>> HELLO, I AM DONNA LOWRY, CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT FOR ATLANTA BROADCASTING.

THIS IS THE DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.

LET'S MEET THE CANDIDATE.

THEY ARE, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

CATHERINE DAVIS IS A NONPROFIT LEADER.

BRIAN KEMP IS THE INCUMBENT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

DAVID PERDUE IS A FORMER U.S.

SENATOR.

KANDISS TAYLOR IS AN EDUCATOR.

TOM WILLIAMS IS RETIRED AFTER A 35 YEAR CAREER AT ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE.

NOW LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS.

GREG BLUESTEIN COVERS STATE POLITICS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION AND CHUCK WILLIAMS IS A REPORTER COVERING GOVERNMENT AT WRBL TV IN GEORGIA.

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

TO START THE DEBATE, EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY ONE PANELIST AND CANDIDATES HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.

GREG BLUESTEIN, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> MR. WILLIAMS, THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE HIS DECISION TO REOPEN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY DURING THE PANDEMIC EVEN AMONG OPPOSITION FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WOULD YOU HAVE RESPONDED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE GOVERNOR >> I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN HE REOPENED GEORGIA.

WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I WORKED AT ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE AND WE WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL PEOPLE WORKING OUT THERE SUPPORTING THE MILITARY.

BUT PEOPLE IN A LOT OF OTHER AREAS WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT ESSENTIAL.

LET ME SAY THIS TO EVERY VOTER IN PERSON IN GEORGIA.

EVERYBODY IN EVERY JOB IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR FAMILY, TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY AND MAKE THEIR WAY INTO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND SO, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO GET BACK TO WORK AND FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND GROW GEORGIA'S ECONOMY AND NOT PANIC ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

BE PRUDENT BUT NOT PANICKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

SO I AM VERY GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN QUICKLY.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND BRIAN KEMP GAVE US JOE BIDEN AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE FOUR OF US HERE WANT TO BE HIM REPLACED AND WE WANT A NEW GOVERNOR NEXT YEAR.

>> YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION TO BRIAN KEMP.

>> IN THE FIRST DEBATE, DAVID PERDUE ATTACKED YOU ON THE STATE'S CRIME PROBLEM.

THERE ARE CRIME ISSUES ACROSS THE STATE.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN GEORGIA?

>> WELL, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB AND GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

LOOK, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WORKING WITH THE LOCALS WHEREVER THEY ARE ALL OVER THE STATE.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO THE SUMMER OF 2021 CIVIL UNREST HAPPENS, WE HAVE LOCAL MIRRORS ASKING US FOR HELP, WHETHER IT WAS STATE RESOURCES, GEORGIA STATE PATROL DURING THE PANDEMIC OR OTHER THINGS, WE DID THAT.

I BECAME VERY FRUSTRATED WITH VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CAPITAL CITY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER A YEAR.

-- OUR CRIME UNIT FROM A LOT OF OTHER STATE RESOURCES WORKING WITH THE LOCALS, OVER 450 PEOPLE THAT WERE WANTED.

47 OF THEM WERE WANTED FOR MURDER.

WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 600 HIGH-SPEED CHASES, ARRESTED DRUG DEALERS, GONE AFTER STREET RACING AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THAT IS WHAT MY RECORD HAS BEEN.

>> THANK YOU.

GREG, YOUR QUESTION FOR CATHERINE DAVIS.

>> THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LEGISLATION WAS THE FOCUS OF MUCH DEBATE DURING THE FORMER GOVERNOR'S TWO TERMS IN OFFICE.

WOULD YOU PRESSURE THIS MEASURE IF YOU ARE ELECTED AMID BOYCOTTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL FALLOUT FROM CRITICS?

>> I ABSOLUTELY WOULD PRESS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN OUR STATE.

CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS STATE WHO ARE ATTACKED FOR OUR FAITH AND WE MUST HAVE PROTECTION.

HAD CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COME TO THEIR HOME TO INVESTIGATE THEM AFTER A COMPLAINT.

THE SOCIAL WORKER DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO GROUND TO PURSUE TAKING THE CHILDREN AWAY FROM THAT FAMILY.

AND YET, WHEN ONE OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN RAN TO HIS ROOM AND GOT HIS BIBLE AND PRESENTED IT TO THE SOCIAL WORKER, SHE OPENED THE CASE.

IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN GEORGIA THAT WE, THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO INTERFERE WITH HOURLY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO, REQUIRE THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO INTERFERE.

>> CHUCK, YOU HAVE THE NEXT QUESTION TO KANDISS TAYLOR.

>> DR. TAYLOR, YOU TWEETED ON APRIL 23, QUOTE, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF, PERIOD.

I AM GOING TO BE IN IT,".

YOU ARE PULLING IN AT UNDER 5%.

WHAT MAKES YOU CERTAIN THAT YOU COULD GET INTO A RUNOFF IN THIS RACE?

>> AM I REALLY PULLING THAT LOW?

PEOPLE IN GEORGIA DO NOT THINK I AM POLLING THAT LOW.

I AM THANKFUL TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WHO STOOD UP FOR THE PEOPLE AND LET THEM HAVE A VOICE.

I AM AN EDUCATOR AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THESE KIDS FOR 19 YEARS AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OUR STATE.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

OUR ELECTION WAS HIJACKED, OUR CHILDREN WERE MASKED.

WE HAVE A 40 YEAR VETERAN PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE WHO ARE MANDATED TO TAKE A VACCINE THAT WAS EXPERIMENTAL, NINE MONTHS ONLY, OR THEY WERE FIRED FROM OUR JOBS.

THIS GOVERNOR FAILED US IN GEORGIA AND THE PEOPLE KNOW IT, I KNOW IT, AND I AM RUNNING AND I AM HERE.

HE WILL HAVE A WOMAN RUN AGAINST HIM BECAUSE OF HIS FAILURE.

>> GREG, THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND FOR DAVID PERDUE.

>> SENATOR PERDUE, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO MAKE UP HALF OF THE STATES BUDGET WHICH FUNDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE LIKE?

DO YOU PLAN TO INCREASE SALES TAX?

>> FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPETITIVE STATE OF GEORGIA TO OUR NEIGHBOR STATES WHO WE COMPETE WITH, WE ARE FALLING BEHIND.

TENNESSEE, TEXAS AND FLORIDA DO NOT HAVE A STATE INCOME TAX AND TODAY, TENNESSEE AND TEXAS ARE OUTGROWING US BY 35%.

THIS IS A KEY MEASURE THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT A STATE TO ISOLATE NEW LOCATIONS FOR FACTORIES AND OFFICES, HEADQUARTERS AND ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS.

CRIME AND EDUCATION ARE THE OTHERS.

WHAT I AM PROPOSING IS THAT THIS IS A MULTIYEAR ISSUE WITH REGARD TO THE SALES TAX.

YOU HAVE GOT TO ADJUST TO THE DEDUCTION ON THE SALES TAX AND THE SALES CREDIT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DOLING OUT FOR YEARS.

