ACCUSED OF SHOOTING CHRISTOPHER YOUNG AT THE SEDGEFIELD SQUARE APARTMENTS ON BERNAU AVENUE IN OCTOBER OF 2018.
WE DON’T KNOW WHEN BLOWE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO GREENSBORO.
BRANDON: IN COMMITMENT 2020, MANY VOTERS IN THE NEWLY DRAWN DISTRICT, THE 10TH, ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE THIS ELECTION.
YOU’LL FIND NAMES YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE.
THE INCUMBENT IS REPUBLICAN PATRICK MCHENRY.
THE CHALLENGER DEMOCRAT DAVID PARKER.
OUR BILL O’NEIL BREAKS DOWN THE RACE.
>> YEAH, VOTERS FROM YADKIN, STOKES, SURRY, ROCKINGHAM , AND PART OF FORSYTH ARE NOW IN THIS DISTRICT.
WHAT’S NOT CHANGED, IT STILL FAVORS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
BOTH CANDIDATES POLITICAL -- HAVE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.
PATRICK MCHENRY’S HELD THIS SEAT SINCE 2005.
PARKER SERVED ON HIS LOC SCHOOL BOARD IN IREDELL COUNTY.
DO YOU KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HIM.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HIS RECORD AT ALL.
I DON’T BELIEVE HE’S EVER HELD ELECTED OFFICE TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
>> NO, BUT I BELIEVE IS THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS ENOUGH FOR MY CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE A CHOICE.
>> HE’S PASSED THREE BILLS IN 16 YEARS AND WE PAID HIM TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SALARY.
WE COULD HAVE SIMPLY NOT HIRED HIM AND LET THAT $2.5 MILLION BE SPENT ON SOME BETTER, BETTER OPPORTUNITY.
>> AMONG THE DIFFERENCES, HEALTH CARE.
>> YOU SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REPEAL THE ACA.
>> YES.
>> TELL ME WHY.
>> BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDES , -- PROVIDES FEWER OPTIONS.
FEWER TREATMENT CHOICES AND OUTSOURCES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
>> UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS SOMETHING THAT IS A NECESSITY, IT’S NOT A LUXURY.
THIS IS A WEALTHY COUNTRY.
AND I THINK THAT GOING BACK TO A PURE FOR PROFIT INSURANCE PROGRAM IS A MISTAKE.
PARKER -- MISTAKE.
>> WHEN YOU SAY HEALTHCARE THERE’S A DIVISION AMONG THE MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY ABOUT HOW FAR TO GO WITH HEALT CARE.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT SPECTRUM?
>> MY GOAL WOULD BE FOR ALL FOLDS TO HAVE BASIC HEALTH CARE, THAT IS PROVIDED AND PAID FOR.
FRANKLY, THROUGH THEIR TAXES INSTEAD OF THROUGH INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
>> MCKENDRY BLAMES SENATOR JOHN MCAIN FOR NOT KILLING OBAMACARE WHEN REPUBLICANS HAD THEIR CHANCE.
NOW THE COURTS MAY DECIDE THE ISSUE, WHILE MCHENRY SAYS REPUBLICANS HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PLAN.
>> THE IDEA IS YOU ONLY HAVE BERNIE SANDERS, AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR HEALTH CARE SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE OR THE ACA IS NOT TRUE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CREDIBLE PLAN THAT WILL LOWER PRICES AND GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPTIONS.
>> THE GOP PLAN COVERS PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT DOESN’T ENSURE PATIENTS GET AFFORDABLE COVERAGE.
IT DOESN’T PREVENT PLANS FROM CHARGING SICKER PEOPLE HIGHER RATES.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT POLICE TREAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY THE SAME?
>> FROM OFFICER TO OFFICER, NO.
AS A GROUP, I THINK THAT THE IS AN ATTEMPT TO TREAT PEOPLE THE SAME, BUT YOU KNOW JUST BECAUSE A MAN OR A WOMAN PUTS ON THAT UNIFORM DOESN’T CHANGE WITH AR.
THEY CAN BE TRAINED.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND THE WHITE COMMUNITY ARE TREATED THE SAME BY POLICE.
WELL, THE STATISTICS WOULD SHOW -- >> WELL, THE STATISTICS WOULD SHOW THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
AND MOREOVER, THE EXAMPLE THAT I’VE HEARD FROM RELATIONSHIPS THAT I HAVE WHICH SHOW THAT THAT IS NOT THE SAME.
>> THE CANDIDATES HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER >> -- BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS.
>> THE FACT THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER AS A, AS A THING TO SAY, HAS GOTTEN PUSHBACK I THINK SHOWS A CERTAIN INSENSITIVITY BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR
ADVANTAGES FOR GRANTED AND HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT’S LIKE TO NOT HAVE THOSE ADVANTAGES.
SO, I’M IN FULL SOMETHING WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
>> WE HAVE MALIGNANT ACTORS THAT HAVE TAKEN THOSE PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND TURN THEM INTO RIOTS IN MANY CITIES ACROSS AMERICA.
WE’VE NOT SEEN THIS IN, IN, IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
IT IS THE LARGER QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE’RE GOING TO BE A CIVIL ONE JUST SOCIETY AND HOW WE CAN GET SOCIETAL CHANGE, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE
REFORM AND MUCH NEEDED WHEN IT COMES TO THE ABUSE OF POWER BY BAD ACTORS WITHIN GOVERNMENT, OR WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OUR POLICING OF THOSE BAD ACTORS.
>> MCHENRY AND PARKER DON’T SHARE THE SAME VIEWS ON THE PRESIDENT EITHER.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF EVANGELICAL FOLKS.
I AM A BELIEVER MYSELF.
I KNOW A LOT OF EVANGELICAL FOLKS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT WALKING THE WALK, EVEN WHEN HE SEEMS TO TALK THE TALK.
AND I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE JOB THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE IN HANDLING THE PANDEMIC?
>> HE’S DONE WELL IN TERMS OF REGULATORY RELIEF IN TERMS OF SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS AT THE FDA SO THEY WON’T HAVE A SLOWER REGULATORY PROCESS FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
VACCINES AND TREATMENTS AND TESTS COME ONLINE.
>> IS THERE ANY ISSUE YOU CAN THINK OF THAT YOU DON’T AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT?
>> I DON’T SPEND A LOT OF TIM THINKING ABOUT DISAGREEMENTS IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS.
I’M TRYING TO WORK THE PROCESS TO GET GOOD RESULTS.
>> MCHENRY SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENTS TRADE AND TAX POLICIES IN PARTICULAR.
SO FAR THE CANDIDATES HAVE NOT AGREED TO A DEBATE.
>> I’D BE HAPPY TO DEBATE PATRICK HENRY ANYTIME ANYWHERE -- ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE, ON ANY TOPIC, INCLUDING LOVE ON YOUR SHOW.
I DON’T BELIEVE HE’LL DEBATE.
I DON’T THINK HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS IN -- TOPICS.
I THINK HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT GETTING REELECTED.
>> YOU’RE OPEN TO THE IDEA YOU -- IDEA?
YOU HAVEN’T MADE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT IT?
>> I’VE TRADITIONALLY VOTED MY DEBATE IN MY OPPONENTS OVER PREVIOUS ELECTIONS AND.
AND I HAVEN’T SEEN THAT THAT’S LIKELY THIS TIME AROUND, NOT SURE THE VENUE.
>> NO WORD YET ON A DEBATE.
THERE’S STILL ALMOST A MONTH BEFORE ELECTION DAY, BUT VOTING BY MAIL IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN