>>> HELLO.

I'M A CAPITOL CORPORATE FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN ATLANTA.

WELCOME TO THE DEBATE SERIES.

THE RUNOFF DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT 10.

THEY ARE MIKE COLLINS, AN ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESS OWNER.

VERNON JONES, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND CEO OF DEKALB COUNTY.

OUR PANELISTS, RULE, A REPORTER AND EMMA, A REPORTER WITH AXIOS ATLANTA.

FOR COMPLETE RULES, PLEASE VISIT ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE.

TO START, EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY EACH PANELIST.

CANDIDATES WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS EMMA, THE FIRST QUESTION TO REPRESENT JONES.

>> ARE YOU OPEN TO ANY COMPROMISE TO GUN CHANGES SPECIFICALLY SO-CALLED RED FLAG LAWS OR BACKGROUND CHECKS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, AMERICA NEEDS MORE GOD, NOT MORE GUN CONTROL.

IF WE CAN SEND $40 BILLION TO UKRAINE, WHY CAN'T WE SPEND MORE TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.

I WENT TO HOUSTON AND I DIDN'T BOW.

I STOOD TALL WITH THE NRA.

I SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE JOE BIDEN DOES NOT TAKE AWAY MY GOD GIVEN RIGHT.

HAVING A GUN AND PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY IS IMPORTANT.

I WILL STAND ALWAYS WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE A REBUTTAL.

>> I DID NOT BOYCOTT THE NRA CONVENTION.

WE WERE IN CAMPAIGN.

MY OPPONENT CAN'T RAISE MONEY IN THE DISTRICT, SO HE TRAVELS OUT THERE TO TRY TO CON THOSE PEOPLE TO GIVE HIM MONEY.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

THAT IS OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT AND I WILL FIGHT FOR THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> RAUL, YOUR QUESTION.

>> SOMETHING YOU TWEETED OUT, ELECTION INTEGRITY.

YOU ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS.

IS IT SOMETHING AS BIG AS AN AGENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE STANDARDS LIKE ON MACHINES OR BALLOTING?

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO ROLE.

THAT IS A STATE'S RIGHT.

THAT IS THEIR JOB TO HANDLE THEIR ELECTIONS.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

>> MR. COLLINS, UNDERSTANDING YOU ARE A PROPONE NNT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT ARE YOU OPEN TO ANY COMPROMISE TO SO-CALLED RED FLAG LAWS?

>> I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO RED FLAG LAWS.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS WRITTEN RIGHT.

THERE IS NO CHANGING IT.

WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS.

WE DON'T HAVE A GUN PROBLEM.

WE HAVE A CULTURAL PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE REMOVED GOD FROM EVERY FACET OF OUR LIFE FROM SCHOOLS TO PRAYER, EVEN TELEVISION.

THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WHERE THE SANT TIGHT OF LIFE MEANS SOMETHING.

WE NEED TO SECURE OUR SCHOOLS.

AFTER 9/11, WE SECURED OUR AIRPORTS, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT.

THAT SHOULD BE FIRST WITH OUR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN THAT WE ARM PEOPLE IN SCHOOL AND TEACH THEM HOW TO USE WEAPONS AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

THE THIRD THING WE HAVEN'T DONE, WE NEED TO START FUNDING OUR POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE DEFUNDING.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN THIS PREDICAMENT NOW.

>> RAUL, THE FINAL QUESTION FOR MR. JONES.

>> YOU HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF CLOSED PARTY PRIMARIES AND THIS MEANS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS NOT CROSSING OVER TO VOTE.

THIS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH GEORGIA LEGISLATE YOUR.

AT THE CAPITOL, THEY LISTEN TO PEOPLE ON THIS.

YOU KNOW THIS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

DO GEORGIANS HAVE TO REGISTER AS A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN?

COULD INDEPENDENTS VOTE IN EITHER ONE AND HOW CLOSE TO AN ELECTION COULD SOMEONE CHANGE PARTIES TO VOTE?

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A ROLE, THERE IS FEDERAL LAW THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT DESTROY ELECTION RECORDS WITHIN 22 MONTHS.

WE SAW IN GEORGIA RECORDS WERE DESTROYED.

