>>> HELLO.

I'M CONDACE PRESSLEY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT WSB TV IN ATLANTA.

WELCOME TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB LOUDERMILK-YOUNG DEBATE SERIES.

THIS IS THE DEBATE AMONG DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

LET'S MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR THIS DEBATE.

THEY ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

ERICK ALLEN IS A GEORGIA STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 40.

CHARLIE BAILEY IS AN ATTORNEY.

TYRONE BROOKS IS A FORMER CITY OF ATLANTA EMPLOYEE.

TONY BROWN IS A VETERAN AND BUSINESSMAN.

KWANZA HALL IS A FORMER MEMBER OF ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL.

MR. HALL DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE AND IS REPRESENTED BY AN EMPTY PODIUM.

JASON HAYES IS A PHYSICIAN.

DERRICK JACKSON IS A VETERAN AND GEORGIA STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 64.

RASHID MALIK IS AN ENTREPRENEUR.

MR. MALIK WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY AND IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY AN EMPTY PODIUM.

AND RENITTA SHANNON IS A GEORGIA STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 84.

NOW, LET'S MEET OUR PANELIST.

ORLANDO MONTOYA IS A PRODUCER FOR GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

JILL NOLAN COVERS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR "THE GEORGIA RECORDER."

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

TO START THE DEBATE EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY ONE OF THE PANELISTS.

CANDIDATES HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION.

ORLANDO MONTOYA, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION FOR CHARLIE BAILEY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MR. BAILEY, YOU SPENT NEARLY A YEAR RUNNING FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL BEFORE SWITCHING TO THIS RACE JUST LESS THAN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO.

IS THIS THE JOB YOU WANT?

>> THIS IS THE JOB I WANT.

I AM RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECAUSE EVERY DAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF GEORGIANS GET UP, THEY GO TO WORK AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS MY KID SAFE, HOW ARE THEY DOING IN SCHOOL, IF I GET A HOSPITAL BILL CAN I PAY IT.

INSTEAD OF WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA, OUR MAIN TWO REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE IN A COMPETITION OVER WHO CAN BE THE BIGGEST AUTHORITARIAN.

THEIRS IS A POLITICS OF HATE AND DIVISION AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS, TAKE WE ALL LOVE OUR FAMILIES, AND WE ALL DESERVE THE SAME DIGNITY, THE SAME JUSTICE, THE SAME SAFETY, THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD FOR OUR FAMILIES A BETTER LIFE THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAD.

I'M PROUD TO BE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I INTEND TO WIN THIS RACE.

>> JILL NOLAN, IT IS NOW YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION TO RENITA SHANNON.

>> HI.

REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON, YOU HAVE MADE HEADLINES FOR ACTS OF PROTEST AS A STATE LAWMAKER SUCH AS WHEN YOU REFUSED THE RELINQUISH THE WELL DURING THE HOUT DEBATE ON GEORGIA'S RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BILL IN 2019 AND WHEN YOU LEAD A BOYCOTT OF BRIAN KEMP'S FIRST SPEECH AS GOVERNOR.

WILL YOU TELL US WHY YOU FELT IT WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY AS A MEMBER OF THE MINORITY PARTY AND WHAT YOUR STRATEGY WOULD BE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IF ELECTED?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

I HAVE KNOWN WHAT IS AT STAKE AND IT IS THE REASON I PUT MY BODY ON THE LINE IN 2019 WHEN GEORGIA TRIED TO OUTLAW ABORTION.

I DID THAT BECAUSE I HAVE KNOWN WHAT IS AT STAKE AND I KNOW POLICY WELL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS.

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LEFT UP TO THE COURTS AND IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CODIFY IN LAW.

AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I AM THE HEAVYWEIGHT ON POLICY IN THIS RACE AND I WILL WORK TO DEFEND GEORGIANS AS I HAVE EVERY SINGLE DAY AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.

ORLANDO, NOW YOUR QUESTION FOR JASON HAYES.

>> MR. HAYES, YOU HAVE POSITIONED YOURSELF AS THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN WORK BEST WITH REPUBLICANS.

HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND THOUGH IF A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY SENATE STRIPPED THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALL BUT TOKEN POWER AS THEY DID TO DEMOCRAT MARK TAYLOR IN 2002?

>> YES, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I FULLY INTEND THIS TO LIKELY HAPPEN.

IN THE EVENT IT DOES, I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS, EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AS WELL.

ALSO, I STILL PLAN TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ALL GEORGIANS INCLUDING THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL GEORGIANS ARE REPRESENTED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GEORGIA'S GOVERNMENT.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

JILL, NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF ERICK ALLEN.

>> REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN, AS A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE YOU WERE AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC DURING THE LOCAL REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT YOU THINK WENT WRONG AND HOW YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE HANDLED MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE MORE FAIR IN YOUR MIND?

>> YES.

SHARE OF THE COBB COUNTY DELEGATION, ONLY THREE COUNTIES WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER 159, AND COBB WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE I'M CHAIR OF THAT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

THE REASON THAT WAS SO BAD IS NOT ONLY IN COBB COUNTY DID THEY REDRAW A SITTING COMMISSIONER OUT OF HER SEAT, THEY ALSO SHORTENED HER TERM BY TWO YEARS.

LET'S BE HONEST, THIS IS A LITMUS TEST, A BALLOON TRIAL TEST TO SEE IF NOT ONLY IF VOTES CAN'T BE SUPPRESSED ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE THE INTENDED OUTCOME THAT SOME WANT, THAT THEY COULD THEN CORRECT THE VOTE BY DRAWING PEOPLE OUT OF A DISTRICT AND REMOVING THEIR TERM.

IN GEORGIA WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON REDISTRICTING.

OUR LEGISLATURE CAN REDISTRICT AT ANY TIME.

THAT'S ONE THING WE NEED TO CHANGE TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT WEAPONIZE THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, TO MAKE IT A TOOL TO REMOVE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OFFICE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ORLANDO, WE ARE NOW BACK TO YOU, AND YOU GET TO ASK A QUESTION OF TYRONE BROOKS.

>> TYRONE BROOKS JR, YOUR FATHER, MR. BROOKS SR., WAS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE IN GEORGIA POLITICS FOR 34 YEARS.

WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR FATHER'S RISE AND FALL?

>> FIRST OF ALL, YES, MY FATHER WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, CURRENTLY STILL A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS.

I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS.

MY FATHER IS THE GREATEST FATHER IN THE WORLD TO ME, SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY AT HIS FEET AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS, I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, STANDING FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A VOICE TO SPEAK TO POWER.

SO I JUST LEARNED THAT YOU HAVE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT YOU DO INSIDE THE GOLD DOME IS ONE THING, BUT WHAT YOU DO OUTSIDE OF THE GOLD DOME IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

SO JUST LEARNING THOSE LESSONS FROM HIM IS SOMETHING I WILL CARRY INTO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

>> JILL, NOW YOU GET TO ASK A QUESTION OF DERRICK JACKSON.

>> REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON, AS A MEMBER OF THE MINORITY PARTY IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GET A BILL PASSED, ESPECIALLY ONE OF YOUR OWN.

SOMETIMES IT IS MORE ABOUT WORKING TO DERAIL THE MAJORITY PARTY'S BILLS.

WHAT IS ONE BILL YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED IN YOUR TIME IN THE HOUSE AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THE OUTCOME?

>> ONE OF THE BILLS THAT I TRIED TO STOP IS SENATE BILL 202.

AS A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER I REALIZED THAT EVERY GEORGIAN SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, AND IF I WILL BECOME YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I WILL EXERCISE THE ABILITY IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ANTI-VOTING BILL DOESN'T GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

YES, AS A MINORITY MEMBER OF THE MINORITY PARTY, I STILL WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY GET SOME BILLS PASSED.

SO I WILL USE THE SAME SKILL SET THAT THE MILITARY HAS TAUGHT ME, HOW TO LEAD THROUGH TOUGH TIMES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT I WORK AND BUILD A CONSENSUS ACROSS THE AISLE TO GET THINGS DONE.

I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WITH 16 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE CURRENTLY LAW IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BECAUSE I DID IT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> AND, ORLANDO, YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

YOU GET TO PUT THAT TO TONY BROWN.

>> MR. BROWN, YOU ARE ONE OF THE CANDIDATES ON STAGE WITH NO LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE.

WHAT OTHER QUALIFICATIONS DO YOU HAVE TO SERVE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR?

>> YES.

AS AN AIR FORCE VETERAN AND MILITARY OFFICER I WORKED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

I HAD CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS UNDER ME UNDER DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

I AM GLAD TO HAVE -- BE HONORED TO HAVE MY UNCLE WAS A BIG-TIME POLITICIAN, BURDEN BROWN.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY AUNT WHO IS 100 YEARS OLD, ONE YEAR OLDER THAN MY FATHER WHO WAS A WORLD WAR II INDIVIDUAL.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 34 YEARS, TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET ELECTED, AND GO BLUE.

MY WEBSITE IS BROWNGOVERNOR.COM.

IT LAYS OUT EVERYTHING IN THERE STEP BY STEP.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR FIRST ROUND OF THIS DEBATE.

THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A QUESTION OF AN OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

EACH CANDLE HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ASK THE QUESTION.

THE OTHER CANDIDATE HAS 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND, AND THE CANDIDATE WHO ASKS THE QUESTION WILL RECEIVE 30 SECONDS FOR A REBUTTAL.

TONY BROWN, YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION.

PLEASE IDENTIFY THE CANDIDATE TO WHOM THE QUESTION IS FOR.

>> YES.

REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON, THE QUESTION IS: WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT THE EXPERIENCE IS REALLY NEEDED TO BE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THAT YOU NEED TO BE IN THE HOUSE, HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE THERE?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SINCE THE EXISTENCE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, SINCE THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE, ALL 12 LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS CAME FROM EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE.

THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE YOU NEED LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE TO EFFECTIVELY PRESIDE IN THE STATE SENATE.

LISTEN, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EXPERIENCE, YOU WOULD -- NOT ONLY YOU NEED LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE, BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS IS DONE.

IF YOU DON'T -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED BEING THE LEGISLATOR FOR SIX YEARS IS THAT YOU NEED -- MY APOLOGIES.

MY APOLOGIES.

>> TAKE YOUR TIME.

>> YOU NEED LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE DEAL WITH FROM 900 TO 1,200 PIECES OF LEGISLATION, IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JOB IS DONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GEORGIANS ARE EXPECTING FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO DO.

THANK YOU.

>> SIR, YOU GET 30 SECONDS TO REBUT THAT ANSWER.

>> THANKS.

I'M ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT DO NOT WANT TO STEAL STACEY ABRAMS' THUNDER.

WE ARE ALL LEADERS HERE AND NO ONE HAS HELD THE POSITION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MR. JACKSON DIDN'T SAY HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.

I STUDIED LAW ALSO, AND SO IF YOU JUST HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUAL LIKE MYSELF THAT HAS BEEN IN ALMOST EVERY INDUSTRY FROM TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HEALTH CARE, I'M WELL SUITED FOR THIS AND I WANT THE JOB.

THANK YOU.

>> TYRONE BROOKS, IT IS YOUR TURN TO QUESTION ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS.

>> YES.

MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR DR. HAYES.

SO, DR. HAYES, WHEN I'M ELECTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN A FEW MONTHS, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID AND I HAVE HEARD YOU SPEAK BEFORE AS YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE FOCUSED ON OUTSIDE OF MEDICAID EXPANSION, BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS JUST A BAND-AID.

YOU HAVE SPOKEN QUITE IN DETAIL BEFORE SO I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON SOME ELECTIVES.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN SOME MORE THINGS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE PROBLEM?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO, WORKING WITH YOU IF YOU ARE SO ELECTED AS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

AS A PHYSICIAN I AM A GEORGIA MEDICAID DOCTOR AND HAVE A MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

I HAVE WORKED WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE IMPROVE THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE SO PHYSICIANS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE PATIENTS AND WE MUST RECRUIT MORE HOSPITALS AND PHYSICIANS TO SEE PATIENTS.

THAT IS CRITICAL BECAUSE MEDICAID EXPANSION ALONE WILL NOT CLOSE THE HEALTH CARE GAP FOR ALL GEORGIANS.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS THE REBUT THAT ANSWER.

>> NO REBUTTAL.

I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT FIRST OF ALL, DR. HAYES.

I WILL SIMPLY SAY I HAVE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER SINCE 1995 AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR EMPLOYEES.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT, DR. HAYES.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> NOW ERICK ALLEN, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION.

>> MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE FOR KWANZA HALL, BUT CONSIDERING MR. HALL IS NOT HERE I WILL JUST ASK IT TO THE PODIUM OF -- YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT AT A LOT OF CAMPAIGN EVENTS.

WHY IS IT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GEORGIAN VOTERS FOR THIS ONE OF MANY JOBS YOU HAVE SOUGHT AND WHY DO YOU NOT FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, THIS DIALOGUE TODAY?

>> AND YOU WOULD REBUT THAT ANSWER WITH?

>> YOU KNOW, BEING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS JUST SHOWING UP, BEING PRESENT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING THE RIGHT FIGHTS AND HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS THE RIGHT WAY.

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE MOST ARE YOU, THE VIEWERS WATCHING THIS DEBATE, MAKING THE CHOICE AND THE DECISION OF WHO YOU WANT REPRESENTING YOU AS YOUR NEXT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

TAKE NOTE OF THOSE THAT SHOW UP.

TAKE NOTE OF THOSE THAT DO THE WORK, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY HOLD AN OFFICE OR THEY WANT AN OFFICE BUT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN GEORGIA AND BELIEVE IN YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

RENITTA SHANNON, IT IS NOW YOUR TURN.

>> THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON A QUESTION.

REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON, YOU CONSISTENTLY TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE BEFORE BEING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A NAVAL OFFICER.

PLEASE TELL US HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A NAVAL OFFICER WOULD SHOW UP IN BEING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS -- THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, RENITTA.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DISCOVERED WHEN I ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1983, THE NAVY TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE DISCIPLINED AND TO LEARN SOME LEADERSHIP SKILLS, TO LEARN HOW TO GET THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ADVERTISE DISCOVERED IN THE NAVY IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIZENS, OTHER SAILORS AND OTHER OFFICERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, CREED OR COLOR OR RELIGION.

SO THE MILITARY HAS TAUGHT ME NOT ONLY TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH TOUGH TIMES, COMBAT SITUATIONS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHERS REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BEING ABLE TO DO AS I HAVE DONE THE LAST SIX YEARS, WORK ACROSS THE AISLE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR GEORGIANS BECAUSE GEORGIANS EXPECT FOR US TO DO THAT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED WHILE I TRAVELED ACROSS GEORGIA.

GEORGIANS ARE TIRED FOR THE BICKERING POLITICS, AND I WOULD BE THE ONE TO MAKE SURE TO GET IT DONE FOR THEM.

>> THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH.

MS. SHANNON, YOU GET A REBUTTAL.

>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE THAT SEPARATES ME FROM THE REST OF THE FOLKS IN THIS RACE.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS RACE THAT'S HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTLY STANDING UP TO THE TRUMP LAWYERS WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE MY COMMITTEE IN 2020 AND TRIED TO GET US TO THROW OUT THE VOTES OF GEORGIANS.

I'M ALSO THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF GETTING GEORGIA TO EXPAND MATERNITY HEALTH CARE.

WE KNOW IT IS LIFESAVING AND I'M PROUD OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JASON HAYES, IT IS YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION.

>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR ATTORNEY CHARLIE BAILEY.

YOU ARE A PROSECUTOR AND FORMER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2018 AND YOU GOT 49% OF THE VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

ALTHOUGH YOU WERE THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE THIS YEAR, YOU DECIDED TO ABANDON YOUR DREAMS AFTER A BACK ROOM MEETING WITH "POLITICO"S. KNOW YOU ARE IN A RACE WITH LESS THAN THE ODDS WHEN YOU WERE IN THE PREVIOUS RACE.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO CLAIMS THAT YOU ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF POLITICAL ELITE?

>> THE FOLKS THAT CAME TO ME IN EARLY DECEMBER AND ASKED ME TO MOVE UP TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S RACE DID SO BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY FELT I COULD BRING TO THE STATEWIDE TICKET, AND THAT, AS YOU SAID, DR. HAYES, I AM A PROVEN STATEWIDE NOMINEE.

I GOT 49% OF THE VOTE FOUR YEARS AGO AGAINST AN INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN WHEN THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SPENT $3.3 MILLION IN NEGATIVE TV ADS TRYING TO BEAT ME.

I AM ALSO FROM RURAL WEST GEORGIA, AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE TICKET, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THIS STATE IS OUTSIDE OF METRO ATLANTA.

SO THAT WAS A BENEFICIAL THING.

ALSO, MY SERVICE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WORKING AS A SENIOR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN FULTON COUNTY TO BRING BOTH EQUAL SAFETY AND EQUAL JUSTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA.

THAT IS WHAT I BRING TO THIS RACE, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FOLKS LIKE CONGRESSMAN HANK JOHNSON AND CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY McBATH, FORMER CHAIR OF THE PARTY DUBOSE PORTER, MAYOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN.

I STAND WITH THEM AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ENGAGED IN BACK ROOM DEALS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

NOW YOU GET TO REBUT.

>> LIKE MANY GEORGIANS WE HAVE CONCERNS IF YOU BECAME LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IT WOULD NOT BE YOUR POLICIES BUT FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK TAYLOR'S POLICY AND THE OTHER POLITICOS YOU MENTIONED.

WE NEED A LEADER TO STAND UP TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

WE HAVE TO BE HERE FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR THE PARTY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, DERRICK JACKSON, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR MY FRIEND, RENITTA SHANNON.

REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON, YOU HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE.

PLEASE SHARE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH REGARDS TO REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND ROE v. WADE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

YES, AS YOU MENTIONED, I HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ABORTION AND I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DID PUT MY BODY ON THE LINE STANDING UP TO REPUBLICANS AGAINST TRYING TO FILL BUSTER A BILL TO OUTLAW ABORTION.

AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE CODIFY THE RIGHT FOR FULL REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, NOT JUST THE RIGHT TO ABORTION, AND I WOULD PUT IT IN THE GEORGIA CONSTITUTION.

>> MR. JACKSON, YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR REBUTTAL.

>> THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON, FOR YOUR ANSWER.

I TOO BELIEVE THAT WELL SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS OVER THEIR BODIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE -- SEE MY FOUR DAUGHTERS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS OVER THEIR BODIES AS MY THREE SONS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

CHARLIE BAILEY, YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> TYRONE, WE HAVE CAMPAIGNED A FAIR AMOUNT TOGETHER IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, AND ONE OF THE TOP THINGS YOU ALWAYS MENTION IS -- AS A TOP PRIORITY OF YOURS IS KEEPING COMMUNITY SAFE.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT, ONE, WHY IT IS ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

>> YES, SIR.

>> SO, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TIED DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY SAFETY.

SO FIRST I WILL START THERE.

THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE IN COMMUNITIES, THE MORE -- THE LESS CRIME YOU SEE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EQUITY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AND I HAVE GONE INTO COMMUNITIES AND I HAVE LISTENED TO RESIDENTS.

I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED WITH APD AND THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND WHAT WE FIND IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T JUST COMMIT CRIMES JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COMMIT CRIMES.

IT IS NOT COOL.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DO.

WHAT WE FIND IS THAT IF YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, YOU CAN CREATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN ENSURE THAT YOU WILL SEE MORE PEOPLE GRAVITATING TOWARDS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO, FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ENSURE WE HAVE EVERYONE AT THE TABLE, OUR PRIVATE SECTOR, OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR RESIDENTS, DISCUSSING THE ISSUES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IDENTIFYING THE SOLUTIONS.

YOU START THERE.

YOU LISTEN TO THE PARTNERS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ROBUST YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.

>> THAT'S TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. BAILEY, YOU DO GET TO REBUT.

30 SECONDS.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU ON ALL OF THAT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED APPROACH WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AS COMPLICATED AS CRIME, BUT WE ALSO -- I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TO PUT EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT.

THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND HAVING EQUAL JUSTICE FOR OUR FOLKS.

WE GOT ONE PERSON AT THE GBI RIGHT NOW PROCESSING BALLISTICS, RESULTING IN 10, 11-MONTH BACKLOGS.

WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> NOW, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECOND ROUND.

FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US.

THIS IS THE DEBATE BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

KWANZA HALL AND RASHID MALIK DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE AND BOTH ARE REPRESENTED BY EMPTY KANDS.

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

AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE, I MAY ALSO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES AND I WILL DETERMINE WHEN A REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.

JILL NOLAN, YOU WILL GET THE FIRST QUESTION IN THIS ROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS OF EVERYONE STARTING WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON.

IF ELECTED YOU ARE LIKELY TO PRESIDE OVER A REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE.

CONSIDERING THAT, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH REPUBLICANS TO GET IT PASSED?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO LET ME BE CLEAR.

I WILL NEVER STOP TRYING TO PASS OUR AGENDA AND I WILL BE RELENTLESS IN PASSING DEMOCRAT'S AGENDA, BUT I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS AND WORKING WITH THEM SUCCESSFULLY.

I WORKED WITH THE HOUSE BUDGET CHAIRPERSON TO EXPAND POSTPARTUM MEDICAID AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO DO.

SO I WOULD CONTINUE TO USE MY SAME SKILLS THAT I USED TO GET THAT DONE TO WORK WITH REPUBLICANS WHERE THERE IS ALIGNMENT.

LET ME BE CLEAR, I WILL STAND UP FOR OUR VALUES.

AS FAR AS PRIORITIES, MY PRIORITY WOULD BE EXPANDING MEDICAID FULLY FOR GEORGIANS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ENDING MASS INCARCERATION, PAYING WORKERS A LIVEABLE WAGE, AND ALSO PROTECTING VOTING RIGHTS.

>> NEXT CANDIDATE, WITH THE SAME QUESTION TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.

YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I TOO WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT THE AGENDA FOR THE PEOPLE.

HEALTH CARE -- MEDICAID EXPANSION IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR OUR STATE.

AS YOU CONTINUE TO SEE THAT NEARLY 620,000 GEORGIANS WITH LITTLE TO NO HEALTH CARE, OVER 70 COUNTIES DO NOT HAVE AN OB/GYN.

OVER 60 COUNTIES DO NOT HAVE A PEDIATRICIAN.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL ADDRESS HEALTH CARE BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THIS PANDEMIC.

THE SECOND THING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION IS THE PATH FORWARD TO SUCCESS, AND WHEN I HAVE TRAVELLED ACROSS GEORGIA I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT OUR EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON THE PROXIMITY TO ATLANTA.

WE NEED BROADBAND AND NOT ONLY WE NEED BROADBAND, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF LEARNING REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE, RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN GEORGIA.

>> THANK YOU.

DR. HAYES.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

WHERE I LIVE AND WORK IN HOUSE DISTRICT 49 I ACTUALLY RAN FOR STATE REP IN 2020 AND ENDED UP GETTING 47.2% OF THE VOTE.

ALTHOUGH I DID NOT FLIP THAT SEAT I ENDED UP GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS BUT ALSO THE RESPECT OF REPUBLICANS.

I LIVE WITH REPUBLICANS, I WORK WITH THEM AS A PHYSICIAN.

SO I WOULD GO TO THE REPUBLICAN-LED STATE HOUSE AND ALSO THE REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M A GEORGIA MEDICAID DOCTOR, AND THE ANSWER IS HEALTH CARE ACCESS.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PASS GEORGIA MEDICAID EXPANSION, BUT I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND ALSO THE BACKGROUND NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET DOCTORS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.

SECOND, I ALSO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT AND PARAMOUNT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE MUST TEACH ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THEM AND ALSO PUT THEM IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT TRADE SKILL OPPORTUNITIES.

THREE, WE MUST HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ALL COMMUNITIES.

FOUR, WE MUST PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BROWN.

>> YES.

AGAIN, I WAS -- I ANNOUNCED I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OVER TWO YEARS AGO, SO I WANT THE JOB.

I LAYOUT IN BROWNGOVERNOR.COM SEVEN THINGS ALL BASED ON MY INDUSTRY.

ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS DUAL ENROLLMENT, DUE TO THE FACT THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT AND GOVERNOR KEMP AND THE PREVIOUS REPUBLICANS, THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE PROGRAM.

MY DAUGHTER ENDED UP BECOMING ONE OF THE YOUNGEST METEOROLOGISTS AT 19 YEARS OLD.

ALSO, I WANT TO DO FAIRNESS WHEN I GET IN THERE.

GOVERNOR KEMP WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO RUN FOR TAX COMMISSIONER, AND IT IS A SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ATTORNEYS AND SO FORTH FOR THE FAIRNESS OF ALL OF THAT.

ONE MORE OTHER THING IS I DO NOT WANT TO STEAL STACEY ABRAMS' THUNDER.

WE ARE ALL STRONG LEADERS AND WE DON'T WANT TO OVERSHADOW.

ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, WINSOME SEARS, BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO INFLUENCE AND -- >> THAT'S TIME, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BROOKS, HOW DO YOU GET LEGISLATION PASSED IF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE OTHER PARTY?

>> YES.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR YOU ARE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE.

SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING IN, IF YOU WANT WAR WITH THE OTHER SIDE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'LL GIVE YOU.

SO YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN WORK WITH THE REPUBLICANS, BUT JUST BE -- I'LL BE MATTER OF FACT ABOUT IT.

I WON'T ABANDON MY MORALS AND I DEFINITELY WON'T ABANDON THE PROGRESS WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE AS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO IDENTIFY WHAT YOU CAN WORK WITH.

MY PLATFORM IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND EQUITY.

I HAVE TRAVELED THE STATE OF GEORGIA FOR YEARS AND I OFTEN FIN THAT NO ONE IS IN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT ENSURING THERE'S MORE MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING OUR BUSINESSES ARE IN PLACE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, HIRE YOUTH IN OUR TECHNICAL COLLEGES.

I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS THERE, ENSURING WE BRING IN MORE TAXABLE REVENUE SO WE CAN BEGIN TO REINVEST IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE LIKEWISE.

THIS IS WHERE I START.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHARLIE BAILEY.

>> YES.

IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A GOVERNOR ABRAMS AS WELL.

SO MY FIRST JOB AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE THE RIGHT-HAND MAN TO GOVERNOR ABRAMS.

THE TOP PRIORITY IS MEDICAID EXPANSION.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO GET DONE.

IT IS AN ABJECT MORAL FAILING THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT EXPANDED MEDICAID OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS.

WE HAVE GOT 600,000 GEORGIANS THAT COULD HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE IF WE DID THAT.

LIKE I SAID, I'M FROM A RURAL PART OF THE STATE.

WE'VE HAD EIGHT RURAL HOSPITALS CLOSE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO I PLAN ON MAKING THE INDIVIDUAL ARGUMENTS.

MOST THINK WE WILL BE DEALING WITH MAYBE A SIX-SEAT DEFICIT IN THE STATE SENATE.

WE NEED SIX REPUBLICANS TO COME ALONG.

WE WILL MAKE THE INDIVIDUAL ARGUMENTS TO FOLKS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM GETTING HEALTH CARE, HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS THAT DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AN HOUR, 45 MINUTES IF THEY HAVE A HEART ATTACK TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.

WE WILL WORK TO GET THAT DONE.

I AM NOT ASSUMING THE REPUBLICANS WILL JUST STAND IN THE WAY, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE IF THEY DO STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT KIND OF PROGRESS I WILL RAISE MORE MONEY TO DEFEAT THEM IN TWO YEARS THAN HAS EVER BEEN RAISED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BAILEY.

MR. ALLEN, YOU GET THE FINAL MINUTE ON THE QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

LET'S BE CLEAR.

IT WILL BE A GOP-CONTROLLED SENATE, AND THIS IS WHERE EXPERIENCE COMES IN BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY AT WAR IN THOSE CHAMBERS.

BEING IN THAT ROOM I CAN TELL YOU NOW, THIS IS NOT CHECKERS.

WE NEED A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS IS THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHESS.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU GET PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE.

YOU HAVE ALSO GOT TO WORK ACROSS THE HALL WITH SPEAKER LAL ST. JOHN RALSTON WHO WILL DO WHAT HE CAN TO DERAIL THE AGENDA.

WE NEED PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE PROCESS BUT THE PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT POLICY.

I WILL FOCUS ON FOUR PILLARS, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, EDUCATION JUSTICE AND HEALTH JUSTICE.

EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER FITS INTO THOSE BUCKETS, AND AS YOUR NEXT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT'S GOING TO BE MY DAILY FOCUS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

ORLANDO MONTOYA, IT IS NOW YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF A CANDOR OF THE CANDIDATES.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION OF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE.

THIS FROM THE NEWS TODAY.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON ABORTION AND WHAT IS IN YOUR PLAYBOOK AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHOULD YOU BE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF ROE IS OVERTURNED?

PERHAPS WE CAN GO THE OPPOSITE WAY, FROM MR. ALLEN TO MS. SHANNON.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK IT IS ANY DOUBT THAT GEORGIA WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO TRY TO OUTRIGHT BAN ABORTIONS.

IN 2019, AS MY COLLEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHEN SHE PUT HER BODY ON THE LINE FOR THE PROTECTION OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE, THERE WAS ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE THAT HAD A TRIGGER BILL WAITING TO BE HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND PASSED THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED, THAT IF THIS EVENT HAPPENS GEORGIA WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATE THE ABILITY FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE HEALTH CARE SHE NEEDS.

SO THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL.

I THINK WE ARE IN A MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO START RESETTING THE BATTLEFIELD OF WHAT IS NEXT AFTER ROE IS GONE.

WE HAVE TO CODIFY ROE NOT ONLY IN LAW BUT IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT IT IS AN INALIENABLE RIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE WOMAN IN SKRA GEORGIA FOR MAKING THE CHOICE OF WHAT SHE DOES FOR HER BODY.

>> CHARLIE BAILEY.

>> IF THIS DRAFT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE AND IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE OPINION OF THE COURT, IT WILL BE A DESCIMATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WELL.

THAT DRAFT OPINION, AND I READ A GOOD BIT OF IT, IT IS AS LEGALLY UNREASONABLE AS IT IS UNSAFE AND UNFAIR.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS OPINION, IF IT BECOMES THE DECISION OF THE COURT, IS TO GO AFTER THE VERY RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY THAT GIVES FOLKS THE RIGHT TO USE CONTRACEPTION, SAME SEX PARTNERS THE RIGHT TO MARRY EACH OTHER, GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO MARRY THE WOMAN I LOVE WITH A DIFFERENT SKIN COLOR THAN I DO.

IT IS THAT BED ROCK RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT EXISTS IN THE 14th AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING THREATENED.

IF I'M ELECTED YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WE ARE GOING TO WORK TO CODIFY THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE v. WADE INTO OUR STATE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND I WILL WORK EVERY DAY AND I WILL ALWAYS DEFEND A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND LIBERTY OF OUR CITIZENS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BROOKS, IT IS YOUR TURN.

>> WELL, YES.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSENSUS HERE I BELIEVE.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THE DECISION.

I THINK IT SETS US BACK TO THE DARK AGES AND I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IN TELLING A WOMAN IN PARTICULAR WHAT SHE SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T DO WITH HER BODY.

IT IS NOT MY ROLE TO TELL ANYONE ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BODY.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT.

I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

I WILL SAY I WILL WORK WITH THE ADVOCATES, I WILL WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO IDENTIFY WHAT EXACTLY WE SHOULD DO.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN EXACT FIX TO IT.

IF THIS DECISION COMES DOWN, WE WILL FIGHT IT.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REPEAL AT THE STATE LEVEL.

WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT COMES DOWN, BUT I SIMPLY DON'T SUPPORT ANY BLOCKAGE OF WHAT A WOMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH HER BODY.

THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> WE NOW TURN TO MR. BROWN.

>> YES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD DO IS DEFINITELY FOCUS ON THE -- THEY'VE NEVER CAME UP WITH WHEN THE RIGHT OF THE BABY TO EXIST, AND THAT'S THE BIG KEY OF EVERYTHING.

IT IS JUST LIKE OBAMACARE.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP STAYING FOCUSED ON PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE INFLUENCES I WOULD ALWAYS KEEP REPEATING, AND THAT WILL GET YOU FARTHER THAN ANYTHING IF THEY KEEP FOCUSING ON THAT.

AGAIN, AT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I WILL INFLUENCE THAT, HAVE COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND TRY TO BRING THE INFLUENCE WITH THE MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED UNIVERSITIES AND PROFESSORS AND SO FORTH AND HAVE A GREAT ARGUMENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DR. HAYES.

>> YES.

I AGREE WITH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY THAT ABORTION CARE IS WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE.

THIS WILL BE A TRAVESTY IF ABORTIONS ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO WELL.

THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE AN ABORTION IS NEEDED MEDICALLY, AND ALSO SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR WHERE ABORTION SHOULD BE AN OPTION.

SO AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE THAT I COMMISSION A COMMITTEE TO HAVE ALL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED, INCLUDING ABORTIONISTS, OB/GYNs, PEDIATRICIANS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE MUST COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN.

IN ADDITION WE MUST WORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNOR.

WE MUST WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS SENATOR WORNOCK AND SENATOR OSSOF TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WELL.

>> ABORTION SHOULD BE A MATTER BETWEEN A WOMAN, HER FAMILY AND HER DOCTOR.

A PATIENT'S PRIVATE INFORMATION IS A SACRED TRUST THAT SHOULD NOT BE VIOLATED, NO MATTER WHAT A MAN OR MEN IN THE LEGISLATURE THINK.

PART OF OUR JOBS AS LEADERS IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER, WHICH SOMETIMES MEANS RESPECTING THE RIGHT OF OTHERS.

GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS BASED ON THEIR MORALITY, BUT INSTEAD SHOULD SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES.

WE CANNOT CALL OURSELVES A FREE NATION IF WE CONTINUE TO INSIST TO MAKING DECISIONS FOR OTHERS, AND ABORTION SHOULD BE LEFT TO A WOMAN TO DECIDE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND THE LAST WORD ON THIS QUESTION WILL GO TO REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON.

>> YES.

