♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> HELLO.

A CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT FOR GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN ATLANTA.

WELCOME TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB DEBATE SERIES.

THIS IS THE RUNOFF DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6.

LET'S MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR THIS DEBATE.

>>> THEY ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, JAKE EVANS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY AND FORMER CHAIR OF THE GEORGIA ETHICS COMMISSION.

DR. RICH McCORMICK IS A VETERAN AND EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN.

NOW LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS.

RAUL IS A POLITICS REPORTER WITH WABE IN ATLANTA AND EMMA HURT A REPORTER WITH AXIOS ATLANTA.

FOR COMPLETE RULES ON TODAY'S DEBATE, PLEASE VISIT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.

>>> NOW, TO START THE DEBATE, EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY EACH PANELIST.

CANDIDATES HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.

EMMA HURT, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION TO JAKE EVANS.

>> MR. EVANS, DO YOU SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS, INCLUDING LIFE OF THE MOTHER?

>> SO I AM PROUDLY PRO LIFE.

I AM ACTUALLY AN ONLY CHILD.

MY MOTHER HAD COMPLICATIONS WITH MY PREGNANCY AND AS A RESULT COULD HAVE NO MORE CHILDREN.

SO THE FRAGIITY OF HUMAN LIFE IS SOMETHING I TAKE SERIOUSLY.

EARLY IN MY CAMPAIGN I SIGNED THE GEORGIA LIFE ALLIANCE PLEDGE AND SAID THE ONLY EXCEPTION I DO SUPPORT IS TO SAFE THE LIVE OF THE MOTHER.

I AM UNAPOLOGETICALLY FOR INSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE AGGRESSIVELY FIGHT AGAINST A CULTURE OF DEATH, WHICH I THINK IS UNDER ATTACK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I SUPPORT ROLLING BACK AND ELIMINATING ROE V. WADE AT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT LEVEL AND LETTING STATES CHOOSE.

BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT CHRISTIANITY, THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES IN OUR COUNTRY WAS BASED ON, ARE PUSHED FOR BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL SOLVE A LOT OF THE MAJOR ISSUES FACING SOCIETY TODAY.

>> THANK YOU.

RAUL BALLY, IT'S YOUR TURN TO ASK THE QUESTION OF DR. RICH McCORMICK.

>> DR. McCORMICK, DURING YOUR SPEECH SATURDAY AT THE GOP YOU TALKED ABOUT FAIR CHOICE AND TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE.

YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

I'M LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS FROM YOU.

WHAT COULD CONGRESS DO ABOUT PRESCRIPTION PRICES?

WHAT LEGISLATION WOULD YOU SUPPORT?

AND WHAT WOULD THAT LEGISLATION DO?

>> LET ME FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT'S FAILED AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN BIDEN CAME OUT AND SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO LIMIT THE PRICING OF INSULIN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT TRUMP HAD HAD AND THEN HE REPEAL AND BROUGHT BACK AS IF HE WAS DOING SOMETHING ONLY BENEFITS 10% OF THE PEOPLE.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE REAL POLICY, PRICING TRANSPARENCY ON ALL DRUGS AND ALLOW FAIR COMPETITION IN DRUG MAKING.

INSULIN, BUY IT IN CAN DAT A FRACTION OF THE COST.

WHY?

BECAUSE THEY DON'T INFLATE THE PRICES.

WE COULD BUY IT SAFELY FROM COUNTRIES THAT PRODUCE IT, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES UNFETTERED INSTEAD OF ARTIFICIALLY INCREASING THE PRICES.

WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DRUGS AND PRICING PROTECTIONS WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.

WE HAVE A MIDDLE MAN PROBLEM, TOO.

THAT'S WHERE THE BIG PART OF INFLATION HAPPENED IN MEDICAL HEALTHCARE COSTS.