THERE ARE NINE STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A STATE INCOME TAX.

I LIVED IN TENNESSEE AND TEXAS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOBODY BEGGING TO BRING BACK THAT STATE INCOME TAX.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DEBATE AND THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK QUESTIONS TO AN OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK THE QUESTION, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND THEN THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKED WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

BY RANDOM SELECTION, DAVID PERDUE, YOU MAY ASK THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

WE ALL KNOW CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

CRIME IN ATLANTA, MURDERS AND RAPES ARE UP 60% AND THE MURDER RATE IN ATLANTA IS HIGHER THAN CHICAGO.

WHERE I WAS BORN, THE MURDER RATE IS HIGHEST IN HISTORY.

WE HAVE MORE ILLEGALS IN GEORGIA THAN ARIZONA.

AT THE SAME TIME, OUR FIVE LARGEST CITIES ARE SHORT 1200 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR OWN STATE PATROL WAS SHORT 100.

QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

CATHERINE DAVIS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT CLEANING UP THIS CRIME SITUATION IN GEORGIA?

>> MY THOUGHT ARE REALLY FAIRLY SIMPLE.

I WOULD, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD, DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST OUR POLICE FORCE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE DOWN POLICE MAN ALL ACROSS THIS STATE.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KENNEDY MAXEY WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN AS SHE WAS SHOPPING WITH HER AUNT AT FITZ PLAZA.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET HOW THIS GOVERNMENT IS REINING IN THAT CRIME, THAT CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO A SHOPPING MALL WITH THEIR FAMILY.

I THINK THE EASY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST THE ATLANTA POLICE FORCE AND ALL OF THE REST IN COLUMBUS SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE CRIME UNDER CONTROL.

>> SENATOR PERDUE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUTTAL?

>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE DAVIS, I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE KNOW THAT THIS GOVERNOR IS NOT ENFORCING THE LAW, EITHER SAFETY OR ELECTION LAWS.

HE ALLOWED 7.5 MILLION EMPTY BALLOTS TO BE MAILED OUT AND ALLOWED FOR ILLEGAL DROP BOXES, THE ZUCKERBERG MONEY AND ALL OF THAT OUTSIDE OF THE LAW.

THE REASON HE CONTINUES TO LIE ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND IS THAT HE WAS COMPLICIT IN THIS FRAUD.

HE LET IT HAPPEN, DENIED IT HAPPENED AND IS COVERING IT UP.

HE IS NOW SUPPRESSING GOVERNANCE.

>> GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP, A REBUTTAL?

>> DAVID, YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE DONE.

I WAS AS FRUSTRATED WITH ANYBODY ELSE WITH THE 2021 ELECTION RESULTS AND I DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT WORKING WITH THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES IN SENATE WE HAVE OUT LOAD THE ZUCKERBERG MONEY AND WE NEED PHOTO I.D.s FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS BY MAIL.

WE SECURED DROP BOXES TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE AND I STOOD UP TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WHEN NOBODY ELSE DID.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CATHERINE DAVIS, YOU GET THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> GOVERNOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THAT YOU REPEATEDLY STATED THAT YOU FOLLOWED THE LAWS OF OUR STATE AND THE CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE FIVE SECTION 2 PARAGRAPH TWO, IT CHARGES YOU TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAW ARE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED.

YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO REASSURE THE VOTERS THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS SAFE AND SECURE, OR THAT THIS PRIMARY ELECTION IS GOING TO BE SAFE AND SECURE.

WHAT IS THE HARM IN USING PAPER BALLOT IN THE PRIMARY TO BRING A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE TO THE BE SECURE?

>> I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, MS. DAVIS.

TO USE PAPER BALLOTS IN AN ELECTION, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED INTO LAW LIKE WE DID WITH SENATE BILL 202.

THE LAWS IN THE CONSTITUTION IN THIS STATE WHICH I FOLLOW ALSO DICTATE WHO ADMINISTERS ELECTIONS IN THE STATE, AND IT IS NOT THE GOVERNOR.

IT IS YOUR COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE STATE ELECTION BOARD.

BUT AGAIN, I WAS AS FRUSTRATED AS ANYBODY ELSE WITH THE RESULT, ESPECIALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT WITH SENATE BILL 202.

TYING VOTER I.D.

--I MEAN, I WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO CAME OUT AND PUT THE APP I.D.

ON THE TABLE AND THAT IS NOW ON THE LAW.

MAKING SURE WE WILL NOT HAVE LONG LINES WHICH DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN THE COUNTIES THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

MAKING SURE WE DO NOT HAVE OUTSIDE MONEY COMING INTO THE PROCESS.

I WILL REMIND EVERYONE AT HOME, VOTING SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VERIFIED PAPER AUDIT TRAIL THAT WAS VERIFIED TO ME 2020 ELECTION WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CATHERINE DAVIS, REBUTTAL?

>> GOVERNOR, THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SILENCED BY THIS FIRESTORM THAT HAS BEEN CREATED WITH ALL OF THE ANOMALIES IN THIS CONTEXT THAT HAPPENED IN 2020, 2021, AND PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL THAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2022.

WHAT DID YOU DO TO GIVE THE PEOPLE HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SECURE ELECTION?

THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WANT TO KNOW.

>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TOM WILLIAMS, IT IS YOUR TURN TO QUESTION ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS.

>> MY QUESTION IS FOR BRIAN YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TALKED A LOT AND HAD SOME SUCCESS THIS SPRING IN THE LEGISLATURE WITH SOME OF THE LAWS THE PAST THAT ARE VERY POPULAR.

IF THEY ARE APPLIED AND UPHELD, IT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU IS, WHAT ASSURANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA HAVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO UPHOLD THE LAWS NOW WHEN YOU HAVE NOT IN THE PAST?

YOU HAVE NOT DONE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO HAVE A FREE AND HONEST VOTE AND VOTE COUNT IN 2020.

YOU SAID, AND I QUOTE, FROM MR. BLUESTEIN, HIS BOOK THAT WAS QUOTED, SAYING THAT YOU AND PEOPLE AROUND YOU WERE FEEL FULL ABOUT ENDLESS LITIGATION AND THE THREAT OF AWRY.

IS THAT WHAT INTIMIDATES YOU OF NOT UPHOLDING THE LAW?

>> I CERTAINLY UPHOLD THAT QUESTION, AND IT WAS NOT A THREAT BUT I WAS TELLING PEOPLE WHAT CASELAW WAS.

>> I SAID THAT IT WAS THE THREAT OF AWRY.

>> I WAS NOT FEARFUL OF AWRY BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CIVIL UNREST IN 2019, WE DO NOT PUT UP WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO BRING THE CITY OF ATLANTA DOWN BECAUSE YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT WAS THERE.

THE STATE PATROL, THE GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD.

BUT BACK TO ELECTIONS, AGAIN, I FOLLOWED THE LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION.

WHEN THINGS CAME TO ME, I HAD OUR ATTORNEYS LOOK AT IT IN OUR OFFICE AND WE REFERRED IT TO THE STATE ELECTION BOARD AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THOSE ISSUES.