SO I WAS THE FIRST IN THIS DEBATE TO SAY THAT I WOULD NOT LEAVE OUR RIGHTS UP TO THE COURT, THAT I WOULD PUT IN LEGISLATION, CODIFY IT IN LAW TO SOLIDIFY OUR RIGHTS.

BUFF I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE LEAKED PAPERS WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS NOT A SURPRISE TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK.

EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE SEEN BILLS COME UP IN THE LEGISLATURE TO CHIP AWAY AT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM I HAVE BEEN RIGHT THERE, ORGANIZING MY CAUCUS, AND WE SAW THIS MOST RECENTLY WHEN WE HAD A BILL TO BAN GETTING MEDICATION ABORTION THROUGH TELEMEDICINE.

SO ACCESS TO ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IS LIFE SAVING.

THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JILL, BEFORE I COME TO YOU FOR YOUR NEXT QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MR. BROWN BECAUSE ON THIS LAST QUESTION ABOUT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND ABORTION AS A HEALTH CARE RIGHT FOR WELL, YOU STATED WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE ELECTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

BUT IF I HEARD MR. MONTOYA'S QUESTION HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THAT ISSUE.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE ISSUE?

>> WELL, I'M A CONSTITUTIONIST, AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND I WILL GO WITH WHATEVER THE ASSEMBLY, YOU KNOW, AGREES WITH.

OF COURSE, THE GOVERNOR HAS THE VETO POWER.

I WOULD DO MY JOB AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND BREAK THE TIE, AND SO BASED ON WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT IN THE AREA, THAT'S HOW I WOULD ROLL.

>> MS. NOLAN, YOU GET THE NEXT QUESTION FOR A CANDIDATE OR ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.

>> THANK YOU.

I HAVE ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION AND IT IS FOR EVERYONE.

MAYBE IT WILL BE A SHORTER RESPONSE TIME.

LAST YEAR OUTGOING REPUBLICAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JEFF DUNCAN MADE NATIONAL NEWS WHENEVER HE REFUSED TO PRESIDE OVER THE VOTE ON SB202.

IF YOU HAD BEEN IN HIS SHOES WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?

HOW WOULD YOU HAVE HANDLED SB-202?

WE WILL START WITH REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I TALK ABOUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT'S A FIGHTER.

WHAT JEFF DUNCAN DID WAS, ALTHOUGH HE KNEW THAT THE WRONG THING WAS OCCURRING, HE WENT IN HIS OFFICE AND HID AND DIDN'T STAY FOR THE FIGHT.

THIS IS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT MY RECORD IS A PROVEN TRACK OF.

I DO STAY AND FIGHT.

I STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.

I STAND UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES.

THERE ARE OTHERS IN THIS RACE WHO DON'T STAND UP FOR FIGHTS OR HAVEN'T -- STOOD IN A FIGHT.

THERE ARE SOME WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE FIRST POLITICAL FIGHT OF THEIR CAREER AND JUMPED INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RACE.

THERE ARE OTHERS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO SHOW UP FOR DEBATES AND HAVE THE DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION.

WE NEED A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO IS READY TO FIGHT FOR EVERYDAY GEORGIANS AND WIN FOR YOU.

>> MR. BAILEY, I THINK YOU GET A REBUTTAL TO THAT.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN SOME FIGHTS, ERICK, I HAVE BEEN IN SOME POLITICAL FIGHTS.

I WOULD SAY IN 2018 WHEN THE REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ASSOCIATION, THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED FUND WHAT BECAME AN INSURRECTION SPENT $3.3 MILLION TRYING TO BEAT ME.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A FIGHT WHERE I STOOD UP FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.

I THINK WE BOTH FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

NOW, CHARLIE BAILEY, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE.

>> YEAH, WHAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DUNCAN DID -- SEE, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS THE POWER TO APPOINT FOLKS.

YOU DECIDE WHO SITS ON WHAT COMMITTEE.

YOU DECIDE WHO CHAIRS WHAT COMMITTEE AND YOU DECIDE WHAT COMMITTEE A BILL ONCE IT IS FILED GOES TO.

HAD I BEEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I WOULD HAVE MADE SURE SB-202 WENT TO A COMMITTEE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.

IF THEY HAD FILED ANOTHER ONE I WOULD HAVE STUCK IT IN A COMMITTEE.

IT WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE VOTING FOR IT ON THE FLOOR.

I WILL USE THE POWER OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO DEFEND VOTING RIGHTS, IF THEY TRY TO FURTHER RESTRICT THEM.

ONCE I AM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT REPEALING SB-202 AND GIVING BACK THE RIGHTS AND OPENING UP ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX THAT EVERY CITIZEN OF THIS STATE DESERVES TO HAVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BROOKS.

>> YES, THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME.

MY FATHER HAS FOUGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.

SO TO SEE -- FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DO THE JOB.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BACK A BILL, BACK THE BILL.

IF YOU DON'T BACK A BILL, PUT IT IN COMMITTEE AND KILL IT, AS YOU HEARD BEFORE AND YOU WILL HEAR IT AGAIN.

I AGREE WITH CHARLIE.

WE HAVE TO REPEAL IT.

I THINK WE ALSO WILL HAVE TO FORCE OUR FEDERAL CONGRESS TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS, FIRST OF ALL.

THAT WOULD SOLIDIFY THE VOTING RIGHTS IN THE ENTIRE NATION.

LEAVING IT TO STATES IS GOING TO CREATE THIS BACKLOG AND THIS BACK-AND-FORTH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT JEFF DUNCAN REALLY WANTED TO GET IN THAT FIGHT.

AGAIN, I SAY IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE FOR THE FIGHT OR KICK IT TO A COMMITTEE TO KILL IT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TONY BROWN, IF YOU HAD BEEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HOW WOULD YOU HAVE HANDLED SB-202?

>> I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE -- IF WE HAD A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, SO I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE STOPPED IT.

I WOULD HAVE WENT TO THE COMMITTEE.

I WOULD HAVE, AGAIN, MADE MY VOICE LOUDLY INFLUENCE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND KILLED IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

>> DR. HAYES?

>> YES.

WHAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JEFF DUNCAN DID WAS WRONG.

I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT PEOPLE BEFORE THE PARTY.

CLEARLY HE DID NOT DO THAT, AND AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I WOULD HAVE KILLED THAT BILL AND MADE SURE THAT EVERY ONE IN THE CHAMBER UNDERSTOOD WHY.

WE MUST PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYONE SAYS.

WE MUST ALLOW PEOPLE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CAST THEIR BALLOT.

THANK YOU.

>> REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON?

>> THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE THAT'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR VOTING RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS AND OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE 1983.

I TOO WILL BE ONE THAT IF I BE ELECTED TO BE YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, TO IMMEDIATELY REPEAL SENATE BILL 202.

WHAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JEFF DUNCAN DID, HE COULD HAVE DID THE SAME THING HE DID FOR THAT WHOLE FIGHT AROUND BUCKHEAD CITY.

HE COULD HAVE SIMPLY TOOK SENATE BILL 202 AND STUCK IT IN COMMITTEE KNOWING THAT BILL WAS GOING TO DIE.

