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TED: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THIS AZVOTES 2024 SPECIAL EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

TONIGHT, WE FEATURE A DEBATE BETWEEN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ARIZONA'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTH PHOENIX, WEST PHOENIX, MARYVALE AND PARTS OF GLENDALE.

THE SEAT WAS LEFT VACANT WHEN CONGRESSMAN RUBEN GALLEGO DECIDED TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE.

CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN 60 SECONDS TO REPLY AND THERE WILL BE TIME FOR REBUTTALS.

YASSAMIN ANSARI, PHOENIX DEMOCRAT AND FORMER PHOENIX VICE MAYOR AND REPUBLICAN JEFF ZINK, MINISTER AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY.

LET'S GET UNDER WAY WITH OPENING STATEMENTS AND GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WE START WITH YASSAMIN ANSARI.

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M YASSAMIN ANSARI.

MY PARENTS CAME HERE IN THE 70'S, THEY INSTILLED THE VALUES OF EDUCATION, HARD WORK AND NEVER TAKE DEMOCRACY FOR GRANTED.

EXTREMIST REPUBLICANS LIKE MY OPPONENT AND DONALD TRUMP RELENTLESSLY ATTACK OUR FREEDOMS AND BODILY AUTONOMY.

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND IMPERATIVE THAT WE ELECT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.

OUR DISTRICT DESERVES A CONGRESSWOMAN WITH POLICY MAKING EXPERIENCE AND SOMEONE WHO SHARES OUR VALUES.

AS A ADVISER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, I TOOK ON CORPORATE POLLUTERS AND HELPED TO PASS THE HISTORIC PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT AS VICE MAYOR OF OUR CITY, I PROTECTED ABORTION ACCESS AND RAISED WAGES FOR THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, THAT'S WHY I'M ENDORSED BY SENATOR MARK KELLY, FIREFIGHTERS AND TEACHERS ACROSS THE BOARD.

THANK YOU.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE TURN TO JEFF ZINK.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, TED.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

WHILE SHE SAYS WE'RE EXTREME MAGA, AS A PASTOR AND SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS THE CHRISTIANS HERE, YES, WE DO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, A PROBLEM AT BORDER, WHICH THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE UNCHECKED.

THE THING IS THAT COMING INTO THE COUNTRY ABSOLUTELY IS VITAL, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY NEED TO DO IT LEGALLY AS HER PARENTS DID AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, NOT JUST BY DOING AND BECOMING WHATEVER THEY WANT.

WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE REAL PEOPLE WILLING TO WORK FOR AMERICA FIRST, ARIZONA FIRST.

FOR 30 YEARS, DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA AND HAVE BEEN CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT CHANGE IS WITH ME AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ANSARI AND THE ECONOMY, INFLATION IS EASING, PRICES ARE STUBBORNLY HIGH.

WHY IS THAT AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

>> I RECOGNIZE THE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING.

I CAME IN DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC WITH, ENACTING POLICIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND FOCUSED ON POPULATIONS IN THE ECONOMY, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WHEN I GO CONGRESS, WHEN THE TRUMP TAX CUTS ARE SET TO EXPIRE WE ARE NO LONGER PRIORITIZING THE WEALTHIEST BILLIONAIRES IN THE COUNTRY BUT RATHER GIVING TAX CUTS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING PEOPLE.

THAT WAS AT FOREFRONT OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX FOR LEGALIZING CASITAS, I HELPED ALLOCATE $40 MILLION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS TO ADD A THOUSAND NEW SHELTER BEDS, I RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING, MY TEAM AND I KNOCKED IN OVER 165,000 DOORS TO TAKE ON THE ISSUES IN CONGRESS.

TED: MR. ZINK, INFLATION IS HERE, EASING BUT HERE AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON, IT SEEMS LIKE.

WHY IS THAT AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

>> PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE DEMOCRATS.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BEEN IN POWER FOR FOUR YEARS, HAVEN'T DONE THEIR JOB.

