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Season 2022 Episode 3 | 56m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
The Atlanta Press Club 2022 Congressional District 6 Republican primary election debate.
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I'M DAVE HUDDLESTON, NEWS REPORTER.
WELCOME TO ATLANTA PRESS CLUB LOUDERMILK-YOUNG DEBATE SERIES.
THIS IS DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT 6.
THEY ARE JAKE EVANS, AN ATTORNEY AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE GEORGIA ETHICS COMMISSION.
BYRON GATEWOOD IS A VETERAN AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
MEAGAN HANSON IS AN ATTORNEY AND FORMER GEORGIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
BLAKE HARBIN IS A BUSINESS OWNER.
RICH McCORMICK IS A VETERAN AND EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN.
PAULETTE SMITH IS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESS OWNER.
MALLORY STAPLES IS A FORMER TEACHER AND BUSINESS OWNER.
SUZI VOYLES IS A POLICY ADVOCATE, BOARD MEMBER AND POLMAN JER AND EUGENE YU IS A VETERAN FIRST RESPONDER AND BUSINESS MEMBER.
AMY LANDING IS EDITOR OF REPORTER NEWSPAPERS AND TOM BAXTER IS A REPORTER WITH THE SUPPORTER REPORT.
FOR COMPLETE RULES ON TODAY'S DEBATE, PLEASE VISIT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE, ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.
TO START THE DEBATE, EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY ONE OF THE PANELISTS.
CANDIDATES WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.
TOM BAXTER, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION TO BLAKE HARBIN.
>> MR. HARBIN, HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE HOME MORTGAGE BUSINESS AND WHAT HAS IT TAUGHT YOU THAT MIGHT BENEFITED YOU IN CONGRESS?
>> WHEN I WAS RECRUITED FROM ANOTHER INDUSTRY, I CAME IN AND INSIDE A YEAR I WAS A BRANCH MANAGER AND ULTIMATELY AN EXECUTIVE.
SO WHAT THAT DOES FOR ME, AS FAR AS MY EXPERTISE GOES IS THE FACT THAT I HAVE A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL BACKGROUND BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE -- HOW INTEREST RATES AFFECT EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE A WRONG DECISION, AND IT COSTS PEOPLE JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALSO -- IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A FINANCIAL EXPERT, WHEN YOU START SELLING THINGS, LOANS AND WHATNOT ON THE OPEN MARKET AND JUST UNDERSTAND HOW -- FROM A STOCK PERSPECTIVE AND WHATNOT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
AMY WAYNE, IT'S YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF MR. EUGENE YU.
>> YOU WORKED AS A FIREFIGHTER, SERVED IN THE ARMY AND LATER AS A POLICE OFFICER.
THERE'S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN SOME AREAS OF DISTRICT 6.
FOR EXAMPLE, FORSYTH'S POPULATION SPIKED 43% OVER A DECADE.
WITH YOUR BACKGROUND, HOW WOULD YOU ENSURE THIS DISTRICT GETS FEDERAL FUNDING IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY HERE IN GEORGIA, I WAS A FIREFIGHTER.
I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A MILITARY POLICE, AS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOING BUSINESS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I AM THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I LIVED IT.
WE NEED WATCH OUT ALL THAT WASTEFUL SPENDING AND WE NEED TO GO BACK, ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON DEFINITELY DO A U-TURN.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT QUESTION, TOM.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOREMANS.
>> MS. HANSON, YOU HAD ONE TERM, I BELIEVE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IN THE LEGISLATURE.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN THAT -- FIRST OF ALL, WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY LONGER AND SECOND WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN THAT ONE TERM THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOU IN CONGRESS?
>> I LEARNED A LOT.
I LEARNED HOW TO WORK WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS.
I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING A NUMBER OF BILLS.
BILLS THAT PEOPLE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET PASSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I LEARNED THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY -- A WORK HORSE IS WHAT WE NEED, NOT JUST IN THE STATEHOUSE BUT IN D.C. THAT'S MY GOAL HERE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOW PONIES IN D.C.
RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO READ, WRITE AND PASS LEGISLATION.
I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THIS STAGE THAT HAS ACTUALLY DONE THOSE THINGS.
>> THANK YOU, MEAGAN.
AMY, YOUR NEXT QUESTION FOR PAULETTE SMITH.
>> MS. SMITH, YOUR BACKGROUND INCLUDES WORKING AS A RECORDING ARTIST AND COSMETOLOGIST.
WHAT HAVE SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESS OWNERS IN DISTRICT 6 TOLD YOU ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AS THEY NAVIGATE THIS ECONOMY AMID HISTORIC INFLATION?
HOW CAN YOU HELP PROVIDE THE FEDERAL RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GROW AND EXPAND?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE, ALL SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE 6th DISTRICT.
WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THE LOANS AND ALSO HAVE CLASSES EVEN TO EDUCATE THEM ON, IF SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC HAPPENED AGAIN, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO JUST LOSE THEIR BUSINESS, BUT THRIVE IN THEIR BUSINESSES.
THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS AN ONGOING TEACHING SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS SO THAT EVERYBODY ELSE CAN ALSO BE A PART OF THAT PARTICULAR LAXING THAT'S ON THEM, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR BUSINESS, THE STRUCTURE AND TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD DEFINITELY BE A PERSON IN CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE REVENUE THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, MS. SMITH.
APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
TOM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MALLORY STAPLES.
>> MS.
STAPLES, LIKE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE, YOU SAY YOU HAVE OWNED A SMALL BUSINESS.
YOU'VE ALSO BEEN A TEACHER.
WHAT WAS YOUR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE LIKE, AND HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS?
>> THANK YOU, TOM.
YES, I WAS A TEACHER AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL HERE.
I ATTENDED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND I'VE HOME SCHOOLED MY CHILDREN FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
EDUCATION IS AN ABSOLUTE PASSION OF MINE.
HAVING BEEN A TEACHER AND A PARENT, I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
I HAVE THE PASSION OF BELIEVING THAT PARENTS ARE THE FIT, THE BEST FIT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF SCHOOL CHOICE.
I FEEL LIKE THE PARENTS' MONEY SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR BEST CHOICE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE WORST IDEA WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF DISMANTLING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND RETURNING EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES BACK TO THE STATE.
>> THANK YOU, MS.
STAPLES.
AMY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR RICH McCORMICK.
>> MR. McCORMICK, DISTRICT 6 HAS RECENTLY WITHIN REDRAWN AND INCLUDES ALL OF FORSYTH, DAWSON AND PARTS OF FULTON, COBB, GWINNETT.
WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THIS NEW DISTRICT?
