HELLO, WE CAN A NEWS ANCHOR IN CHATTANOOGA WELCOME TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB, DEBATE SERIES A DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14, LET'S MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DEBATE THEY ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, FIRST ERIC CUNNINGHAM LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL, MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE THE INCUMBENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 14.

JAMES HAYGOOD A ROBERT PROFESSIONAL, CHARLES LUTIN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AND FAMILY PRACTITIONER, JENNIFER STAHAN OWNER, JENNIFER STAHAN EDUCATOR AND BUSINESS OWNER, NOW LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS.

PUBLIC-POLICY REPORTER WITH GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND REPORTER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION.

FOR COMPLETE RULES ON THE DEBATE PLEASE VISIT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE.

TO START THE DEBATE EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY ONE OF THE PANELISTS AND HAS 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.

YOU WILL GET THE FIRST QUESTION TO CHARLES LUTIN.

>> JORDAN HAS LOST ABOUT EIGHT RURAL HOSPITALS IN THE PAST TWO DECADES.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE SOLUTION FOR FIXING ACCESS IN RURAL AREAS FOR HEALTHCARE?

>> THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION THANK YOU.

GREAT TO BE HERE, RURAL HEALTHCARE IS DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF RURAL AREAS DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE TREMENDOUS CAPITAL EXPENSE BUILDING AND OPERATING A HOSPITAL WHICH IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.

PARTNERSHIPS AMONG HOSPITALS, OUTREACH CLINICS, AND INCREASING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR RURAL AREAS IS THE KEY BUT NOT EVERY SMALL COUNTY CAN HAVE A LEGITIMATE FULL-SERVICE HOSPITAL.

>> ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION WHICH WILL GO TO SETH SYNSTELIEN.

>> MR. SYNSTELIEN HOW DO YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES SHOULD RESPOND TO THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE?

>> I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A STRONG STANCE AND WE STAND FOR DEMOCRACY WHEN WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC NATION WHO IS UNDER ATTACK WHO IS ASKING FOR HELP HIM.

>> ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO YOUR NEXT QUESTION FOR ERIC CUNNINGHAM.

>> WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU TAKE ON A FEDERAL LEVEL TO BOLSTER JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ARE THERE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES YOU WOULD FOCUS ON?

>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE THIS MORNING.

TO BOLSTER JOBS TO INCREASE THE JOBS FOR THE DISTRICT FIRST THING IS WE HAVE TO STOP THE MANDATES, TOO MANY MANDATES KILLING JOBS PUTTING SMALL BUSINESS OUT OF BUSINESS.

TO SHUT DOWN MANDATES AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK AT ALL.

I HAVE DRIVEN AROUND THE DISTRICT AND THERE ARE SOME VERY POOR PARTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT NEED JOBS BUT THEY NEED ACCESS TO WELL-PAYING JOBS AS WELL.

WE HAVE TO HELP THEM FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE ALSO.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IDEAS LIKE MAYBE OFFERING TAX CREDITS TO SATAN UBER OR LYFT THAT COMES ON A SCHEDULE AND HELPS THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE DISTRICTS REACH BETTER PAYING JOBS.

GOT TO DO MORE ON SUPPLY CHAIN.

WHEN A BUNCH OF CONTAINERS IN THE PORT OF SAVANNAH IF WE COULD'VE BROUGHT THOSE OVER TO MURRAY COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE THE STORAGE FOR CONTAINERS ON SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY AND HELP THEM EARN MORE MONEY TO CLEAR UP THE CONGESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE IN THIS ROUND TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

YOUR NEXT QUESTION NOW TO MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN WHAT EVIDENCE CAN YOU SHOW AFTER 15 MONTHS IN OFFICE OF ANY SUCCESS IN D.C.?

PLEASE MENTION SOME OF YOUR BILLS, EARMARKS OR TANGIBLE ACTIONS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I AM HONORED TO SERVE GEORGE'S 14th DISTRICT.

I HAVE BROUGHT IN NEARLY $6 MILLION TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHERIFF'S OFFICES, MENTAL HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS AND OTHER GREAT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE 14th DISTRICT.

I AM VERY PROUD OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALL OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOMETIMES OUTSIDE OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

ANOTHER THING I HAVE DONE IS I HAVE DOMINATED SITTING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR CALLING FOR RECORDED VOTES FORCING CONGRESS TO BE ON RECORD, MAKING CONGRESS VOTE EACH TIME INSTEAD OF PASSING BILLS BY VOICE LIKE THEY HAVE DONE.

HAVE STOPPED COREY BUSH'S BILL WHICH WOULD'VE ALLOWED FELONS TO VOTE FROM PRISON THAT WAS PASSED BY VOICE BUT WHEN I CALLED FOR RECORDED VOTES WE STOPPED THE BILL.

BECAUSE OF MY EFFORTS WE HAVE OVER 530 BILLS ON RECORD WHERE EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS, ALL 435 WERE FORCED TO VOTE NOT JUST FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA BUT EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN AND THIS IS HOW CONGRESS SHOULD FUNCTION AND OPERATE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER, LET'S GO, YOUR TIME TO ASK A QUESTION TO JENNIFER STRAHAN.

>> MILLIONS OF GEORGIANS RELIED ON COVID RELIEF LIKE THE CHILD TAX CARE PRODUCT PROGRAM TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC.

WOULD YOU CONTINUE SUPPORTED FINANCIAL RELIEF?

>> WE HAVE ALL SEEN GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL TODAY SO WE NEED TO FIRST MAKE SURE ANY SPENDING COMING FROM GOVERNMENT IS NOT EXCESSIVE, HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, CREATE TRANSPARENCY.

WE NEED A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.

I RECOGNIZE DURING COVID THERE WERE UNCERTAINTIES BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF SPENDING THAT CAME FROM COVID WAS NOT RESPONSIBLY DONE.

I SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET, NO BUDGET NO PAY ACT TO FORCE CONGRESS TO DO HIS JOB BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE TODAY WE ARE CREATING GENERATIONAL DEBT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

GRANDKIDS AND THEIR KIDS WILL BE PAYING FOR LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE.

GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE WE HAVE TO MAKE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH GOVERNMENT.

SMOKE YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND WHICH GOES TO JAMES HAYGOOD.

>> BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN THE AREA CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTION OF DISTRICT 14?

>> A GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AND GEORGIA PUBLIC TELEVISION FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

GROWING UP IN THE 14 DISTRICT, THE TOWN I GREW UP AND HAD ONE RED LIGHT AT HIGHWAY 41 AND 140 AND THERE WAS A HARDEE'S IN TOWN AND A MOM-AND-POP DINER.

THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS THERE.

I GRADUATED WITH 52 GRADUATES INCLUDING MYSELF, OVER THE YEARS THE TOWN HAS GROWN A FEW MORE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS BUT THE INDUSTRY IN THE DISTRICT IS STILL TILE AND CARPET, LABOR- INTENSIVE.

A POOR DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT NEEDS JOBS TO COME INTO IT.

49% OF THE 14 DISTRICT IS STILL GRAVEL DIRT ROADS.

THE DISTRICT IS SITTING IN 1990 AND WE ARE IN 2020, WE NEED CONGRESS TO GO TO OFFICE AND BRING CHANGE AND JOBS INTO THE 14th DISTRICT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND, CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A QUESTION TO AN OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND IN THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKS WILL THEN HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR A REBUTTAL.

RANDOM SELECTION, JAMES HAYGOOD YOU MAY ASK FIRST.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE DURING YOUR MONTHS NOW SERVING AS CONGRESSWOMAN TO THE 14th DISTRICT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT ITSELF INDIVIDUALLY?

I KNOW YOU DO A LOT FOR AMERICA, YOU FLY BACK AND FORTH HELPING OTHER CANDIDATES BUT A LOT OF THE MONEY YOU HAVE SPENT TO BOLSTER THOSE CANDIDATES WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT BETTER IN THE 14th DISTRICT TO HELP JOBS?

AS A CONGRESSWOMAN YOU COULD BRING INDUSTRY IN.

>> I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME RUNNING SO YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THE MONEY SPENT TRAVELING TO ANOTHER DISTRICT TO HELP ANOTHER AMERICA FIRST CANDIDATE COME TO CONGRESS THAT IS NOT FEDERAL MONEY, THAT IS NOT MONEY SPENT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND AS YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE WHICH MEANS NANCY PELOSI CONTROLS ALL THE BILLS TAKEN TO THE HOUSE FLOOR TO VOTE ON.

REPUBLICANS HAVE NO CONTROL NOW SO WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING OUTSIDE THE FACT THAT I HAVE HAD 11 TOWN HALLS WITH SOME WE WORK AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS I HAVE BROUGHT IN NEARLY $6 MILLION FOR GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS AND DRUG REHAB AND MENTAL HEALTH BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO REPUBLICANS TAKING BACK THE HOUSE, SERVING ON COMMITTEES AND LITERATURE PROMISES COMMITTEES THIS TIME AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO NOT ONLY PROTECT NORTHWEST GEORGIA BUT REBUILD THE ECONOMY, SECURE THE BORDER, STOP THIS INFLATION, HIGH RISING GAS PRICES AND PUT AMERICA FIRST FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.

>> SHOULDN'T YOU BE MORE IN THE DISTRICT TO DO THOSE THINGS?

>> I AM IN THE DISTRICT A LOT, THERE WITH MY FAMILY.

I HAVE HAD 11 TOWN HALLS, TWO IN MANUFACTURING PLANTS FROM PAULDING TO LYMAN SCHOOL ATTENDING MY SON'S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES IN CALHOUN AND TRACK MEETS, I AM HOME A LOT >> REMINDER YOU GET ONE QUESTION.

NOT TWO.

YOU GET A CHANCE FOR A BOTTLE BUT ONLY ONE QUESTION.

LET'S MOVE ON, ERIC CUNNINGHAM YOU GET THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> YOU GET ANOTHER QUESTION.

IN THE 2020 PRIMARY RUNOFF DEBATE YOU WERE ASKED WHAT YOU DO TO THE OPIOID HEROIN AND METH PROBLEM AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH LOCAL CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ON THIS PROBLEM SO CAN YOU TELL US AS YOU MENTIONED DRUG REFORM WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SPECIFICALLY OR ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS TO HELP THE 14th DISTRICT WITH THIS CRISIS?

NOT THE FENTANYL ISSUE COMING ACROSS OUR BORDERS?

>> $555,000 IN A GRANT TO THE CATOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, $73,000 TO SUPPORT SHERIFFS AND JUDGES, $5 MILLION FOR HIGHLANDS RIVER'S COMMUNITY COUNSELING AND OTHER SERVICES.

I HAVE SPONSORED SOME OF THE STRONGEST BORDER SECURITY BILLS IN CONGRESS BUT AS YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL AND WE ARE UNABLE TO PASS THE BILLS THAT NEED TO BE PASSED.

WE HAVE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND STOP THE FLOW OF FENTANYL COMING ACROSS THE BORDER AND IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 18 TO 45.

AND VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO REPUBLICANS TAKING BACK THE HOUSE AND GETTING TO WORK TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FROM DANGEROUS DRUGS AND HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH STATE OFFICIALS SO WE CAN PROTECT EVERYONE AT HOME AND KEEP DRUGS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE CAN ALL AGREE WE WANT TO STOP ILLEGALS COMING OVER THE BORDER, I MENTIONED THE FENTANYL COMING IN KILLING THOSE WHENEVER YOUR FOLKS WITHOUT THE GOP MEETING WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THREE DAYS LATER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

I NEVER HEARD YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YMCA WORKING ON OPIOID AND HEROIN ADDICTION FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

>> LET'S MOVE ON CHARLES LUTIN YOUR TURN TO ASK ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS A QUESTION.

>> EVERYBODY HANGING UP, I WILL ASK JENNIFER.

ONE OF MY POINTS OF INTEREST IS ETHICS IN CONGRESS AND PREVENTION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR OPERATED BUSINESS IN MARIETTA I BELIEVE, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO DISPOSE OF OR CLOSE OR WILL YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE BUSINESS IF YOU ARE ELECTED TO CONGRESS?

>> MY FIRST PRIORITY IS A REPRESENTATIVE IS ALWAYS OUR DISTRICT.

CUSTOMER SERVICE, FOCUSING ON EFFECTIVENESS, WE DO NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE EFFECTIVENESS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND THAT IS SOMETHING MY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE BRINGS TO THE TABLE, IN WORKING WITH HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PARTNERING AND TRAINING THOUSANDS AND HELPING TO ELIMINATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WASTEFUL SPENDING IN HEALTHCARE AND THAT IS REAL- WORLD EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED TO.

WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER SO MY FIRST PRIORITY WILL ALWAYS BE FOCUSING ON THE DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE MY EXPERIENCE BRINGS A LOT OF VALUE AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT REMAINS MY TOP PRIORITY.

>> CHARLES LUTIN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

>> WILL YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE BUSINESS?

>> NO OBVIOUSLY MY PRIORITY WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE DISTRICT.

>> C YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE BUSINESS?

>> YES.

>> LET'S GO TO MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE.

>> MY QUESTION IS FOR JENNIFER.

ON YOUR REPORTS YOU RECEIVED MOST OF YOUR DONATIONS FROM RHINOS IN WASHINGTON, LOBBYISTS AND DEMOCRATIC DONORS ALSO PAC 'S ARE FUNDING YOU BANKROLLED BY REID HOFFMAN A DEMOCRAT BILLIONAIRE WHO DONATES $25 MILLION TO COMMUNISTS LIKE NANCY PELOSI AND STACY ABRAMS AND NEXT WEEK YOU HAVE A FUNDRAISER WITH SENATOR BILL CASSIDY A TRUMP IMPEACHMENT VOTER WHICH IS OFFENSIVE TO MOST VOTERS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

MY QUESTION, ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SOLD OUT TO THE SWAMP BEFORE YOU HAVE AN ELECTION OR WILL YOU GIVE THE MONEY BACK AND CANCELED A FUNDRAISER WITH TRUMP IMPEACHMENT VOTER BILL CASSIDY?

I AM ENDORSED BY PREISDENT TRUMP.

ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK?

FOREMOST THE INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTING ME ARE NOT SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME, THEY'RE SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW REPRESENTATIVE GREENE.

HAVE BEEN CLEAR I SUPPORT PREISDENT TRUMP AND HIS POLICIES, I BELIEVE HE HAS HAD THE BEST POLICIES I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFETIME AND WE NEED TO SEND SOMEONE TO WASHINGTON WHO CAN PROMOTE AND PROTECT THOSE POLICIES.

THEY WERE GOOD FOR ALL AMERICANS.

I BELIEVE MY EXPERIENCE ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HAVING TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND WE ARE RESTORING SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT FOCUSING ON THE DISTRICT.

I PROBABLY VOTED FOR PREISDENT TRUMP IN 2016 AND 2020 AND IF HE IS THE NOMINEE I WILL GLADLY VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN IN 2024.

I HAVE BEEN CLEAR FROM THE START AND I WILL MAKE SURE I MAINTAIN MY VALUES AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.

>> 30 SECONDS.

>> YOU KNOW JENNIFER THE ONLY DONATIONS I TAKE ARE FROM PEOPLE, NOT FROM LOBBYISTS OR CORPORATE PACKS AND I REPRESENT NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND FOR YOU TO PARADE YOURSELF AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN AND CLAIM YOU WILL SUPPORT PREISDENT TRUMP YOU BETTER CANCEL THE FUNDRAISER NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THAT IS A SENATOR THAT VOTED TO CONVICT PREISDENT TRUMP AFTER THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI IMPEACHED HIM AND SHAME ON YOU THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WANT YOU IN WASHINGTON ARE THE INSIDERS, THE LOBBYISTS YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK FOR IN THE DEMOCRATIC DONORS LIKE REID HOFFMAN.

>> PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE CARDS AND THE TIME SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TODAY.

LET'S GO TO SETH SYNSTELIEN.

>> MRS. GREENE WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SEAT, YOU BOUGHT DEFENSE CONTRACTOR START BEFORE RAILING AGAINST PROFITABLE WARS, YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS ARE INCONSISTENT.

NOBEL YOU PASSED AND YOU KNOW COMMITTEE POWER TO ADVOCATE, WITHOUT RESORTING TO RHETORIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC BOGEYMAN JOE BIDEN ON THE LEFT CAN YOU TELL US ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES THAT AFFECT WALLETS THAT YOU CAN PASS AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU PLAN TO GET IT DONE WITH HELPING GUARANTEED A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME AS A CANDIDATE AS WELL.

I USUALLY FIND OUT ABOUT STOCK TRADES WHEN I READ THEM IN THE NEWS.

I SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRADES MADE ON BEHALF OF ME OR MY HUSBAND WHEN THEY ARE MADE, I FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE WRITTEN BY LEFTISTS LIKE BUSINESS INSIDERS.

HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND REMEMBER DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL IN WASHINGTON, REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE EVEN THOSE ON COMMITTEES ARE NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE AND IF THEY WERE YOU NOT SEE THE RADICAL DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA GOING ON, WIDE-OPEN BORDERS, INFLATION OUT OF CONTROL AND WE ARE NO LONGER ENERGY INDEPENDENT.

WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IS WHEN WE TAKE BACK THE HOUSE I WILL HAVE GREAT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT, KEVIN McCARTHY AND LEADERSHIP HAVE PROMISED TO TO ME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDING DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CORRUPTION AND HORRIBLE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE.

>> SETH, 30 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> THAT IS TOO BIG IF.

SHE IS NOT GUARANTEED COMMITTEE POWER, NOT EVEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER OWN TWEETS OR HER STAFF.

WE'RE NOT CLEAR WHO WAS ACTING FOR THE DISTRICT SO HOW CAN ANYONE EXPECT HER TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO WASHINGTON?

THE ONLY LEADERSHIP TRAIT IS RALLYING PEOPLE AGAINST AN ENEMY AND LITTLE TO NONE OF WHAT SHE SAID ENCOURAGES BUSINESS OR FIGHTS INFLATION.

>> LET'S GO TO JENNIFER STRAHAN FOR THE LAST QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> THANK YOU, YOU RECENTLY IS LIKE THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY.

YOU VOTED AGAINST FUNDING NATIONAL DEFENSE AND MOST RECENTLY AGAINST PREVENTING IRANIAN TERRORISTS FROM OBTAINING DRONES WHERE YOU'RE DETERMINED TO WEAKEN NATIONAL SECURITY?

>> YOUR CUTTING OFF MY STATEMENTS JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS THE SUPPORT YOU AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN MY LIFE OR MY FATHER AND HUSBAND WHO SERVED IN THE NAVY.

HERE IS WHAT I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT THE MILITARY BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT SENDING THEM TO NEVER ENDING FOREIGN WARS, I SUPPORT PROTECTING THEM I DO NOT SUPPORT FORCING COVID-19 VACCINES ON THEM LIKE YOU WOULD SUPPORT.

I HAVE COSPONSORED BILLS AND WE PASSED ONE BILL THAT GIVES MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS SERVICE ANIMALS SO THAT'S ONE BILL.