WE NEED PRICING TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE BOARD INCLUDING WITH HEALTHCARE CENTERS, ACCESS TO MEDICINE AND THERE'S A TON OF THINGS WE COULD DO, BUT WE NEED TO FIRST OF ALL DEFEAT THE THINGS THAT AREN'T WORKING THAT BIDEN AND PELOSI INSTITUTED.

>> THANK YOU.

SO EMMA, IT'S NOW YOUR TURN FOR A QUESTION FOR DR. RICH McCORMICK.

>> DR. McCORMICK, DO YOU SUPPORT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION WITHOUT EXCEPTION INCLUDING LIFE OF THE MOTHER?

>> SO, AS A 100% LIFE DOCTOR, I DON'T BELIEVE -- AND I'VE BEEN IN MEDICINE FOR A WHILE NOW AND DELIVERED BABIES IN PARKING LOTS, I DELIVERED BABIES IN HAITI AND SOME REALLY O STEER PLACES.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T KNOW OF A SCENARIO WHERE I CAN HAVE THE MOTHER DIE AND THE BABY LIVES.

I DON'T KNOW OF A TIME WHERE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO KILL A BABY TO SAVE A MOTHER'S LIFE.

I REJECT THAT ARGUMENT TO BEGIN WITH.

IF THE MOTHER DIES, THE BABY DIES.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

IF YOU HAVE A TRAUMA PATIENT WHO COMES IN WHO IS PREGNANT, DELIVERING THE BABY IS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP THE MOTHER ALIVE BECAUSE THE WAY OUR HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY WORKS.

I'M 100% PRO LIFE.

I DON'T MAKE EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE CONTRARY TO EACH OTHER.

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU TAKE A HUMAN LIFE, IT'S NEVER BENEFICIAL.

>> THANK YOU.

RAUL, YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND FOR JAKE EVANS.

>> MR. EVANS, SAME EVENT, COP COUNTY GOP ON SATURDAY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF CLOSED PRIMARIES.

THE IDEA THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WOULD NOT CROSSOVER IN THE OTHER PARTY'S PRIMARY.

NOW, THIS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, BUT THE INPUT OF CONGRESSMEN ARE VERY MUCH LISTENED TO DOWN AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK?

ARE GEORGIANS GOING TO HAVE TO PICK A PARTY?

WHEN THEY CAN THEY CHANGE BEFORE AN ELECTION?

COULD INDEPENDENTS PICK A RACE?

GIVE ME THE SPECIFICS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT YOU WOULD ASK LEGISLATURES TO DO?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WELL, I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO -- AND MY CAREER TO ELECTION INTEGRITY.

I'M THE ONLY LAWYER IN GEORGIA HISTORY TO OVERTURN TWO ELECTIONS IN THE SAME RACE.

IN 2020 I FOUGHT ALL THE WAY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA TRIAL COURTS TO ENSURE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INTERESTS WERE PROTECTED, THAT ONLY LEGAL VOTES SHOULD BE COUNTED.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAD LAST TUESDAY WAS WE HAD MANY, MANY DEMOCRATS COMING IN, INFILTRATING OUR ELECTIONS AS REPUBLICANS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE AT THE BEGINNING OF ALLOWING AN OPEN PRIMARY SYSTEM.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.

HOW DO WE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS?

WE CLOSE OUR PRIMARIES.

ALLOW PEOPLE TO REGISTER, CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO BE.

UNLIKE MY OPPONENT, WHO DID NOTHING IN 2020 FIGHTING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP OR HIS OWN ELECTION, I FOUGHT.

I FOUGHT ON THE FRONT LINES.

I FOUGHT AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BY MAKING SURE THAT I ENCOURAGE OUR STATE LEGISLATURES TO PASS A CLOSED PRIMARY SYSTEM.

>> DR. McCORMICK, REBUTTAL?

>> YES.

THERE'S NO ONE WHO SUFFERED ANY MORE ESPECIALLY ON THIS STAGE THAN MYSELF THE FACT THAT JAKE HAS FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF NOT STANDING UP FOR MY RIGHTS.