THEY ALLOWED THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND DRILLING TO BE STOPPED.

GAS PRICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOUGING WITH THE PRICES BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE ARE BEING PASSED ONTO THE PEOPLE.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REESTABLISH, LET'S GET GOOD PAYING JOBS IN, STOP WORKING ON GOVERNMENT.

LET'S START PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK, AND THEN BY DRILLING AND BY MAKING SURE THAT WE LOWER GAS PRICES, SO WILL THE FOOD PRICES AND INCREASE JOBS WILL ALSO BENEFIT, AND IT HELPS THE ECONOMY.

TED: MS. ANSARI, RESPOND TO THAT PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUPLE OF RESPONSE.

FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIDEN POLICIES IN PLACE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THE BIPARTISAN BILL AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ANOTHERS THEY WERE IN THE REAL WORLD IMPACTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

I TALKED TO THE CARPENTERS, BUILDING TRADES, IRON WORKERS, AND THEY TELL ME THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLE JOBS FOR THEIR PEOPLE THEY CAN'T HIRE FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING THE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE.

WE SHOULD NOT BE GOING BACKWARD WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE POLICY, WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD AND ADVANCING OURSELVES IN CLEAN ENERGY.

TED: WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT DOES, THAT NOT BY ITS NATURE MEAN INFLATION INCREASES?

>> INFLATION IS DOWN RIGHT NOW.

UNEMPLOYMENT AT HISTORIC LOWS.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT CONTEXT.

WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE.

WE "THE WAY WE WERE" IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF THE UKRAINE WE'RE, I PERSONALLY HELPED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN EVICTED WITHOUT HAVING.

WE NEED TO GO AFTER CORPORATIONS THAT ARE PRICE GOUGING, NOT PAYING WORKERS ENOUGH FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

TED: WHEN IT COMES TO THE INFLATION, CHIPS AND SECURITY ACT, $6.6 BILLION.

TSMC BECAUSE OF THAT.

IS THAT NOT A GOOD THING FOR ARIZONA?

>> ABSOLUTELY, BUT THE THING WE NEED DO IS GO BACK TO WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS.

THEY WERE AT THE HEIST THE PANDEMIC, THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE AND MANDATE INJECTIONS, TRIED TO MASK US.

THEY CLOSED DOWN OUR CHURCHES.

YOU COULD GO TO A BAR OR STRIP CLUB OR WALMART BUT COULDN'T GO TO CHURCH.

THEY WENT AFTER THE CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO HAVE A CONGRESSMAN WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM.

THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE IT.

THEY'VE SEEN RECORD INFLATION, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE GOT WHERE IT'S DOWN.

INFLATION IS HIGH, ECONOMY IS HIGH.

WE NEED TO HAVE REAL LEADERSHIP THAT'S GOING TO LOWER THAT AND WORK FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN ARIZONA.

TED: LAST POINT ON THIS, ARE YOU AWARE OF DEMOCRATS, AWARE OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHUTTING DOWN CHRISTIAN CRUNCHES?

>> NO, MY OPPONENT PUT FORWARD ISSUES THAT ARE FALSE WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF ABORTION AND THE BORDER.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.

I'M FOCUSED ON CREATING GOOD PAYING DISTRICTS FOR OUR FUTURE AND MOVING FORWARD, MAKING SURE ARIZONA IS CLEAN FOR THE UNITED STATES.

TED: REJECTED PLAN BECAUSE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT WANT IT PASSED WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED.

WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR -- IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR OVERHAUL SINCE THE 1990s, WOULD HAVE YOU VOTED FOR THAT, IF SO, WHY?

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BILL, IT DOESN'T HELP THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

IT WAS NOT DOING WHAT IT WAS SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

PLUS, THEY DID THIS AS A LAST-DITCH TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AT THE TIME.