ENFORCING THE FEDERAL LAW.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SECONDLY, YES, I SUPPORT AND I HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY MAKING SURE WE HAVE LEGISLATION WHERE REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN VOTERS VOTE IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND DEMOCRAT AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS VOTE IN DEMOCRAT PRIMARIES.

MIKE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ABUSE.

HE MAILED TO MAILERS TELLING DEMOCRATS TO CROSS OVER AND VOTE IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

THIS IS THE FACTUAL.

IN THAT REPORT.

REPORTED WIDELY.

HE NEEDED DEMOCRATS TO HELP HIM GET ELECTED.

IF YOU WANT TO RUN AS A DEMOCRAT, I WOULD SUGGEST MY FRIEND RUN AS A DEMOCRAT AND NOT A REPUBLICAN.

>> MR. COLLINS?

>> FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER LIE BY VERNON JONES AS USUAL.

HE MAKES UP STUFF AS HE GOES ALONG.

IT WAS A LIE BACK THEN AND A HIT WITHIN A WEEK THERE WAS NO TRUTH TO IT.

WE DO NEED TO HAVE CLOSE PRIMARIES.

WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE CROSS OVERVOTING.

MY OPPONENT CAME OUT FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2020 AND THEN CROSS VOTED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHO DID HE VOTE FOR?

JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS OR BERNIE SANDERS FRMT.

>> THERE'S A RESPONSE HERE -- >> WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE HERE.

>> JUST YES OR NO, INDEPENDENT?

>> I VOTED IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

LET ME BE CLEAR.

MIKE COLLINS, SON OF FORMER COUNCILLOR TRYING HARD AND WILLING TO USE DEMOCRAT VOTES TO DO IT AND SAID HOPEFULLY CONSERVATIVES WILL NOT REWARD THE CAMPAIGN -- >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.

GENTLEMAN, WE NEED TO MOVE ON SO WE CAN HAVE MORE IN THIS DEBATE.

>> THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND.

THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A REQUEST TO THEIR OPPONENT AND EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND 30 SECONDS FOR A REBUTTAL.

RANDOM SELECTION, MIKE COLLINS, YOU MAY ASK THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> VERNON, WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST THE HEARTBEAT BILL TWICE AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS THREATEN TO PUT PRO ABORTION DEMOCRATS IN POWER IF THAT WAS PASSED?

WHY DID YOU SAY ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL UP TO THE MOMENT OF BIRTH?

>> FIRST OF ALL, MY RECORD IS CLEAR.

I TOOK THE SAME POSITION GEORGIA RIGHT TO LIFE.

THAT WAS LIFE STARTS AT CONCEPTION, NOT AT SIX WEEKS.

GEORGIA RIGHT TO LIFE WANTS NO EXCEPTIONS.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

MIKE WANTS EXEMPTIONS, I DO NOT.

GEORGIA RIGHT TO LIFE OPPOSES AND RESCINDED THE ENDORSEMENT FOR THE REPUBLICANS THAT THEY SUPPORTED.

IF MIKE WANTS TO SAY HE'S PRO LIFE, HE'S NOT.

I'M PRO LIFE ALL THE WAY.

I AM PRO LIFE ALL THE WAY.

>> MR. COLLINS, REBUTTAL.

>> I HAVE ALWAYS STATED, ALWAYS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, 100% PRO LIFE, PERIOD.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

THIS IS VERNON JONES IS A CON MAN.

WHAT YOU IS TO DO IS LOOK AND SEE WHO DO YOU TRUST IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AS LIFE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A CORRUPT 30-YEAR POLITICIAN BEATING THE DRUM FOR PRO-ABORTION HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

IT IS A TRUST ISSUE.

>> VERNON JONES, YOU GET THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> OKAY.

MIKE, YOU ARE IN A RACE IN THE RUNOFF 2014, SEVERAL MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING ATLANTA GRGIA CONSTITUTION, RADIO AND OTHER OUTLETS SAID YOU MAILED TO DEMOCRATS.

ARE YOU CALLING THEM A LIAR OR ARE YOU THE LIAR?

>> I AM SAYING THAT WAS A GOOD JOB, IT WAS A LIE.

STILL A LIE.