I'VE NEVER CONCEDED MY RACE.

I BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE LOCAL PRINCIPALITIES BOTH ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

I'VE ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR VOTER INTEGRITY.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING FAKE ABOUT IT.

THE STATISTICS, WHICH PROVE THAT WE FINISHED 20 POINTS AHEAD OF MY OPPONENT, DIDN'T MATTER IF THE DEMOCRATS WERE INVOLVED OR NOT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DEBATE.

THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A QUESTION TO THEIR OPPONENT.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK THE QUESTION.

60 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

AND THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKS THE QUESTION WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR A REBUTTAL.

CANDIDATES WILL EACH GET TWO QUESTIONS.

AND BY RANDOM SELECTION, DR. RICH McCORMICK, YOU MAY ASK THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> OKAY.

JAKE, YOU WROTE A 23-PAGE MANIFESTO THAT CALLED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RACIST.

YOU EVEN CALLED FOR THE POLICE TO BE DEFUNDED.

YOU CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE BUT YOUR WORDS SOUND JUST LIKE DEMOCRATS.

YOU FLIP-FLOP MORE THAN JOE BIDEN.

HOW CAN WE TRUST YOU?

>> WELL, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, BLATANT LIES EVER.

I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP IN A DEBATE HERE TODAY.

THIS PAPER WAS DRAFTED FIRST FOR A LAW SCHOOL CLASS TEN YEARS AGO.

RICH McCORMICK AND HIS CAMPAIGN TRIED TO GO BEFORE THE DAILY JOURNAL TO TRY TO CHANGE THE FACT.

YOU GOT CALLED OUT ABOUT IT.

THE DAILY JOURNAL COMES FORWARD AND SAYS THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THIS IS A RIDICULOUS JOKE TO THINK THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO HAS DEVOTED MY CAREER TO PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIGHTING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO HAS FAMILY MEMBERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH AT THE DEPUTY SHERIFF LEVEL AND THE POLICE LEVEL.

I'M ENDORSED BY DONALD TRUMP.

DONALD TRUMP REJECTED YOU.

HE REJECTED YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BOUGHT OUT BY SPECIAL INTEREST, A FAILED POLITICIAN THAT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR 38-CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

THE PEOPLE CAN'T TRUST YOU.

AND THE REASON WHY THE PEOPLE CAN'T TRUST YOU IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO WASHINGTON, D.C., RICH, YOU'LL BE COMPROMISED.

THE WAY YOU'RE TRYING TO DISTRACT FROM THAT IS BRINGING UP A PAPER TEN YEARS AGO DRAFTED IN A CLASS.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

>> THANK YOU.

DR. McCORMICK?

>> JAKE, LET ME READ EXACTLY WHAT YOU WROTE AS A LAWYER PUBLISHED IN 2015.

I QUOTE, YOUR WORDS, GOVERNMENT MUST IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY REALLOCATING PUBLIC FUNDING FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THOSE ARE YOUR OWN WORDS.

THAT'S DEFUNDING THE POLICE, JAKE.

YOU'RE A FAKE.

GEORGIANS CAN'T TRUST YOU.

GO TO THE WEBSITE JAKE THE FAKE AND READ IT FOR YOURSELF.

IT'S WHAT HE PUBLISHED AS A LAWYER.

>> JAKE EVANS, IT IS YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF YOUR OPPONENT.

>> RICH, THROUGHOUT YOUR FOUR-YEAR LONG CAMPAIGN, YOU'VE HAD A LOOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH.

YOU SAID YOU HAD ENDORSEMENTS, YOU DIDN'T.

YOU SAID YOU'RE ALL IN ON C 7 AND FLIPPED TO CD 6.

IN JUST A MONTH AGO ON THIS VERY STAGE, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T ACCEPT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP.

YET, YOU WENT ON THE JOHN FREDERICK SHOW, YOU ADMITTED YOU MET WITH HIM, YOU COURTED THEIR ENDORSEMENT AND YOU REFUSED TO DENOUNCE IT.

THIS IS ON THE RADIO.

AND THE LAST DEBATE I ASKED YOU, WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE REPUBLICAN MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP TO PROVE YOU'RE CENTRIST MATERIAL?

ANSWER THE QUESTION.

>> SURE.

I'LL ANSWER.

I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M ENDORSED BY A BUNCH OF ORGANIZATIONS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS.

MATTER OF FACT, I GOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ENDORSEMENT OF ALL, WE HAD 23,000 MORE VOTERS VOTE FOR ME IN THIS DISTRICT THAN MY FAKE OPPONENT, JAKE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHO A TRUE CONSERVATIVE IS, SOMEBODY WHO LIVED A LIFE OF CONSERVATISM, WHO ALWAYS DONE THE RIGHT THING, RUN TOWARDS THE FIGHT, SACRIFICED YEARS AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY TO DEFEND THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

FACT IS, I'M THE ONE FIGHTING AGAINST NANCY PELOSI AND JOE BIDEN.

JAKE IS A FAKE.

HE'S BEEN INCONSISTENT IN WHAT HE SAID.

HE SAID HE SPORT SUPPORTS THE POLICE BUT WANTS TO DEFUND THEM.

HE SAYS HE'S FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES BUT CHEERS WHEN RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BILLS ARE DEFEATED.

THIS GUY HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT.

IN HIS OWN WRITING, OWN WORDS, OWN VIDEOS UNEDITED HE IS THE ONE INCONSISTENT.

THE VOTERS KNOW WHO THEY HAVE CHOSEN AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

>> JAKE EVANS, REBUTTAL?

>> THAT WAS THE BEST POLITICAL ANSWER I'VE EVER HEARD.

NO ANSWER AT ALL.

THERE WAS NO ANSWER ABOUT WHETHER HE MET WITH THEM AND WHAT HE SAID.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET WITH A FAILED POLITICIAN WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR 38-CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AND BOUGHT OUT BY LIBERAL SPECIAL INTEREST.

I VIEW THIS RACE AS VERY SERIOUS.

WE'RE IN A SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE HAVE TO ELECT BOLD, UNAFRAID CONSERVATIVES THAT AREN'T COMPROMISED AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED BY THE PEOPLE.

YOU HEARD THE ANSWER YOURSELF, GEORGIA VOTERS, OF 6 DISTRICT, THERE WAS NO ANSWER AT ALL.

WE CANNOT STAND OR ALLOW THAT TO REPRESENT US.

>> THANK YOU.

DR. RICH McCORMICK, YOUR SECOND QUESTION.

>> JAKE, YOU CLAIM TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT VOTE ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

THAT'S A FACT.

THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS.

YOU SAY YOU FOUGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY BUT CHAMPIONED MASS MAIL-IN VOTING IN 2020.

THAT'S YOUR WORDS.

YOU CLAIM TO BE AMERICAN FIRST BUT WANT TO SEND TROOPS TO IOWA CAUCUS ON THE JOHN FREDERICK SHOW.

HOW CAN VOTERS TRUST YOU TO FIGHT FOR THEM WHEN YOU SWITCH POSITIONS LIKE THE WIND, JUST LIKE JOE BIDEN.

>>?

WELL, FIRST, NOWHERE IN THE PAPER THAT'S A LIE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THE PAPER DRAFTED AS A STUDENT DO I SAY DEFUND THE POLICE.

TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

SECOND, I'M ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU'RE NOT.

HE ENDORSED ME BECAUSE HE KNOWS I FIGHT.

I FIGHT WHEN IT MATTERS.

I FIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT, GO AGAINST THE GRAIN, WHEN EVER THE HEAT GETS TURNED UP.

YOU DON'T.

YOU ROLL WITH THE RIVERS.

