THE SAME.
BRIAN WEBB FOR CBS NEWS.
IN LOCAL NEWS, THE RACE TO
REPLACE JOHN KLINE IN THE
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
IS ALREADY ATTRACTING NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
KLEIN WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2002
AND IS RETIRING.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IS
FORMER RADIO TALK SHOW HOST
JASON LEWIS.
THIS PAST WEEK HE WAS LABELED
MINNESOTA'S DONALD TRUMP BY THE
"ATLANTIC" MAGAZINE.
ANGIE CRAIG IS A POLITICAL
NEWCOMER AND HEALTH CARE
EXECUTIVE.
LEWIS EASILY DEFEATED THREE
CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARY.
WE'LL BE JOIN BY ANGIE CRAIG
BUT FIRST, JASON LOU, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
GLAD TO BE HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WINNING
THE PRIMARY OVER THREE
OPPONENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO MOVE INTO
THE GENERAL ELECTION WITH A
VERY CONCLUSIVE VICTORY.
ALL RIGHT, THE LABEL
"MINNESOTA'S DONALD TRUMP" IS
NOT SOMETHING YOU WELCOME.
IS IT WARRANT, AND ARE YOU
ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP AND WILL
YOU VOTE FOR HIM?
I SAID I WOULD ENDORSE THE
NOMINEE OF THE PARTY AND THAT
WAS LONG BEFORE IT WAS
DETERMINED SO I SUPPORT THE TOP
OF THE TICKET.
I HAVE A FEELING EVERY
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THIS
CYCLE AND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE LABELED
DONALD TRUMP, A MINI DONALD
TRUMP, BECAUSE THAT'S THE
DEMOCRATIC PLAN THIS TIME
AROUND.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT BUT
THEY HAVE NAUGHT LABEL ON YOU.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT JOHN
KLINE BECAUSE HE HELD THIS SEAT
SINCE 2002.
HE DID NOT ENDORSE YOU.
HE ENDORSED ONE OF YOUR
OPPONENTS.
IF HE DIDN'T SUPPORT YOU WHY
SHOULD THE PEOPLE OF THE SECOND
DISTRICT SUPPORT YOU?
HE DOES NOW AND I'M GLAD TO
HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THEY'RE
SENDING THE CHECK FROM THE
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BUT WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF ENTOMORROWS, THE
MOST OF ANY CANDIDATE IN THE
RACE.
WE HAD 15, 20 LEGISLATIVE
ENDORSEMENTS, SENATOR RAND PAUL
ENDORSE US, TOM EMMER ENDORSE
US, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE
CANDIDATE IN THE RACE, WE, BY
FAR, HAD THE WIDEST ENDORSEMENT
LEVEL.
OKAY, GOING BACK TO THE
LABEL "THE ATLANTIC" PINNED ON
YOU, THEY SPECIFICALLY
MENTIONED WHAT, ACTUALLY, ONE
REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT, BRIAN
McCLUNG, REFERRED TO, A
TREASURE-TROVE OF PAST COMMENT
OF YOURS.
YOU WERE A SUCCESSFUL TALK SHOW
HOST FOR 20 YEARS.
YOU HAVE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS YOU
MADE THAT REPUBLICANS
CRITICIZED YOU FOR, NOT JUST
DEMOCRATS BUT TROUBLES?
THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND
DISTORT TO TAKE COMMENT OUT OF
CONTEXT BUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO HEAR THAT IN THE SECOND
DISTRICT OR AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HOW WILL THAT LOWER HEALTH
INSURANCE PREMIUMS?
WE NEED SOLUTIONS GOING
FORWARD, NOT BACKYARD, SO I
UNIFIED THE PARTY.
WE'RE SET TO GO IN THE SECOND
DISTRICT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE SOLUTIONS TO A TAX CODE
THAT LOOKS LIKE SWISS CHEESE
BECAUSE OF THE LOOPHOLES, I.I.
-- I.S.I.S.
INFILTRATION, HEALTH CARE
REFORM.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO
HEAR.
SOME OF THE STATEMENTS YOU
HAVE MADE ABOUT WOMEN,
SPECIFICALLY WOMEN WHO
SUPPORTED INSURANCE COMPANIES
PAYING FOR BIRTH CONTROL, A LOT
OF PEOPLE FEEL THOSE KIND OF
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN INSULTING
AND --
SURE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND WHY
SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE TO BREAK
THEIR MORAL CONSCIENCE WITH THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
IT'S MY JOB TO BE PROVOCATIVE
ON THE RADIO, BUT I WILL STAND
BY GOINGS PEOPLE IN THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SHOULD NOT
BE FORCED TO VIOLATE THEIR
RELIGIOUS CONSCIENCE AND WILL
CAMPAIGN ON THAT.
"WOMEN ARE IGNORANT IN THE
MOST COMMON WAY.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE HE MAJOR
ATIVE."
YOU KNOW THAT WILL END UP IN
ADS.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO WHO
DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TISSUE.
THEY TAKE SOMETHING YOU SAID
BEFORE AND DISTORT AND IT SAY
"HE MUST HATE THIS OR THAT."
WE CAN ASK SENATOR FRANKEN IF
HE THINKS IT'S SMART TO TALK
ABOUT RAPING LESLEY STAHL OR IF
THE STORIES HE WROTE FOR
"PLAYBOY" ARE GOOD IDEA.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET ANSWERS TO
WHAT FACES US.
I BELIEVE 60% OF THE WOMEN'S
VOTE IN MINNESOTA IN 2014 WAS
FOR FRANKEN -
I DON'T THINK HIS ATTITUDE
WAS RESPECT WOMEN WHEN HE WROTE
THAT STUFF -- MAYBE YOU DO.
MAYBE MY OPPONENT DOES.
I THINK IT WAS THE
DIFFERENCE --
AN AWFUL LOT OF WOMEN WILL
VOTE FOR ME.
LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY ABOUT
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WRITE IN
YOUR 2011 BOOK, WHAT THIS
COUNTRY NEEDS IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO
MAKE IT SEIZE EASIER FOR STATES
TO SECEDE IN THE UNION.
I SAID WE NEED A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULDN'T
DECLARE WAR ON THE STATES THE
WAY THEY HAVE DONE WITH
OVERREGULATION, INTERVENING IN
STATE LAW.
IT DID SPECIFICALLY CALL
FOR --
I SAID --
-- SPECIFICALLY CALL FOR A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT --
YES, I DID.
-- TO ALLOW STATES TO
SECEDE.
I SAID THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD NOT STOP A STATE THAT
WANTS TO REMOVE ITSELF -- BUT I
ALSO SAID, LOOK, I DON'T
BELIEVE ANY STATE SHOULD SECEDE
FROM THE UNION BUT I WOULD SAY
--
YOU DID CALL FOR A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
UP JUST READ THE BOOK.
AND IF A STATE SAID
TOMORROW THEY WOULD LIKE TODAYS
SOLVE THE UNION, THE FIRST
STATE TO DO THAT, THE
NORTHEASTERN STATE WHO TALKED
ABOUT SECEDING -- IF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
DECLARE ON THE STATE, SHOULD
IT?
YOU DID CALL --
I DID.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT.
REMEMBER, WE SECEDED FROM GREAT
BRITAIN.
THAT WASN'T A BAD IDEA.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY WOULD SAY IT WAS A VERY
GOOD IDEA.
JASON LEWIS, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
GOING TO BE A HEATED CAMPAIGN,
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU
ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT
ISSUES LAST TIME.