWN AND HAVE CONGRESSMEN WITH THE BECOME BONE THAT WOULD STAND AND UP NOT DOT MOST POPULAR THING AND PUT FINGER IN THEIR MOUTH AND CHECK THE WEATHER STROOIN SEE WHICH WAY TO VOTE TO GET THE MOST VOTES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT AMERICAN VALUES ARE ABOUT OR WHAT ARIZONA VALUES ARE ABOUT.
THEY NEED TO SET DOWN AND THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE TABLE ISSUES.
LET'S LOWER GAS PROCESSES AND FOOD PROCESSES AND MAKE SURE WE WORK TOGETHER SO WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT'S DEBATE.
OUR NEXT ARIZONA DEBATE IS TUESDAY MAY 14 HEAR FROM THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF.
5 P.M. ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
AND YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF OUR SHOWS LIVE ON ARIZONA PBS OR STREAMED LIVE ON YOU TUBE AND FACEBOOK.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I'M TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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