ON ONE DAY YOU'LL BE FOR PRO TRUMP, THE NEXT DAY YOU WON'T.

YOU SAY HE HURTS YOUR CAMPAIGN BUT YET YOU SAY YOU'RE FOR TRUMP.

YOU FIGHT, YOU RUN TO THE FIGHT, YOU RUN AWAY FROM THE FIGHT.

YOU RAN AWAY FROM THE FIGHT TO THE 6th DISTRICT I'VE BEEN RUNNING SINCE JULY.

YOU RAN AWAY FROM THE FIGHT IN 2020 WHEN EVER YOU ALLEGEDLY WOULD HAVE WON YOUR ELECTION.

I'VE OVERTURNED ELECTIONS.

I WOULD HAVE TOOK THAT FIGHT, JUST LIKE I'M TAKING THE FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO ENSURE OUR VALUES AND CONVICTIONS ARE PROTECTED.

>> DR. McCORMICK?

>> JUST LIKE YOU, JAKE, THOSE WORDS ARE FAKE.

YOU WROTE IT.

YOU SAID IT.

GO TO THE WEBSITE.

CHECK IT OUT.

HE PUBLISHED IT.

IT'S HIS VIDEOS IN HIS OWN WORDS UNEDITED.

IT'S HIS WORDS.

HIS WRITING.

HIS PUBLICATIONS THAT CONTRADICT EVERYTHING HE SAYS BECAUSE HE WILL SAY ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED.

JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JAKE EVANS, YOUR FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> RICH, MORE THAN 75% OF YOUR CAMPAIGN FUNDS COME FROM OUT OF STATE AND MORE TROUBLING YOU'VE ACCEPTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM LIBERAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS THAT ADVOCATE FOR ABORTION ON DEMAND.

BY LOGICAL MEN COMPETING IN WOMEN SPORTS.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND RESTRICTING OUR GUN RIGHTS.

THESE PHYSICIANS ARE DANGEROUS TO AMERICA.

THEY'RE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH MY PRINCIPLES.

AND THEY'RE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA 6.

THESE POSITIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR PRINCIPLES?

IF THEY'RE NOT, ARE YOU GOING TO RETURN THE MONEY?

>> UNLIKE YOU, JAKE, I'M NOT FAKE.

I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT.

I DON'T FLIP-FLOP ON ISSUES.

I'VE NEVER, EVER SAID ANYTHING THAT WAS CONTRADICTORY TO PRO LIFE, TO PRO GUNS TO SECURING THE BORDER, TO HAVING GOOD VOTER INTEGRITY.

THOSE ALWAYS BEEN MY WORDS.

THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY POSITIONS.

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ME KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I STAND BECAUSE I DON'T FLIP-FLOP.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND A GUY WHO WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED.

THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.

IF YOU WANT A POLITICS, A SLICK LAWYER, YOU HAVE A GUY FAKE AS IT GETS.

MARINE RUNS TOWARDS THE FIGHT AND CONSISTENTLY FIGHTING AGAINST BIDEN AND PELOSI AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE TRIED TO ACHIEVE TO DISCREDIT VOTING INTEGRITY, TO MAKE THE SOUTHERN BORDER POUROUS, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ABORTION ON DEMAND, THEN YOU WANT A FIGHTER WHO WILL STAND UP AGAINST THOSE THINGS I'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE AND BEEN CONSISTENT IN MY MESSAGE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO THE VERY END.

AND ALWAYS RUN TOWARD THE FIGHT.

>> MR. EVANS, YOUR REBUTTAL?

>> YET AGAIN NO ANSWER.

I ASK HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO RETURN THE MONEY?

NO ANSWER.

HE SWERVES AND JUST ATTACKS.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS RICH McCORMICK IS AN ESTABLISHMENT RHINO.

A GUY THAT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR 38 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AND TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

A GUY THAT'S TAKEN FOR MONEY FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, AMA, LOOK AT WHAT THEY STAND FOR, LOOK AT THEIR AGENDA.