BUT THE JURISDICTION UNDER THE CURRENT LAW IN 2020 WAS THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.

FRANKLY, THIS YEAR, I SIGNED A BILL THAT WILL ALLOWED DBI TO DO ELECTIONS INVESTIGATIONS IN THE FUTURE AND SO IN JUNCTION WITH THE ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL THAT WE PASSED WILL GIVE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE.

AND WE NEED CONFIDENCE SO THAT PEOPLE TURN OUT TO VOTE AND BEAT STACEY ABRAMS IN APRIL.

>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I HAVE TALKED TO THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS --I TALKED TO TWO BRIGHT GROUP, AND THEY SAID INTO DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS RECENTLY THAT YOU DID NOT HELP THEM WHEN THEY TRIED TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO YOU AND REYNOLDS AT THE GB I DID NOT HELP THEM WHEN THEY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT BALLOT HARVESTING, CELL PHONE ISSUES, ALL OF THIS.

VOTER GEORGIA AND MR. ROSSI WHO YOU KNOW AND I AM SURE THAT DAVID PERDUE NOSE, SAID THAT THEY DID NOT TRUST YOU IN WHAT WAS BEING DONE IN THE 2020 ELECTION AT ANY TIME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KANDISS TAYLOR, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION.

>> WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO WORK FOR US AND NOT AGAINST US, AND THE CCP IS THE WORST EVIL ON EARTH.

OUR GOVERNOR MET WITH TWO CONSULATES A FOUR TIMES BEFORE DOMINION WAS CHIMED.

CHINESE SOLAR PANELS THAT DO NOT WORK OUR PUT ON OUR FARMERS AND THIS IS THE LEFTIST AGENDA OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL.

>> MS. DAVIS, YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE.

>> I AM TAYLOR.

>> I'M SORRY, MS. TAYLOR.

>> GOVERNOR KEMP, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM SEVERING THIS TIE, RENOUNCING THE CCP, FOR GOVERNOR, FOR GEORGIA, AND PUTTING GEORGIA FIRST?

>> WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN?

>> MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM SEVERING TIES FROM GEORGIA, FOR SUPPORTING THE CCP AND PUTTING GEORGIA FIRST?

>> I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN PUTTING GEORGIA FIRST AND YOU COULD LOOK AT OUR RECORD ECONOMY TO LOOK AT THAT FIRSTHAND.

LOWEST EMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE 10 MOST POPULOUS STATES.

THE MOST PEOPLE EVER WORKING IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE, LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN UNEMPLOYMENT AND LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD A RECORD YEAR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE 74% OF THE 375 PROJECTS TOTALED $11 METRO COUNTIES, FURTHERING MY COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN RURAL GEORGIA AND THE RURAL BROADBAND THAT WE HAVE DONE.

WE HAVE BROKEN THIS YEAR AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, SO WE HAVE A WHOLE QUARTER TO GO AND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE GAS.

MY FOCUS EVERY DAY IS PUTTING HARD WORKERS IN GEORGIA FIRST AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, THAT THEY HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT TRYING TO INDOCTRINATE OUR CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE STRENGTHEN ALL PARTS OF OUR STATE.

>> DR. TAYLOR, YOUR REBUTTAL.

>> IT IS EASY TO SAY YES OR NO TO THE CCP.

IT IS A HARD KNOW FOR ME.

THE CONFUCIUS ISSUE INSTITUTE HAS SIX OF 63 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SYSTEMS IN GEORGIA.

THERE IS A TROJAN HORSE OF CCP PROPAGANDA THAT IS BRAINWASHING OUR YOUTHS.

IT IS A TRAVESTY AND I AM GOING TO TELL YOU, THIS COMMUNIST MIND-SET HAS TO STOP AND WE CANNOT HAVE IT IN OUR STATE.

WE ARE IN THE BIBLE BELT AND WE LOVE JESUS, GUNS, AND BABIES AND WE ARE GOING TO REPRESENT JESUS CHRIST AND NOT COMMUNISM.

>> BRIAN KEMP, FINAL QUESTION IS RUN.

>> CATHERINE DAVIS, YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE FIGHT IN PRO-LIFE ISSUES AND BEEN ON THE TRENCHES OF FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

MY QUESTION TO YOU, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY, THAT WE ALL ON THIS STAGE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND UNITE TO MAKE SURE THAT STACEY ABRAMS IS NEVER OUR GOVERNOR?

>> GOVERNOR, I WOULD NOT AGREE.

I THINK THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA TO PICK ONE OF US CANDIDATE WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE GOING TO STAND AND FIGHT AGAINST ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STATE.

OUR STATE IS FALLING APART IN EVERY WAY THAT WE COULD THINK.

WE HAVE ISSUES ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

YOU AND NO ONE ELSE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION COULD EVEN TELL ME WHAT THE INSIDE OF ONE OF OUR ABORTION CLINICS LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ASKING THE QUESTIONS.

YOU DO NOT KNOW IF THE LAWS ARE BEING OBEYED AND WE HAVE A LOT ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.

I DO NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO AGAINST OUR CONSCIENCES TO SUPPORT SOMEONE NOT FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR OUR RIGHTS AND FREE SPEECH.

>> YOUR REBUTTAL?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT PEOPLE AT HOME TO KNOW THAT I AM GETTING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY, WORKING TO DO WHAT I TOLD YOU I WOULD DO BACK WHEN I WAS RUNNING IN 2018, TO PUT GEORGIA FIRST AHEAD OF THE STATUS WELL AND THE POLITICALLY CORRECT, AND TO IMPLEMENT THE THINGS THAT I CAMPAIGNED ON ONCE I BECAME GOVERNOR.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND IF YOU HONOR ME WITH YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT, I PROMISE I WILL DO THAT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT STACEY ABRAMS DOES NOT BECOME >> THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECOND ROUND.

FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US, THIS IS THE DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.

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

AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE, I MAY ALSO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATE AND I WILL RETURN AND WHEN REBUTTALS ARE APPROPRIATE.

I WILL USE MY MODERATOR PRIVILEGE RIGHT AWAY.

BRIAN KEMP, YOU SIGNED SIX BILLS LAST WEEK DEALING WITH EDUCATOR ISSUES, FROM THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE TEACHING OF DIVISIVE CONCEPT.

SOME OF THOSE LAWS MEAN THAT TEACHERS FACE THE THREAT, WORRYING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAYING THE WRONG THINGS OR SOMETHING THAT QUESTIONS -- PARENTS MAY QUESTION WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

IT COULD ALSO MEAN THAT IT STIFLES SOME OF THEM WHEN IT COMES TO CREATIVITY.

LAST YEAR, YOU SIGNED A BILL TO STRENGTHEN THE TEACHER PIPELINE.

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT ALL OF THESE CHANGES WILL MAKE TEACHING LESS ATTRACTIVE FOR THOSE CONSIDERING THE PROFESSION?