OTHERS I HAVE COSPONSORED ARE BILLS THAT WILL CUT THE RED TAPE AND ALLOW VETERANS TO GET MORE HELP WITH HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE MEANING THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE THE VA AND GET MORE HELP BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET ANY HELP UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.

I AM VERY PROUD AND THANKFUL TO ALL MILITARY MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY TO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE STAGE WITH US TODAY THAT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN MILITARY AND I WILL NOT SEND THEM OFF TO FIGHT FOR ANOTHER COUNTRIES ORDERS.

>> JENNIFER, 30 SECONDS.

>> THERE IS NEVER CONTEXT WHERE I WOULD JUSTIFY SERVING IN THE MILITARY IS LIKE THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY, CURRENT REPRESENTATIVES VOTED NOT TO FUND NATIONAL DEFENSE SO IF IT WERE UP TO HER WE WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR MILITARY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

RECENTLY VOTED AGAINST PREVENTING IRANIAN TERRORISTS FROM OBTAINING DRONES I'M NOT SURE WANT TO WEAKEN NATIONAL DEFENSE BUT I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT AND MODERNIZE MILITARY AND I WILL FIGHT TO DEFEND AMERICA IN PRINCIPLE OF PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SECOND ROUND FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US A DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14.

NOW BACK TO THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE UNTIL TIME RUNS OUT.

AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE I MAY ASK QUESTIONS AND I WILL DETERMINE WHEN SOMEONE GETS A REBUTTAL AS WELL.

YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES BEGINNING WITH MR. CUNNINGHAM YES OR NO DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN LOST THE ELECTION?

>> DO I THINK YOU LOST THE ELECTION?

I THINK THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD AND I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED TO CERTIFY.

>> YES I DO THINK HE LOST THE ELECTION THAT'S WHY I OBJECTED AND I WOULD DO SO AGAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW.

OF VOTER FRAUD AND THERE IS EVIDENCE AND EVEN MORE EVIDENCE.

WE HAVE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE GOVERNOR HAS INVESTIGATED VOTER FRAUD.

THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND ELECTION INTEGRITY IS IMPORTANT EVEN MY OWN HUSBAND WHEN HE WENT TO VOTE WAS TOLD HE VOTED BY ABSENTEE BALLOT ALREADY WHEN HE DID NOT AND WE DO NOT EVEN REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

>> REP TO MOVE ON NOW.

>> I BELIEVE TRUMP WON IN 2020.

>> NEXT RESPONSE ON THAT QUESTION.

>> DO I THINK JOE BIDEN WON THE ELECTION?

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE CERTIFIED JOE BIDEN.

DID IT BRING UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS?

I THINK THERE WERE MANY QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP ON VOTER FRAUD, MOTOR INTEGRITY.

I WOULD LOOK MORE INTO THE ELECTION RESULTS BUT JOE BIDEN WAS CERTIFIED AS PRESIDENT AND WE HAVE NOW CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO BETTER FOR AMERICA NEXT TIME AROUND BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY PROBLEMS WITH VOTING IN AMERICA.

>> CHARLES LUTIN SOME QUESTION.

>> JOE BIDEN WON THE ELECTION BY A CLEAR MARKETING AND BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.

A COUPLE IMPROPER VOTES BUT JOE BIDEN WON AND FOLKS WE NEED TO MOVE ON FROM THAT.

TO THE NEXT ELECTION 2022.

THAT IS MY POSITION.

I THINK IT IS VERY HARMFUL THAT WE VISIT AND REVISIT THIS NONISSUE.

>> JENNIFER STRAHAN.

>> I BELIEVE JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT BUT I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES AND MISTRUST IN THE LAST ELECTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A GOVERNMENT TO HAVE FAIR AND SECURE ELECTIONS.

IN GEORGIA WE HAD SENATE BILL 202 PASS MAKING IT EASIER TO VOTE HARDER TO CHEAT, EXTENDED HOURS, REQUIREMENTS OF ID WHICH 80% OF VOTERS SUPPORT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUT AND VOTING AND WE'RE MAKING SURE WE MAINTAIN SECURE AND FAIR ELECTIONS FOR THE STATE WITHOUT A FEDERAL TAKEOVER.

>> SETH, YOUR TURN.

>> YES I BELIEVE JOE BIDEN WON THE ELECTION.

NOT A QUESTION OF IF THERE WAS FRAUD, IS THAT ENOUGH FRAUD TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION?

THE DATA IS NOT THERE.

TRUMP APPOINTED JUDGES THEMSELVES SAY THE SO-CALLED EVIDENCE OF OVERWHELMING FRAUD WASN'T THERE SO I AM A DATA GUY ABOUT SHOWING THE EVIDENCE.

SO YES JOE BIDEN WON THE ELECTION.

REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS WHO WOULD'VE BENEFITED THE MOST FROM WINNING DID NOT SEE THAT SAME FRAUD.

SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING NEW VOTES, VOTE FOR THE PARTY >> A FOLLOW-UP FOR THE THREE OF YOU WHO CAST SOME DOUBT ON THE ELECTION.

IN THIS ELECTION DO YOU TRUST THE LOCAL ELECTION WORKERS IN THIS DISTRICT TO COUNT THE VOTES CORRECTLY IN THIS ELECTION AND IF YOU'RE THE LOSER OF THE ELECTION WILL YOU ACCEPT DEFEAT?

>> YES, THIS DISTRICT I TRUST THE PEOPLE THAT WILL HANDLE THE ELECTION, I WILL TAKE THE VOTES AND CARDS, THEY ARE WELL- TRAINED.

I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL COURT HOUSES AND VOTING BOOTHS TO SEE HOW THEY PUT IT TOGETHER.

I TRUST THE GIRLS AND THE GUYS OF THE 14th DISTRICT AND IF I WIN THAT GREAT BUT IF I LOSE I WILL GRACIOUSLY STEP ASIDE AND CONTINUE ON MY WAY.

>> YOU KNOW, AFTER EVERYTHING WE HAVE SEEN IN THE ELECTION IN 2020 AND FROM THE GOVERNMENT OVERALL NO I DO NOT TRUST GOVERNMENT PERIOD.

AND VOTERS.

YOU'VE GOT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A POLL WORKER.

GO WATCH ELECTIONS, HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE AND DO NOT ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN IN THE DARK OF NIGHT OR SUITCASES TO BE PULLED OUT FROM UNDER TABLES.

WE CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE WE HAD IN 2020 HAPPEN AGAIN BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO AND VOTE.

IF YOU SIT IT OUT WE ARE HANDING THE ELECTION OVER AND WE CAN NEVER ALLOW THAT.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOLUNTEER AND VOTE.