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.

WE HAVE TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND WON AND FOUGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY AND WON.

THERE'S ONE CANDIDATE IN THAT RACE THAT DID IT AND IT'S ME.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECOND ROUND.

FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, THIS IS THE RUNOFF DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6.

WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF TIME.

AS A MODERATOR, I HAVE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I MAY ALSO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES.

I WILL DETERMINE WHEN A REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.

RAUL BALLY, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> MR. EVANS, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP THE FIRST ROUND QUESTION.

HERE IS WHY, BECAUSE THE IDEA OF GOING TO CLOSED PRIMARIES IN GEORGIA, THAT'S MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE VOTERS IN GEORGIA.

AS YOU NOTED, YOU'RE SPORT SUPPORTED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP.

AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I'M ASKING FOR SPECIFICS.

ARE YOU ASKING FOR GEORGIANS TO REGISTER AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS OR INDEPENDENTS?

AND WHEN COULD THEY CHANGE BEFORE AN ELECTION?

AND COULD INDEPENDENTS VOTE IN EITHER ONE OR ONLY DEMOCRATS OR ONLY REPUBLICANS?

LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG CHANGE.

>> SURE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK I BRIEFLY SAID EARLIER WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE GOT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.

AND FORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAVE IS TRUMP REPUBLICANS LIKE MYSELF.

FOLKS THAT ARE FIGHTERS.

THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN'T LIKE.

FOLKS THAT FIGHT FOR THE EVERYDAY AMERICAN, THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN'T WANT IN D.C. BECAUSE I PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.

I DON'T PUT LIBERAL SPECIAL INTERESTS FIRST.

AND SO, YES, I'M IN FAVOR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

WE NEED TO HAVE PARTY REGISTRATION.

THE MAJORITY OF STATES OUTSIDE REALLY OF THE SOUTH DO HAVE PARTY REGISTRATION.

AS FAR AS THE PERMUTATION AND SPECIFIC OF HOW FAR, 30 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE.

I'M NOT OUT IN ANY WAY TO REDUCE FOLKS FROM VOTING IN A PARTY PRIMARY OF THEIR CHOICE.

WHAT I'M OUT FOR IS ENSURING REPUBLICANS ELECT REPUBLICANS THAT WILL REPRESENT THEM, THAT DEMOCRATS DON'T INFILTRATE, MANIPULATE, INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TWO TUESDAYS AGO AND IT REDUCES THE FOLKS FROM REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENT THEM IN AT THE STATE LEVEL OR IN D.C. >> THANK YOU.

EMMA, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION.

>> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BOTH CANDIDATES, STARTING WITH DR. McCORMICK.

WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO ANY COMPROMISE GUN CONTROL PROPOSALS BEING DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW, SPECIFICALLY SO-CALLED RED FLAG LAWS OR EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS?

I UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE CALLED YOURSELVES STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

>> LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU, DR. McCORMICK.

>> OKAY.

I'M AN E.R.

DOC AND I WITNESS THE HORRORS OF GUN VIOLENCE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT TAKING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS HAS NEVER BEEN THE SOLUTION.

BIDEN AND PELOSI KEEP SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF LAWS AND CONTINUE TO TAKE AWAY WEAPONS FROM THOSE PEOPLE, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE SOLUTION.

MATTER OF FACT DURING BIDEN AND PELOSI'S ADMINISTRATION AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIME.

AND THESE CITIES THAT COME WITH OUTRAGEOUS AND VERY RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS HAD THE WORST CRIME.

I'LL TELL YOU THE WORST PART OF IT IS, AS A GUY WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD IN MANY BAD PLACES INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, THE PERSIAN GULF, AFRICA, THE WORST VIOLENCE IS COMMITTED BY GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE DISARMED ITS PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO BEGIN WITH.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS FOR LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AND ADDRESS THE OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSING THE GUN VIOLENCE.

