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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Arizona Congressional District 8 | April 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 7 | 57m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
A debate with Republican candidates running for Arizona's eighth congressional district.
Republicans running for Arizona's eighth congressional district debate the issues.
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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Arizona Congressional District 8 | April 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 7 | 57m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Republicans running for Arizona's eighth congressional district debate the issues.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS "A-Z VOTES 2024" SPECIAL EDITION OF ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M RICK DEBRUHL, IN FOR TED SIMONS.
TONIGHT WE FEATURE A DEBATE AMONG CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN ARIZONA'S EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,WHICH INCLUDES MANY OF THE SUBURBS NORTH AND WEST OF PHOENIX.
THE SEAT IS CURRENTLY HELD BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE LESKO, WHO ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER SHE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
THERE ARE SIX CANDIDATES IN THE RACE AND WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM TONIGHT, AS ONE DID NOT REPLY AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HIM.
CANDIDATES IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE WILL BE GIVEN 90-SECONDS TO REPLY TO QUESTIONS, AND A 45-SECOND REBUTTAL WILL BE OFFERED.
OPENING AND CLOSING STATEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
LET'S INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES, AGAIN, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: TRENT FRANKS, A FORMER US CONGRESSMAN ABE HAMADEH, A FORMER CANDIDATE FOR ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL:ANTHONY KERN, A CURRENT ARIZONA STATE SENATOR BLAKE MASTERS, A VENTURE CAPITALIST AND FORMER ARIZONA SENATE CANDIDATE AND BEN TOMA, ARIZONA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.LET'S GET UNDERWAY WITH OUR OPENING MANY HAVE TITLES BECAUSE OF YOUR STLTHS TODAY WE'LL REFER YOU EACH ONE WERE 'VE YOU AS MRCHLT I THE START WITH MR. FRANKS GIVE YOUR OPENING STATEMENTS >> PEOPLE THIS CALL ME MR. FRANKS IS THE IRS.
I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU.
LIKE MANY OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING INCLUDING THE WONDERFUL MEN ON THIS STAGE.
I BASKETBALL WE ARE AT RISK IN THE COUNTRY.
AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN 2024 FOR US TO SOMEHOW RECALL BRAT THIS COUNTRY AND SET US BACK TO HOPE FORKER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY HEART.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING KNOW I SERVED IN U.S. CONGRESS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
AND WHEN I WAS THERE, I WAS CONSIDERED RATED BY MANY TO BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT I UNDERSTAND ALL TOO LET CHALLENGES OF BEING A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AS A CONSERVATIVE AND FIGHT THIS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK I BRING EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE THAT WILL DO US ALL A GOOD THING IF I CAN BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS >> THANK YOU, MR. ABE HAMADEH.
>> I'M ABE HAMADEH THE ENDORSED BY CUSTOMER LAKE A FORMER CAP IDENTITY ARMY RESERVE.
I SERVED OVER ACCESS.
I HAD A TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.
I KNOW THE THREATS THAT FACE US TODAY.
I'M A FORMER PROSECUTOR WHO LOCKED UP CRIMINALS.
I GREW UP IN PEL ORRIA.
I WENT TO SCHOOL AND MY FAMILY STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS AND ACHIEFED THE AMERICAN DREAM.
LUNA TICK LEFT TURNED THE AMERICAN DREAM TO A NIGHTMARE.
ZEE INVASION IN THE BOERDZ AND A GOVERNMENT THIS WEAPONIZED THE RULE OF LAW LAW.
COMPROMISED ELECTIONS AND HAVE INFLATION CRUSHING THE MIDDLE CLASS.
AMERICA IS AT WAR.
AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK.
AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED WARRIORS TO GO TO CONGRESS WITH UPON TRUMP AND STAND WITH HIM AS WE TAKE ON THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM.
BUT WITH YOU BY MY SIDE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WE'LL ONCE AGAIN MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAINFUL THANK YOU >> THERE ABE HAMADEH >> MR. KERN.
THANK YOU.
I'M ANTHONY KERN I'M CURRENTLY A STATE SENATOR THE THE STATE SENATE DOWN AT THE CAPITOL.
I WAS I HAVE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT 35 YEARS A STATE COMMITTEE MAN.
A MEMBER AT LARGE TWICE IN CD8 AND ELECTED TO REPRESENT CD8 IN THE NATIONAL LEVEL AT THE CONVENTION IN 2024 IN JULY.
I WAS A TOMBSTONE RESERVE MARSHALL FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
6 YEARS AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 2 YEARS AS A STATE SENATOR.
AND I -- RAISED OUR KIDS.
THEY ARE ALL UPON GROWN.
GO TO CHURCH AT FRESH START IN ARIZONA.
I RATED 100 ABOUT THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION.
RATED 1 HUH BY THE ARIZONA FREE ENTERPRISE CLUB.
I DO BELIEVE AMERICA'S GREATEST DAYS ARE AHEAD THIS IS A CRUCIAL ELECT.
VOTEKERN.COM >> THANK YOU >> THANK YOU, MR. KERN >> BLAKE MASTER'S NOW.
>> I'M BLAKE MASTERS.
2 YEARS AGO I TOOK ON THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT MACHINE.
SPENT 100 MILLION DOLLARS TRYING TO TAKE ME OUT I'M STANDING I TOOK ON THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT.
MITCH MCCONNELL DECIDE I WAS TOO CONSERVATIVE AND INDEPENDENT MINDED HE DID NOT WANT ME IN THE SENATE.
GOOD PEOPLE OF D8 WHO VOTED FOR THIEF ME I'M THRILLED RUNNING WE HAVE ISSUES TO FIX.
WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT OF THE BIDEN INFLATION.
THERE ARE TONS OF ISSUES ONE TOWERS ABOVE IN IMPORTANCE THAT IS STOPS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A CANCER KILLING OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK MASS IMMIGRATION IS SUICIDE.
IN CONGRESS, I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO DEPORT ILLEGALS AND SECURE OUR BORDER >> THANK YOU.
AND OPENING STATEMENT FROM MR. TOMA >> I'M BEN TOMA I SERVE AS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE ARIZONA LEGISLATOR.
DOWN AT THE CAPITOL.
AND I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THIS STAGE GOT THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.
WHETHER IT IS SCHOOL CHOICE OR THE BORDER SECURITY OR VOTER INTEGRITY, MY RECORD SPEAKS LOUD AND CLEAR FOR WHAT I WILL DO IN CONGRESS.
FOR THE PEOPLE D8.
MY FAMILY FLED COMMUNISM AND CAME TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE FREE AND THRIVE AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME I WILL DO THE SAME AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA ARE ABLE TO FREE BE FREE AND THRIVE >> THANK YOU, MR. TOMA >> MR. FRANK THIS WILLS HAVE EACH YOU ANSWERING THE PAST WEEK THE HOUSE VOTED APPROVE A 95 MILLION DOLLARS FOREIGN AID BILL FOR THE UKRAINE, ISREAL, TAIWAN WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTD THAT BILL.
GI WOULD HAVE THAT PUTS ME IN A SEPARATION FROM MY OTHER OPPONENTS HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE INVASION IN UKRAINE NEVER WOULD HAVE OCCURRED HAD TRUMP BEEN PRESIDENT.