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC LOCAL ISSUES YOU WOULD ADVOCATE FOR IF ELECTED TO CONGRESS?
>> SOME OF THAT DEPENDS ON WHICH PART OF THE DISTRICT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
THERE'S A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN AND THE NORTHERN PART.
NORTHERN IS MUCH MORE RURAL, SOUTHERN PART IS MUCH MORE URBAN.
FORSYTH WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE BUILT UP QUICKLY BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION IS INCREDIBLE.
EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT EDUCATION.
EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT A SOUTHERN BORDER THAT'S SECURE, EVERYBODY WANTS FAIR ELECTION PROCESSES, AND EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HIT THEM IN THE WALLET, INFLATION, RUNAWAY COSTS.
IT'S GOING TO COST OUR CHILDREN THEIR FUTURE IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MR CORMICK.
TOM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR SUZI VOYLES.
>> YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN YOUR BALLOT PDA INTERVIEW AS AN ELECTION INTEGRITY EXPERT.
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW YOU CAME TO BE AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD?
>> I CERTAINLY CAN.
I WAS A POLMAN JER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, I HAVE OBSERVED ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN THE COUNTY.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN ARE PATTERNS.
I HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT BALLOT STYLES.
I HAVE GONE FROM MACHINES -- TO MACHINES FROM PAPER BALLOTS, AND IN SOME CASES BACK.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN ARE VERY INTRICATE PATTERNS THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO FIND OUT AS FAR AS REGISTRATIONS ARE CONCERNED WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING.
WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE MOVE INTO AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE, THEY'RE JUST REGISTERED THERE.
THEY'VE DOCUMENTED THOSE THINGS.
THE VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT PER PERSON.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERYONE'S VOTE COUNT AS THEY WOULD HAVE IT CAST AND NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWED TO IMPEDE UPON THAT IN ANY WAY.
>> THANK YOU, MS. VOYLES.
AMY, YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF JAKE EVANS.
>> MR. EVANS, ON YOUR WEBSITE YOU'VE GOT A HEADLINE THAT SAYS RADICAL DEMOCRATS AND WEAK REPUBLICANS ARE DESTROYING YOUR COUNTRY WITH PICTURES OF AOC AND NANCY PELOSI ON ONE SIDE OF BIDEN AND MITT ROMNEY AND LIZ CHENEY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET TO WASHINGTON AND YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TO GET THINGS DONE IN YOUR ZPLIKT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, AMY.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
AS I MAKE VERY CLEAR, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE, WE'RE IN A FIGHT FOR THE HEART, SOUL, FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY.
I BELIEVE RADICAL DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO JAM DOWN A VERY RADICAL AGENDA WITH OPEN BORDERS, TRYING TO JAM DOWN RADICAL REFORMS SUCH AS HR-1 AND HR-4 WHICH WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FURTHER GOING TO THE LEFT.
GENERATION OF BOLD, UNAFRAID CONSERVATIVES TO PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD AND FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY WE WILL ABSOLUTELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY LOSE IT.
I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS ON BILLS THAT FURTHER AMERICA AND FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
IF THEY ARE BILLS THAT FOLD TO THE LEFT.
IF THEY ARE BILLS THAT FOLD TO THE MEDIA AND THE D.C.
ESTABLISHMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL WORK AGAINST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE YANKING AMERICA BACK ON TRACK, DOING IT IN A VERY UNCOMPROMISING AND UNAFRAID FASHION.
THAT'S WHAT A JAKE EVANS CANDIDACY HAS BEEN ABOUT FROM DAY ONE.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT FIGHTING FOR THE EVERYDAY AMERICAN THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND IF I'M BLESSED ENOUGH TO GET TO WASHINGTON, D.C. >> THANK YOU, MR. EVANS.
TOM, YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION TO BYRON GATEWOOD.
>> MR. GATEWOOD, WHO WOULD YOU POINT TO AMONG GEORGIANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN CONGRESS AS A MODEL FOR THE KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE THAT YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GET THERE?
>> DURING THIS PROCESS I HAVE STRUCK UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN TOM PRICE.
WE'VE HAD SOME BREAKFAST TOGETHER, WE GO TO CHURCH TOGETHER.
HE'S GIVEN ME SOME ADVICE HERE AND THERE.
I VIEW HIM AS SOMEONE WHO IS A THINKER AND A DOER.
HE'S A SMART PERSON, A CALCULATED PERSON AND A VERY, VERY COMPETENT MAN.
I ADMIRE HIM.
I HAD MEYER HIS SERVICE IN THE CONGRESS AND AS SECRETARY.
THAT'S SOMEONE WHO I THINK AS A GEORGIAN I CAN REALLY LOOK AT, ALSO SOMEONE WHO MADE GEORGIA THEIR HOME, GREW UP SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MADE GEORGIA THEIR LONG-TERM HOME.
I GREW UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I SERVED IN THE ARMY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND I PICKED GEORGIA AND AIM TO REPRESENT THE 6th DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GATEWOOD.
THANK YOU, CANDIDATES AND PANELISTS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DEBATE.
THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A QUESTION TO AN OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.
EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK THE QUESTION, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKS THE QUESTION WILL HAVE A 30-SECOND REBUTTAL.
BY RANDOM SELECTION, MR. RICH McCORMICK, YOU MAY ASK THE FIRST QUESTION OF A FELLOW CANDIDATE.
>> I'D RATHER ASK A QUESTION OF THE PANELISTS, BUT I'LL ASK OF THE CANDIDATES.
JAKE, YOUR CAMPAIGN THREATENED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MALLORY STAPLES SUPPORTERS FOR HIGHLIGHTING YOUR SUPPORT OF DEFUND THE POLICE.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO SUE MEAGAN HANSON FOR SAYING YOU NEVER ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AS YOU SAID BEFORE.
>> I THINK THAT STATEMENT IS A BLATANT MISREPRESENTATION ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.
FIRST, MY CAMPAIGN HAS MADE NO STATEMENT AGAINST MALLORY STAPLES OR HER SUPPORTERS.
WE HAVE SENT A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER TO A SUPER PAC THAT IS SUPPORTING HER CAMPAIGN.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND FOR BASELESS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ME OR MY CAMPAIGN.
IF IT'S NEEDED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAIN THAT SUPER PAC, WE WILL DO SO.
AS FAR AS TAKING ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MEAGAN HANSON, I'VE NEVER SUGGESTED ANYTHING TO THAT DEGREE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU WOULD GET THAT FROM.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, TALKING ABOUT MY WORK BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, INTO FOUGHT IN 2020 WHILE YOU DIDN'T.