>> MR. EVANS?

>> I'M A CONSTITUTIONAL WARRIOR.

I BUILT MY CAREER ON FIGHTING FOR OUR CONSTITUTION.

FIGHTING TO ENSURE RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES ARE PROTECTED.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN MY OPINION IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT RIGHTS WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

THE ABILITY TO DEFEND YOURSELF AND ABILITY TO PROTECT YOURSELF BEFORE AND AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT.

INCREMENTALISM IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF.

GRADUALLY ERODING AWAY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS INCLUDING THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I WON'T STAND FOR.

I WILL FIGHT AGGRESSIVELY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY FOR OUR SECOND AMENDMENT.

I'M IN FAVOR OF HAVING SAFE COMMUNITIES AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SAFE COMMUNITIES BY SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY IN GEORGIA'S SIXTH DISTRICT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ARM THEMSELVES AND FIGHT AGAINST ANY DANGER, WHETHER IT IS FROM CRIMINALS CROSSING OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OR THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT AND I WILL NOT STAND DOWN OR STAND BACK AGAINST THAT.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S A NO, NO COMPROMISE YOU WOULD CONSIDER SUPPORTING?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPROMISE IN.

ANY WAY UNCONSTITUTIONAL INFRIDGES ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, I WOULD NOT STAND FOR IT.

>> DR. McCORMICK?

>> TALK ABOUT SECURITY OF SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TALKING ABOUT TAKING WEAPONS FROM LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, NO.

>> RAUL, YOUR NEXT QUESTION.

>> A LOT OF -- THIS QUESTION IS FOR DR. McCORMICK.

A LOT OF ATTENTION OF COURSE ON PRICES, INFLATION, BUT LOOKING AT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, BOTH TWO SIDES OF THIS QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY SPENDING.

BUT IS THERE A ROLE FOR CONGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE?

BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE FISCAL POLICY WITHIN CONGRESS AND THEIR SPENDING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ON BOTH ISSUES.

>> SO, THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS NEITHER FEDERAL NOR IS IT A RESERVE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND OF THAT INSTITUTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR ECONOMY AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR TAXATION AND DEBT.

INDEED IF YOU LOOK AT CHINA HAS THREE TIMES THE DEBT WE DO, THEY DON'T PAY INTEREST.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

YOU LOOK AT THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT, OVER OUR POLICIES, EVERY TIME THEY INCREASE REGULATION, IT INCREASES THE INFLATION.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HUGE GLUT OF REGULATION THAT IS CAUSED HUGE RAISES IN ENERGY COSTS.

RIGHT NOW PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN FILLING THEIR GAS TANK AND BUYING FOOD OR MEDICATION.

THESE ARE POLICIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN AND HIS FAILED POLICIES.

HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED A BIG PART OF THIS INFLATION BY HIS REGULATION.

OVERSPENDING IS THE OTHER BIG PART OF THIS.

AND OF COURSE THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS GOING TO BE PLAYING THIS AS FAR AS WHAT WE OWE AND WHAT OUR CHILDREN OWE INTO THE FUTURE.

>> EMMA, YOU HAVE THE NEXT QUESTION TO ONE CANDIDATE, PLEASE.

>> MR. EVANS, DOES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th?

>> WELL, I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEARLY AND I'VE MADE THIS CLEAR THROUGHOUT MY CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS THAT I WANT TO DO IF I'M BLESSED ENOUGH TO REPRESENT THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA 6 IS DISBAND THE JANUARY 6th COMMISSION.

IT'S NOW BEING USED -- NOTHING BUT A POLITICAL WEAPON AGAINST CONSERVATIVES.

CONSERVATIVES THROUGHOUT GEORGIA, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BEING DENIED THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO SPEEDY AND FAIR TRIAL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL UNAPOLOGETICALLY STAND UP TO FIGHT AGAINST.

WE HAVE TO MAKES SURE THAT CONSERVATIVE VOICES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY ARE PROTECTED.