IT LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER, BUT IT WASN'T HELPFUL FOR THE PEOPLE.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SIT DOWN AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS THERE AND ALLOW THE PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM ON SUBSIDIES AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WERE THERE.

THESE FALSE ALLEGATIONS, THEY KNOW AS WELL AS I DO.

THOSE CHURCHES WERE CLOSED.

THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO DURING THIS TIME.

WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS.

THERE IS A BORDER ISSUE AND A CRISIS THAT'S TAKING PLACE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THEY ARE LAWFULLY BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTRY.

TED: WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR THE BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION PLAN, AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY IT ISN'T ENOUGH, NEED TO DO MORE, NEED TO GET MORE ACTION DONE DOWN THERE, DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> IMMIGRATION IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY.

WHETHER WE'VE HAD REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS.

I DID SUPPORT THE BIPARTISAN DEAL FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE I FELT THAT IT WAS A COMPROMISE THAT WAS NOT PERFECT, DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH FOR ME IN IMMIGRATION REFORM AND SUPPORTING DACA RECIPIENTS.

WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING APART THE DEAL FOR ASKING REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE HE WANTS CHAOS.

ENTIRE CAMPAIGN RELIES ON CHAOS AND FEARMONGERING.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT EXTREMISM ON EITHER SIDE.

THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO TALK TO FOLKS AND GET THINGS DONE.

TED: RESPOND, PLEASE.

>> THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAS THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN.

THE PEOPLE HAVE STATED THAT, OH, IT WASN'T AND THE FBI CAME OUT WITH A LOW CRIME RATE.

NOW THEY'VE ADJUSTED THAT RECENTLY AND IT IS THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE.

IT IS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALLOWED PEOPLE INTO THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE GANG MEMBERS THAT HAVE MURDERED.

ONE OF THEM RACHEL MOREN, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, MICHAEL MOREN WAS MURDERED BY SOMEONE WHO CAME IN ILLEGALLY UNDER THEIR WATCH.

WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> THE CRIME RATE HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE OF FOLKS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS ILLEGALLY, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I DO NOT AGREE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATS AND THE FACTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK AT ME AS THE NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN.

CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES IS DOWN, WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

SINCE BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, CROSSINGS HAVE REDUCED DOWN 80% AT BORDER.

WHEN I GO TO CONGRESS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE FOR CONSTITUENTS.

MANY IN FLUX FOR MANY YEARS WANT AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THE STATUS THEY DESERVE.

TED: REAL QUICKLY, ON THE 80% CRACKDOWN, SHOULD THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BE CRITICIZED FOR NOT DOING THIS SOONER?

>> AGAIN, I THINK THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN DEAL ON THE TABLE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER BUT TRYING TO LET CONGRESS LEAD, TYPICAL PROTOCOL AND HAVE CONGRESS MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMISTS ON THE RIGHT WHO DIDN'T WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE.

TED: MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REPORTING A DROP IN HOMICIDES, DROP IN SERIOUS CRIMES, DROP IN VIOLENT CRIMES.

WHY DO YOU SAY THE CRIME RATE IS HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN?

>> GO TO THE WEBSITE WHERE THE FBI HAVE UPDATED THE CRIME ACT.

WE NEED TO LOOK AND ADDRESS THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE DEMOCRATS.

IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE CHAOS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE.

RIGHT HERE IN PHOENIX, WE HAVE 3800 POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE LEFT THE JOB.

WE HAVE 2400 COUNTIES, MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICERS THAT HAVE LEFT THE JOB.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTION THAT WE HAD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING SUPPORTED.

THEY DEFUND THE POLICE, DEFUND EVERYTHING AND WONDER WHY THERE'S SO MUCH CHAOS AND THE INCREASE IN CRIME HAS TAKEN PLACE.

TED: RESPOND, PLEASE.

>> FUNNY TO HEAR BLATANT LIES.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX INCREASED POLICE, WHEN I WAS IN THE CITY COUNCIL, I SERVED TO VOTE INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE POLICE AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DID AND COLLEAGUES DID TO RAISE WAGES FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS, WE SAW THAT WE ARE RETAINING MORE OFFICERS AND HIRING MORE OFFICERS THAN ARE LEAVING THE POLICE FORCE.

SHORTAGES IN STAFFING ARE COMMON PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIAL, I'VE BEEN PRO PUBLIC SAFETY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT THAT CONGRESS.

TED: MR. ZINK, SHOULD CONGRESS WORK ON ABORTION?

WHETHER IT'S CODIFYING ROE, SHOULD CONGRESS BE INVOLVED?

>> NO, DEMOCRATS CALL IT A CHOICE, I CALL IT A CHILD.

THE THING IS EXODUS 20:13 STATES THOU SHALL NOT MURDER.

I KNEW YOU IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, I FORMED AND YOU KNITTED YOU FOR MY PURPOSE.

WE NEED TO SET DOWN AND PROTECT THE CHILDREN IN THE WOMB INSTEAD OF KILLING THEM THE WAY THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

WE NEED TO TRAIN THE CHILD THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO.

THAT GOES FROM THE EDUCATION AND INDOCTRINATION THEY'RE TRYING TO FORCE IN SCHOOLS AS WELL.

TED: YOU ARE STRONGLY AGAINST ABORTION, BUT IF A STATE DECIDES ABORTION RIGHTS AND ACCESS IS ALLOWED, YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT?

THAT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND.

AS A CONGRESSMAN, I WILL MAKE SURE.

THING IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE DETERMINATION.

TED: MS. ANSARI, THOUGHTS ON CONGRESS GETS INVOLVED, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETTING INVOLVED IN ABORTION RIGHTS AND ACCESS?

>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I RESPECT MY OPPONENT'S ABILITY TO PRACTICE HIS OWN RELIGION FREELY.

I WISH HE WOULD RESPECT MINE TO MAKE MY CHOICES AS A WOMAN IN THE COUNTRY.

WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED WITH EXTREMIST JUDGES APPOINTED BY DONALD TRUMP.

WE WENT BACKWARDS 49 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY.

NOW IN 20 STATES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, HAVE YOU TRUMP ABORTION BANS, SOME NEAR TOTALOR TOTAL ABORTION BANS WHERE WOMEN AND DOCTORS ARE -- COULD BE CRIMINALIZED AND HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN BODIES.

CONGRESS NEEDS TO HAVE A ROLE IN THIS.

WHEN I GO TO CONGRESS, I WILL BE FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE PROTECTION ACT AND I'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING IN THE STATE TO MAKE SURE WE ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP REVERSED ROE V. WADE.

TED: RESPOND, PLEASE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS DONALD TRUMP PUT IT TO THE STATES.

THE STATES HAVE THE DECISION-MAKING.

HERE IN ARIZONA, YOU CAN HAVE ABORTION UP TO 15 WEEKS.

THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

I AM IN MEDICINE AND SHE IS NOT.

SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN A HEALTH CARE POSITION AND TO MAKE LIFE DECISIONS.

THE THING IS WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT, IN A ROOM, THERE NEEDS TO BE THE DOCTOR, THE PATIENT AND THE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT AND NEEDS TO STAY THERE.

THERE IS NO NEED TO GO AFTER DOCTORS OR NURSES OR ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED AND A LIE THEY KEEP TELLING THE PEOPLE.

>> THE TALK ABOUT THE CRIME RATE BRINGS TO MIND GUN VIOLENCE, HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 20% THROUGH EARLY 2024.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY'RE DOWN, AND SINCE THEY'RE DOWN, SHOULD THE ASSAULT WEAPONS DOWN, THE BAN THAT DEMOCRATS WANT TO SEE, SHOULD IT COME BACK?

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>> I'M A MILLENNIAL THAT DEALT WITH MASS SHOOTING DRILLS IN THE SCHOOLS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE DEATH OF CHILDREN IN AMERICA IS DESPICABLE.

WE NEED COMMONSENSE GUN LAWS, SUCH AS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, STRENGTHENED BACKGROUND CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE NOT INNOCENTLY DYING IN SCHOOLS, TEACHERS CAN FEEL SAFE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS FREE, WE NEED TO BE SAFE NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE.

TED: HOW DO YOU LIMIT GUN VIOLENCE AND 2nd AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

>> A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA FOR THE PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE TO BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED ON.

THAT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR.

THE REASON WHY IS WE NEED TO HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND THE REASON WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS GAVE US SECOND AMENDMENT IS TO BACK IT UP.

HERE'S THE THING, WE'VE BEEN CENSURED WITH EVERYTHING IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND PREVENTED FREE SPEECH FROM TAKING PLACE.

TED: QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU LIMIT MENTAL VIOLENCE AND GUN RIGHTS?

>> THOSE ARE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

THE HIGHER MENTAL HELT, THEY'VE HAD ACCESS, WE HAD FBI AGENTS THAT KNEW ABOUT TAKING PLACE, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THEY HAD MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THEY COULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT, YET FAILED TO DO IT.

THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT THE SYSTEM IS.

TED: RESPOND PLEASE.

>> MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE UNITED STATES, THE DIFFERENCE IS THE EASY AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO GUNS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE WEAPONS OF WAR, THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR MILITARY USE.

THERE ARE TECHNOLOGY-LIKE BUMP STOCKS THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO FIRE SO MANY ROUNDS AND KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

WHY WOULD THESE WEAPONS BE ALLOWED ON THE STREETS WHERE ALL OF US AND KIDS ARE MEANT TO BE FREE AND SAFE.

TED: LAST QUESTION DEALS WITH JUDGMENT, PRIMARY CAMPAIGN ACCEPTED A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CRYPTOCURRENCY INDUSTRY AND THERE WAS CRITICISM THEY, QUOTE, BOUGHT YOU.

FOR VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED, WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE CONCERNED WITH THAT MONEY COMING IN FROM ONE PARTICULAR INDUSTRY?

>> SO MY CAMPAIGN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CONTRIBUTIONS, I'VE BEEN SUPPORTED BY EVERY LABOR UNION IN THE STATE.

SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS, BY DOCTORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE STATE.

THE FUNDING YOU ARE REFERRING TO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS BECAUSE OF CITIZENS UNITED AND NOT SUPREME COURT DECISION.

OUTSIDE SPENDING IN ANY CAMPAIGN, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR ANY CANDIDATE TO COORDINATE THAT SPENDING WITH AN OUTSIDE COMMITTEE.

OUTSIDE GROUPS CHOOSE TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY WANT THE.

THE SAME GROUP IS SUPPORTING CONGRESSMAN GALLEGO AS HE RUNS FOR THE SENATE.

I SPENT MY CAREER WORKING ON CLIMATE POLICY, GOING AFTER CORPORATE POLLUTERS, STANDING UP FOR BIG BUSINESS AND LABOR UNIONS.

TED: DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT COME WITH THE DONATION?

>> THE CANDIDATES HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THESE.

I'M IN HUGE SUPPORT OF ENDING CITIZENS UNITED.

THE ROLE OF DARK MONEY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING, I'M FIGHTING TO END CITIZENS UNITED SO NO GROUP CAN SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY.

TED: MR. ZINK, YOU WERE THERE IN WASHINGTON ON JANUARY 6.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

TED: MAKE IT QUICK, PLEASE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

>> THE THING IS YES, SHE ACCEPTS MONEY, AND THE THING IS SHE'S BEEN IN POLITICS THIS WHOLE TIME, HER ENTIRE CAREER, HASN'T BEEN IN BUSINESS, DOESN'T OWN ANYTHING, YET SHE'S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE, IS SHE GOING TO PAY FAIR TAXES LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE TOP 1% NEED TO.