I FOUGHT ALL THE WAY TO, THROUGH THE TRIAL COURTS TO THE APPELLATE COURTS WHILE YOU WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
YOU ALSO IN YOUR OWN CANDIDACY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING EVEN THOUGH YOU LOST BY THE TIGHTEST MARGIN OF ERROR IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK I DID FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE AND THAT'S SOMETHING I PROUDLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY WILL STAND BY.
>> MR. McCORMICK YOU HAVE A 30-SECOND REBUTTAL.
>> CERTAINLY NO ONE WAS HURT BY FRAUD MORE THAN MYSELF.
I POINTED OUT THERE WAS FRAUD WAY BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.
MY CONCERN ABOUT JAKE IS HE'S BEEN INCONSISTENT IN HIS STATEMENTS THAT WE FOUND EVERYWHERE, INCONSISTENT IN HIS SUPPORT FOR POLICE, IN SUPPORT FOR GOOD EDUCATION AND IN IN HEARINGS WITH THE SUPREME COURT.
>> MALI STAPLES, IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION OF A FELLOW CANDIDATE.
>> JAKE MY QUESTION TODAY TO YOU.
YOU'RE RUNNING AS AN AMERICAN FIRST CANDIDATE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALL OVER YOUR ADS, BUT THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH YOUR OWN WORDS.
ON OCTOBER 7, 2016 YOU CALLED THE 2016 ELECTION WON BETWEEN THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
IN OCTOBER OF 2016 YOU CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT FOR NOT SAYING HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY CONCEDE IF HE LOST.
ON JUNE 24th, 2018, YOU CALLED OUR PRESIDENT POLARIZING AND SAID IT WAS UNFAIR THAT OUR PARTY WAS JUDGED BY HIS ACTIONS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, JAKE EVANS, SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOUR WORDS IN 2016 AND 2018 WHEN TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE, OR SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU NOW WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT TO USE HIS NAME?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MALLORY.
I AM NOT ONLY AN AMERICA FIRST PATRIOT AND SOMEONE THAT PUTS FORWARD THE AMERICA FIRST AGENDA, I AM THE AMERICA FIRST CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, I FOUGHT THROUGH THE TRIAL COURTS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE APPELLATE COURT IN PENNSYLVANIA, ALL THE WAY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE STRONGEST OF HEADWINDS TO ENSURE ONLY LEGAL VOTES WOULD BE COUNTED, BENEFITING ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AND MOST PRINCIPALLY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I WAS VERY VOCAL IN 2020 TO ENSURE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VOICE WOULD BE HEARD.
I VOICED MY SUPPORT AND ALL OF MY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT MY CAMPAIGN SINCE DAY ONE IN THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN AN UNAFRAID ENDORSEMENTS OF SEAN HANNITY, NEWT GINGRICH, DAVE BOSS SEE, FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I WILL NEVER WAIVER FOR MY AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD TO STAND BY AND STAND TRUE ON.
>> THANK YOU, MR. EVANS.
MS.
STAPLES, YOU HAVE A 30-SECOND REBUTTAL.
>> MY QUESTION WAS ME QUOTING YOU.
THERE WAS NO INTERPRETATION ON MY PART.
YOUR WORDS ARE YOUR WORDS.
WE'RE ALL CANDIDATES BEFORE.
MOST OF US HAVE NEVER HELD OFFICE BEFORE, BUT EACH OF US HAS A BACKGROUND.
YOURS IS A DISQUALIFYING STORY OF FLIP-FLOPPING AND OPPORTUNISM.
YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND THAT CONTRADICTS THE WORDS AND PROMISES WE HEARD TODAY AND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
YOU'RE ASKING US TO BELIEVE YOUR PROMISES AND IGNORE YOUR BACKGROUND.
WE'VE DONE THAT FOR POLITICIANS BEFORE, BUT GEORGIA VOTERS WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE THIS TIME.
>> MR. EUGENE YU, YOUR TURN FOR A QUESTION OF ONE OF THE CANDIDATES.
>> ACTUALLY, I HAVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR MY FELLOW OPPONENTS.
THEY'RE ALL GREAT, BUT I'M A LITTLE MORE GREATER BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE THE NEW FACE OF REPUBLICANS.
MY FELLOW GEORGIANS, MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS, YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE NINE CANDIDATES.
DON'T BE STUPID.
I WANT YOU PICK THE RIGHT CANNED DAPT FOR OUR FUTURE, OUR FUTURE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I'M NOT ENDORSED BY ANYBODY.
I WANT TO BE ENDORSED BY YOU.
>> MR. YU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM TO GIVE YOUR PLATFORM.
SUZI VOYLES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR A FELLOW CANDIDATE.
>> YES, I DO.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR RICH McCORMICK.
WHAT SERIOUS LIMITS WOULD YOU SEEK TO INITIATE ON FEDERAL SPENDING AND DEBT TO FREE RESOURCES FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WHAT COMMITTEES WOULD YOU SEEK TO BE ON TO INITIATE THAT?
>> I HAVE SAID TO LEADERSHIP ALREADY THAT I BELIEVE THAT ANY COMMITTEE THAT I'M PART OF, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES TO CUTTING FEDERAL SPENDING, CUTTING THE DEFICIT, MAKING SURE WE CONTROL SPENDING.
I THINK THAT BURDENS OUR FUTURE GENERATION -- I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN -- WHICH WILL BE PAYING TAX, TWO OF WHICH WANT TO BE MARINE CORPS OFFICERS.
I THINK BEING PART OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE WOULD BE FANTASTIC, THE MISUSE OF MILITARY RECENTLY AND THE WAY WE'VE MANAGED TO WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN.
I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT OUR HEALTH CARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT HAS INCREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS BY 10%, INCREASED SPENDING AND INFLATION, NOT JUST IN HEALTH CARE BUT IN EDUCATION AND IN AMERICA IN GENERAL.
I'VE GONE TO THE CAPITOL TO FIGHT AGAINST THESE THINGS AND I'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN CONGRESS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. McCORMICK.
REBUTTAL?
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP.
MY QUESTION WAS WHAT SERIOUS LIMITS WOULD YOU SEEK TO INITIATE CUTS IN OUR FEDERAL SPENDING.
AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT AT SOME OTHER TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MS. VOYLES.
BYRON GATEWOOD, IT'S YOUR TURN.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOREMANS.
MEAGAN, ACCORDING TO A RECENT SENATE REPORT, HOUSING MANAGEMENT COMPANY CALLED ALFORD BAY COMMUNITIES HAS DEFRAUDED THE AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY PUT MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK WITH SHODDY LIVING CONDITIONS.
FAMILIES LIVING IN CONDITIONS LIKE THAT HAS TO RESONATE WITH YOU.