>> DO YOU TRUST THE LOCAL ELECTION WORKERS TO COUNT THIS THE VOTES AND THE SELECTION PROPERLY?

>> I AGREE WITH MISS GREENE.

LET ME START BY SAYING THE REASON MY BELIEVE THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD AND WHY WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS IN ANY DISTRICT, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST THE VOTES WATCHING THE POLLS BUT I RECEIVED A BALLOT IN THE MAIL I COULD'VE EASILY CAST A VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TWICE BY MAILING THAT BACKING.

HOW MANY BALLOTS FROM GEORGIA WENT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SOMEBODY CAST THOSE TWICE AND VOTED?

THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD AND BASED ON THAT I COULD SAY WOULDN'T HAVE CERTIFIED JOE BIDEN.

>> OKAY NEXT QUESTION.

>> YOU BROUGHT UP COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP COMMITTEES YOU WOULD ADVOCATE TO BE APPOINTED TO TO TACKLE ISSUES?

>> MY TOP WOULD BE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, SECOND WOULD BE ARMED SERVICES.

I AM A U.S. MARINE, I'VE BEEN BOTH A VICTIM AND BENEFICIARY OF THE VA SO IT IS HARD TO MAKE CHANGE IF YOU'RE NOT ON A COMMITTEE BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON A COMMITTEE THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A HAVE A VOICE TO PUSH BACK TO NEGOTIATE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M USED TO DOING, NEGOTIATING WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTS EVERYTHING AND WANTS TO GET MORE.

BETTER AND ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE TOP ONE WITH THE QUESTION WHAT I WOULD DO THERE.

TO MAKE SURE WE STREAMLINE THE VA PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW CLAIMS INVENTORY HAS GONE FROM 325,000 TO OVER 587,000 ACCORDING TO THE LAST REPORT AND I WILL BE THERE TO MAKE SURE VETERANS GET TIMELY AND ADEQUATE CARE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOREVER TO GET TREATED.

SO EXPANDING COMMUNITY CARE, MAKING SURE THEIR CLAIMS ARE HEARD IMMEDIATELY.

>> OKAY NEXT QUESTION.

>> A QUESTION FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE DIVIDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY?

>> THE BIGGEST ISSUE, LET ME START BY SAYING WE SEE THE DIVISION MORE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

THE FAR EXTREME SOCIALIST LIBERALS LIKE AOC AND BERNIE SANDERS THAT HAVE COME IN AND DESTROYED THE PARTY.

THEY ARE NOT DEMOCRATS, THERE ARE SOME PROGRESSIVE FAR PARTY THEY CAN VOTE ON SO THEY HAVE COME DESTROYED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT IN THE MIDTERM.

WE WILL WIN SOME VOTERS BUT WE HAVE TO CAST A BIG TENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF FOLKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAT ARE ALIENATING VOTERS AND NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THOSE VOTERS TO CAST A BIGGER TENT.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE MODERATE OR A RINO AS LONG AS YOU VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN JUDGES WHO CAN HELP US LOOK AT THE FACTS BEHIND ELECTION FRAUD.

CAST A BIGGER TENT AND A PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT WILL NOT ALIENATE PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THOSE SWING VOTERS.

>> I FEEL THAT THERE IS A TRUE CIVIL WAR IN THE GOP.

A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE, FOR DECADES REPUBLICANS ALLOWED THE SLOW SLIDE TO HAPPEN IN AMERICA WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH DEMOCRATS THAT NOW HAS $30 TRILLION IN DEBT, A WIDE-OPEN BORDER WITH AN ILLEGAL INVASION EVERY DAY AND I WAS JUST AT THE BORDER SO I SAW IT FIRSTHAND.

INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE THEY SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY AND SEND JOBS OVERSEAS FOR DECADES IN MANUFACTURING AND SO MUCH MORE.

WE CAN SEE THE DESTRUCTION FIRSTHAND IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN MANY OF THE SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TO BE REPUBLICAN PARTY SERVING AMERICA FIRST.

WHEN THE REPUBLICANS COME TOGETHER WHICH I SEE HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY MORE AND MORE AND LEARN TO REJECT THE RHINO WAY LIKE SENATOR BILL CASSIDY WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH PREISDENT TRUMP BY JENNIFER STRAHAN WILL ENJOY SOME OF HIS MONEY NEXT WEEK TO COME TOGETHER AS A PARTY THAT FIGHTS FOR AMERICA, FIGHTS FOR TAX DOLLARS, FIGHTS FOR BORDERS PEOPLE AND OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.

>> I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE QUESTION.

>> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE DIVIDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY?

>> JUST LIKE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WE HAVE REPUBLICANS THAT IT WENT SO FAR TO THE RIGHT THEY NO LONGER SEE THE MIDDLE- CLASS.

THE TRUE NORTHWEST DISTRICT 14 GUYS WHO GET UP GO TO WORK TRYING TO BALANCE A BUDGET.

STRUGGLING TO GET A NEW CAR OR BUY A HOUSE OR GET A CHILD IN COLLEGE.

REPUBLICANS HAVE TO COME BACK TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE AND STOP THIS SINCE YOUR DEMOCRAT I WON'T VOTE FOR YOU OR AGREE WITH YOU PERIOD BUT THE MIDDLE CLASS THE 14th DISTRICT THEY JUST WANT A GOOD JOB.

THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE.

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE MIDDLE BY SOME POINT AND JOIN EACH OTHER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GIVE UP YOUR VALUES BUT AT SOME POINT AGREE WITH THE DEMOCRATS TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

WE ARE LIVING IN A COUNTRY NOW OR YOU HAVE THE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE AND THE AOC AND THE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE HAVE GOTTEN LOST AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR JUST LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BILL IS COMING FROM AND HOW THEY WILL GET BY.

>> CHARLES LUTIN.

>> SOMEBODY ASKED WILL ROGERS A LONG TIME AGO IF HE WAS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED POLITICAL PARTY AND HE SAID NO I AM A DEMOCRAT.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED AND FIGHTING WITH ITSELF THE MAIN DIVIDING POINT OR POINTS ARE TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE DO WE BELIEVE IN REALITY?

I AM A REALITY MODERATE REPUBLICAN AND NUMBER TWO, ARE WE GOING TO GET ALONG WITH DEMOCRATS OR HAVE A WAR ON THE HOUSE FLOOR THE PEOPLE ON THE BLUE SIDE OF THE AISLE?

