THIS
THIS WEEK. >> THE VOTING PERIOD BEGINS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
BEFORE YOU TURN YOUR BALLOT IN,
WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET TO KNOW
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS.
KING 5 POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
CHRIS DANIELS SITS DOWN WITH 10
CANDIDATES FROM FIVE MAJOR
RACES.
THE FIRST TO HAVE A DRINK WITH
DANIELS IS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR.
LAUREN KULP.
>> OH NO SOLEDAD.
>> WELL, LAUREN, WHAT ARE WE
DRINKING?
>> WHERE ARE HERE WE ARE ARE
HAVING OURSELVES A BIG STRONG
GLASS OF ICE WATER EVERY LOOKS
GOOD SHARING ICE WATER.
>> YES.
CHEERS.
I MEAN WE ARE IN PORT ORCHARD
RIGHT NOW BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS
YOU ARE CLOSELY TIED TO THE
TOWN OF REPUBLIC.
>> WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE
REPUBLIK SOMEBODY YEARS AGO?
>> I JUST LOVE THE SMALL
MOUNTAIN TOWN OF REPUBLIC.
I LOVE THE OUTDOORS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG
FISHERMAN HUNTER GOT 40 ACRES
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE THAT
THAT WE CONSIDER HAVING THINGS
CHANGE IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN WITH
SIXTEEN THIRTY NINE WHICH WHICH
WAS APPROVED BY FIFTY NINE
PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
>> BUT YOU DECIDED YOU WEREN'T
GOING TO ENFORCE IT.
POLICE OFFICERS, CHIEFS
OF POLICE, SHERIFFS DECIDE
EVERY DAY YOU KNOW THROUGH
DISCRETION WHICH WHICH LAWS
THEY'RE GOING TO ENFORCE, WHICH
ONES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FOCUS
ON.
>> AND WHEN THAT INITIATIVE
PASSED I KNEW THAT IT WAS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT
THOUGH THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY
VOTERS?
IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO BE
CONSTITUTIONAL.
>> AND YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON OUR
HISTORY, YOU KNOW, IN WORLD WAR
TWO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND JAPANESE AMERICANS
WERE IN PUTTING INTERNMENT
CAMPS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE
DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT AT THE TIME
SAID NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR OUR
SAFETY.
THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ROSA
PARKS.
THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT
HAPPENED IN NAZI GERMANY.
BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, YOU'VE
ALSO RUN THE LAW AND ORDER
CANDIDATE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
MORE ENFORCEMENT IN CITIES LIKE
SEATTLE AND THE PROTESTS AND
THE VIOLENCE AND EVERYTHING
THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE
HOMELESS CAMPS THAT HAVE POPPED
UP.
THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THERE'S
NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
BE TAKING OVER CITY BLOCKS OF A
CITY TO TO BE LOOTING STORES
AND LIGHTING BUILDINGS AND CARS
ON FIRE.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE'S
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN POLICING?
YEAH.
I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
IF THERE'S SYSTEMIC RACISM IN
WASHINGTON STATE, WHOSE FAULT
IS THAT?
WE'VE HAD A GOVERNOR FOR AT
LEAST THIRTY FIVE YEARS FROM
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE
OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
IF THERE'S BEEN SYSTEMIC RACISM
,WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE
SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
YOU AND I HAVE TALKED BEFORE
THAT YOU THOUGHT THE WAY THE
OFFICERS HANDLED GEORGE FLOYD
WAS WRONG.
YEAH.
ON RECORD WITH THAT.
>> BUT WHAT IS THERE TO SAY
THAT THAT WAS RACIST?
I'M NOT DEFENDING THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD.
YOU KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN OUT
PUBLICLY ABOUT THAT AND GOOD
POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED THE
BAD ONES AND PUT THEM IN JAIL.
WHAT ABOUT THE JACOB BLAKE CASE
AGAIN, IT IS THEIR EVIDENCE
THAT IT'S RACIST.
>> WERE THEY RACIST POLICE
OFFICERS WHO SHOT HIM BECAUSE
OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN?
POLICE OFFICERS DON'T SHOW UP
SOMEPLACE AND GO, OH WELL,
THERE'S A THERE'S A PERSON
OF DIFFERENT COLOR THAN ME AND
AN OPEN FIRE.
>> YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE
THE CASE?
I MEAN IT BECAUSE THE
PERSPECTIVE BY MANY IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS
THAT THE REASON WHY THOSE
INCIDENTS HAPPENED WAS THE
SHOOTINGS THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE
HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A
PERSON COLOR AND AN OFFICERS
WHO ARE WHITE.
THAT'S WHY I ASK ABOUT SYSTEMIC
.
>> YEAH, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A
SMALL GROUP OF VERY LOUD PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO PAINT THE POLICE AS
RACIST ALL THE TIME BUT THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF FIRES.
>> I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN A
HORRIFIC SUMMER FOR WILDFIRES
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
DO YOU BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE
HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE
REASON WHY WE'VE SEEN THE SPIKE
IN FIRES OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15
YEARS IN WASHINGTON STATE?
I DON'T THINK CLIMATE CHANGE
STARTS FIRES.
I THINK THAT POOR MANAGEMENT
HAS CAUSED THEM TO BE HOTTER
BURN, BURN HOTTER, BURN FASTER
AND KILL MORE LOT MORE PEOPLE
IF YOU'RE ELECTED AND YOU HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THE LEGISLATURE.
>> WHERE DO YOU START?
WHERE DO YOU CUT FIRST?
>> IMMEDIATELY I WOULD PUT A
FREEZE ON EVERYTHING.
YOU STOP THE BLEEDING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT SAID, AMERICAN COP ED
BOOKSTORE'S NOW THANKS FOR
HAVING A DRINK WITH ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.