IF YOU'RE ELECTED, HOW WILL YOU HELP HOLD TO ACCOUNT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND CONTRACTORS WHO FAIL SERVICE MEMBERS AND CAN I HELP?
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AM LAU YOU TO HELP IF YOU TALK TO MY CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK OUR VETERANS, OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN OUR BEST.
I WOULD DO EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER AS A CONGRESSPERSON, NOT HAVING ACTUALLY SERVED IN THAT OFFICE, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD TAKE AS A CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE, BUT WE WOULD BE THERE TO ASSIST THESE FAMILIES IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY MY CONGRESSIONAL POWER.
>> MR. GATEWOOD, DO YOU HAVE REBUTTAL?
>> THAT WASN'T A GOTCHA QUESTION.
IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO RAISE ATTENTION FOR.
THESE AREN'T THE GENERALS AND THE COLONELS AND ADMIRALS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.
THESE ARE FOLKS WAY DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WHO ARE LESS LIKELY AND ABLE TO SOUND THE ALARM AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR OWN BE HALVES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DESERVES AMERICA'S AND GEORGIA'S ATTENTION.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
JAKE EVANS.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR RICH McCORMICK.
YOU COURTED AND WERE ENDORSED BY THE MOST LIBERAL FACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT THE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT CAUCUS.
MOST RINOS DON'T SHOW THEIR HORNS UNTIL AFTER THEY GET ELECTED.
RICH, THE VOTERS OF THE 6th DISTRICT DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT SWISHY COMMITMENTS DID YOU MAKE, WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM TO GET THEIR SUPPORT?
>> AS JAKE WELL KNOWS, I DID ACCEPT THAT ENDORSEMENT.
I HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY SOME PEOPLE FROM THAT MEMBERSHIP AND I'VE ACCEPTED MANY ENDORSEMENT -- ACTUALLY MORE THAN I CAN COUNT.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE THREE MEMBERS FROM THE FREEDOM CAUCUS.
ELISE STEFAN NICK IS HIGHLY FAVORED BY TRUMP.
ALSO ENDORSED BY TED CRUZ.
IT MAKES UP A FRACTION OF OUR SUPPORT.
WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS THAT HAVE DONATED TO OUR CAMPAIGN FROM ALL OVER.
ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO FIGHT THE LEFT, ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO GO AGAINST BIDEN, PELOSI, ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO RECLAIM AMERICA AND FIGHT FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR US, ANYBODY WHO HAS SERVED THEIR COUNTRY SUCH AS FRONT LINE -- 20 FORMER MILITARY MEMBER WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS WHO HAVE ENDORSED US, THOSE PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE CAUSE TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN CONGRESS, JAKE.
AS A SERVICEMAN OF 20 YEARS AND ER PHYSICIAN WHO HAS RAN TOWARDS THE FIGHT, I'LL TAKE ALL COMERS WHO WANT TO FIGHT OFF BIDEN AND PELOSI.
>> THANK YOU, MR. McCORMICK.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T ACCEPT THE ENDORSEMENT AND BUT YOU MET WITH HIM AND SAID YOU WOULD NOT DENOUNCE THE ENDORSEMENT.
I WANT THE VOTERS OF THE 6th DISTRICT TO KNOW.
POLITICIANS THAT TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.
POLITICIANS THAT TRY TO PLAY BOTH SIDES ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.
SINCE DAY ONE IN MY RACE, I HAVE BEEN THE BOLD UNAFRAID CONSERVATIVE WHO ISN'T GOING TO KOWTOW AND FOLD TO THE RADICAL LEFT AND THE MEDIA.
>> PAULETTE SMITH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> YES.
MY QUESTION IS TO DR. McCORMICK.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU'RE ELECTED TO CONGRESS -- WITHIN THE MILITARY WHERE THEY'RE STRESSING OUT BECAUSE OF DEPLOYMENT AND THEY MAY SEE A PARTNER OR FRIEND BE KILLED ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND THERE IS NO MPGT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE MILITARY TO HELP THEM?
I SPOKE WITH A YOUNG MAN YESTERDAY AND INTERVIEWED HIM.
HE ALMOST BROUGHT ME TO TEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD DO ABOUT THAT SITUATION?
>> SO -- THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS, AS A GUY WHO SERVED OVER 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY AND AS A GUY WHO SERVED AS AN ER PHYSICIAN AT CAMP LEJEUNE AND AFGHANISTAN IN 2016, I'VE WATCHED THE ANXIETY AND THE DEPRESSION, THE PTSD AND THE SUICIDES IN THE MILITARY, 22 A DAY IS THE AVERAGE.
SINCE AFTER AND THAT DEBACLE, ALMOST UP TO 40 PER DAY.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
ACTUALLY THE HEALTH CARE INSIDE THE MILITARY IS VERY GOOD.
THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE YOU GET OUT, HOW DO WE FACE DOWN THOSE CHALLENGES AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PLUGGED IN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED OUT TO ESTABLISH FRIENDSHIPS AND RESOURCES AND PEOPLE WHO CAN REACH OUT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
NOT ALWAYS IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS.
WE AS A SOCIETY, AS CHURCHES, FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND TOUCH THEM, WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART, TOO.
>> THANK YOU, MR. McCORMICK.
MS. SMITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, WE'RE -- MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY SUCH AS YOURSELF HAVE GONE ON TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE, MAYBE REACH BACK AND GET SOME OF OUR MILITARY THAT ARE HOMELESS AND ON THE STREETS.
>> THANK YOU, MS. SMITH.
MEAGAN HANSON, QUESTION, PLEASE.
>> JAKE, MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU.
IN 2015 YOU PUBLISHED A 23-PAGE ARTICLE IN A RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LAW REVIEW WHERE YOU BLAMED AMERICA'S RISING CRIME RATE ON RACIST SPLIS AND SAID THE SOLUTION WAS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
HOW CAN VOTERS OF THE 6th DISTRICT TRUST THAT YOU WON'T GO TO CONGRESS AND DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT YOU ADVOCATED FOR IN 2015, DEFUNDING THE POLICE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MEAGAN.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
FIRST, I'M AN UNAPOLOGETIC SUPPORTER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FOR ME THIS IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL ISSUE.
I HAVE AN UNCLE WHO HAS SERVED OVER YEARS AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
I'VE GOT A CURRENT COUSIN WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER THERE AS WELL.
I HAVE MADE FRONT AND CENTER IN MY CAMPAIGN SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT WE HAVE TO BE UNAPOLOGETIC IN OUR SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE UNDER ATTACK.
THEY'RE UNDER ATTACK BY RADICAL DEMOCRAT MAYORS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE FOLDING TO WOKISM, TO THE BLM MOVEMENT IN ORDER TO NOT FURTHER OUR POLICIES OF MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VERY, VERY SAFE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, I'VE SERVED A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER BECAUSE IT IS BLATANTLY FALSE TO SUGGEST THAT I EVER SUGGESTED TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO READ THE PAPER THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MAKE YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. EVANS.
MS. HANSON.
>> SURE.
CALL ME OLD-FASHIONED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING, YOU MEAN IT.
HERE ARE DIRECT QUOTES FROM THAT PAPER THAT JAKE WANTS TO GO AWAY.
THE FIRST THING WOULD BE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES SHOULD BE REALLOCATED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, A/K/A, DEFUND THE POLICE.
REALLOCATION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SIZE SEM TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AMELIORATES THE ABILITY FOR BLACKS TO UPROOT STEREOTYPES.
STATED DIFFERENTLY, DEFUNDING POLICE AND TEACHING CRT IN OUR SCHOOLS WILL SOLVE THE CRIME PROBLEM.
THOSE ARE HIS WORDS, FEEL FREE TO GO READ THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. HANSON.
>> MR. HARBIN, YOU GET TO ASK THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.
>> JUDGMENT IS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC IN THIS RACE AS IS KNOWING THE FACTS.
I FIND IT IMPORTANT THAT VOTERS KNOW THAT RICH McCORMICK VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016 AND JAKE EVANS VOTED FOR TRUMP AS THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
MY QUESTION IS FOR MALLORY STAPLES.
MALLORY, WHY DO YOU THINK RICH AND JAKE MADE THESE CHOICES AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THEIR JUDGMENT TO REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT?
>> WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE INNER THOUGHTS OF JAKE OR RICH EITHER ONE.
BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY FED UP, LIKE THE PEOPLE IN GEORGIA, PEOPLE WHO WHEN IT IS BENEFICIAL KA WE'RE-WISE SAY SOMETHING.
AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO MAKING HARD CHOICES DO SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY I'M RUNNING.
I'M RUNNING SO THAT MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE WILL BE PROTECTED BY PEOPLE WHO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHETHER IT'S IN THE DARK OF NIGHT OR THE LIGHT OF DAY, THEY ARE CONSISTENT.
I HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD SON WHO IS APPROACHING THE AGE WHERE HE COULD BE DRAFTED, AND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING SOMEBODY REPRESENTING MY VOICE IN CONGRESS WHO FLIP-FLOPS AND GOES BACK AND FORTHS MAKES MY BLOOD RUN COLD.
I'M IN THIS RACE AS A MOM AND IN THIS RACE FOR THAT REASON.
>> MR. HARBIN, A REBUTTAL?
>> I BELIEVE HAVE A REBUTTAL SINCE SHE MENTIONED MY NAME.
>> ME AS WELL.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE PRODUCER.
UNFORTUNATELY YOU DO NOT.
>> I DID NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
>> MR. HARBIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT HONESTY, MALLORY.
IT'S DEFINITELY A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, ESPECIALLY IN THIS RACE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF -- YOU CAN'T JUST SIMPLY FLIP-FLOP.
WE CAN'T TRUST ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES TO GO UP THERE IF THEY'RE LYING HERE.
HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY TRUST THEM THAT THEY WOULD HOLD TRUE AND REPRESENT OUR 6th DISTRICT VALUES?
AS A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER I FIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HARBIN.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SECOND ROUND FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, THIS IS THE DEBATE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6.
WE NOW WILL GO BACK TO THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF TIME.
AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE, I MAY ALSO ASK A QUESTION OF THE CANDIDATES.
I WILL DETERMINE WHEN A REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.
AMY, YOU HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION.
>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES: DO YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 6?
IF YOU DO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND KEEP IT UP JUST FOR A FEW SECONDS.
I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE WHO DIDN'T RAISES THEIR HAND.
MR. McCORMICK, WHERE DO YOU LIVE AND WHY SHOULD VOTERS ELECT SOMEONE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT?
>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I'M DR. McCORMICK AND LIVE 1,000 FEET OUT OF THE DISTRICT.
I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE IN ROSWELL.
I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REGISTER, BUT THAT'S THE FULL STORY.
THANK YOU.
>> MS. SMITH, WHERE DO YOU LIVE AND WHY SHOULD VOTERS ELECT SOMEONE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT?
>> WELL, I LIVE IN KENNESAW, GEORGIA.
KENNESAW IS ALSO A PART OF DISTRICT 6.
I CALLED THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ASK HIM COULD THEY PLEASE SEND ME A MAP ON THE REDISTRICTING, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS NOT FINAL BECAUSE GOVERNOR KEMP WAS BEING SUED ABOUT -- I THINK THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE SUING HIM BECAUSE OF THE REDISTRICTING.
WHY DO I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE A PART OF IT?
I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
I SERVED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TEAM.
I ALSO SERVED WITH THE GOP, THE GRA, THE WOMEN'S GROUP.
I'VE BEEN GROUND ROOT FOR A WHILE IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
I LOVE THE 6th DISTRICT.
IN FACT, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ASKED ME TO RUN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH NONE OF THE CANDIDATES ON THIS PLATFORM, MAYBE SOME NEW SUZI, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY SAID PALLET, WE CAN TRUST IN YOU.
>> MR. EVANS, LAST YEAR CONGRESS PASSED THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION IN A GENERATION WITH FUNDING FOR ROADS, BRIDGES, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND OTHER PROJECTS.
IS THE 6th DISTRICT GETTING ITS SHARE OF THIS MONEY, AND WHAT WILL YOU DO TO SEE TO IT THAT IT DOES?
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST I THINK IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT WHICH IS A VERY SUBURBAN-BASED DISTRICT, MAKING SURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN SERVICE THE GROWING COMMUNITIES IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK AS I SAID EARLIER, WE NEED FIGHTERS IN CONGRESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST.
FIGHT WITH THE TOOLS THEY HAVE IN AN UNAPOLOGETIC WAY TO TLIFR FOR THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ALL ABOUT.
WHEN I GET UP TO WASHINGTON, D.C., IF I'M BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE ELECTED BY THE FOLKS OF THE 6th DISTRICT, THEY CAN REST ASSURED WITH JAKE EVANS, YOU WILL HAVE AN UNAFRAID FIGHTER THAT ENSURES COB COUNTY, NORTH FULTON, DAWSON COUNTY, THE SLIVER OF GWINNETT, THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE PAINT, PUT THEM FIRST REGARDLESS OF THE IT'S MY BEST INTEREST OR NOT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE 6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE PUT FORTH.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURES ARE AT A POINT WHERE IT CAN PLAIN TAN THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WE HAVE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES, STARTING WITH MR. YU.