>> NOT AT ALL.

LOOK, WE HAVE HAD A RECORD YEAR FOR EDUCATION AND REALLY, A RECORD 3 1/2 YEARS WHERE WE ARE FULLY FUNDING EDUCATION AND I HAVE PROMISED A TEACHER PAY RAISE.

WE WILL PASS THE BILL THIS YEAR THAT ARE KIDS ARE NOT INDOCTRINATED IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE EXPECT THEM TO BE PROTECTED FROM OBSCENE MATERIALS.

OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE PUBLIC WILL COME UP WITH THESE ISSUES.

THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED, WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN AND WHAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THEM TO DO THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE PASSED A BILL TO UNMASK OUR STUDENTS WHEN WE HAD SYSTEMS THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE MASK MANDATE'S, TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE IN CHARGE OF OUR KIDS EDUCATION.

THIS IS GEORGIA, NOT VIRGINIA, AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR PARENTS KNOW BEST WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

>> CHUCK WILLIAMS, THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> THIS IS FOR ALL FIVE CANDIDATES.

MANY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS THAT I AM TALKING TO ARE BURNED OUT AND COVID WAS THE LAST STRAW.

WHAT MORE COULD BE DONE TO RETAIN THOSE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION AND DO SOMETHING ELSE?

>> FOR ONE THING, PUT THE RAYS IN THE PAY SCALE AND DO NOT JUST GIVE A BONUS.

LET'S PUT IT IN THE PAY SCALE AND PULL BACK ON ALL OF THIS FRIVOLOUS PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE.

THEY DO NOT WANT THEM, THEY DO NOT WORK, AND THEY ARE SCRIPTED PROGRAMS.

THE TEACHERS WOULD LIKE THE AUTONOMY TO TEACH AND USE THEIR DEGREE.

THEY ARE THE MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE ON THE PLANET AND SO LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THE BABIES IN THEIR CLASSROOM, TAKE CARE OF GEORGE'S EDUCATION BACK TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY.

>> MR. WILLIAMS?

>> I THINK WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE WANT TO HONOR AND RESPECT AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THEY ALL HAVE TROUBLE WITH IS THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP THEM FROM TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM.

I WOULD TRY TO REDUCE THE OVERREGULATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PUSH OUT THE FEDERAL REGULATION TO BE REDUCED AS WELL.

THAT OUR TEACHERS TEACH AND LET THEM TEACH THE FUNDAMENTALS AND TEACH OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, HELP THEM, GUIDE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR JOBS AND DO NOT MAKE THEM SIT THERE DOING A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK EVERY DAY.

>> SENATOR PERDUE?

>> MY MOM AND DAD WERE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND MY WIFE IS A SCHOOLTEACHER, AND THIS IS CLOSE TO HOME.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS IN OUR STATE BUT THE ENTIRE USA, IS AN OVERTAKING OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BY OUTSIDE INTERESTS.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN IS GETTING THE MOB OUT OF OUR SCHOOL IN GEORGIA.

WE HAVE A WAR ON THE MINDS OF TRYING TO TEACH FIRST-GRADERS ABOUT GENDER CHOICE.

THAT IS A THING WE HAVE TO STAND UP TO.

OKAY, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PAY AND RETURN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO BE EDUCATED, WORKING HUNDREDS OF HOURS A WEEK.

MY WIFE HAD TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF HER OWN SALARY TO BUY MATERIALS FOR THE CHILDREN AND I AM SURE THAT KANDISS KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TODAY AND NOW YOU HAVE THE SECURITY ISSUE AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND THIS IS THE OTHER THING THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS.

THE NUMBER ONE THING TO DO IS MAKING SURE THAT THE GENERATION IS PREPARED FOR THE PROBLEMS WE ARE LEAVING THEM.

THAT IS WHY I THINK WE NEED A CHANGE AND IT IS THE GOVERNOR'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT BECOMES A FOCUS AND WE DO NOT ALLOW OUTSIDE INTEREST TO MASK UP OUR KIDS AND HAVE THE WOKE MOB INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN.

>> FIRST OF ALL, OUR DAUGHTER IS A FIRST-YEAR FIRST-GRADE TEACHER AND I CAME HOME ONE FRIDAY AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD ALL WEEK AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND I SAID, HOW WAS YOUR WEEK?

SHE SAID, THE BURNOUT IS REAL.

I KNOW IT IS, AND THAT IS WHY WE DESIGNED THE PAY RAISE TO BE IN THE PAY SCALE BUT ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD, $5000 SO THAT IT BENEFITS THE NEW INCOMING TEACHERS.

WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PROMISE.

WE WERE LOSING 44% OF OUR TEACHERS WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AND THAT IS WHY WE DESIGNED THE PAY RAISE.

THE OTHER THING IS SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR EDUCATORS.

IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE DURING COVID AND MANY OF OUR EDUCATORS WERE HAVING TO FEED THEIR STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THEY NORMALLY DO NOT DO.

WE ALSO PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO GET MORE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE APEX PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING STRESS WITH OUR TEACHERS AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. DAVIS?

>> THE ISSUE IS ABOUT MORE THAN PAY.

TEACHERS ARE BEING FORCED AGAINST THEIR WILL TO DO THINGS HAVE TO DO AS A TEACHER.

THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT TO INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THROWN TOWARD THEM THAT PERHAPS THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE SCHOOL CHOICE, ALLOW PARENTS TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT SCHOOL SYSTEM IS GOING TO BEST SUIT THEIR STUDENTS.

WE SHOULD GIVE TEACHERS THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE WHAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS THEY WANT TO TEACH IN, AND THAT IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE FREEDOM TO TEACH RATHER THAN INDOCTRINATE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I WILL STICK WITH THE EDUCATION THEME.

SENATOR PERDUE, WE HAVE ANOTHER CRISIS AT THE COBB COUNTY, THE STATE'S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE ABRUPT DISMISSAL OF THEIR SCHOOL INTENDANT.

WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY ON WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE SHOULD PROBLEMS NOT JUST IN COBB COUNTY BUT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS ISSUES?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN THINGS --MY DAD WAS A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR MANY YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE DECISIONS MADE BEST FOR THE CHILD ARE MADE BETWEEN THE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS LOCALLY, NOT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OR ATLANTA.

THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FROM THAT.

MANDATES COMING DOWN FROM WASHINGTON, WE EXPECT GEORGIA TO PROTECT US.

WE SEE MASKS AND CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN WHICH PUTS KIDS BEHIND OTHER KIDS IN THE STATE.

THAT WAS WRONG WHEN THAT HAPPENED HERE IN THE STATE AND ART FIGHT THAT IS GOVERNOR.

I GO BACK TO THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO IN THIS STATE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND TAKE THIS STATE FORWARD IS TO WORK HARD ON MAKING SURE CRIME IS REDUCED.

WE GET THESE ELECTION AND INTERNAL ISSUES SOLVED AND WE GET THE WOKE MOB OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

>> DR. TAYLOR, YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR.