HE SAID THAT ANY HELP WE GIVE UKRAINE SHOULD BE LOANED.
I AGREE WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED MORE ON LONG RANGE MISSILES RATHER THAN BLANK CHECKS THE THING THAT WOULD COMPEL ME IT VOTE WOULD HAVE BEEN MY SUPPORT FOR ISREALISM BELIEVE THEM TO BE OUR MOST VITAL ALI IF THEY WERE SEPARATE ISSUES THAT IS DIFFERENT YOU ASKED ME A DIRECT QUESTION I WOULD HAVE VOTED BECAUSE OF MY COMMITMENT TO ISREAL I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE ISREAL ALI CAUCUS AND I AM CONVINCED THAT IF WE FAIL ISREAL WE FAIL FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I AM APPALLED BEWILDERED AT SOME OF THE THINGS TAKING PLACE AT OUR UNIVERSITIES.
WHERE THEY ARE PROTESTING ON BEHALF OF HAMAS.
I BELIEVE HAMAS SHOULD BE WIPED UP AND I SUPPORT ISIRRELEVANT TO THAT END FOR THE SATING ISREAL AND THE WORLD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FRANKS.
MR. KERN WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE 95 MILLION DOLLARS FOREIGN AID BILL?
>> THANK YOU I VALID TO READ THE BILL BEFORE I SAY I WOULD VOTE FOR IT AS MR. FRANKS I DO SUPPORT ISREAL I DON'T SUPPORT THE BILLIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO UKRAINE FUNNELED BECOME TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY I WOULD HAVE TO READ IT AND MAKE THAT DECISION.
I ABSOLUTELY 100% SUPPORT ISREAL.
I'M INVOLVED WITH THE ISREAL COMMUNITY IN ARIZONA.
AND YOU KNOW AMERICA DOES STAND WITH ISREALISM DON'T BELIEVE THE DEMOCRATS DOCHLT I THINK THEY DOM WHAT THEY DO TAKE A COUPLE GOOD THINGS THE PUBLIC WANT IRAQI PROTECTING TAIWAN AND TAX ON UKRAINE AID WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING.
IS IT GOING BACK TO THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
IS IT USED TO WEAPONIZE OUR GOVERNMENT?
I DON'T KNOW.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD SAY I WOULD HAVE TOED ARE THE BILL A LOT OF POLITICIANS DON'T DOM I WOULD READ IT AND MAKE THAT DECISION BUT I DON'T TRUST THE LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE AT THIS POINT.
AND ABSOLUTELY SHAW THE SHANANAGANS THEY PLAYD AND HAVE TO LOOK FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. ABE HAMADEH THE 95 BILLION BILLION DOLLARS BILL.
OUR COUNTRY IS GOING BROKE THAT IS I DIDN'T WOULD NOT HAVE SUPPORTD THAT BILL.
YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE WASTED AND SPENT FOR THIS ENDEAVOUR IN UKRAINE.
THAT WAR SHOULD HAVE ENDED A LONG TIME AGO.
ALL OF US ON THE STAGE SUPPORT ISREAL THE BILL 9 BILLION DOLLARS TO GAZA IF YOU HUMANITARIAN WE KNOW WHAT HAMAS DOES WHEN THAT GOES TO GAZA THEY FUNDS TERRORIST ACCYSTS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS BAD AT FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION.
I SERVED OVER ACCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST DURING THE TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP NOVEMBERS OFFICE I SAW HIM ACHIEVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AM LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING PUTIN NEVER INVADE UNDER TRUMP'S TIME.
BUT WHEN BUSH WAS PRESIDENT AND UNDER BAMA.
AND BIDEN INVADED UKRAINE.
SHOWING WEAKNESS AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATS AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK NOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED BY THROWING MORE MONEY WE NEED LEADERSHIP BACK WE NEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK THAT IS THE WAY THAT THESE FOREIGN ADD SEARS UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA MEANS BUSINESS.
WE ARE WALKED ALL OVER O.
WE HAVE A WIDE OPEN BOARD AND 100 BILLION DOLLARS OVER SEAS?
I DON'T THINK SO.
I'M ONLY VETERAN I KNOW HOW WASTEFUL THE GOVERNMENT IS WITH OUR MONEY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT BILL >> MR. MASTERS WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED.
JOY WOULD NOT HAVE SUPPORTED THE BILL MORE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE IS CRAZY.
AND I FEAR IT PUSHES US CLOSE TO WORLD WAR 3.
NOT FURTHER AWAY.
I AGREE THERE IS GOOD STUFF IN THE BILL I'M A SUPPORTER OF ISREAL I WOULD HAVE INSISTED WE HAVE SEPARATE BILLS HATE THE WAY DEMOCRATS TO THIS HOLD US HOSTAGE.
BILLION SOMETHING GOOD LIKE SUPPORT FOR ISREAL WITH STUFF THIS IS UNPOPULAR.
KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT AND I'M TRYING TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM.
WE GOTTA SUPPORT ISREAL BUT NOT ANOTHER DIME FOR UKRAINE IT IT IS A CORRUPT COUNTRY.
I THINK VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS A CRIMINAL AND PUTIN IS BAD, TOO MUCH WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN PROXY WAR THAT WORSE CASE WILL GOING TO ESCALATE TO NUCLEAR EXCHANGE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT.
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
I AGREE WITH CONGRESS MAN FRANK, PUTIN NEVER WOULD HAVE INVADE UKRAINE HAD TRUMP BEEN IN OFFICE THAT'S WHY WE NEED HIM BACK >> MR. TOMA YOUR THOUGHT ON THE 95 BILLION DOLLARS FOREIGN AID BILL.
GI AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HAVING TO READ THE BILL AND SEE WHAT IS IN IT AND WHERE THE DOLLARS G. I POINT OUT I'M A SUPPORTER OF ISREAL I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND NOT PLEASURES OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ISREAL OVER A MONTH AGO AND SEAT ATTACK SITES AND IT IS AWFUL.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
OF COURSE I SUPPORT US BACKING ISREAL.
ON THE UKRAINE POINT I DON'T SUPPORT SENDING MONEY TO UKRAINE SO WE ARE CLEAR.
HOWEVER.
I DONNING THAT SENDING THAT PROVIDING WEAPON TO STOP PUTIN IS PART OF A DIFFERENT PART OF THAT SAME DISCUSSION.
REALITY IS ESPECIALLY HAVING OR GINS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE BULL SETO SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK WHEN HE STEPS OUT OF LINE I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHICH IS THAT I DON'T CONTINUING IS BY ACCIDENT THAT PUTIN DONE EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE NOT WHEN TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE BUT BEFORE AND AFTER.
HAVE YOU TO SHOW STRENGTH AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO STOP HIM WHERE HE S. THE FINAL POINT TOUCHOD.
ON TAIWAN THAT IS IMPORTANT WE ARE CLEAR AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO CHINA WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THEM INVADING TAIWAN AND WE WILL PROTECT OUR ALI'S.
>> THANK YOU.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONSIL SKR FOR ALL OF YOU THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND I WANT TO BRING FORTH MR. KERNURE UNDER INDICTMENT AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE FAKE ELECTORS IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WILL AFFECT YOUR CREDIBILITY WITH VOTERS AND IF THERE IS A TRIAL, HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO WORK AS A CONGRESS MAN?
>> SURE.
GOOD QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR THE VOTERS OF CD8 FOR KNOWING AND SEEING THROUGH THE SHAM INDICTMENTS THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS MAZE WHO IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER OR NOT SHE WON THAT RACE BECAUSE OF THE 280 VOTE MARGINS.
IT WAS A SHAM.
THEY HAVE DIDN'T SAME TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT DID TRUMP DO?
TURN TODAY AROUND FOR HIS ADVANTAGE.
TRUTH WILL AND OUT.
WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE DID.
IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
I BELIEVE 2020.
DECEMBER 2020 AND THERE WAS PRECEDENT.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE IT.
WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS WHEN THE DEM CREDIT DO IT, IT IS DO IT ELECTORS WHEN REPUBLICANS DO IT IS FAKE ELECTORS.
SPIN IN THE MEDIA IS THAT.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND NOTHING BUT A POLITICAL WITCH HUNT.
I'M NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP TO CHRIS MAYS.
I HAVE AN INQUIRY INTO CHRIS MAYS THE SENATE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN >> QUICK, IF THERE IS A TROILD IT INHIBIT OR AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO ACT AS A CONGRESS MAN >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
REASON WHY THE AMERICAN VOTERS SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
SINCE THE DIME I HAD MORE CALLS FROM PEOPLE I HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT IN A LONG TIME.
CALLS FROM BIG DON'TORS OFFERING FINANCES TO HELP FIGHT THIS DECOXEL.
CHRIS MAYS WE ARE PUTTINGOW NOTICE YOU ARE REAP WHAT YOU SEW.
DEMOCRAT PARTY YOU ARE ON NOTICE YOU WILL ALSO.
THIS LAW FIRM TACTIC THEY ARE USING AGAINST TRUMP AGAINST US AS IN ARIZONA THE VOTERS SEE THEY ARE NOT DUMB AND WE WILL STAND AND FIGHT THIS BATTLE YOOCHLT MR. FRANKS YOU RESIGNED YOUR SEAT IN CONGRESS IN LIEU OF INVESTIGATION OVER AN ISSUE YOU ALLEGEDLY ASKED AN AID TO CARRY YOUR SURROGATE BABY HOW THIS WILL AFFECT YOUR CREDIBILITY?
>> I HOLD NO ANIMOSITY OR ILL WILL TOWARD ANYONE THAT HAD ANYTHING TO ME LEAVING CONGRESS.
I SAID ON A REPEATED BASIS THAT AND IN MY REGIONAL STATEMENT I WISH MORE WOULD GET TO READ I DID HAVE A CONVERSATIONS WITH -- SOME OF MY STAFF MEMBERS OPENLY AND FOOLISHLY ABOUT TRYING TO APPROACH AN INVITRO SURROGACY FOR MY WIFE AND I TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME AS SOMEONE WHO HAD SUPERVISOR OVERSIGHT OVER AN EMPLOYEE AND THE CONVERSATION I COULD HAVE HAD WITHOUT A PROBLEM IF THAT HAD BEEN A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL.
IT IS SOMETHING I REGRET AND APOLOGIZED FOR.
UNKNOWN TO THE MEDIA THERE IS A RECONCILIATION THAT TOOK PLACE AND EXERTS OF THAT LETTER ARE PRINTED IN THE WESTERN JOURNAL.
.
IT IS SOMETHING I REGRET AND SOMETHING THAT I BEING I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL AND HOPE TELL MAKE ME A BETTER MACHINE AND MEMBER OF CONGRESS GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SOMETHING QUICKLY.
I HAVE TO BECAUSE YOU ASKED THAT I FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY.
CONGRESS MAN FRANKS IS A GOOD MAN HE IS A GREAT MAN.
WE HAVE BECOME FRIENDS.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY DEBATES G. IF THERE IS A TRY IN THIS SO CALLED FAKE ELECTOR CASE WILL SHOW UP FOR EVERYONE AS CHARACTER WITNESSES WHAT IS HAPPEN TO THEM IS B- -- WHEN YOU RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE IT WAS IN THE IN SECRET.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE AND I WILL SUPPORT YOU AND THE OTHERS 100%.
>> I NEED TO INTERJECT WE CAMPAIGNED TOGETHER IN THE LAST ELECTION XU CLAIMED WE WERE FRIENDS THEN NOW RUNNING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEGATIVE ADDS BECAUSE YOU ARE FUNDED BY YOUR BIG TEMBILLIONAIRE FRIENDS HE IS DESPERATE TO BE A POLITICIAN I DON'T THINK YOU CARE ABOUT ARIZONA.
YOU ABANDON THEM ONCE AND YOU WILL AGAIN >> THIS IS HOW DEBATES GO.
>> THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH.
>> LET'S GET TO YOU.
BECAUSE YOU SPENT THE TIME SINCE THE LAST ELECTION FIGHTING THE RESULTS OF THAT LAST ELECTION >> RIGHT.
>> YOU HAVE ACTUALLY LOST ALONG THE WAY WITH THE COURTS.
HOW ARE VOTER WHO IS VOTE FOR YOU OR ANY OF CANDIDATES GOING TO BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THE RESULTS ARE NOT VALID?
>> THEY ARE NOT VALID.
>> MOVING FORWARD.
THIS ELECTION?
>> LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK WE HAVE NOT HAD ACCOUNTABILITY.
MARICOPA RAN THE DISASTEROUS ELECTION.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD IT WILL BE BETTER.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
SAME PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS ARE STILL THERE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> IF YOU LOSE.
>> CD8 WAS AFFECT THE THE NOTE WITH THE MINUTES THE PRINT ARE ISSUES.
THEY HAVE THE LONG LINES FOR HOURS.
AND MARICOPA DID NOT HAVE THE DESENSE TOW EXTEND THE VOTING HOURS.
I SAY THIS PEOPLE ASK ARE YOU SAD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ELECTION.
I'M SAD BECAUSE I CAN'T HELP ANTHONY KERN OUT AGAINST CHRIS MAY SAID.
I LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED I'M NOT SAD BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID TO ME THEY GAVE ME DECADES OF KNOWLEDGE IN A YEAR'S TIME.
GI KNOW WHO THE PHONEYS AND CROOKS ARE.
THEY MESSED WITH THE WRONG PERSON I'M YOUNG WITH A LOT OF TESTOSTERONE I WILL GO AFTER THEM I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M A VETERAN I SERVED MY COUNTRY I TOOK AN OATH AND IT MEANS SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT HE IS DOING GOING AN ANTHONY KAERN, IS A GOOD MAN, AND 17 OTHERS IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THERE WERE 9,000 UNCOUNTED BALLOT IN THE RACE.
COUNT THE VOTES AND REMOVE HER FROM OFFICE.
WE BE WHAT IS GOING ON WE WILL PEAL OUR CASE TO THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT AND WILL SEE I'M WAITING FOR JUSTICE SO ARE MANY.
>> SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IS THE ECONOMY.
THERE ARE NO GREATER THING WE NEED TO BEEN WHERE WE ARE NOW THE ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT INFLATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
IT IS A CAUSE OF MANY THINGS.
GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS ONE.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
AND OTHER THINGS THIS COME TO PLAY.
AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT BESIDES LIMITING GENTLEMAN SPENDING WOULD DO YOU IN REGARD TO OTHER, I WILL START WITH MR. FRANKS.
>> FIRST, YOU DO MENTION AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE EVER 35 TRILLION IN DEBT.
AND IF WE PAY THAT OFF IN A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY AND STACKED THE INTEREST IT WOULD TAKE 90,000 DWROERS BALANCE THE BUDGET OR PAY THE DEBT.
AND OBVIOUSLY I SUGGEST THAT IS A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF US NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IN TIME.
I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS DEBT IS TO MOVE BACK TO A TRUE MARKET ECONOMY.
I NEVER VOTED FOR A NET TAX INCREASE IN MY LIFE.
I ALWAYS SUPPORTED BALANCE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND UNTIL WE GET REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AND A TRUMP AND UNTIL WE GET THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THIS SPENDING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT WILL INCLUDE DEALING WITH THE NOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER IN THE SENATE TO WHERE THEY HOLD THE ENTIRE PROCESS HOSTAGE TO FORCE HIGHER BUDGETS WHICH I TELL YOU.
GENUINE EXPERIENCE ON.
AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, I'M AFRAID THIS COUNTRY IS HEADED FOR SDAFT AND MAY BE THE THEME IN AMERICA'S ECONOMIC.
>> MR. KERN?
IF YOU WANT TO DESTROY COUNT WE DO WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DONE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO CHANGE?
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO NEVERING MY POWER TO GET TRUMP IN OFFICE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE HE IS THE RIGHT MAN AND THE RIGHT TYPE OF IMPORTANT AND ELECT A PERSON WITH SPINE THIS IS IN THE AFRAID TO STAND UP TO THE LOBBYISTS AND LEADERSHIP NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP TO THE DEMOCRATS.
WHERE WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>> FOR AMERICA FIRST POLICY.
WHICH IS WITH BIDEN >> MONETARY POLICY?
>> WHAT HAPPENED THE COUNTRY?
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
GI UNDERSTAND.
YOU ARE GOING BACK.
YOU ARE TALKING WHAT SHOULD YOU DO.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP PRIOR TO BIDEN WE HAD THE BEST ECONOMY AND J.W.
MARKET.
LEADERS ACROSS THE POND WERE FEARFUL THEY WERE IN LINE WITH WHAT TRUMP WANTED TO DO AND GOT TO ELECT PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN OFFICE.
EVERYTHING I COULD TO QUIT THE SPENDING AND EVERYTHING TO QUIT SHANANAGANS THEUNE PARTIMENTS TO PLAY.
ENSURE AMERICA FIRST POLICIES, AMERICA FIRST.
QUIT GIVING TO THEINATIONS LIKE UKRAINE.
PUT MONEY BACK AND HELP AMERICANS.
QUIT GIVING MONEY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS AND 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ILLEGALS CROSSING THE BORDER FROM 162 COUNTRIES.
QUIT DOING WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING ANDUNE PARTY IS DOING AND PUSH FOR AMERICA FIRST AND AMERICAN CITIZENS FIRST AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
EVERYTHING I COULD YOU WILL NOT QUESTION WHERE ANTHONY KERN WILL VOTE AND WHERE HE STANDSES WITH AMERICA FIRST >> MR. ABE HAMADEH.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
>> YOU LOOK AT DOLLAR DEVALUED BY 25% IN 3 YEARS.
THE FIRST THING IS GO TO PREPANDEMIC SPENGD TEMPERATURE IS UNACCEPTABLE WE ARE SPEND EGG TRILLION EVERY HUNDRED DAYS.
IF YOU LOOK HOW WE WILL EXPAND THE ECONOMY THAT IS WHEN WE WANT.
MENSHES TO BE PROSPEROUS.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO ENERGY INDEPENDENT WHAT TRUMP HAD.
AN EXPORTER OF ENERGY.
I ENDORSE BY THE GAS WORKER'S ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT BIDEN HAS DONE TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA DECIMATED JOBS AND SO MANY INDUSTRIES HERE THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT TO LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING ARIZONA'S ROLE IN THE ENERGY DEPENDENCE MOVEMENT.
ARIZONA WILL OBJECT FOREFRONT OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
WE HAVE THE MICROCHIP MANUFACTURING INTO CD8.
THAT WILL BE A BIG DRIVER FOR ECONOMIC BUSINESS.
CUT THE SPENDING.
IT IS INSANE WE LOST 25% OF THE DOLLARS VALUE IN 3 YEAR, THAT IS NOT NORMAL AND DONE BECAUSE OF POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION THE DEMOCRATS.
>> THANK YOU.
MR. MASTERS.
>> YOU LOOK AT BIDEN'S ECONOMIC POLICY EACH ONE SEEMS MADE TO CAUSE INFLATION.
YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, SPENDING IS OFF THE TABLE.
NO WE NEED TO CUT TEMPERATURE PROTECT ENTITLEMENT >> THAT WILL BE YOUR STARTING POINT >> THERE ARE A LOT.
WE HAVE TO SPEND A FEW TALKING 10 NOILGDZ THIS INITIATIVE.
20 MILLION DOLLARS TO THAT YOU ADD IT UP.
60 BILLION DOLLARS TO UKRAINE.
STOP THE WASTE AND DUMB SPENDING.
PROTECT ENTITLEMENTS PEOPLE DESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
I AGREE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IS KEY.
ENERGY IS THE MASTER OF RESOURCE.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU USE, RIGHT THE I PAD OR WHATEVER IT IS.
EVERYTHING TAKES ENERGY TO CREATE AND TO MOVE.
SO WHEN BIDEN VERNDZS OUR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND BEGGING FOR INVESTMENTS FOR OIL THAT , MAKES EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AND EVERY, EGGS COST TWICE AS MUCH BECAUSE IT TAKES MORE TO TRANSPORT THEM.
WE GOTTA RECLAIM ENERGY INDEPENDENCE TO MAKE PRICE GUESS DOWN AND STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
ONE WAY IT IS BAD IF YOU FLOOD THE COUNTRY WITH MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS.
THERE ARE 25 MILLION ILLEGALS HERE.
ALL THE DEMAND THE PEOPLE HAVE FOR HOUSING, FOR AUTOMOBILES.
IT MAKES EVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE.
STOP WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE AND REGAIN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
PRICE WILL GO DOWN.
>> WHAT IS IT YOU WILL BE DOING BESIDES LIMITING GOVERNMENT SPENDS TO CHANGE AND IMPROVE ECONOMY.
YOU DO THE SAME THINGS I HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATOR.
LIMITING GOVERNMENT IS IMPORTANT SINCE YOU TOUCHOD THAT.
IN MY EXPERIENCE I NEVER SEEN DOLLARS LEFT ON THE TABLE.
THAT WAS 17% OF OUR BUDGET IN ONE BILL.
BIGGEST CUT EVER DONE IN ANY STATE THAT IS IMPORTANT SO ONE OF THE FIRST THING IS ENSURE THE TRUMP TAX CUTS ARE EXTENDD THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR LONG-TERM STABILITY AND INVESTMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE BUSINESS FRIENDS LOW ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ATTRACTED BUSINESSES LIKE INTEL AND OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPANDED AND INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ARIZONA.