IT WAS A HIT JOB AT THE END OF THAT CAMPAIGN TO MOVE THE VOTES OUT OF OUR FAVOR I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN FAVOR OF CROSS OVERVOTING UNLIKE YOU WHO VOTED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANTS OUT THERE WHO HAS BEEN ON PROBATION.

I WOULD NEVER EVEN HAVE A DEMOCRAT CONSULTANT ON MY TEAM.

YOU HAVE SOMEONE OUT THERE IN THE SOUTHEAST WELL-KNOWN TO PAY PEOPLE TO GO VOTE.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EVER ASKING ANYBODY TO CROSS OVER.

>> REBUTTAL.

>> YOU ARE SAYING SOMEONE TRIED TO PAY ME TO GET OUT OF THIS RACE.

YOU KNOW YOU SENT OUT THAT MAIL TO DEMOCRATS.

HIS DAD IS A DEMOCRAT.

HE WAS RAISED AS A DEMOCRAT.

IT IS IN HIS BLOOD.

HE WAS RAISED A DEMOCRAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DID.

YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.

EVERYBODY IS LYING EXCEPT YOU.

LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AND TELL THEM YOU DIDN'T MAIL TO DEMOCRATS TO GET THEM TO VOTE FOR YOU.

>> MR. COLLINS, YOUR SECOND QUESTION.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER.

MY DAD WAS A REPUBLICAN STARTING IN THE LATE 70s.

I WAS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD.

HE BECAME A WELL-KNOWN START FOR THIS COUNTRY AND STATE AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.

WHEN I WAS 18, I STARTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHICH I WAS A MEMBER OF.

I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND CHAIRMAN IN THE COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU -- WE NEED YOU TO MOVE ON TO YOUR QUESTION.

>> MR. JONES, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR VERNON JONES OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE AS A DEMOCRAT.

HIS ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN AS A CORRUPT CAREER POLITICIAN.

I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE MY BUSINESS AND BUSINESS SENSE OF BEING IN THE HARDEST INDUSTRY THERE IS IN THIS COUNTRY AND TAKE THAT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 10th DISTRICT AND REPRESENT THEM AND GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK.

>> MR. JONES, YOU CAN RESPOND.

>> AGAIN, HE'S LYING.

HE LIED ABOUT MAILING TO DEMOCRATS.

HE LIED ABOUT HIS DADDY.

HE WAS RAISED AS A DEMOCRAT.

HE'S A GREAT PRETENDER.

MIKE IS A RHINO.

HE MAILED TO DEMOCRATS BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HICE WAS TOO CONSERVATIVE AND THEY NEEDED A LIBERAL.

HE TOOK $1 MILLION OF PPP LOANS AND LOANED IT TO HIS PERSONAL CAMPAIGN.

IT IS OKAY TO GET A PPP LOAN.

YOU LOAN YOUR CAMPAIGN AFTERWARDS.

THAT'S BEEN A CROOK.

HE IS THE CROOK.

HE STOLE HARD-EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

EVERYBODY ELSE PAID IT BACK.

HE CAN'T PAY IT BACK.

HE PUT IT IN HIS POCKET AND HIS BUSINESS.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

VERNON JONES RIGHT THERE.

A CORRUPT DEMOCRAT ALL THE WAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT PPP.

YES, I PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

I HAD 100 EMPLOYEES, TRUCK DRIVERS THAT NEEDED HELP.

THAT'S WHAT WE USED THAT FOR.

UNFORTUNATELY NOW, VERNON JONES TOOK THAT OUT TWICE IN TWO DIFFERENT STATES AND EVEN SETTLED UP ON HIS.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE EMPLOYEES.

>> THAT'S A LIE.

I NEVER TOOK OUT TWO LOANS.

THIRDLY, HE NEVER GAVE IT TO EMPLOYEES.

THEY BOUGHT NEW VEHICLES FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

THE EMPLOYEES AND TRUCKERS NEVER GOT A DIME.

>> VERNON JONES.

>> MIKE, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, DID YOUR DAD NOT GET ELECTED IN BUS COUNTY AS A DEMOCRAT.

YOU WERE RAISED AS A DEMOCRAT.

>> JIMMY CARTER HELPED HIM TO SEE THE LIGHT.

>> HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A VERY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.