DO YOU THINK THE 2020 PRESIDENT ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND WHAT ROLE DID GOVERNOR KEMP AND SECRETARY RAFFENSPERGER PLAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
NOT ONLY STATE OF GEORGIA, BUT WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
THERE'S HARD EVIDENCE EVERYWHERE.
HOWEVER, COMING TO GEORGIA, I THINK GOVERNOR KEMP HAVE A -- HE HAVE A VERY LIMITED TO SAY WHAT NEED TO BE OVERTURNED, THE ELECTION, WHATEVER.
I THINK A LOT OF -- RAFFENSPERGER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, HE HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY I BELIEVE.
WE JUST DON'T DO IT REPEATED AGAIN FOR 2022 ELECTION FROM NOW ON, FROM THE FUTURE.
MS. VOYLES?
>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT FRAUD, NOT ONLY IN GEORGIA, BUT PARTICULARLY IN GEORGIA IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
WE HAD ALERTED THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE TO AFFIDAVIT AFTER AFFIDAVIT AFTER AFFIDAVIT, PEOPLE WHO FLEW IN FROM CALIFORNIA WHO NO LONGER LIVED THERE, PEOPLE FROM ADDRESSES IN THE PRECINCT I EVER MANAGED AND THEY NEVER DARK EARNED THE DOOR OF ANY OF THE APARTMENTS THERE.
THESE ARE DOCUMENTED AFFIDAVITS WITH WITNESSES, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, SMLS RECORDS, AND THERE'S NOT BEEN ONE SINGLE PROSECUTION TO DATE.
I'VE HEARD SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE.
WE HAVE SHOWN THE EVIDENCE CONCLUSIVELY.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHY HAVEN'T THEY LOOKED AT IT?
THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MS. VOYLES.
MS.
STAPLES?
>> YES, I DO BELIEVE THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN, AS I TALK TO VOTERS EVERY DAY.
THAT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LEADERSHIP THAT THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE WHICH IS THEIR MOST SACRED RIGHT, THAT IS THE WAY PEOPLE GOVERN IS TO ELECT THEIR OFFICIALS AND SEND THEM.
WHEN WE HAVE LOST THAT, WE ARE LOST.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT IS ON THE SHOULDERS OF OUR STATE OFFICIALS WHO GOVERN TO ANSWER THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEIR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE.
I WAS BOOTS ON THE GROUND AS A REGULAR CITIZEN AT THAT POINT.
I HADN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN A POLITICAL PROCESS.
I ORGANIZED PEOPLE'S PROTEST, AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION, WENT DOWN TO THE STATE CAPITOL, FELT VERY HELPLESS AS SOME OF YOU DID.
IT'S TIME WE GET ANSWERS FOR THAT.
I THINK THE DATA IS DEFINITELY IN.
>> MS. SMITH.
>> YES, I BELIEVE 100% THAT THE RACE WAS STOLEN, NOT JUST FOR PRESIDENT, BUT FOR ALSO OUR SENATORS, OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE, EVEN ON THE LOCAL LEVEL IT WAS STOLEN.
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU NOW THERE IS NOBODY IN COBB COUNTY THAT CAN BELIEVE THIS.
COBB COUNTY IS A RED COUNTY.
I SERVED AS A PRECINCT CHAIR IN PINE MOUNTAIN 101.
MY DISTRICT IS ALMOST 100% REPUBLICAN, AND THE PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET.
I FEEL KEMP NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE DOMINION MACHINE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS WELL AS RAFFENSPERGER, AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO PAPER BALLOTS.
FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
ALL THE EVIDENCE IS THERE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE ONE WHO IS BRINGING THE EVIDENCE, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T WANT TO ALLOW IT TO LINE UP WITH THE COURTS.
>> THANK YOU, MS. SMITH.
MR. McCORMICK, ONCE AGAIN, THE 2020 ELECTION, WAS IT STOLEN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP?
WHAT ROLE DO GOVERNOR KEMP AND SECRETARY OF STATE RAFFENSPERGER PLAY?
>> NO ONE WAS HURT BY VOTER FRAUD MORE THAN MYSELF.
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT IN 2020 I WAS TOLD I WON THE ELECTION, WE WERE 5,000 VOTES UP AND THEN EVENTUALLY TOLD WE LOST THE ELECTION.
WE KNOW THERE WAS SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH BALLOT HARVESTING, DROP BOX UNMONITORED, MAIL-IN BALLOTS, SOME OF THEM NOT EVEN ORDERED BY THE PEOPLE THAT SENT THEM IN.
THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE REQUESTED THE TAPES, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD COST $15,000 AND WE WOULDN'T GET THE TAPES BACK FROM THE DROP BOXES UNTIL AFTER THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WAS OVER.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT 15-DAY PERIOD IN WHICH WE HAVE TO BRING A COURT TO CASE, WHICH THEY WON'T PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE REQUESTED.
I NEVER CONCEDED THIS ELECTION.
WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.
THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE MAKE SURE WE BLOCK FEDERAL CONTROL OF STATE RACES.
>> MR. HARBIN.
>> AS A COMPLETE AND UTTER OUTSIDER I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST.
THEN I NOTICED SOME OF IT WAS OFF -- THIS IS DURING THE PRIMARY OF THE 2020 ELECTION.
WE SPOKE WITH FULTON COUNTY.
THERE WAS A POINT THEY SAID THEY HAD OVER 70,000 VOTES AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN COUNT THEM.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING OF FRAUD THAT I WITNESSED.
WE SENT A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
HOW ARE WE ABLE TO TRUST OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DOUBTED THINGS AND A HUGE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING OUR PARTICULAR VOTING MACHINES.
THAT'S BOTH ON THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC TICKETS.
THEY'RE ALL DISCUSSING VOTER INTEGRITY, ELECTION INTEGRITY.
SO HOW CAN WE TRUST ANY OF IT WHEN LAST KNIGHT BIDEN SAID THE FREE PRESS MATTER MORE THAN YOU EVER DID IN THE LAST CENTURY AND THEN THEY'RE CREATING A NEW DISINFORMATION BUREAU.
IT'S TIME WE START PUTTING QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS BACK IN OFFICE THAT CAN FIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HARBIN.
MS. HANSON.
>> AS AN ATTORNEY, I RELY HEAVILY ON EVIDENCE AND I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN THE EVIDENCE THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THAT THE ENTIRE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
HOWEVER, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS EVIDENCE HERE IN GEORGIA THAT GIVES ME PAUSE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS, THE BALLOT HARVESTING WE SAW WHERE THERE'S ACTUAL VIDEO EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VOTERS DEPOSITING THESE INTO THE BALLOT BOXES.