THOSE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE.
BUSINESS LEADERS AND THE AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF I SAY THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU HAVE LOW TAX ENVIRONMENT AND YOU HAVE THE GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT YOU CONTINUE IS EASY TO GET YOUR APPROVAL AND BUSINESS GOING AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GOVERNMENT.
YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE THOSE RISKS AND INVEST AND AS SUCH, LOOK WE'LL NOT GOVERNMENT NOT FIX THIS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WE HAVE TO GET AMERICA BACK TO GROWING.
AMERICA BACK TO BELIEVING IN THE ITSELF AGAIN.
A BUSINESS OWNER TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND MAKE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE LONG-TERM AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.
BALANCE BUDGET.
WE HAVE TO GET WHAT AMENDMENT ON SO WE GET BACK.
I KNOW WE WILL NOT GET FROM ZERO TO 100 HAVE YOU TO GHAET PO WORK AND FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
I LIKE TO REBUMP EVERYTHING THE YOUNG MEN SAID IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ONE THING WE OFTEN MISS IS THE NOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER IN THE SENATE.
EMPOWDER DEM CREDIT WHETHER IN CHARGE OR NOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP ANY APPROPRIATION FROM THE HOUSE.
FROM THE ATTENTIVE FLOOR.
THEN THEY WAIT UNTIL IT SHUTS DOWN OR DOES SHUT DOWN AND STAND THERE WITH THEIR BOOT ON THE NECK OF THE REPUBLICANS YOU ARE SHUTTING THE GOVERNMENT DOWN AND FORCE THEIR SPENDING PRIORITIES IN THE PROCESS AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT TOOK ME 4 YEARS TO UNDERSTAND.
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE COUNTRY UNLESS WE DEAL WITH IT THIS IS MOTION TO PROCEED DEMOCRATS USE AS REPUBLICANS >> SOCIAL SECURITY I WANT TO BRING THAT UP THERE IS A RETIRED POPULATION D8.
I KNOW WHEN MR. FRANKS WAS A CONGRESS MAN LIMITED THE INCOME TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
WE NEED TO CUT THIS BACK AS AN ENTITLE OF DOES THIS NEED TO BE CUT BACK.
WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE END NOTHING A GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL.
WE CAN'T REPEAL AND WE HAVE 3 WAYS TO DEAL.
WE CAN SOMEHOW LIMIT THE AMOUNT THAT IS SPENT.
INCREASE THE TAXES OR DO SOMETHING WITH THE TAX BASE THAT THE MONEY PUT IN TO TRY TO MULTIPLY THAT.
ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT IN A WAY THAT KEEPS FAITH WITH THE DECISIONS AND THE SENIORS OF THIS COUNTRY AND I'M COMMITTED TO THAT AND I SHOWN MYSELF TO BE COMMITTED TO THAT THE BILL YOU MENTIONED THAT I INTRODUCED AND COULD NOT GET NOT FLOOR BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRAT AND IT IS SENATE WOULD HAVE OUT LAWED ANY TAXATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TEMPERATURE IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT SENIORS PAY IN THIS THEIR LIVES AND THEY GET TAXED ON THE MONEY THEY PAY AND THEN WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST OF ALL, NOW THIS IS WHEN GOVERNMENT SAYS WE WILL TAX YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE AND AM COMMIT THIRD DEGREE HAPPENS >> MR. KERN, NO QUESTION.
EVERYBODY SAYS SOCIAL SECURITY IS BROKEN WE CAN'T FUND AT THIS TIME WAY WE ARE.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
THIS THAT IS THEIR MONEY.
I PAY IN SOCIAL SECURITY.
THIS IS OUR MONEY NOT GOVERNMENT'S MONEY >> OF THE BILLIONS OF WAYS WE WASTE MONEY.
I AGREE WITH.
THE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
I WOULD GET RID OF THE TAX AND LOOK AT THE OTHER WAYS WE ARE ABSOLUTELY TAKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S MONEY AND FRIVOLOUSLY THROWING IT OUT, DOING WHAT THE GOVERNMENTMENTS TO DO.
SO TO ME, IF YOU PAID IN SOCIAL SECURITY, YOU SHOULD BE GUARANTEED THAT MONWHEN HE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE NO QUESTIONS ASKED IT IS THEIR MONEY NOT BIDEN OR DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS MONEY.
IT IS THEIR MONEY.
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA HAVE PAID INTO THIS THAT SHOULD BE MONEY WE SHOULD NOT LOOKING AT TO SPEND ON WHATEVER PET PROJECT THE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE.
IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
GIVE THE MONEY BACK.
THEY EARN TODAY AND WORKED HARD.
FIND ANOTHER PLACE YOU CAN PULL MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT OF AND STOP THE SHANANAGANS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ISSUE.
>> MR. ABE HAMADEH IT IS AN IMBALANCE HOW DO WE FIX TEMPERATURE I AGREE WITH WHAT THE GENTLEMEN SAID, TOO MUCH I TALKED ABOUT OUR DOLLAR DEVALUED BY 25%.
YET ASSOCIAL SECURITY AND COST OF LIVING HAS NOT GONE UP.
SENIORS NEED AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING AND OF COURSE THEY SHOULD NOT GET TAXED ON THE MONEY THEY PUT INTO WHICH TEMPERATURE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THE MEDIA AND PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON LOOK AT BUDGETS AND LOOK AT NUMBERS.
WE ARE SPENDING ON FOREIGN WARS AND FOREIGN AID.
AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD START.
I DON'T BELIEVE SOCIAL SECURITY SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED AT ALL.
ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING.
PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES THEY CAN'T AFFORD MILK OR EGGS THE AIM OF INFLATION IS RISING.
WE SHOULD NOT LOOK AT HARMING THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
FOR THOSE THEY HAD TO ENDURE SO MUCH AND POLITICIANS WANT TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNAMERICAN.
TRUMP ALSO SAID HE WILL PROTECT IT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOG.
I THINK OUR SENIORS EARNED THEIR MONCOMPETENCE GET TO KEEP IT.
>> SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAY THAT IS AN AREA WE NEED TO LOOK AT KUTH THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE WRONG.
RESIDENCE SOME OF THEM WANT TO PINE FOR THE PAUL RYAN DAYS.
TRUMP IS RIGHT WE WILL HAVE TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.
CUTS ARE OFF THE TABLE.
THEY JUST ARE.
TO YOUR POINT WHAT DPO WE DO?
I CONTINUING IS CLEAR THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO GROW OUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM.
WE HAD GREAT ECONOMIC GROWTH UNDER TRUMP.
MY FAVORITE STATISTIC THE FIRST TIME UNDER TRUMP.
MID 2017.
WAGES WERE GOING UP.
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.
FOR DEMOCRACIEDS THEY HAD GONE DOWN IT WAS HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE AND WORKED HARD TO STAY IN THE SAME PLACE WITH TRUMP'S ECONOMIC POLICIES WE SAW A MIN ECONOMIC MIRACLE BEFORE COVID IF WE GOT POLICY BACK AND I KNOW WE WILL, WE CAN START GROWING AND GETTING 5% GDP OUT PACE THE PROBLEM WE CAN NEVER CUT SOCIAL SECURITY WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR SENIORS I WANT SOCIAL SECURITY TO EXIST WHEN MY KIDS AND GRAND KIDS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
WAY THAT HAPPENS IF WE PROTECT TEMPERATURE I THINK WE SHOULD STOP TAX IT.
