BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, EXPECT MORE FROM THE LOCAL 4 INVESTIGATORS, EXPOSING UNCOVERING GETTING
RESULTS. WELCOME BACK AND LET’S
CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS NOW
WITH THE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD
LIKE TO BE THE STATE’S GOVERNOR,
JOINED NOW BY GARRETT SOLDANO.
GARRETT REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU
ON THE PROGRAM AND AS I AS I
MENTIONED OFF THE TOP EARLIER
WITH THE TUTOR, DIXON I THINK MY
JOB HERE IS TO HELP REPUBLICAN
VOTERS DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW
, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL AGREE
ON. AND ONE OF THOSE IS GUNS.
BUT GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED THIS
PAST WEEK IN DETROIT, I DO WANT
TO START. WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON
WHAT WE CAN DO TO STEM THE TIDE
WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE IN
AMERICA, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS AN
EVERYDAY, HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.
YEAH, THAT’S ONE THING WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW IS A LOT OF BAD THINGS
HAPPEN. A LOT OF EVIL PEOPLE
DOING EVIL THINGS. AND SO WHAT
WE DON’T HAVE IS A GUN PROBLEM.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE TO
PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON MENTAL
HEALTH. WE HAVE TO PUT MORE
EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHEN
THESE PEOPLE ARE POSTING IMAGES
OF THEMSELVES AND SAYING THINGS
AND DOING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, WE REALLY NEED TO
PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THERE TO
PREVENT THESE THINGS FROM
HAPPENING. THAT’S FOR SURE. WELL
THEN, MOST OF IN FACT, WE DON’T
WE DON’T SEE VERY MUCH SUPPORT
AMONG THE CANDIDATES FOR RED
FLAG LAWS THAT WOULD KIND OF
SPEAK TO THAT SORT OF THING,
WOULDN’T IT TO HELP US PREVENT
WHEN WE SEE SIGNS OF TROUBLE TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST
HIM? WELL THE PROBLEM WITH THE
RED FLAG LAWS IS WHO’S GOING TO
BE ENFORCING THESE, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, AND
WE’RE ALL FINDING OUT NOW THAT
THESE JUDGES HEY, SOME OF THEM
AREN’T BASING WHAT THE LAW SAYS
SOME OF THEM ARE BASING OFF
THEIR OWN POLITICAL BELIEF
SYSTEMS, AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATE,
BUT GUN CONTROL IS NOT THE
SOLUTION OF THIS. JUST LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED. NEW YORK WITH THE EVIL
PERSON THAT SHOT AT THE GROCERY
STORE, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN
CHICAGO AT EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND
OR EVERY SINGLE DAY. I CALL IT
SHOCK CARGO NOW BECAUSE CHICAGO
HAS THE MOST MASS SHOOTINGS THAN
ANY OTHER CITY IN OUR UNION. SO
AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS MUST GO ON
MENTAL HEALTH. WE NEED TO GET TO
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM THAT’S
FOCUSING ON FAMILY FOCUSED ON
GOD AND PUTTING THESE THINGS
BACK INTO THE FAMILY UNION.
THAT’S FOR SURE. SO YOU DON’T
SEE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THE
FACT THAT THE UNITED STATES THE
COUNTRY WITH THE MOST GUNS PER
PERSON IN THE WORLD, ALSO HAS
THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM. NO I DO
NOT. I STILL FEEL THAT WE HAVE A
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM. WELL,
LET’S LET’S MOVE THIS. I WANT TO
MOVE TO ONE OTHER ISSUE THAT YOU
ALL DO SEEM TO AGREE ON. BUT
GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST
WEEK, WE JUST SAW AS I MENTIONED
THE LAST SEGMENT. WE JUST SAW
THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE
THAN 800,000 SIGNATURES THAT
APPEARS MOVING FORWARD TO TRY
AND PUT AN ABORTION MEASURE ON
THE BALLOT. MOST MICHIGANDERS BY
MOST POLLS. SHOW US THAT UP TO
THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE IS
IN FAVOR OF THE PROTECTIONS
PROVIDED UNDER ROE VERSUS WADE.
YOU DON’T DOES THAT PUT YOU OUT
OF STEP WITH MOST MICHIGANDERS?
NO I REALLY FEEL THAT YOU KNOW,
I’M UNAPOLOGETICALLY 100% PRO
LIFE AND YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO
BACK THAT 19 FOR 31 LAW AND
WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH
THE GOVERNOR. SHE’S FILED AN
INJUNCTION TO TELL THESE
PROSECUTORS DO NOT ENFORCE THAT
1931 LAW AND I REALLY FEEL RIGHT
NOW THAT’S A BIPARTISAN ISSUE.
WHETHER YOU’RE PRO LIFE OR PRO
CHOICE. WE WANT TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS WHO ARE GOING TO HONOR
THAT LAW AND ENFORCED THAT LAW.