NOR DID HE PRESIDE OVER THE STATE SENATE.

WHEN YOU ARE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE TO EXECUTE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

LISTEN, OUR GEORGIANS WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE, AND SENATE BILL 202 GOES AGAINST THE HEART OF THAT.

I WILL BE YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND, MS. SHANNON, YOU GET THE LAST WORD ON THIS QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

SO IF I WERE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT BILL WOULD HAVE NEVER COME TO THE FLOOR.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS RACE THAT'S ACTUALLY HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF SERVING ON THE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HOUSE COMMITTEE WHICH DEALS WITH ELECTION LAWS.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S HAD FRONT LINE EXPERIENCE FIGHTING VOTER SUPPRESSION BILLS.

I KNOW THAT EVERY GEORGIAN DESERVES ACCESS TO THE BALLOT.

I'M ALSO THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING TO STAND UP TO THE TRUMP LAWYERS TO PROTECT OUR VOTE.

STANDING UP TO SENATE REPUBLICANS, THAT'S JUST A MONDAY FOR ME.

IF I WERE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I KNOW IT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE STACEY ABRAMS AS GOVERNOR AND SHE AND I WOULD NEVER SIGN ANYTHING THAT WOULD RESTRICT THE RIGHT FOR GEORGIANS TO VOTE.

THE OTHER THING IS HAVING SERVED ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, IT IS NOT JUST -- I KNOW THIS, IT IS NOT JUST SB-202.

THERE'S BEEN BILL AFTER BILL THAT HAS BEEN PASSED THAT WORKS TO HAVE THE EFFECT OF VOTER SUPPRESSION AND I'M READY TO MOVE LEGISLATION ON DAY ONE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.

>> ORLANDO MONTOYA, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE LAST QUESTION FOR OUR CANDIDATES.

>> I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THE CANDIDATES BUT BRIEFLY MENTION ONE DEMOCRATIC PRIORITY FOR MANY DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AND THAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND A FLOODING, DROUGHT, SEVERE STORMS, EVEN MOSQUITO SEASON IS BECOMING WORSE HERE IN GEORGIA BECAUSE OF THIS.

WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE FOR GEORGIA IN CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION AND YOUR ROLE SPECIFICALLY AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHOULD YOU BE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COMBATTING IT?

PERHAPS WE CAN GO IN REVERSE ORDER STARTING WITH MS. SHANNON TO MR. ALLEN.

>> ONLY 30 SECONDS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION BECAUSE WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WHAT I WOULD DO IS WORK WITH AGENCIES LIKE -- AND STRENGTHEN THE EPA AND WORK WITH AGENCIES IN THE STATE TO MAKE CHANGE ON -- TO MAKE PROGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

I WOULD MOVE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THE LARGEST POLLUTERS HAVE TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

A LOT OF TIMES ON THIS ISSUE FOLKS ARE ASKING INDIVIDUALS TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE, AND WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT INDIVIDUALS DO THEIR PART, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LEGISLATION -- THAT WE HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT REALLY WORK TO CHANGE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> DERRICK JACKSON, 30 SECONDS.

>> I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT'S RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT'S TRAVELLED 104 MILES ALONG OUR COASTLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE PROTECT OUR COASTLINE, BUT I SIT ON THE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE.

THINKING ABOUT MIXED ENERGY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE AND FRESH WATER TO DRINK.

I WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT CLIMATE CONTROL IS ON THE TOP FIVE OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

THANK YOU.

>> DR. HAYES, 30 SECONDS.

>> YES.

I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT IS A SCIENTIST.

THEREFORE I WOULD COMMISSION A COMMITTEE WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.

I ALSO GREW UP IN LOUISIANA WHERE WE ARE ALWAYS UNDER SIEGE FROM HURRICANES, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW WE MUST PROTECT OUR COASTLINE TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT ERODING AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY STORM SURGES, AND I WOULD MAKE SURE WE GET ALL OF THESE CARS OFF THE ROAD.

WE HAVE TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION HERE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. BROWN.

>> I LOVE THIS SUBJECT.

WHEN I WAS STATIONED AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE IN THE '80s I WAS ON A MISSILE TEST GROUP IN THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.

I ALSO TOOK CLASSES, ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSES AT VERMONT LAW SCHOOL, ONE OF THE LEADING ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND IT IS GREAT I HAVE MY DAUGHTER WHICH IS A METEOROLOGIST.

SO I'M A VERY BIG FAN ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND I'VE STUDIED IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> TYRONE BROOKS.

>> YES.

AS I STATED BEFORE, WORKING IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY ONE OF MY ROLES WAS SENIOR GRANTS MANAGER FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.

OVER THOSE YEARS I IDENTIFIED OVER $18 MILLION FOR VARIOUS SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS, SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES.

I HAVE ALSO BEEN PUSHING FOR, IF YOU CHECK MY WEBSITE, I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR AN OFF OF EQUITY TO BE ESTABLISHED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

IN THAT OFFICE OF EQUITY AT THE STATE LEVEL YOU WOULD HAVE A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEREFORE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET POINTS AND DRAFT LEGISLATION OUT OF THAT OFFICE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THERE.

>> CHARLIE BAILEY, 30 SECONDS.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND THE REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE STATE FOR 20 YEARS HAVE NOT ONLY NOT ADDRESSED IT BUT MADE IT WORSE.

THEY HAVE GIVEN OUR TAX DOLLARS, SPECIAL INTEREST TAX BREAKS TO CORPORATE POLLUTERS SO THEY COULD POLLUTE MORE, CLOG OUR ROADS, MAKE IT HARDER TO MOVE GOODS AND SERVICES, MAKE IT HARDER FOR FOLKS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND TO WORK.

WE WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WILL INCLUDE HAVING DIVERSIFIED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS INCLUDING MASS TRANSIT, INVESTING IN THOSE AND INVESTING IN SOLAR, WATER AND OTHER CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CLEAN AND VITAL STATE FOR OUR PEOPLE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ERICK ALLEN, YOU GET THE LAST 30 SECONDS ON THE QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

IN JULY OF 2019 MY DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS IMPACTED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CANCER-CAUSING GAS BEING EMITTED BY A MULTI-NATIONAL BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY.

I'M THE GUY THAT TOOK THEM HEAD ON.

NOT ONLY GOT LEGISLATION PASSED TO RESTRICT -- STRENGTHEN THE RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR FUTURE EMISSIONS BUT ALSO WORKED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT PLANT SHUT DOWN.

I HAVE A PERFECT RATING WITH THE GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS AND MY RECORD I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

>> ERICK ALLEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> EVERYONE, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL NOW HAVE 60 SECONDS TO MAKE A CLOSING STATEMENT.

ERICK ALLEN, YOU GET THE FIRST CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> I WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT YOU.

I UNDERSTAND GEORGIANS DON'T WAKE UP EVERY MORNING THINKING ABOUT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

YOU HAVE THINKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.

YOU ARE THINKING IS YOUR CHILD IN SCHOOL, SAFE AND LEARNING.

DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE?