MY DAD IS NOT ON THE BALLOT HERE.

I WAS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD.

>> DID YOUR DAD GET ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT IN GEORGIA?

>> I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU HAD BEEN ELECTED -- >> HE CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.

THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU.

HE'S CORRUPT, HE'S A LIAR.

HE LIED ON EVERYBODY.

DID YOUR DADDY GET ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT IN BUS COUNTY OR NOT?

>> MY DAD WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN BUS COUNTY IN THE LATE 70s.

>> WAS HE ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT.

>> MY DAD WAS ELECTED -- >> WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

>> I WISH YOU WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.

>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST JOINED US, THIS IS A RUNOFF DEBATE.

WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS SO THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE.

I MAY ALSO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATE AND DETERMINE WHEN A REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.

>> QUESTION, IN REFERENCE TO AN ISSUE BACK IN THE 10th CONGREGATIONAL AND THE PROPOSED RIVIAN ELECTRIC PLANT.

IS THERE A ROLE -- THERE'S BEEN MINORITY OPTION.

IS THERE A ROLE THROUGH EPA CERTIFICATES FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PLANT?

>> FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN INPUT.

I'M FOR TRANSPARENCY.

THAT WAS SKIPPED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL EPS RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE PASSED.

ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS THAT THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY AND WATER.

THOSE QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REMAIN UPSET.

YOU LOOK AT TAXPAYERS.

THE RATE OF RETURN FOR A COMPANY THAT HASN'T PRODUCED THAT MANY, THERE IS A PROBLEM THERE.

LOCAL PEOPLE HAD NO SAY SO.

>> YOUR QUESTION.

A QUESTION FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.

DO YOU SIP PORT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION WITHOUT EXCEPTION INCLUDING SITUATIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER?

>> I SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN ON ALL A BARGSS, PERIOD.

>> DOES THAT INCLUDE -- >> NO EXCEPTIONS.

>> I SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTIONS.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

I SUPPORT GEORGIA RIGHT TO LIFE.

I WANT TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND DEFUND PLANNED PARENT HOOD AND IEGS THAT MONEY TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE.

IF HE WAS SO SUPPORTIVE OF PRO LIFE, HE NEVER CAME AND TOLD ANY LEGISLATURE TO VOTE TO SAVE LIVES.

NOT A SINGLE TIME.

NOW HE SAYS HE'S PRO LIFE.

>> A FOLLOW UP?

>> DID YOU COME DOWN?

>> YOUR QUESTION.

>> I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOMETHING YOU DISCUSSED EARLIER.

YOU MADE A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT ARMING PEOPLE IN SCHOOL, WOULD THAT INCLUDE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM?

>> YES, SIR.

I THINK YOU NEED TO ARM TEACHERS.

YOU COULD USE PRIOR VETERANS AND TRAIN THEM MUCH WAY THEY DID IN FLORIDA AND HAVE THEM WORK AT THESE SCHOOLS.

>> YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE KILLED OVER 3,000 FOLKS WITH BOX CUTTERS.

THE DAY AFTER THAT, WE START SECURING OUR AIRPORTS.

WE NEED TO SECURE OUR SCHOOLS SP R THAT SHOULD BE FIRST AND FOREMOST.

>> BILLIONS WE SPENT ON COVID RELIEF.

THAT CAN BE SPENT NOW TO SECURE THESE SCHOOLS.

>> REPRESENTATIVE JONES, DO YOU SUPPORT THOSE FOR CRIMES AGAINST VIOLENCE?

>> ANYBODY WHO COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME SHOULD FACE A FAIR TRIAL.

I STAND FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY.

99.9% OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO UNITED STATES HOUSE TO LET THEM KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.

THE RHINO STATE HOME DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

I WENT THERE.

MY NAME IS ON THAT LIST FROM THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS THERE.

I STOOD TALL.

I'M NOT AFRAID.

MY OPPONENT DIDN'T GO.

HE BOYCOTTED THAT TOO BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID.

>> YES.

THE 30th, I WAS WORKING THE POLLS.

ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF US WERE TAKEN OUT WITH COVID.

I WAS QUARANTINED.

I WASN'T ABLE TO GO.

YOU WANT TO TALK JANUARY 6 POLITICAL PRISONERS.

GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND STAND UP FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THEY NEED THEIR DAY IN COURT.

I WAS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE.

MR. JONES HAD HIS OPPORTUNITY.

HE BOYCOTTED THAT.

I WAS THERE.

I STOOD UP FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

>> DID YOU WANT A REBUTTAL.

>> MIKE IS CONSISTENTLY LYING.

I WANT TO KNOW.

MIKE, DID YOU REALLY STAND FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY?

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE THE MODERATOR.

>> I HAD COVID DURING JANUARY 6.

>> YOU DID A FAKE QUARANTINE.

YOU HID.

>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.

>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> I DO.

I HAVE IT WRITTEN HERE.

WHY AM I BLANKING?

THE QUESTION IS TO BOTH GENTLEMEN.

NAME A COMMITTEE YOU WANT TO SERVE ON.

>> MR. JONES.

>> I WANT TO SERVE ON HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT ON WITH THE ELECTIONS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW.

I'VE SEEN THOSE LAWS NOT ENFORCED.

THOSE WHO INFILTRATED ON JANUARY 6 AND EVERYBODY HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN DUE PROCESS.

FIGURING OUT WHAT ROLE EVERYBODY PLAYED IN ALL OF THIS.

IN PROSECUTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.

>> I'D LIKE TO SERVE ON TRANSPORTATION OR SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE.

IN MY BACKGROUND OF ONE OF THE MOST REGULATED OUT THERE.

THERE'S NOT ANOTHER PERSON IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS OUT THERE.

TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, HOW IMPORTANT SUPPLY CHAIN HAS BEEN AND CAN BE.

YOU LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS PASSED.

IT WOULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SPEND NEW MONEY ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.

ON THESE COMMITTEES.

IT IS IMPORTANT WE NOT ONLY HAVE OVERSITE ON JANUARY 6.

WE'LL TAKE BACK THE SENATE AND NEED TO LOOK INTO EVERY COMMITTEE AND OVERSIGHT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

VERNON JONES.

>> I WAS BORN ON A FARM.

MY MOM TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF HARD WORK, FAITH BASE, EDUCATION.

MY DAD DIDN'T SERVE IN CONGRESS, HE IS A VETERAN.

HE TAUGHT ME TO FIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET A PPP LOAN AND NOT GIVE IT TO MY BUSINESS.

MAILING TO DEMOCRATS RUNNING IN THE PRIMARY.

THAT SHOWS TO BE SOMEONE DISHONEST.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A REPUBLICAN, BE A REPUBLICAN.

WHEN I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'M GOING TO FIGHT TO SECURE OUR BORDERS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND MAKE SURE WE REIGN IN SPENDING.

GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY.

I'M A FIGHTER.

I'VE BEEN TRUMP ENDORSED, VETTED AND TRUSTED.

MIKE WANT TO CLAIM HE'S A TRUMP STER BUT HE DOESN'T.

HE REJECTED HIM.

YOU HEARD HIM LIE.

HE REFUSED TO SAY HIS DADDY WAS A DEMOCRAT -- >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MIKE COLLINS, YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRO TRUMP, CONSERVATIVE TO THE CORE THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.

AN OUTSIDER.

MY WIFE AND I THE PAST 30 YEARS HAVE BEEN RAISING KIDS AND STARTING A BUSINESS.

WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TRUCK INDUSTRYING, THE MOST REGULATED AND TAXED BUSINESS IN THE COUNTRY.

IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO GO TO WASHINGTON TO STAND UP AND FIGHT TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK, I NEED YOUR HELP.

WE NEED TO SEND TRUE WARRIORS TO CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING MY DAD INSTILLED IN ME WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY, THIS GOES FROM BUSINESS, SOCIAL TO POLITICS.

THIS RUNOFF IS ABOUT TRUST.

WHAT DO YOU TRUST.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE.

WE'LL REMIND YOU VOTERS ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 21.

OUR THANKS TO THE PANELIST, AND JOURNALISTS AND ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR ARRANGING TODAY'S DEBATE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY WILL HOST THIS ELECTION SEASON VISIT ATLANTA PRESS COLUMN.ORG.

I'M DONNA LOWRIE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB DEBATE SERIES.

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