I WANT ABOUT LEARNING LOSS AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE EVEN YOUNG KIDS ARE NOT --THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO STAY SEATED OR RAISE THEIR HANDS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS GOVERNOR, OR WHAT WOULD YOU PUSH TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES DEALING WITH ACADEMICS?

>> IT HAS GOTTEN WAY WORSE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OUR GOVERNOR OPENED THE STATE NOT THE SCHOOLS.

KIDS WERE AT HOME FOR A YEAR, NOT INGRAINED IN EDUCATION.

CHILDREN NEED ROUTINE AND WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN WAS A DEPRESSION, OR THEY WERE BEING MOLESTED.

CHILDREN WERE BEING MOLESTED DAY AFTER DAY AND THEIR PARENTS WERE NOT TEACHING THEM ANYTHING.

STAYING CONSISTENT FOR ONE THING, HAVING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OFFERING THINGS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HELP THEM LEARN THAT THERE IS MORE THAN THEIR DYSFUNCTIONAL HOMES.

WHILE WE HELP THE HOMELESS AND ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES, THEY ARE JUST UNPARALLELED IN AMERICA.

MUCH LESS IN GEORGIA WHERE WE ARE CONSERVATIVE AND RED, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND WE NOT ONLY HAVE CRT, SEL AND COMPREHENSIVE STATE EDUCATION TREATING TRANSGENDER PREFERS HIM TO OUR CHILDREN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE RACISM THAT IS RUINING THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> CHUCK WILLIAMS, YOUR QUESTION.

>> I AM GOING TO SWITCH GEARS AND ASK SENATOR PERDUE, IN 2005, THEN GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR SONNY PERDUE USED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX INCENTIVES TO PUSH THE WEST POINT KIA PLANT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

FIRST, DO YOU THINK THE KIA PLANT IN 2005 WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR GEORGIANS?

SECOND, HOW IS WHAT GOVERNOR KEMP IS ATTEMPTING TO DO NOW DIFFER FROM WHAT GOVERNOR PERDUE DID >> THANK YOU, AND I KNOW THAT IS CLOSE TO HOME DOWN THERE.

AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

BUT THEY ARE WORLDS APART.

IN 2005, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHICH WAS DEVASTATED BY THE FACTORY DEPARTURE DOWN THERE WAS READY AND HAD BEEN CONSULTED, WERE BROUGHT IN AND DEALT WITH EARLY ON WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTRACT A BIG COMPANY DOWN THERE.

THEY ALSO DISCLOSE THE MONEY THAT THEY WERE INVESTING EARLY, AND INVESTED IN TRAINING AND THAT WAS A SUCCESS.

THE PROBLEM IS, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR STATE IS SPENDING TO GET THIS YEAR.

SOME ESTIMATE $600 MILLION.

THEN THE STATE BOUGHT 2000 ACRES FROM PEOPLE DOWN THERE AT ABOUT $60,000 PER ACRE AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

THE SECOND AND THIRD THING, THE DISAGREEMENT I HAVE ABOUT THIS THING IS FROM AN ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW.

WHAT IS THE RETURN ON THAT?

IF YOU SPEND $600 MILLION, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD IT IS THAT EXPENSIVE, HOW MUCH GOOD CAN WE DO IN SMALL BUSINESS AROUND GEORGIA?

THIS WAS NOT DONE THE RIGHT WAY AND THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN BRINGING THAT JOB, ALL OF THOSE JOBS DOWN THERE.

>> GOVERNOR KEMP, A REBUTTAL?

>> SURE.

JUST KNOW THAT I SUPPORT 7500 GREAT PAYING JOBS GOING TO RURAL GEORGIA, TO AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES.

I WILL ALWAYS BE FOR THAT.

BUT YOU NEED TO NOTE THAT WHAT DAVID PERDUE IS TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS INCENTIVE PACKAGE, WE ARE DOING THE SAME PACKAGE THAT WE DID WITH SONNY PERDUE DID WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR.

THE TAX CREDITS THAT PEOPLE GET ARE BUILT IN TO THE STATUTE.

JUST KNOW I AM GOING TO BE FOR JOBS IN RURAL GEORGIA.

>> I HAVE GOT A RESPONSE ON THAT, THANKS VERY MUCH.

THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THAT.

HE USED CODES AND SOUNDED LIKE A BUREAUCRAT BUT YOU DID NOT BRING THE PEOPLE INTO THIS CONVERSATION AT ALL.

YOU GOT IT DONE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT AND WE STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY YOU ARE SPENDING.

THIS IS WHY I WANT TO GET RID OF THE STATE INCOME TAX.

HE WANTS TO GIVE MONEY TO COMPANIES OWNED BY GEORGE SOROS AND BRING THEM HERE.

I AM SICK OF IT AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE WRONG WAY TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE BETTER WAY IS TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE DEBARMENT SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE DOWN TO GEORGIA.

>> GOVERNOR, I WILL STICK TO RURAL GEORGIA.

AT LEAST EIGHT RURAL HOSPITALS HAVE SHUT DOWN AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT EXPANDING MEDICAID SHOULD HAVE SAVED THOSE FACILITIES.

WHY HASN'T MOORE BEEN DONE TO ENSURE THESE HOSPITALS REMAIN OPEN?

>> LOOK, GREG, I HAVE BEEN TO 159 COUNTIES, MOST OF THEM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, INTERRUPTED BY COVID, I MIGHT REMIND YOU.

YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A ROBUST ECONOMY TO SUPPORT A HOSPITAL AND THE POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN SHRINKING IN RURAL GEORGIA.

THAT IS WHY I RAN ON STRENGTHENING RURAL GEORGIA AND IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, 74% OF THE PROJECTS WERE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND IN 3.5 YEARS, WE HAVE DONE AT LEAST ONE PROJECT IN OVER 83 COUNTIES WITH LESS THAN 50,000 PEOPLE.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON ALL PARTS OF THE STATE AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TAX BASE AND A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT TO GET RURAL HOSPITALS.

EXPANDING A BROKEN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM WILL NOT DO THAT AND THAT IS WHY WE CAME UP AND GOT HEALTHCARE WAIVERS TO ADDRESS THIS, TO ADDRESS THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THROUGH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND NOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BLOCKED US FROM MOVING AHEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ROBUST RURAL HEALTHCARE IN OUR STATE.

>> THANK YOU.

A QUESTION NOW FOR MR. WILLIAMS, DR. TAYLOR AND MS. DAVIS.

HOW WOULD YOU HAVE HANDLED THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN GEORGIA?

MR. WILLIAMS?

>> THE MAIN THING WE NEEDED TO IMMEDIATELY.

AND WE DID OKAY WITH THAT BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE THING THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW.

WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, IS THIS THE ISSUE OF THIS CAMPAIGN?

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE BRIAN KEMP FOUR MORE YEARS IN OFFICE AND DO YOU THINK HE HAS DONE THE JOB THAT YOU TRUSTED HIM WITH?

DO YOU TRUST HIM WITH ELECTION LAWS, WITH PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE FROM CRIME?