I DON'T THINK WE WILL GET ANYTHING DONE OR MAKE PROGRESS IF WE ARE POINTING THE FINGER AND POKING THE OTHER GUYS IN THE EYE ALL DAY LONG AND ALL NIGHT AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT IT, DEMAND IT AND ARE GOING TO HAVE IT.

>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HYPOCRISY.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HEARING THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS SAYING ONE THING AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND DOING ANOTHER.

I BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STAND FOR THE SAME PRINCIPLES LIMITED GOVERNMENT, LOW TAXES, FAMILY VALUES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE EMPHASIZE AND PRIORITIZE NATIONAL SECURITY.

THESE ARE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN BUT CERTAINLY ACROSS REPUBLICANS.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS IF I AM ELECTED I WILL MAINTAIN MY CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND I WILL ALSO GET RESULTS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE EFFECTIVENESS FOR CONSERVATISM.

I WON'T VOTE WITH AOC 20% OF THE TIME, I WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE I'M PUTTING OUR DISTRICT 1st, PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF AMERICA AND PUTTING AMERICANS AND NORTHWEST GEORGIANS FIRST.

>> FORTUNATELY THE PARTY HAS BEEN EATING OUR OWN.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LISTEN TO THOSE WHO NEED US MOST, OUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING FOR FANS, WE NEED PEOPLE TO SERVE, NEIGHBORS AND IF WE FORGET HOW TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS HOW CAN WE CALL OURSELVES CONSERVATIVE?

WHEN WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE NEXT TO US, TALKING ABOUT THE WOKE LEFT AND IT IS IMPORTANT BUT IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR PAYCHECKS.

TO RURAL AREAS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE THINK ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE REPRESENTING AND NOT JUST BATTLING IT OUT MAKING BIG TALKING POINTS ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE WE ARE REPRESENTING AND WE ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THAT HALF OF US ARE AND WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.

>> OKAY NEXT QUESTION.

>> THIS IS FOR ALL CANDIDATES BUT HOPEFULLY YES OR NO.

STARTING ON THE SIDE WOULD YOU SUPPORT KEVIN McCARTHY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER?

>> GOING INTO THIS AS A FRESHMAN I WOULD MAKE SURE I SUPPORTED UNITY WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT WE CAN TOGETHER AND FIRST AND FOREMOST IT COMES DOWN TO THE CONSTITUENTS.

NOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO AGAINST MY CONSTITUENTS, BE PUSHING BACK.

I DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE YOU WILL FIND A VERY STUBBORN WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT AND I WILL NOT GO TOE THE PARTY LINE IF IT PUTS MY CONSTITUENTS SECOND.

>> JENNIFER STRAHAN.

>> I DON'T THINK WE KNOW WHO IS RUNNING YET ACROSS THE OPTIONS SO I PROMISE WHOEVER RUNS FOR SPEAKER I WILL ASSESS AND MAKE SURE THEIR VALUES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT AND I WILL MAKE SURE I REPRESENT THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE THAT BRINGS ALONG CONSERVATIVE VALUES SUPPORTING AMERICA FIRST PRIORITIES.

>> YES, IT DEPENDS.

IT IS NOT YES OR NO IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS RUNNING BUT I WILL SAY I THINK MR. KEVIN HAS EXPLAINING TO DO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO ELSE IS GOING TO RUN.

I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE VALUES ARE, WHERE THEY STAND, OR THE REALLY PULLING FOR AMERICA, SAYING ONE THING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND SOMETHING ELSE IN PUBLIC?

I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE CANDIDATES AND I WOULD PICK THE MOST CONSERVATIVE AND STAND WITH THEM.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS RUNNING YET FOR SPEAKER, IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT NOW IN WASHINGTON AND THE GOP CONFERENCE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO STOP DEMOCRATIC RADICAL COMMUNIST AGENDA AND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING NOW THIS IS A QUESTION WE GET ASKED A LOT BY THE PRESS BUT THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LEADER THAT WILL FIGHT FOR AMERICA FIRST, DEFEND OUR BORDERS, STOP THIS INFLATION.

WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE ALL THE WRONGS THAT A BEEN DONE, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND WHERE THE VIRUS CAME FROM INVESTING IN THE FAILURES OF THE BORDER AND PUSHING HARD AND INVESTING ALL CORRUPTION.

>> I AGREE WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL RUN AND I WOULD WANT TO LISTEN TO THE 14 DISTRICT.

SPEND AS MUCH TIME IN THE DISTRICT ON ANY ISSUES AND MAKE SURE I ALIGN WITH THE 14 DISTRICT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH AMERICA FIRST, MAKING SURE WE ARE CLOSING THE BORDER, MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF CONSTITUENTS WITHIN ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HARD REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND WE STOP THIS WOKE AGENDA THE DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING.

>> A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU.

YOU VOTED AGAINST HONORING OUR PACT ACT?

>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH BILL?

>> HR 3957 WHICH HAS TO DO WITH TOXIC EXPOSURES, THE CLERK FROM THE HOUSE.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE BILL DID?

>> WITH THE BUILDING.

IT COVERS IT COVERS VETERANS FOR TOXIC EXPOSURE, BURN PITS, TILING VETS WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM FROM HERBICIDES AND THIS QUESTION THERE IS A MAN IN WHITFIELD COUNTY AND CARLOS IN 1978 WENT TO AN ISLAND THERE WAS NUCLEAR TESTING IN THE 40s AND 50s.

ONE OF THE MOST RADIOACTIVE PLACES ON EARTH.

HE WAS SENT TO CLEAN THIS UP, HE IS SUFFERING FROM A LAUNDRY LIST OF PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, HE WOULD'VE BEEN HELPED BY THE BILL, ONE OF THE ONLY BILLS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD COVER THOSE PEOPLE SO IF YOU COULD, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY HE VOTED AGAINST?

THAT IS SO SAD THAT HAPPENED TO THEM THIS IS WHY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FEELING BETTER AND NOT SERVING THEM THROUGH THE VA.

MANY OF THESE THINGS CAN BE HELPED THROUGH THE VA BECAUSE THOSE ARE WRONGS THAT WERE DONE WHEN THEY WERE MILITARY FROM THE PAST.

THE REASON WHY I VOTED NO IS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID I READ THE BILL AND INSIDE THESE BILLS THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS TALKED IN AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS AS CANDIDATES.