THE CONSERVATIVE VOICES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY HAVE AN ABILITY TO BE HEARD.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT LIBERAL SPECIAL INTERESTS, WHICH ARE BUYING OUT POLITICIANS THROUGHOUT GEORGIA, THROUGHOUT THE SIXTH DISTRICT, AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, ARE ELIMINATED.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE IS SOMETHING IN ADDITION THAT I STAND FOR REFORM THAT I STAND FOR.

BUT WE HAVE TO ELECT BOLD, UNAFRAID CONSERVATIVES IN THIS COUNTRY TO REPRESENT OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION INSTITUTIONS ARE STACKED AGAINST US.

WE CANNOT ALLOW LIBERAL INTERESTS TO CONTROL POLITICIANS LIKE THEY DID JOE BIDEN.

>> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL NOW HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

JAKE EVANS, YOU GET THE FIRST CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THE CONTRAST IN THIS RACE CANNOT BE MORE CLEAR, ONE CANDIDATE IS A BOUGHT OUT BY LIBERAL SPECIAL INTEREST, FAILED POLITICIAN.

AND THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS A NEXT GENERATION BOLD, UNAFRAID CONSERVATIVE WITH A RECORD OF FIGHTING FOR OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND ENDORSED BY LEADING CONSERVATIVES LIKE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.

I HAVE BUILT MY CAREER FIGHTING FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY, RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES, GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN, TAKING DOWN CORRUPT POWERFUL POLITICIANS STATE ETHICS CHAIRMAN.

MY OPPONENT IS BOUGHT OUT, 75% BY OUT OF STATE MONEY, BOUGHT OUT BY LIBERAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP WHICH IS SUPPORT GUN CONTROL AND ABORTION ON DEMAND.

I TAKE THIS RACE VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE FIGHT FOR THE HEART, SOUL, FABRIC OF AMERICA.

WE AND I CANNOT ALLOW A COMPROMISED CANDIDATE TO GET TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO IS GOING TO FOLD AND KOWTOW TO THE LEFT AND D.C.

ESTABLISHMENT JAKE EVANS WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, NOT THE STATUS QUO.

>> THANK YOU.

DR. RICH McCORMICK, PLEASE GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> I'M DR. RICH McCORMICK, I'M A MARINE HELICOPTER PILOT AND E.R.

DOC, A HUSBAND AND FATHER OF SEVEN.

IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND COMBAT ZONES I MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN TOUGH PLACES.

THAT'S WHAT LEADERS DO.

GEORGIA NEEDS REAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.

REAL LEADERS SAY WHAT THEY MEAN AND DO WHAT THEY SAY.

GEORGIA NEEDS CONSERVATIVES WITH REAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE SICK OF FAKE POLITICIANS WHO WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED.

FAKE POLITICIANS LIKE JAKE EVANS.

A GUY WHO SAID HE BACKS OUR POLICE BUT WRITES A MANIFESTO ABOUT DEFUNDING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE RACIST.

HE SAYS HE'S FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BUT CHEERED WHEN THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BILL IS DEFEATED.

HE'S ON RECORD TRASHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRAISING ABRAMS AND PELOSI AND ADVOCATING FOR TROOPS IN UKRAINE AND THEN DENIES IT.

THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE.

AMERICA IS IN TROUBLE.

YOU DO HAVE A CLEAR CHOICE.

WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, CAN YOU TURN TO A MARINE OR AN E.R.

DOC OR TO A SLICK, FAKE POLITICIAN?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE.

WE LIKE TO REMIND VOTERS THAT ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 21st.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON JUNE 11th.

OUR THANKS TO THE CANDIDATES AND TO OUR PANELISTS OF JOURNALISTS.

WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR ARRANGING TODAY'S DEBATE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DEBATES THAT WILL HOST THIS ELECTION SEASON, VISIT ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.

I'M DONNA LAWRIE.

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

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