IF YOU DO NOT, THEN YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR ME AND VOTE TO MAKE A CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STICKERS ON SOME GAS PUMPS EVERYWHERE OF JOE BIDEN SAYING, I DID THAT.

THERE SHOULD BE A STICKER NEXT TO IT OF BRIAN KEMP SAYING, I PUT JOE BIDEN WHERE HE IS TODAY.

WE NEED TO FACE THAT.

HE GAVE US JOE BIDEN AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH GEORGIA AND OUR ECONOMY, BEING DEVASTATED BY INFLATION AND THE DIFFICULT SITUATION.

THAT IS THE ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, DO WE WANT TO GIVE BRIAN KEMP ANOTHER TERM?

>> GOVERNOR, 30 SECONDS.

>> LISTEN, TO BEAT STACEY ABRAMS IN NOVEMBER, WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH A RECORD AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE.

>> IT NEEDS TO BE A GOOD RECORD.

>> EXCUSE ME, I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DID THE SAME FOR ME.

>> I HAD TO SAY IT.

>> A GOOD RECORD?

I HAVE DONE ALL THAT I SAID I WOULD DO WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING IN 2018.

THE REASON EVERYBODY IS LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECORD TO WIN IN THE FUTURE AND THAT IS WHAT I AM FOCUSED ON AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR BOAT AND SUPPORT.

>> DR. TAYLOR, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE HANDLED THE PANDEMIC?

>> CAN I SPEAK JUST ONE SECOND?

>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.

>> HINDSIGHT IS 20/MAC 20, SO TO BE FAIR, I WILL NOT SAY THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOT AS LONG AS THEY WERE.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS WEARING MASKS AND TO THIS DAY AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

WE HAVE KIDS WITH SPEECH PROBLEMS THAT ARE WORSE AND WORSE AND KIDS THAT SHOULD HAVE PROGRESSED ON THAT HAVE NOT BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.

I WANT TO SAY THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS ENOUGH NOT TO ELECT HIM AGAIN.

YES, 20/20, 100%.

DONALD TRUMP WON.

WE HAVE A FRAUDULENT PEDOPHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE GOVERNOR KEMP FAILED.

HE CAN SAY THAT HE HAD A RIGHT AND AN OBLIGATION, AND IT IS CLEAR IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT HE CHOSE NOT TO DO IT.

WHY?

MAYBE BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT RENOUNCE THE CCP.

BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND THAT IS WHY I AM GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.

>> ONE THING IS, MAKING SURE OUR ELECTION PROCESS IS SECURE.

WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT 2020 TODAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY ANOMALIES AND SO MUCH MISCONDUCT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK, WE ARE GETTING A NEW ALLEGATION OF SOMETHING.

HAD WE STOPPED THE CONSENSUS AGREEMENT WHEN IT HAPPENED, IT BROKE GEORGIA IS A BLACK LETTER LAW AND A LOT OF THESE DOMINOES HAVE BEEN FALLING EVER SINCE AND THEY WOULD'VE STOPPED.

THAT IS ONE MAJOR THING THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE, STOPPED THE ABILITY OF THOSE WHO COMMITTED THOSE ANOMALIES AND MISCONDUCTS FROM DOING IT.

I WOULD ALSO SAY, YES, WE NEED TO LOOK BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN IN THIS GREAT STATE.

>> THANK YOU.

CHUCK WILLIAMS.

>> THIS IS FOR SENATOR PURDUE AND GOVERNOR KEMP.

IS RURAL BROADBAND A GOVERNOR BE WORKING WITH TWO DEMOCRATIC U.S.

SENATORS TO ADDRESS THAT?

>> I WOULD SAY ON THE RURAL BROADBAND FRONT, WE WERE DOING SOMETHING IN GEORGIA BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS.

BACK IN 2019, WORKING WITH THE LATE GREAT JAY POWELL AND PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE PASSED SENATE BILL 2 WHICH FREED THE MARKETPLACE TO PUSH RURAL BROADBAND.

IT HAS PUSHED PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND ALSO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THERE ARE ALSO FEDERAL GRANTS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD AT THE TIME THAT PEOPLE COULD APPLY FOR AND BECAUSE OF THAT, EVEN BEFORE THE ARP MONEY CAME IN, WE HAD DONE OVER 15 ANNOUNCEMENTS IN OUR STATE AND THERE ARE NOW OVER 200,000 GEORGIA FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE HOOKING UP OR WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK UP TO HIGH-SPEED RURAL FIBER IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE OF OUR WORK AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

>> SENATOR PURDUE?

>> GREAT QUESTION, AND I JUST THINK RIGHT NOW, IT IS PRETTY PLAIN.

THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN RUNNING AROUND FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS TAKING CREDIT FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE DID NOT DO.

HE IS SPENDING MONEY THAT WE GOT FOR HIM DURING COVID AND THE OTHER THING IS, WE HAD A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HAD NINE COUNTIES TO GET THIS STARTED.

THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE GOT TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMY IN THE RURAL PARTS OF GEORGIA.

AFTER 20 YEARS OF CAREER POLITICIANS TRYING TO GET THAT BAND, WE BROUGHT TO THE CYBER WARFARE HEADQUARTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND GOT DISASTER RELIEF FOR THE FARMERS OF GEORGIA.

IF IT IS NOT A HOLISTIC THING --YOU HAVE GOT TO BE TOTALLY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE ASPECTS INCLUDING EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND RURAL GEORGIA.

>> REBUTTAL.

>> I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE AGAIN THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT I TOLD YOU I WOULD DO.

IF YOU LOOK AT DAVID PERDUE'S RECORD, HE RAN ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATIONAL DEBT AND AFTER SIX YEARS OF HIM BEING IN THE SENATE, IT WENT UP $10 TRILLION.

WE ARE BALANCING THE BUDGET AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON RURAL BROADBAND, FOCUSED ON GROWING GOOD JOB AND HAVING GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

>> SENATOR PURDUE?

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT MY RECORD.

MY MOM AND DAD WERE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND I GREW UP ON A FARM IN GEORGIA AND WORKED MY WAY THROUGH GEORGIA TECH.

I HAD A 40 YEAR BUSINESS CAREER CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN JOBS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO GOVERNORSHIP.

I AM RUNNING NOW TO SAVE OUR STATE AND WE ARE IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION.

YOU HEAR THE OTHER PANELISTS TALKING ABOUT IT AND THIS IS NOT JUST THE ECONOMY OR WHAT WE DO TO GET BETTER BUT THE SURVIVAL OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT WILL BE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

IF YOU WANT A REPUBLICAN THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024, YOU BETTER IF STACEY ABRAMS WINS THIS RACE, WE WILL NOT WIN THE SENATE MAJORITY AND WILL NOT WIN THE 2024 PRESIDENCY.

>> THIS QUESTION IS A BIT OF A FOLLOW-UP TO ALL FIVE CANDIDATES.