SHE NEEDS TO DO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEBODY WITH THE KIND OF SALARY THAT SHE MAKES IS A MULTIMILLIONAIRE AFTERWARDS.

THIS IS A CONCERNING THINGS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

TED: MR. ZINK, WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS YOU BEING IN WASHINGTON ON JANUARY 6.

YOUR SON BEING CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR, WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?

AND SHOULD VOTERS VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHOSE SON WAS CONVICTED FOR ACTIONS ON JANUARY 6?

>> GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH ENTERING INTO THE CAPITOL, FIGHTING WITH CAPITOL POLICE AND KILLING BRIAN SIT NICK, THAT WAS HIS CHARGES, THOSE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED.

WHAT HE WAS CONVICTED OF WAS THE 1512C2 BY THE SUPREME COURT.

ONLY THING HE HAS IS TWO MISDEMEANORS.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THEY ARE BRINGING A TEXAS RESIDENT TO THE STATE TO SERVE HIS 36 DAYS IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS STATE WHERE, HIS FATHER IS NOW GOING TO BE ELECTED ON NOVEMBER 5, AND HE'S GOING TO BE INCARCERATED AT THAT TIME.

THERE'S NO COINCIDENCES WHATSOEVER AND THIS IS AN ISSUE, THEY'RE COMING AFTER MY FAMILY.

THEY WILL ALSO COME AFTER YOU BECAUSE MY SON DIDN'T DO WHAT HE WAS ACCUSED OF YET WAS FALSELY CONVICTED.

TED: MR. ZINK HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO HIS.

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING TO THINK OF THE PROSPECT SOMEONE AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, DURING ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS OF DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY, TRYING TO SAY OUR ELECTIONS AREN'T FREE AND FAIR, DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING, NOT WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 3 WANT AS NEXT MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

TED: ALL RIGHT, THIS HAS IS IT.

THANK YOU, CANDIDATES, TIME NOW FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS AND GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WE START WITH YASSAMIN ANSARI.

>> FROM THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE TAKEN ON EXTREMISTS AND DELIVERED REAL RESULTS AT EVERY JUNCTURE OF MY CAREER.

WHEN THE SUPREME COURT CAME AFTER OUR BODILY AUTONOMY, I FOUGHT PACK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING WOMEN AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN OUR CITY.

I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH POLICY MAKING EXPERIENCE ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S EXTREME HEAT, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS OR PUBLIC SAFETY.

I'VE PASSED POLICY THAT TANGIBLY IMPROVED THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS.

SENATOR MARK KELLY, BY THE FIREFIGHTERS, TEACHERS, CARPENTERS, LABORERS, THOSE THAT ARE BUILDING THE FIFTH LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

IT WAS THE HONOR OF MY LIFETIME TO SERVE PHOENIX AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5 TO BE THE NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.

THANK YOU.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND NOW CLOSING STATEMENT FROM JEFF ZINK.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IF YOU WANT DARK MONEY, IF YOU WANT CORRUPTION TO TAKE PLACE AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WILL NOT REPRESENT YOU BUT REPRESENT HER OWN SELF-INTEREST, THEN THAT'S THE PERSON YOU WANT.

IF YOU WANT A PASTOR THAT WILL STAND UP FOR YOUR CHRISTIAN, CATHOLIC VALUES, IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO TAKES THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE ATTAINED OVER 30 YEARS AND BRING IT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO HAVE COMMON SENSE THERE.

THAT'S NOT COMMON ANYMORE OF THE WE NEED TO SIT DOWN.

HER FAILED IDEAS HERE IN PHOENIX IS ONE THAT WE HAVE SAT AND WATCHED OUR CITY CLOSE DOWN, OUR BUSINESSES CLOSE DOWN.

THEY WANTED TO JAB AND MASK US.

I FOUGHT AGAINST THOSE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT.

GO TO THINK ZINK DOT VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN IN CD3.

TED: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.