WE GOTTA GROW AND HAVE GOOD ECONOMIC POLICY THAT CAUSED GROWTH TO FUNDS THE PROGRAMS.
>> THIS MAN IS CORRECT.
IF WE DON'T GROAT ECONOMY.
ECONOMY SOMETIMES PERPETRATE POLICIES AND CONFISKAGZS AND VERBAL [INAUDIBLE] AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
>> DURING THE GROWTH YEARS.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS PRODUCTIVITY.
IF WE DON'T PRODUCE AS A NATION WE CANNOT HANDLE THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE AND BLAKE SAID WE HAVE TO PRODUCE OUR WAY OUT OR THERE IS NO WAY OUT.
>> ABE?
>> LES THAN 2 YEARS AGO YOU WANTED TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY.
IT IS -- UNFORTUNATELY THE PEOPLE AND TIEN MARK KELLY DETHIS.
HE IS BEING MARK KELLY.
BUT NO, I SAID I A MUSED ONE TIME BY PRIVATIZE FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE ERNDZ 25 SO.
I LOOKED INTO THIS NOT A GOOD IDEA BUT I WAS NOT THE FIRST THING I SAID NO CUTS EVER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLIP I HAVE BEEN CLEAR.
NO CUTS EVER.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR SENIORS AND THEIR RETIREMENT.
>> NOT GOING TO TRICK.
>> I AGREE WITH WHAT TRENT AND BLAKE WERE SAY BURGLAR GROWING THE ECONOMY BUT WE GOT TO ELECT LEADERS THAT WILL NOT SPENDS US.
>> WE OWE MR. TOMA A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
THE 4 OTHER CANDIDATES SAID THE SAME.
WE GROW THE ECONOMY IF WE LIMIT SPENDSING THE SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
BUTTEEN DURING THE TRUMP YEARS WE HAD A GROWING PROBLEM WITH SOCIAL SECURITY.
>> SURE, I DO AGREE WITH THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE SOCIAL SECURITY ASH LONE.
THERE WERE PROMISES MADE TO AMERICANS THAT WORKED HARD THEIR LIVES AND WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR PROMISES.
POINT I WANT TO MAKE ADDRESSING YOUR POINT IS THAT WE SUBSIDIZED THINGS.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND IN THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T SUBSIDIZE SOCIAL SECURITY.
TO KEEP PROMISES WE MADE.
AND THAT IS WHEN WE NEED TO DO.
ON THAT POINT.
AGAIN, GROWTH DOES MATTER.
A BIT OF GROERTH A PERCENTAGE IN GROWTH IS MASSIVE IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOME OVER ALL.
AND I DO THINK THAT PHOTOCOPY WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT BM BECOMES IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
7-10 YEARS ON SOCIAL SECURITY, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
AND ONCE YOU NO LONGER PAY BILLS THE INTEREST RATE SHOOTS UP WE PAY MORE INTEREST THAN OUR DEFENSE BUDGET WHICH IS INSANITY.
WE HAVE TO TURN THIS AROUND AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT REALLY SELL TO GO BACK TO COMMON SENSE POLICIES THAT STOPS SQUEEZING MIDDLE CLASS AND STOP DESTROYING THE VERY PEOPLE THE COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON.
AND HELP THEM.
KEEP THE PROMISEOS SOCIAL SECURITY.
STOP SUBDIEGZ ILLEGAL ALIENS AND THE RIDICULOUS POLICIES AND ESG AND OTHER ACCURACINESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTMENTS LATELY.
AND TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT TOWARD OUR PROMISES AND ENSURE WE PAY OUR BILLS.
>> TALK ABOUT ABORTION.
MR. TOMA IS LAST.
MOVE IN THE FIRST POSITION FOR A CHANGE.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WOULD NOT SIGN FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTION.
IF YOU WERE A CONGRESS MAN, NEXT YEAR, WOULD YOU VOTE TO PASS A FWIL IT INCLUDED A FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTIONS?
>> I WOULD.
I'M PROLIFE.
I THINK THE EVENTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL HAVE BEEN CLEAR WHERE I STAND ON THIS ISSUE.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TOLLS SAY I'M 100% PROLIFE.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU LAND ON THIS SIDE OR THE OTHER OF THE ABORTION DEBATE LIMP IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS PAYING FOR ABORTIONS.
>> MR. MASTERS.
>> I'M PROLIFE AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THE FEDERAL LEVEL 15 WEEKS.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE CAN GET DONE THAT MAY NOT SATISFY EVERYONE.
OVER TIME YOU COULD GET THAT DONE.
I WILL DON'T BELIEVE IN BEING FUNCTIONALLY PRO-CHOICE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I DON'T THINK THAT CALIFORNIA OR OREGON SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PERMIT ABORTION AT 8, 9 MONTHS AND PARTIAL BIRTH.
I BELIEVE IN THE CONCONSTITUTION.
RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND DUE PROCESS.
>> OKAY I THINK MY JOB IS A CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT IS TO GO AND PUSH OUR CAUCUS THE RIGHT WAY ON THE ISSUE SO WE CAN GET FEDERAL 15 WEEKS EVEN IF IT TAKES 10 YEARS THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON WHEN WE HAVE TODAY.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD NOT SIGN IT WOULD YOU VOTE FOR TEMPERATURE >> A FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTION.
I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP WE WORKED FOR 50 YEARS THE PROLIFE MOVEMENT REMOVED ABORTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THAT'S WHAT TRUMP SUPREME COURT DID WHEN IT GET RID OF ROE V WADE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ADVOCATED AND WHERE IT BELONG THIS IS DOES NOT BELONG IN A FEDERAL LEVEL W WILL HAVE A DEEP, THERE IS A LOT OF ROTTEN MORAL ISSUES NOW.
FACT THAT SO MANY DEMOCRATS WANT TO ALLOW ABORTIONUM TO BIRTH THAT MIMICS CHINA IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M A FORMER PROSECUTOR IN ARIZONA IF YOU ASSAULT A PREG MANTLE WOMAN THAT RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF THE UNBORN BABY YOU CAN GET CHARGED WITH MURDER WHAT IS LIFE THERE IS A DEBATE NOTICE.
IT WILL TAKE ATWHIEL GET OUT AND TO COME TO REASONABLE POSITION.
FEDERAL LEVEL I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS INSTITUTIONAL I BELIEVE SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE STATES >> CALIFORNIA AND OREGON ALLOWED TO LET ANYTHING GOES.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS UP TO THE STATES THAT'S WHAT TRUMP'S POSITION IS.
>> MR. KERN.
>> YEA.
GREAT QUESTION, SO -- A LOT OF THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH.
THE BIBLE SAY FIST RIGHTEOUSNESS RESULTS A NATION.
BEFORE YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW YOU.
AMERICA HAS MANY PROBLEMS >> I THINK THEUNE PARTY AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS 15 WEEKS.
I'M STANCH PROLIFE CONSERVATIVE.
UNTIL WE GET THIS ISSUE RIGHT.