I WANT TO APPLAUD MY FRIENDS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO PASSED FB-222 TO ADDRESS THESE INCONSISTENCIES.
AND THE CONCERNS OUR VOTERS HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE TODAY.
I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP INTO RIGHTING A WRONG.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE HAVING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO VOTE AND THAT VOTE COUNT.
AS SOMEONE WHO WON A RUN-OFF BY I THINK IT WAS 27 VOTES, LET ME TELL YOU TODAY THAT EVERY SINGLE VOTE MATTERS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY 6th DISTRICT PERSON WHO CAN GO VOTE, NO MATTER WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR, TO CAST YOUR BALLOT BECAUSE IT MATTERS.
>> THANK YOU, MS. HANSON.
BYRON GATEWOOD.
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY TO HAPPEN.
P THE ELECTION IS LEGITIMATE, FAIR AND FREE AND EVERYTHING WORKS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FAITH IN THAT, THE SYSTEM WILL FAIL.
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, FOLKS DON'T HAVE FAITH IN THIS SYSTEM.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ON ELECTION NIGHT IN PART BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE THAT SUZI TALKED ABOUT THAT WON'T BE SEEN WON'T BE SEEN.
WE HAVE A CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO GO TO SOMETHING ELSE.
NO ONE WAS HURT BY FRAUD MORE THAN ME.
THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES UP HERE SAID.
THAT'S A ME-FIRST MENTALITY THAT CANNOT SERVE IN A SERVANT LEADER POSITION.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. EVANS.
>> WITHOUT SECURE ELECTIONS WE HAVE NO COUNT.
I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GEORGIA'S 6th DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THEY TALK ABOUT IS ELECTION SECURITY.
I FOUGHT FOR ELECTION SECURITY IN 2018, THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO OVERTURN TWO ELECTIONS IN THE SAME RACE IN GEORGIA HISTORY.
I CONTESTED AN ELECTION IN LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA.
THAT REVEALED A LOT OF THE WIDESPREAD FRAUD WE SAW IN 2020.
WE DETERMINED OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE VOTED TWICE IN THE GOP PRIMARY OR STATEWIDE PRIMARY LAST YEAR IN 2020.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AB BEN SEE BALLOTS, MANY OF WHICH HAD NO SIGNATURES WHATSOEVER.
THEY WERE SHOT THROUGH ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
THAT'S IN LARGE PART BY VIRTUE OF A CONSENT ORDER WHICH ALLOWED LIBERAL ACTIVIST GROUPS TO TRAIN OUR POLL WORKERS.
I'M IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY, FOR OUR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN 2020.
I BELIEVE FIRST AND FOREMOST WE'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR IT.
WE'VE GOT TO ELIMINATE DROP BOXES.
IMMUNITY FOR LAWYERS, PROSECUTE VOTER FRAUD AS WE SECURE OUR ELECTIONS.
>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS.
EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.
MR. EVANS, WE'LL BE BEGIN WITH YOU.
>> WE ARE IN THE FIGHT FOR THE HEART AND THE SOUL AND FABRIC OF AMERICA.
JOE BIDEN AND HIS RADICAL AGENDA ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.
BIDEN IS DEVALUING OUR CURRENCY, INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN, ENDANGERING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH OPEN BORDERS.
WE REPUBLICANS ARE ALLOWING HIM TO DO IT.
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW GENERATION OF BOLD, UNAFRAID FREEDOM FIGHTERS THAT WON'T KOWTOW OR FOLD TO THE RADICAL LEFT, THE MEDIA OR THE D.C.
ESTABLISHMENT.
I AM 100% PRO-LIFE, PRO LIBERTY, PRO POLICE, PRO ECONOMY, PRO GUNS AND PRO AMERICA FIRST.
MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES AND DELIVERED PROTECTING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES, CRACKING DOWN ON CORRUPTION AS STATE ETHICS CHAIRMAN AND FIGHTING FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY.
I'LL NEVER WAIVER ON MY CONVICTIONS AND I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOU, THE VOTERS OF THE 6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
I HOPE YOU VOTE JAKE EVANS FOR U.S. CONGRESS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. EVANS.
MALLORY STAPLES.
>> THOMAS PAYNE SAID IF THERE IS TO BE TROUBLE, LET IT BE IN MY DAY SO MY CHILDREN MIGHT KNOW PEACE.
I LOVE WE REFER TO OUR BRILLIANT FOUND FOUNDING FATHERS.
IT'S E NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO TAKE A ROLE IN GOVERNMENT THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
I'M A MOM OF THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, FORMER SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, FORMER TEACHER, HOME SCHOOLER AND I'VE BEEN IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WE'VE ALL HEARD A LOT OF TALK TODAY, BUT NOT SEEN A LOT OF ACTION.
MY RECORD OF SERVICE IS CLEAR, AND IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES I'VE SERVED, THE HALLS OF MY CHFRP, THE CLASSROOMS OF THE SCHOOL I TAUGHT IT, IN CONSERVATIVE CAUSES I'VE STOOD FOR AND MARCHED AND FOUGHT FOR.
IT'S SEEN EVERY DAY IN THE LIVES OF MY THREE CHILDREN.
IF YOU ELECT ME, YOU WILL HAVE AN EAR, YOU WILL HAVE A VOICE AND YOU WILL HAVE A FRIEND IN CONGRESS.
THE CHOICE COULDN'T BE MORE CLEAR.
DO WE WANT TO ELECT ANOTHER POLITICIAN OR DO WE WANT TO ELECT ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU, MS.
STAPLES.
MR. McCORMICK.
CLOSING STATEMENT.
>> I AM DR. RICH McCORMICK.
I'VE SERVED OVER 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY RUNNING TOWARD THE FIGHT, SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN YUPGT MINISTRY, OVER A DECADE SERVING MY COMMUNITY AS AN ER PHYSICIAN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE'S RIGHTS WHEN THEY USED THE PANDEMIC TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS.
I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN, TWO OF WHICH WILL BE MARINES IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF THEY CAN EARN IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS COUNTRY IS WORTH SPENDING YEARS AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY -- THE PROMISE PEOPLE HAD FOR CENTURIES, THEY CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, NOT LOOK LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS AND BE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL BEYOND ANY HOPES OF THE PEOPLE THEY JUST LEFT BEHIND.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I KNOW.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I'VE ALWAYS BEEN RUNNING TOWARD TO FIGHT FOR.
GOD BLESS YOU AND SEMPER FI DELIS.
>> SUZI VOYLES.
>> I, TOO, AM A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER.
I COULD NOT STAND BY ANY LONGER AND WATCH US FALL INTO THE ABYSS.