CAN YOU AFFORD THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE LIKE EGGS, MILK AND GAS.

YOU SEE, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BUT YOU DESERVE A PUBLIC SERVANT WHO WILL THINK OF YOU.

SEE, I'VE TAKEN ON REPUBLICANS IN ELECTIONS AND I HAVE WON.

I HAVE GOTTEN LEGISLATION THROUGH A REPUBLICAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I HAVE ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AS A STATEWIDE RACE.

SEE, YOU NEED A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO IS NOT ONLY COMMITTED AND UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE ASSIGNMENT, AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS TO GET THE ABRAMS' AGENDA PASSED, SIGNED INTO LAW SO WHEN IT IS COMPLETE WE CAN SAY THAT CHILDREN HAVE A QUALITY EDUCATION, THAT 500,000 MORE GEORGIANS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE ATTACK ON A WOMAN'S RIGHT AND VOTING RIGHTS IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

CHARLIE BAILEY, NEXT.

>> I'M CHARLIE BAILEY AND I'M RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECAUSE EVERY DAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF GEORGIANS, THEY GET UP, THEY GO TO WORK AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS MY KID SAFE, HOW ARE THEY DOING IN SCHOOL, IF I GET A HOSPITAL BILL CAN I PAY IT.

INSTEAD OF WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA, OUR MAIN TWO REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO CAN BE THE BIGGEST AUTHORITARIAN.

THEIRS IS A POLITICS OF HATE AND DIVISION, THAT SAYS NOT EVERYBODY'S VOTE DOES MATTER THE SAME AND NOT EVERYBODY'S CHILD MATTERS THE SAME AND EVERYBODY'S COMMUNITY MATTERS THE SAME.

I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS, THAT WE ALL LOVE OUR FAMILIES, THAT WE ALL DESERVE THE SAIL DIGNITY, THE SAME RESPECT, THE SAME SAFETY, THE SAME JUSTICE, THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT LIFE FOR OUR KIDS THAT'S BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAD.

I'M PROUD TO BE ENDORSED BY CONGRESSMAN HANK JOHNSON, CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY McBATH, FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN, AND I PROMISE YOU THIS.

YOU STAND WITH ME IN THIS ELECTION AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO APOLOGIZE AND YOU WILL ALSO KNOW MY FRIEND CHARLIE, HE FIGHTS FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, CHARLIE.

TONY BROWN, IT IS YOUR TURN.

>> YES.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE YOU GUYS CONNECT WITH BROWN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH CARE, AND I WANT TO THANK MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OUT THERE ALSO, BEING A GOSPEL MINISTER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I WILL BE YOUR ADVOCATE.

THAT'S BECAUSE I CARE.

I'M MARRIED TO A SOCIAL WORKER.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD IN THIS STATE FOR YEARS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE AND YOUR CHAMPION.

SO, AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO BROWNGOVERNOR.COM AND REACH OUT.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

RENITTA SHANNON, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> LOTS OF CANDIDATES WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT I WILL SHOW YOU RECEIPTS OF WHAT I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN DONE, FROM LEADING A SUCCESSFUL EVIDENT TO EXPAND POSTPARTUM MEDICAID IN THE STATE TO FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET WORKERS PAID THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN DOL CLOSED ITS DOORS TO STANDING UP TO TRUMP LAWYERS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE, I KNOW HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU TRUST TRUST ME TO LEAD.

I'M RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECAUSE REGRESSIVE POLICIES HAVE SHAPED A HARSH REALITY FOR FAR TOO MANY GEORGIANS, PARTICULARLY WORKING GEORGIANS.

WE NEED A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT WILL FIGHT FOR OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE.

THAT PERSON IS ME.

I'M RENITTA SHANNON.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TYRONE BROOKS, IT IS YOUR TURN.

>> YES.

I'M RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE GEORGIA, I BELIEVE IN GEORGIA AND I CONSIDER MYSELF GEORGIA ITSELF.

I EMBODY EVERYTHING THIS GREAT STATE HAS TO OFFER.

I LOOK AT THIS STATE AND ONCE I TRAVELLED IT, I HEAR FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME STATING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE KEEP ELECTING THE SAME PEOPLE, WE KEEP GETTING THE SAME RESULTS.

THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT IS GOING FOR NEW IDEAS AND BOLD INITIATIVES.

THAT'S WHAT I REPRESENT.

MY BILLION DOLLAR PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY 20 FEEDER COUNTIES IN GEORGIA AND GENERATE $50 MILLION IN EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES WITHOUT USING ONE DOLLAR OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS, WORKING WITH VENTURE CAPITAL, FUNDING OVER 150 BUSINESSES AND SEEING THE EFFECT IT HAS ON THOSE COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED TO TAKE THAT STATEWIDE.

IT IS TIME THAT WE LEGALIZE CANNABIS IN THIS STATE FOR RECREATIONAL USE AND GENERATE THOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REVENUE, BRINGING THOSE THOUSANDS OF JOBS HERE.

WE NEED CASINOS.

WE NEED TO BRING BACK THE HORSE RACING BILL THAT WAS JUST VOTED DOWN.

THESE ARE THE BOLD INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURE WE HAVE SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES.

IT IS TIME TO BE BOLD, GEORGIA.

VOTE TYRONE BROOKS JR FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DERRICK JACKSON, WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, THIS IS ABOUT YOU, GEORGIANS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ON THEIR HEART AND MIND AND I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

LEADERSHIP MATTERS, EXPERIENCE MATTERS.

I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH A HEART FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND GRACE.

MEETING YOU WHERE YOU ARE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS THE CAPABILITY AND THE CAPACITY TO GET THINGS DONE.

ACROSS ALL 159 COUNTIES, ALL 537 CITIES.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ELECT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

GO TO DERRICKJACKSON.ORG AND LET'S CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I WANT TO EARN YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> JASON HAYES, YOU GET THE FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF GEORGIA, DO NOT BE DECEIVED.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CANDIDATES HERE, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUPPORTED BY RETIRED CAREER POLITICIANS.

THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD THEIR CHANCE UNDER THE GOLD DOME, AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE FOR YOU?

DO YOU HAVE BETTER HEALTH CARE?

ARE YOU UNDER SIEGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS?

YOU NEED TO START LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CANDIDATES.

DO WHAT YOU DID IN 2020 WHEN YOU ELECTED SENATOR WARNOCK AND SENATOR OSSOFF.

LOOK AT ME.

I HAVE DONE WORK AS A CONGRESSIONAL INTERN, I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR PEOPLE ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

I ALSO HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID-19, NOT ONLY AS A DOCTOR BUT AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.

VOTE FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF.

GO TO WWW.JASONACE FORGA.COM.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ME AND LET'S HEAL GEORGIA.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND VOTERS ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 24th.

EARLY VOTING IS UNDER WAY.

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBATES THAT THEY WILL HOST THIS SEASON, VISIT ATLANTA PRESS CLUB.ORG.

I'M CONDACE PRESSLEY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB LOUDERMILK-YOUNG DEBATE SERIES.

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