THE NAME OF THE BILL DOES NOT ALWAYS SAY WHAT IT ALWAYS DOES AND THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS IN THESE BILLS THAT A PERSON LIKE ME, A CONSERVATIVE THAT DOES CARE ABOUT MILITARY AND VETERANS AT TIMES WE HAVE TO VOTE NO TO A BILL THAT SHOULD DO SOMETHING GOOD BECAUSE OF THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE TUCKED IN.

THAT'S WHY I VOTED NO.

GIVE MONEY AND POWER TO THE GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING IT SHOULDN'T BE DOING OTHER THAN HELPING VETERANS.

>> STARTING WITH YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM THE BILL IS IN THE SENATE AND NOT SURE IF IT WILL PICK IT UP AND PASS, IF YOU'RE ELECTED AND YOU SEE THIS COME ACROSS YOUR DESK AGAIN THIS COVERS A LOT OF VETERANS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS AND EXPOSURE TO TOXINS THAT MADE THEM SICK.

AGENT ORANGE, BURN PITS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD SUPPORT?

>> I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK TO THE WHOLE BILL I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BILL BUT I WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT VETERANS, I THINK THE VETERANS ARE OVERLOOKED AND I WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM GET THE CARE THEY NEED.

HAVE A FATHER-IN-LAW WHO LIVES IN A VETERANS CARE NURSING HOME, I SEE WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

GOOD NURSES AND DOCTORS, POOR FACILITIES.

WE SPENT 66 BILLION TO GIVE TO AMTRAK IN THE LAST INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, 50 BILLION TO CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND HOW MUCH DID WE GIVE VETERANS, $5 BILLION PRODUCED FROM 18 BILLION SO THAT'S A SHAME WHAT BIDEN ARE DOING.

>> JAMES HAYGOOD YOUR THOUGHTS ON A BILL LIKE THIS.

IF CONGRESS DOES NOT PASS BILLS LIKE THIS HE HAS A ZERO DISABILITY RATING.

THEIR FOUR PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE THERE.

18 IN GEORGIA.

THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL PIECE OF THE BILL.

>> MY ANSWERS SHORT AND SIMPLE.

I DON'T KNOW THE ENTIRE BILL BUT ON VETERANS ANSWER IS, IF YOU'RE WILLING AT 18 OR 25 OR 30 TO GO TO PICK UP ARMS TO TRAVEL THE WORLD OVER TO SOME OF THE MOST DEGRADING PLACES HUMANS CAN THINK OF TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, TO DO THINGS FOR VETERANS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP, GIVE OR SUPPORT YOU SHOULD DO IT.

>> A YES VOTE.

>> JENNIFER STRAHAN.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST I WILL ALWAYS PUT OUR MILITARY, SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN FIRST.

THE OBSERVED AS A HIGH CALLING IT IS NOT THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY, IT IS A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY SO I WILL ALWAYS PUT THEM FIRST AND LOOK AT ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THEM.

IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS ONE THING BUT DOES NOT POINT NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY AT THE FOREFRONT.

BOTH MY GRANDFATHERS WERE IN THE MILITARY, MY BROTHER IS A MARINE.

A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT VETERANS NOT ONLY THROUGH THE VA BUT ACTIVE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WITH SERVICES THAT BRING VALUE BACK TO THEM AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT BILLS THAT DON'T DO WHAT THEY SAY REPRESENTATIVE GREENE PROPOSED A BILL TO SUPPORT INCREASING TAX DOLLARS JUST TO OUR DISTRICT BY $100 MILLION OR MORE BY ELIMINATING INSTANCES WHERE IT'S NOT CONSERVATIVE VALUES WE ARE SEEING.

I WILL ALWAYS PUT OUR DISTRICT 1st AND VETERANS AND MILITARY FIRST.

>> 30 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> THANK YOU, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR TRANSGENDER SURGERY IN MILITARY AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THAT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WAS FUNDING TO FORCE MILITARY MEMBERS TO TAKE THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND THERE ARE MANY MILITARY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT AND DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE VACCINE AND THAT FUNDING WAS IN THE ND AA, THEIR REASONS YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST VOTE FOR THE WHOLE BILL BECAUSE IT HAS A FANCY NAME FOR YOU TO GET US SOMETHING GOOD IN IT BUT TO BE A TRUE CONSERVATIVE IT TAKES COURAGE, BRAVERY, TO VOTE NO TO BILLS THAT HAVE POISON PILLS INSIDE OF THEM AND THINGS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE PASSED.

THAT'S HOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE WRITING BILLS AND THAT IS WHY I >> NO.

STOP.

>> YOU WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOUR MICROPHONE.

>> I KNOW YOU'RE A MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE PAST WERE YOU TOLD ME YOU HAVE DONE WORK AROUND TOXIC EXPOSURE.

FAMILIAR WITH THE BILL?

CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS BILL?

>> THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE MAKING SURE OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS ARE CONSISTENT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN NEGOTIATE, BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, IF I'M ON THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE I AM WILLING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KINDS OF BILLS GET THROUGH WITH AS LITTLE EARMARK ET CETERA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

I WILL NOT TWEET MYSELF OFF OF IT BUT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE SAY WE WILL STAND UP FOR VETERANS WHO ARE NOT GETTING CARE FOR EXPOSURE THEN WE NEED TO PUT THEM FIRST.

WE NEED TO PUT THEM FIRST PERIOD.

YES I WOULD VOTE FOR THE ACT.

>> I THINK WE HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF.

ONE QUESTION TO ONE OR TWO CANDIDATES BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

>> HOW WE WORK WITH CONGRESS TO BALANCE COUNTERTERRORISM AND CIVIL LIBERTIES?

HOW WILL YOU WORK WITH CONGRESS TO BALANCE COUNTERTERRORISM AND CIVIL LIBERTIES?

>> SURE.

THE FOURTH AMENDMENT THAT PROTECTS US FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UPHOLD THAT.

THAT MEANS SECRET CORDS THAT DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET THOSE RIGHTS, I AM NOT FOR THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE IS INTACT WHICH MEANS TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANT.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU CANNOT HAVE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE DUE PROCESS WE NEED TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN CITIZEN SPECIFICALLY.

>> LET'S MOVE ON NOW.

ALL THE TIME EVER QUESTIONS, EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE YOU GET THE FIRST CLOSING STATEMENT WITH 60 SECONDS.

>> THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VOTERS OF THE 14 DISTRICT IN GEORGIA FOR VOTING FOR ME.

THE HONOR OF MY LIFETIME TO SERVE REPRESENTING OUR STRONG TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES, AMERICA FIRST BELIEF AND FIGHTING HARD AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC COMMUNIST THAT ARE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY.