OUR REPUBLIC IS TEETERING IN A VERY PERILOUS SPOT RIGHT NOW.
IN THIS HOUR, OUR FREEDOMS, THEY'RE ALL AT STAKE RIGHT NOW.
WE DID NOT GET HERE BY ACCIDENT.
I HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY WORKING HARD TO GET WHO I THOUGHT WERE GOOD PEOPLE INTO OFFICE ONLY TO HAVE BROKEN PROMISES EVERY TIME TO SEE THE DEFICITS GO HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCED AS PRESIDENT OF EAGLE FORUM AND FORMERLY WITH MAGGIE'S LIST, I HAVE WRITTEN LEGISLATION FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I HAVE PROPOSED BILLS.
I HAVE KNOWN WHAT IS GOOD POLICY FOR FAMILIES AND I INTEND TO TAKE THIS FRAGILE NATURE THAT WE'RE IN, BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO HAS A GOOD REPUTATION UP THERE AND WHO CAN RECOGNIZE THE LANGUAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE JUST SMOOTH TALKERS AND THOSE WHO ARE READY TO GET THINGS DONE.
I'M SUZI VOYLES AND I'D LIKE YOUR VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. VOYLES.
MEAGAN HANSON, YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.
>> THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS WHO WATCH THIS TODAY.
I KNOW SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE ALIENATING.
I'M A WIFE, MOTHER OF TWO, ATTORNEY.
SOMEONE WHO BEAT A DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT IN 2020 WHEN NO ONE SAID I COULD.
SOME OF THE THINGS I'D DELIVER WOULD BE INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRANSPORTATION FUNDING BACK HOME FOR OUR DISTRICTS, DECREASED REGULATION ON SMALL BUSINESS AND A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE STATE.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW IN D.C. MY CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES LIKE INFLATION AND THE THINGS THAT OUR GEORGIA FAMILIES ARE FEELING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE'VE GOT TO GET D.C. ON A BUDGET, OUR COUNTED ON A BUDGET BAZ THAT'S HOW EVERY FAMILY RUNS.
WE NEED TO BE MAKING THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN DESPERATELY NEEDED IN D.C. AND SPEAKING UP FOR GEORGIA FAMILIES.
>> THANK YOU, MS. HANSON.
BLAKE HARBIN, IT'S YOUR TURN.
>> OUR COUNTRY TRULY IS AT WAR.
WHO IS WAGING IT IS THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
AS CONSERVATIVES, WE ALL KNOW WHAT ISSUES WE FACE.
WE HAVE TO START PUTTING SOMEONE UP THERE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR DECISIONS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISION THEY CAN MAKE MAKE IT HARDER FOR AN AMERICAN TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
WE CAN'T SIMPLY KEEP GOING THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TALKERS AND WE HAVE DOERS UP HERE.
I REFER TO MYSELF AS THE DOER.
YOU CAN CHECK MY RESUME -- I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
BOTH MY PARENTS BOUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AGAINST OSAMA BIN LADEN.
I HAD AN ACCIDENT 15 YEARS AGO THAT LEFT ME PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
WITH LITTLE HOPE, SIX BRAVE U.S.
SOLDIERS FLEW A FLAG IN MY HONOR IN AFGHANISTAN.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHY I'M RUNNING, I'M RUNNING FOR THEM, I'M RUNNING FOR OUR FAMILIES, I'M RUNNING FOR ALL OF US.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HARBIN.
EUGENE YU, PLEASE GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.
>> AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A SMOOTH TALKER.
I'M NOT ANY SUGARCOATING, BUT I AM VERY SIMPLY SAYING, YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE THEY CALL "BRAVEHEART," THE LAST SCENE MEL GIBSON IS SCREAMING AND SHOUTING "FREEDOM."
OUR COUNTRY-FREE DOM HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY THIS LIBERAL SOCIAL IST -- BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH WEAK REPUBLICANS, ALWAYS TRY TO COMPROMISE THIS -- DEMOCRATS, JUST WHATEVER THEY ASK FOR.
EVERY TIME THEY CRY, WE GIVE TO THEM, WE GIVE TO THEM.
NOW THEY BECOME MONSTER.
NOW THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT, OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU NEED TO SEND ME.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN MY HIGH SCHOOL, MY NICKNAME WAS KOREAN RED-NECK.
I AM VERY SIMPLE MIND BUT FOR YOU -- WASHINGTON -- >> THANK YOU, SIR.
BYRON GATEWOOD.
>> THANK YOU TO OUR PANEL.
I'M BYRON GATEWOOD AND I'M THE PROVEN CONSERVATIVE IN THIS RACE.
CAREER SOLDIER, ARMY OFFICER.
I'M THE COMBAT VETERAN -- THE ONLY COMBAT VETERAN IN THIS RACE.
MY WIFE AND I SETTLED IN EAST COBB WHERE WE'RE RAISING OUR FOUR CHILDREN IN THE STATES AND IN A STRONG COMMUNITY AT JOHNSON FERRY BAPTIST CHURCH.
WE OWN A COUPLE BUSINESSES HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC AND BY COVID-RELATED RESTRICTIONS AND FEAR MONGERING.
TIME TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK.
LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION, THAT'S IT.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS WRITTEN FIRST FOR A REASON.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAS TO BE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS SACROSANCT.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED IS UNAMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE.
AS A NATIONAL SECURITY HAWK IN THIS RACE, I'LL TELL YOU NAT SEC BEGINS AT THE BORDER.
WE HAVE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND STAKE OUT AND PROTECT OUR PERIMETER.
>> PAULETTE SMITH.
>> YES.
MY NAME IS PAULETTE SMITH AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE PANEL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR WONDERFUL CHILDREN, ONE THAT YOU ALL MAY KNOW, JOSH SMITH, HE PLAYED FOR THE ATLANTA HAWKS FOR NINE YEARS AND PLAYED IN THE NBA FOR 13 YEARS.
I TAUGHT MY KIDS THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST PROSPEROUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND WE NEED TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO PROTECT MY COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, AND I THANK EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL BECAUSE, AS YOU SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING.
I'M RUNNING BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN OF FAITH.
I'M A CHRISTIAN WOMAN THAT BELIEVES IN WHAT SHE SAYS, SHE'S GOING TO DO IT.
I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK.
WE NEED TO PUT OUR CONSTITUTION BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT,SHALL NOT KILL, SHALL NOT STEAL.
>> WE'D LIKE TO REMIND VOTERS THAT ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 24th.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON MAY 2nd.
OUR THANKS TO THE CANDIDATES AND OUR PANEL OF JOURNALISTS.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR ARRANGING THE DEBATE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.
I'M DAVE HUDDLESTON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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