RESIDENCE ALWAYS RUN WITH TAIL BETWEEN LEGS I'M GLAD TRUMP GAVE IT TO THE STATE I WOULD VOTE FOR THE ABORTION BAN.
WE HAD THAT IN THE 40s UP UNTIL 73 WHEN ROE V WADE CAME IN LAW.
LIFE WAS RESPECTED THEN IT IS IS NOT NOW.
UNTIL WE GET THIS ABORTION ISSUE DONE AND THE MAJOR ISSUE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AND UNTIL WE GET THE, DONE RESIDENCE AGAIN ALWAYS THE DEMOCRATS OTHER EXTREMISTS THEY WANT TO KILL BABIES AFTER THEY ARE BORN AND PULL APART A BABY IN THE WOMB AT 9 UPON MONTHS.
REMEMBER PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS WERE SO ATROCIOUS NOW THE BILL THEY WANT TO PUT ON THE ARIZONA BAT ON THE IS THAT TIMES A HANDLED.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO COMPROMISE.
I BELIEVE SPEAKER TOMA COULD HAVE STOPPED THE ARIZONA BILL PASSED IN THE HOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STAND GROUNDS AND SAY WE WILL KEEP THE 1977 LAW IN PLACE.
THE LYING MEDIA CALLS IT UPON 1864 BAN OR LAW.
WHENEVER THEY CALL IT.
THE 1977 LAW SIGNED BY A DEMOCRAT AND VOTED ON BY DEMOCRAT SENATOR AUSTIN WHO IS STILL IN THE STATE SENATE.
A DEMOCRAT SET IT AND A DEMOCRAT GONER SIGND THAT IN LAW.
AND NOW THEY WANT US TO RUN WITH OUR TAIL BETWEEN OUR LEGS THE DONORSMENT 15 WEEKS, NO, NO, NO.
UNTIL WE AS A NATION GET THIS RIGHT WE WILLVILLE A HARD TIME PUSHING OUR COUNTRY BACK UP THE HILL.
>> HOLD ON A SECOND.
I BELIEVE I WAS CALLED OUT HERE.
AND I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT.
I DID STOP IT IN THE HOUSE TWICE.
AND I KNOW ANTHONY I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU YOU CAN'T COUNT TO 31.
END OF THE DAY YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND I LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU STOP IT IN THE SENATE ON WEDNESDAY.
>> CAN I RESPOND.
BY NOT REAL MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND DOORS I BELIEVE THE DEMOCRATS GOT IT RIGHT ON THIS AND SAID YOU VOTED TO PUSH IT THROUGH JUST SO BECAUSE YOU NEAR A RUBY RED DISTRICT AND ALLOW MATT EGRESS WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE HE IS IN THE SWING DISTRICT.
YOU SHOULD NEVER LET A DEMOCRAT BILL FIRST AND SECOND READ.
AND YOU COULD STOP IT.
>> ANTHONY EVERY BILL IS FIRST READ AND SECOND READ.
>> YOU CAN STOP THEM.
EVERY BILL I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME YOU UPON DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BASICS EVERY BILL IS FIRST AND SECOND READ IN THE ARIZONA HOUSE AND SENATE.
WE'LL NOT SOLVE THIS NOUCHL I APPRECIATE YOUR DIFFERING OPINIONS WE HAVE NOT GONE TO MR.
FRINGES ON WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTION.
WOULD NOT SIGN IT.
>> I THINK TO PARAPHRASE OF JEFFERSON HUMAN LIFE IS THE ONLY OBJECTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
AND MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AND THOSE WHO CAN'T PROTECT THEMSELVES.
I WOULD HAVE PROTECTED INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE IN THE WOMB OR OTHERWISE.
AND TAKE GREAT ISSUE WITH MR. ABE HAMADEH'S PERSPECTIVE THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GO TO CONGRESS IS HOLD YOUR HAND AND UP SWEAR YOU WILL PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION SAYS NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR SUPPORT.
AND NO ONE SHOULD BE DEPRIVED OF PROTECTION OF LUS.
YET IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE ALLOWED 63 MILLION CHILDREN TELL NEVER BRING WHAT THEY COULD HAVE TO BE CAST ASIDE WITHOUT A THOUGHT.
BOTTOM LINE IS THIS.
THE QUESTION IS DOES ABORTION TAKE A LIFE.
IF IT DOES A WILL STOP TALKING ABOUT IT IF IT DOES WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST GENOCIDE IN HISTORY HUMANITY AND IMPORTANT FOR LEADERSHIP TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT.
I WORKED MY LIFE TO PROTECT MOTHER AND CHILD AND WE NEED TOW DO THAT.
I WILL NEVER CHANGE MY PERSPECTIVE.
>> YES, MA'AM WE'RE REACHING THE END I WILL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDED NOT A CLOSING MOST OF WHEN PEOPLE AT HOME HEARD 5 PEOPLE AGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
MOST OF THE MAJOR ISSUES YOU ARE IN LOOK SET.
THE QUESTION BECOMES WHY WILL I VOTE FOR ONE OF YOU WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT OF A PRESIDENT OR PROPOSITION FOR THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
MR. FRANKS WHASHGS MAKES YOU DIFFERENT.
30 SECONDS.
>> IN ALL DEFERENCE TO ALL OF THE GUYS THE ONE THING I HAVE UNIQUELY IS I HAVE EXPERIENCE A LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
PEOPLE KNOW HOW I WILL VOTE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GUESS.
I HAVE 15 YEARS ON THE RECORDS.
I'M CONSIDERED THE MOST CONSERVATIVE GUY IN CONGRESS MANY TIMES.
MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT IS UNIQUE I HAVE 15 YEARS OF CONGRESSIONAL SENIORITY THAT EMPOWERS ME IT IMPACT THIS PROCESS MORE THAN ANYBODY HERE ON THE DIOS.
I SAY THAT WITH RESPECT I WAS ONCE A FRESHMAN THE SENIORITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD IS MY THING I CAN BRING THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN BRING >> MR. KERN, WHY YOU WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT AND BETTER THAN THESE PEOPLE.
>> MY VOTING RECORD.
I WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
A SOLID ON ANY ISSUE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WILL GET WITH ANTHONY KERN IT IS THAT WAY AT THE CAPITOL AND AT THE HOUSE ON ANY ISSUE.
I WANT TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP ELECTED.
WE GOTTA GET PEOPLE THIS THERE WITH SPINE THAT WILL PUSH AND PUSH AGAINST THE SYSTEM.
TOP DISRUPT SYSTEM SO WE CAN GET GOOD THINGS PASSED.
IT WAS MENTIONED THINGS I CAN GET THINGS PASSED OR I COMPREHEND I GOT THINGS PASS.
LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST HOLARIZING NAME AND GOT MORE THINGS PASSED I SEEN IN MY LIFE.
>> AND I NEED TO MOVE ON.
MR. ABE HAMADEH.
WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT THAN THESE PEOPLE?
YOU KNOW I GOT BACK FROM MY MILITARY DEPLOY AM I SAID I DON'T RECOGNIZE MY COUNTRY T. IS UP TO US TO SAVE THE AMERICA WE LOVE THIS .
IS MY GENERATION I'M THE YOUNGEST ON STAGE.