STARTING WITH MR. WILLIAMS, DO YOU COMMIT TO SUPPORTING WHOEVER IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT WITH THE ATTACKS ON THE GOVERNOR TONIGHT?

>> I THINK THE PURPOSE OF A PRIMARY ELECTION IS TO SHOW DIFFERENCES AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES BUT WE ALL AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WANT STACEY ABRAMS TO EVER GET IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS RADICAL DEMOCRATS BEING IN CHARGE IN WASHINGTON WILL COME TO GEORGIA.

IF YOU WANT ATLANTA TO BE LIKE SEATTLE, MINNEAPOLIS OR SOME OF THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC RUN CITIES THAT HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS IN THE LAST YEARS, YOU PUT STACEY ABRAMS IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO AND IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN ACCOUNTING FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND THAT GOVERNOR KEMP DID NOT STAND UP AND ENFORCE THE LAWS, CALL ON A SPECIAL SESSION.

HE APPOINTED KELLY LOEFFLER WHO GAVE UP A SEAT TO THE DEMOCRATS SO THAT THEY HAD 50 PEOPLE IN THE SENATE AND THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SO MUCH CONTROL.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE DEFINITELY AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WANT STACEY ABRAMS BUT WE ALSO DO NOT WANT BRIAN KEMP.

>> YOU WILL NOT SUPPORT BRIAN KEMP?

>> I WILL NOT SAY THAT.

LIKE I SAID, I DO NOT THINK HE WILL BE RE-ELECTED.

THAT IS MY ANSWER TO THAT.

>> DR. TAYLOR?

>> STACEY ABRAMS WILL NEVER WIN GEORGIA IN A FAIR AND LEGAL VOTE, AND LET'S HOPE WE HAVE ONE.

I HAVE SAID THIS MANY TIMES AND I AM ASKED THIS QUESTION EVERY WEEK.

I WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS AND I WILL MOCK DOOR FOR THEM WILL KNOCK FOR THEM IF ONE OF THEM WINS BUT THEY WILL NEVER WIN.

KANDISS TAYLOR WILL WIN AND I WILL BE THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.

>> SENATOR PURDUE?

>> THANK YOU.

THE REASON THAT I GOT ON THIS RACE IS BECAUSE OUR GOVERNOR SOLD US OUT AND DIVIDED US AND I DO NOT THINK HE CAN WIN.

OF COURSE, I WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL THAT THE NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT STACEY ABRAMS IS NOT GOVERNOR AND I WILL SUPPORT WHOEVER WINS THIS PRIMARY.

WE CANNOT LET STACEY ABRAMS TAKE OVER GEORGIA.

>> GOVERNOR KEMP?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE CANNOT ALLOW STACEY ABRAMS TO BE OUR GOVERNOR OR OUR PRESIDENT.

THE THING IS, I HAVE A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING OUR NOMINEE AND I DID THAT WAS SONNY PERDUE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AND DID THE SAME THING ONE NATHAN DEAL RAN FOR RE-ELECTION.

I WAS IN A TOUGH STATEWIDE ELECTION AND HAD A RUNOFF OF LITTLE CAMPAIGNS.

I WAS SUPPORTING MY OPPONENT IN THAT RACE WHEN TWO OF THE OTHER REPUBLICANS THAT WERE IN THAT RACE WITH US SUPPORTED THE DEMOCRAT IN THAT RACE.

SO I AM ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

BUT I AM ALSO ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND TALK ABOUT MY RECORD AS TO WHY IT WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT.

>> MS. DAVIS?

>> I HAD HOPED THIS DEBATE WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT SHOWCASING OUR ANSWERS TO THE MANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE PLAGUING GEORGIA TODAY.

I AM SORRY, GOVERNOR KEMP, AND SENATOR PURDUE, BUT STACEY ABRAMS IS NOT THE STANDARD BY WHICH THE VOTERS SHOULD MEASURE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.

YOU HAVE TURNED HER INTO THE BOGEYMAN.

THE WAY THAT YOU GET RID OF A BOGEYMAN IS YOU TURN THE LIGHTS ON.

WE HAVE SETTLED THE QUESTION OF STACEY ABRAMS.

THIS IS A RACE TO SHOWCASE US AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO RESOLVE ALL OF THE MANY CONCERNS THAT GEORGIANS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING ACROSS THIS STATES, INCLUDING ELECTION INTEGRITY, MEDICAL FREEDOM, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, SCHOOL CHOICE AND THE LIFE QUESTION.

I WOULD ASK VOTERS TO PLEASE EXAMINE YOUR HEARTS AND LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES IN LIGHT OF WHO YOU BELIEVE IS GOING TO BRING ANSWERS TO GEORGIA, NOT WHO COULD BEAT STACEY ABRAMS.

>> MS. DAVIS, ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE SENATOR OR GOVERNOR AS THE GOP NOMINEE?

>> I WILL NEVER VOTE AGAINST MY CONSCIENCE, SO I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHO SURFACES OUT OF THE RACE.

I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST MY CONSCIENCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TALK?

>> THIS IS FOR GOVERNOR PERDUE AND SENATOR PURDUE AND GOVERNOR KEMP.

WHY DOES THE --MATTER TO THE REST OF GEORGIA?

>> YOU ARE IN COLUMBUS?

YOU ARE SHORT OF 240 POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, MAKING US 200 GEORGIA.

WE ARE 1200 POLICE OFFICERS SHORT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE FIVE LARGEST CITIES AND THE PEOPLE OF BUCKINGHAM WANTED US TO TAKE CHARGE AND WANT THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

THERE ARE FIVE AREAS IN GEORGIA THAT APPLIED TO GET THIS VOTE AND TO HAVE A RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE SELF-GOVERNANCE.

FOUR GOT THAT RIGHT AND BUCKET DID NOT BECAUSE THE DECISION REMAINED IN THERE THAT THEY WERE TIED TO, I BELIEVE, THE BAD RELATIONSHIPS FROM THESE LARGE COMPANIES AND ACTUALLY COST US THE ALL-STAR GAME LAST YEAR.

NOW THEY ARE BEING DENIED WITH FOUR OTHER AREAS HAVE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE STREET AND OUR GOVERNOR IS TALKING ABOUT KEEPING HIS POWDER DRY.

THE PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS AND THERE IS A BETTER WAY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOTE.

>> GOVERNOR?

>> I WOULD SAY THIS, THAT I WENT ON FRIDAY TO THE 111th TROOPER SCHOOL GRADUATION AND WHEN THOSE 41 MEN AND WOMEN TOOK THEIR OATHS, WALKED OUT AND GOT IN THEIR CARS, WE HAVE TROOPERS THAT WE HAD WHEN I TOOK OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON RETENTION ISSUES BUT ALSO HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT'S BACK.

I HAVE BEEN STANDING UP AND FIGHTING FOR THEM AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE CRIME ISSUE IN ATLANTA.

THE FACT IS, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS TO VOTE TO MOVE CITIES FORWARD AND THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

I WAS NOT GOING TO WAIT AROUND TWO YEARS FOR A PROCESS TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT IS WHY BEFORE ANYBODY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WE CREATED THE CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN 450 PEOPLE WHO WERE WANTED, 27 OF THEM FOR MURDER, OFF OF THE STREETS.

WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 600 STUDENTS CHASES, IMPOUNDED 1200 STREET RACING CARS, PEOPLE ELUDING POLICE, PASSING NEW PENALTIES.

WE HAVE OUR GAME STREET TASK FORCE WORKING TO GO AFTER THESE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS PART OF THAT CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT.

SO WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS SOMETHING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

WE DID IT IN ATLANTA AND IN COLUMBUS, CHUCK, WHEN YOUR MIRROR ASKED US FOR HELP.

WE WENT THROUGH CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE DURING CIVIL UNREST TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO AS GOVERNOR AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR STATE, YOU ASK OF THE STATE TROOPERS WHAT THEY THINK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOUND AND ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE ARE QUESTIONS.

THESE CANDIDATES WILL NOW HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

DR. TAYLOR, YOU HAVE THE FIRST.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT CHOICE AND THE MEDIA STORIES ON THIS STAGE, BACK AND FORTH REBUTTALS WHEN THE OTHER THREE DID NOT GET ATTENTION.

I AM YOUR CANDIDATE BECAUSE I AM ONE OF YOU AND I AM GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU EVERY DAY IN THAT MANSION.

I DO NOT NEED A RECORD IN POLITICS TO GET IT DONE AND IN FACT, THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE FAILURES ON THE STAGE WHO DID NOT GET IT DONE WITH FAILING VOTING RECORDS AT THE SENATE AND FAILING OUR WHOLE ECONOMY AND OUR CHILDREN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I AM GOING TO TELL YOU NOW, WHEN YOU VOTE ON MAY 24, DO NOT VOTE EARLY.

YOU VOTE FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL REPRESENT YOUR VALUES AND I AM GOING TO PUT THE CONSTITUTION AND JESUS FIRST EVERY SINGLE TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO FIX OUR SCHOOLS, GET RID OF THE ANTIWHITE RACISM AND THE OPPRESSION OF OUR CHILDREN OF COLOR.

WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THE TRANSGENDER MANIPULATION AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT BOYS ARE NOT OF THE GIRLS BATHROOMS, GIRLS ARE NOT IN THE BOYS BATHROOM, AND MEN IN LIPSTICK AND HIGH HEELS ARE NOT TEACHING OUR CHILDREN.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT MORALITY OVER MONEY.

I AM KANDISS TAYLOR, THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.

>> SENATOR PURDUE.

>> I MADE A DECISION IN THIS RACE THAT IS VERY SIMPLE.

HAS DIVIDED US AND I DO NOT THINK HE CAN WIN.

I WANT TO GET RID OF THE STATE INCOME TAX AND HE THINKS THAT CANNOT BE DONE AND AGREES WITH STACEY ABRAMS.

I WANT TO CRUSH CRIME AND HE SAYS, I WANT TO KEEP OUR PORTER DRIVE.

HE HAS ALLOWED STACEY ABRAMS TO INDOCTRINATE OUR KIDS.

I WANT TO SOLVE THE ELECTION MESS AND HE SAYS, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD ELECTION FRAUD IN GEORGIA.

I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT.

WITH THAT AND YOUR HELP, WE COULD WIN THIS ELECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT STACEY ABRAMS IS NEVER GOVERNOR.

DIAL IN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 2C A TRUMP TELE RALLY.

>> CATHERINE DAVIS.

>> I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER KENNEDY MAXEY WHO WAS SHOT WHILE SHOPPING WITH HER AUNT.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER THE JOGGERS, ONE WHO WAS SHOT AND TWO WHO WERE SHOT AT IN BUCKHEAD.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER THE RAPE OF SOMEONE ON THEIR WAY TO THE STATION.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER CHILDREN FORCED TO SIT IN A SCHOOL THAT SMELLS LIKE A SEPTIC TANK BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ANSWERING THE CALL.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER THE MANY NURSES WHO HAVE BEEN FIRED BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO TAKE A VACCINATION THAT VIOLATED THEIR BODILY AUTONOMY.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER THE PARENTS WHO ALMOST HAVE THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THEM BECAUSE SHE GAVE A SOCIAL WORKER IN THE BIBLE.

I CANNOT HELP BUT REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE 14 ABORTION CENTERS IN THIS STATE THAT ARE NEVER INSPECTED.

I ASK YOU TO PICK A CANDIDATE THAT IS GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA, NOT THE POLITICS.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

GOVERNOR KEMP?

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

WHEN I RAN IN 2018, I MADE A SIMPLE I SAID I WOULD PUT YOU AHEAD OF THE STATUS QUO IN THE POLITICALLY CORRECT AND I SAID THAT IF YOU PUT ME IN THE OFFICE, I WOULD DO WHAT I TOLD YOU.

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING, PASSING THE STRONGEST PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION IN THE COUNTRY.

CUTTING --MAKING THE LARGEST STATE INCOME TAX CUT IN STATE HISTORY, FULFILLING PROMISES ON OUR MILITARY RETIREE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

WE ARE IN A FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF OUR STATE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.

IF WE DO NOT TO WORK TO BEAT STACEY ABRAMS IN NOVEMBER, THAT WILL ALL CHANGE AND SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE AND YOUR SUPPORT.

I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU GIVE IT TO ME, THE GIRLS AND I WILL WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT STACEY ABRAMS IS NOT YOUR GOVERNOR OR PRESIDENT.

>> THANK YOU.

TOM WILLIAMS, THE FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> I AM GLAD FOR ONES THAT WE THAT I GOT TO FINISH THINGS OFF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT.

THERE IS ONE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

DOES BRIAN KEMP DESERVE ANOTHER TERM AND DESERVE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION?

I WOULD SAY THAT HE DOESN'T BECAUSE BRIAN KEMP GAVE US JOE BIDEN AND THE TROUBLES THAT WE ARE SEEING IN WASHINGTON AND GEORGIA.

WE HAVE 2 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN OVER THE BORDER AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITH DONALD TRUMP STILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WE HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, OUT OF CONTROL.

WE HAVE EVEN OUR HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY TALKING ABOUT MISINFORMATION AND THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH OUT OF GEORGE ORWELL.

YOU TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING AN EXPERIENCE OR RECORD, AND THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD RECORDS.

DONALD TRUMP AND RONALD REAGAN BOTH WON OFFICERS AS GOVERNOR AND UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS, AND BIDEN AND KEMP HAVE NEARLY 70 YEARS IN POLITICS.

I WOULD RATHER BE ON THE SIDE OFFICE, JUST AS REAGAN AND TRUMPED IT.

TOM WILLIAMS FOR GA.COM, I APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND VOTERS THAT ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 24 AND EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON MAY 2.

OUR THANKS TO THE CANDIDATES.

TOM WILLIAMS, KANDISS TAYLOR, DAVID PERDUE, TRENDS SIX, CATHERINE DAVIS.

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