IF YOU VOTE FOR ME AGAIN AND SEND ME BACK TO WASHINGTON I CAN PROMISE YOU I WILL BE BACK ON COMMITTEES WORKING HAND-IN- HAND WITH REPUBLICANS TO HOLD DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE WRONG AND CORRUPTION HAVE DONE.

WE WILL INVESTIGATE HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP AND THE CORRUPTION WE WILL GO AFTER WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WUHAN VIRUS THAT HAS DESTROYED SO MANY LIVES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WORKING HARD TO DEFEND THE SOUTHERN BORDER, FIGHTING HARD TO STOP THIS OUT-OF- CONTROL INFLATION HURTING YOU EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND WORKING TO MAKE AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT SO GAS PRICES DO NOT GET OUT OF CONTROL.

>> NEXT CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> AT THIS POINT I'M THE MEDICAL DOCTOR IN THE PANEL.

I HAVE MADE A CAREER AND LIFE OF IT, OF HELPING PEOPLE AND IT COMES NATURAL TO ME, I ENJOY IT AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE IT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE 14 DISTRICT.

I THINK WE HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE REASONS TODAY WHY THIS RACE HAS DRAWN ATTENTION AND INTEREST AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS TO THE VOTERS ABOUT ME.

NUMBER ONE I AM A DOCTOR AND IT HELPS PEOPLE AND NUMBER TWO I AM A MODERATE AND I WILL NOT GO OFF CALLING PEOPLE NAMES IN POLITICS, RED OR BLUE IT DOESN'T MATTER PEOPLE CAN BE FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

YOU NEVER HEAR ME CALLING DEMOCRATS COMMUNISTS OR BOLSHEVIKS OR SITTING THERE TRYING TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY.

THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS BUT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO IN CONGRESS.

>> ERIC CUNNINGHAM, ONE MINUTE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WANT TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB AND TAKING TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE.

MY NAME IS ERIC CUNNINGHAM, I HAVE STRONG CORE CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE CHRISTIAN IT IS MY RACE AND IT IS MY FAITH DOUBLE LEAD ME WHEN I GO TO CONGRESS TO FIGHT SOME OF THE WOKE TRANSGENDER YOU NAME IT AGENDA THAT THEY HAVE OR TRYING TO FORCE ON US.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I AM ALSO A BUSINESSMAN.

I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 26 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A LEADER IN THE REAL INDUSTRY, I MANAGED GROUPS AND TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1.6 BILLION IN REVENUE SO HAVE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, I UNDERSTAND HOW TO NEGOTIATE TOUGH DEALS WITH PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME.

THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED, I BELIEVE I CAN COME IN WITH FAITH AND BRING THE COUNTRY CLOSER TOGETHER.

I ASK YOU WILL VOTE FOR ME ON MAY 24th, THANK YOU.

>> JENNIFER STRAHAN NOW YOUR TURN.

>> INFLATION COSTS THE AVERAGE FAMILY $5200 PER YEAR.

GOING TO THE GAS STATION AND GROCERY STORE IS PAINFUL AND WE NEED AN EFFECTIVE LEADER WHO CAN GET THINGS DONE FOR GEORGIA.

BUSINESS TALK WILL ONLY GET SO FAR AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DELIVER.

WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK AND THE DISTRICT HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.

AS A BUSINESSMAN OR HAVE PARTNERED WITH HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS, TRAINED THOUSANDS AND HELPED ELIMINATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WASTEFUL SPENDING IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

THAT IS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE WE NEED.

WE NEED A REPRESENTATIVE WHO WORKS EFFECTIVELY WITH COLLEAGUES AND NAVIGATES THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO PUSH GEORGIA PRIORITIES FORWARD PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS.

TOGETHER WE CAN RESTORE AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL, SECURE THE BORDER, STAND UP TO THE RADICAL LEFT AND GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER STRAHAN AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR VOTE MAY 24th.

>> THANK YOU, LET'S GO TO JAMES HAYGOOD.

YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

14 DISTRICT ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS, LOWER ENERGY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EASIER WAYS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING IN THESE WOKE AGENDAS.

I VOTED FOR TRUMP THE FIRST TWO TIMES AND I WOULD VOTE AGAIN, I AM A FARMER, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY I AM THE BLUE-COLLAR GUY IN THE GROUP.

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THAT.

I HAVE SOME INVESTMENTS I DO WITH SMALL BUSINESS BUT IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY WITH COMMON SENSE TO BRING JOBS AND SUPPORT JOBS TO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PAST SO MUCH TO MOVE TO THE FUTURE AND TO JUST MAKE THE 14 DISTRICT GREAT NOT ONLY AMERICA AT THE HOME THAT I LIVE IN, THE PLACE I AM PROUD TO CALL HOME.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEN VOTE JAMES HAYGOOD.

>> SETH SYNSTELIEN YOU'RE THE FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT TODAY.

MY MILITARY CONTRACT EXPIRED BUT MY PROMISE TO THE UNITED STATES DID NOT COME HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD SERVING MY NATION STATE AND DISTRICT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WHETHER I AM ELECTED OR NOT BUT I WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN WASHINGTON.

I AM A CONSERVATIVE THAT REMEMBERS TAKING AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

IF A PERSON IS ONLY KNOWN FOR WHAT THEY ARE AGAINST THEIR NOT CONSERVATIVE THEY ARE A NEGATIVE SUM AND THEY DO NOT CONTRIBUTE, A DEFICIT TO SOCIETY.

I EXPRESS MY FAITH IN ACTION BECAUSE A PERSON HAS TO TELL SOMEONE THEY ARE CHRISTIAN MORE THAN ONCE THAN THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

YOU WILL KNOW ME FOR WHAT I STAND FOR NOT JUST FOR WHAT I AM AGAINST.

ON MAY 24th I STAND FOR YOU AND THE DIGNITY OF THIS DISTRICT.

I AM THE GUY YOU WANT IN CONGRESS.

ON MAY 24th, VOTE FOR ME SETH SYNSTELIEN TALK TO ME ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND VISIT MY WEBSITE.

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE FOR TODAY.

ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY MAY 24th, EARLY VOTING BEGINS MAY 2nd.

VERY IMPORTANT TO GET OUT VOTING IN THIS RACE AND ALL RACES.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO STAY ON TIME, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS OUTSTANDING, GREAT TO BE ON THE TEAM WITH YOU GUYS.

I WANT TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL THE DEBATES EVERY YEAR SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND FOR DOING THIS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBATES VISIT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB DEBATE SERIES, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.