I'M SEEING THE PEOPLE WEEP ELECTD AND IN CHARGE HAVE DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY BEFORE OUR ICE.
I LOOK WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT I GOT COURAGE.
I TAKEN ON THE CORRUPT MEDIA, COURTS THE MARICOPA I DON'T BACK DOWN.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU ARE DIFFERENT AS A PERSON WHAT MAKES YOU THE THINGS YOU WILL DO DIFFERENT THOON THAN THESE PEOPLE.
GI UNDERSTANDS TECHNOLOGY THE NEW AND MODERN THREATS AI, CHIEN ADRONES I SUCCEEDED IN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SECTOR AT HIGHEST LEVELS I KNOW HOW GOOGLE CHANGES THE ALGORITHMS IN THE WEEKS BEFORE AN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY THAT'S HOW THEY INSTALLED BIDE THEN 2020.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY IF WE COMBAT THE ADVANTAGE >> MR. TOM AWHY YOU?
WHAT IS DIFFERENT.
YOUR UPON VIEWPOINTS EVER SIMILAR.
>> IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS YOU KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT.
MY ENTIRE TIME HAS BEEN [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO, BIGGEST TAX CUT.
BIGGEST SCOOT CHOICE WIN EVERY EMULATED BY OTHER STAYS AND 2023 THE YEAR OF SCHOOL CHOICE WE DID IT IN 2000.
WE HAVE A DIVIDE CAUCUS TEMPERATURE IS AN ISSUE LIKE IN DC.
TIGHT MARGINS AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SAID WE WOULD GIVE YOU CLOSING STATEMENTS WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
WE WILL GO BACK TO ALPHABETICAL MR. FRANKS, START WITH YOU >> FIRST OF ALL I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I WANT THE LISTENERS TO KNOW I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND THE HOPE THIS COUNTRY REPRESENTS TO THE WORLD.
YOU >> WHAT I STAND FOR AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THE SENIORITY AND THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN GREATER WAYSISM WORK TO GET PEOPLE IN THE SUPREME COURT THAT NOT ONLY RETURN ROE V WADE AND MAY HELP THIS COUNTRY IN WAYS WE CAN'T IMAGINE YET.
I INTRODUCE SCHOOL CHOICE LEGISLATION THAT SURVIVED 3 U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND THE ISSUE FOR THE COUNTRY SO THE LEFT CANNOT INFULL TRAIT CHILDREN AND UNDO OUR COUNT WEE REW BY OVER RIDING OUR CHILDREN'S KNOWING FROM WHAT PARENTSMENT.
I HAVE TO SAY THEY THINK THERE IS HOPE.
THE GRACE OF GOD WE'LL GO OUT IN AND WIN BACK AMERICA >> GOING BACK TO THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER I HAVE BEEN OFF TODAY.
MR. ABE HAMADEH.
>> WE AGREE THE DEM CREDIT ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY A POLICY WILL NOT SAVE AMERICA.
TELL TAKE GUTS, COURAGE.
IT WILL TAKE THE WELLINGNESS TO STAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID AND DO WHEN NEEDS TO BE DONE.
TRUMP AND CUSTOMER LAKE ENDORSE ME THEY SEE ME TAKE IT ALL OF.
I TAKEN ON THE CORRUPT COUNTY HERE.
YOU KNOW AND I TRIED TO BEAT ME DOWN THEY DID THAT AS A SYMBOL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE COMING AFTER ME UNLESS I'M A THREAT.
CLEARLY I AM.
NOOIM THIS TO SAVE AMERICA THAT I REMEMBER TEMPERATURE IS INSANE THIS FEELS LIKE UPSIDE DOWN I DON'T RESCUE NOISE THIS PLACE.
I'M IN THIS FIGHT SO WE CAN RESTORE THE AMERICA WE LIFE FOR GENERATIONS.
JOIN ME AND TRUMP AND KERRY LAKE AS WE GO TO WASHINGTON TO DRAIN THE SWAMP AND TAKE OUT CORRUPTION ONCE AND FOR ALL >> ANTHONY KERN.
CLOSING STATEMENT >> SO, I THINK ONE THING WE AGREE UPON IS GETTING TRUMP ELECT IN THE OFFICE IN NOVEMBER.
AND THAT WILL NAP AMERICA AND THAT WILL BEGIN THE TURN AROUND FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
THIS HAS BEEN THE THIS IS AMERICA IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MACHINE KIND.
AND IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR SECOND AMENDMENT THAT KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT AT BAY FROM TAKING OVER THE CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY.
SO, WITH WHAT YOU GET WITH ANTHONY KERN THE STATE SENATOR.
YOU GET A PRUNE FIGHT ARE WITH A PROVEN VOTING RECORD.
THERE IS A REASON WHY I WAS ENDORSED BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND A REASON I WAS RATED 100 BY THE CONSERVATIVE UNION AND 100 BY THE ARIZONA FREE ENTERPRISE CLUB AND A MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA FREEDOM CAUCUS I HAVE THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD.
I KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND ON EVER ISSUE.
VOTE ANTHONY KERN I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE IN JULY ON JULY 30.
>> MR. MASTERS.
>> PEOPLE WILL ASK WHY ARE YOU RUNNING.
THERE ARE MANY ANSWER I WANT TO STOP INFLATION.
BUT THE REAL REASON A DIFFERENT CUT ON IT IS MY FAMILY.
I GOT A WONDERFUL WIFE.
4 BEAUTIFUL BYES THAT IS SKIN IN THE GAME.
PROTECTING THE BYES AND YOUR KIDS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
WHAT WE DON'T NEED IS SOMEONE WITH NO LIFE AND KIDS NO SKIN IN THE GAMES NO ONE WHO SUPPORTED AMNESTY OR OWES HIS EXISTENCE IN THE COUNTRY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WE NEED SOMEONE HARD CORE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THAT IS ME.
IN CONGRESS MY PLEDGE IS MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS DEPORT MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS AND SECURE AND MILITARIZE THE BOESHDER SO NO ONES CAN COME IN.
THANK YOU >> MR. TOMA YOU GET THE LAST WORD TODAY.
>> OF WHEN REPRESENTATIVE BEVY CALLED AND ASKED ME TO RUN I WONDERED WHY AND REALIZED MY EXPERIENCE IN THE LEGISLATOR HAS BEEN THE ONE VOTE MAJORITY AND VERY SIMILAR SORT OF MAKE WHEN YOU WANT WE HAVE IN DC.
I HAD THE HONOR OF CHANGING THE COUNTRY WITH UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE.
AND I WOULD DOT SAME IN DC WITH VOTER SECURITY.
I AGREE THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
AND THE FINANCIAL, WE TALKED ABOUT ENSURING WE CAN PAY OUR BILLS AND KEEP OUR PROMISES AND -- AND REALLY JUST GOING BACK TO MAKING AMERICA THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THAT IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR SOCIETY AND MAKES US GREAT THE END OF THE DAY AND THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK OUT FOR.
I BELIEVE IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AND IN THE REPUBLIC AND DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO WIN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS I HAVE THE STATE LEVEL YOOCHL GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.
REAPPRECIATE IT AND THE VOTERS OF ARIZONA CONGRESSIONAL D8 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
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