AND AS GOVERNOR, YOU SHOULD NOT
JUST BE BYPASSING THAT BECAUSE
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT
MAKE THESE LAWS THE LEGISLATURE
DOES AND WE HAVE A GOVERNOR
AGAIN, BYPASSING THE LEGISLATURE
, JUST LIKE SHE DID IN 2020. AND
SO IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE LAW
, YOU WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE,
OR YOU DO A CITIZEN’S PETITION
OF WHAT THEY’RE COLLECTING
SIGNATURES RIGHT NOW AND HAVE
THAT GO IN FRONT OF LEGISLATURE,
AND THAT’S HOW THESE CHECKS AND
BALANCES WORK IN OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT QUESTION THAT I
ALWAYS ENJOY ASKING PEOPLE WHO
ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE WAS ONE
THAT WAS KIND OF FRAMED BY
EDMUND BURKE MANY, MANY YEARS
AGO, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS
WHEN IT COMES WHEN IT COMES TIME
TO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BRASS
TACKS. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? IT’S
YOUR JOB TO PUT FORWARD YOUR
BELIEFS ACT ON YOUR BELIEFS YOUR
OPINIONS, OR IS IT BETTER TO
REPRESENT THOSE OF THE STATE,
WHICH IS A IS A PARTICULARLY
PARTICULARLY ACUTE QUESTION ON
THE ABORTION QUESTION. YOUR YOUR
JOB AS GOVERNOR IS TO GOVERN ALL
PEOPLE AND YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE’S RIGHTS ARE
NOT TRAMPLED ON. THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE ELECTED TO DO. AND SO,
YES, YOU MUST GOVERN ALL PEOPLE
. AND IF THE LAW GETS CHANGED,
OBVIOUSLY, I’M GOING TO FOLLOW
THAT LAW BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN OUR
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. ARE YOU
ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF SEEING A TAX
CUTS FOR MICHIGANDERS, BUT WE’VE
BEEN IT’S BEEN HARD TO GET EXACT
DETERMINATION ON EXACTLY WHERE
THE SPECIFICITY WOULD BE ON
WHERE WE WOULD CUT SPENDING THEN
TO MAKE THOSE TAX CUTS POSSIBLE
. WHERE DO YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT
DOING A AN AUDIT OF STATE
SPENDING, WHICH I THINK SOME
PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE IS WHAT THE
STATE BUDGET PROCESS DOES EVERY
YEAR. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO CUT?
NO IT’S FORENSIC ACCOUNTING.
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOT AN
AUDIT ACTUAL FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
AND WE NEED TO GO LINE BY LINE.
BECAUSE WHAT’S HAPPENED OVER THE
PAST DECADE. I THINK 50 OUT OF
OUR 83 COUNTIES HAVE LOST
POPULATION. THESE ARE PEOPLE
LEAVING THE STATE. THESE ARE
BUSINESSES LEAVING THE STATE. WE
NEED TO ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES
BACK SO OUR POPULATION IS
DECREASING, HOWEVER, ARE
SPENDING UNDER REPUBLICAN LED
LEGISLATURE, BY THE WAY HAS
INCREASED. I THINK, 33% SO WE
HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. SO WE
NEED FORENSIC ACCOUNTING DONE,
AND WE NEED TO GO THROUGH EVERY
SINGLE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED TO
FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN CUT THESE
TAXES AND THEN WE NEED TO START
COMPETING WITH THESE OTHER
STATES, AND WE NEED TO ELIMINATE
THE STATE INCOME TAX. BUT WELL,
ELIMINATING STATE INCOME TAX
WOULD PUT WOULD BLOW A MASSIVE
HOLE IN THE IN THE GENERAL FUND
, AND THAT ALSO POINTS OUT A
QUESTION THAT I WAS JUST ASKING
TUTOR DIXON WHERE IS THE FINE
LINE BETWEEN RECRUITING
BUSINESSES AND CREATING POLICIES
THAT GIVE AWAY THE FARM WHERE
THEY ARE COMPLETELY EXEMPT FROM
A LOT OF TAXES AND A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY? SOME WOULD ARGUE
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT IF YOU
LOOK AT THE STATES WHO ARE
TAKING OUR JOBS RIGHT NOW, LIKE
TENNESSEE, INDIANA, FLORIDA AND
TEXAS, THAT’S WHO WE’RE
COMPETING WITH. AND IF YOU LOOK
AT FLORIDA, I CALL IT THE
TRIFECTA. WE HAVE FLORIDA WHO
HAS TOURISM. WE HAVE TEXAS WHO
HAS OIL. WE HAVE 10, TENNESSEE
WHO IS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE
. WELL IF YOU LOOK AT MICHIGAN,
MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS. WE CAN BE
THE POWERHOUSE OF THIS UNION. IF
WE JUST GET THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP
AND FORESIGHT TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN. HOLY COW. DO WE NEED TO
PUT AN EMPHASIS ON OUR TOURISM
AGAIN? WHAT BETTER STATE TO
RAISE A FAMILY? WHAT BETTER
STATE TO COME AND VISIT ALL YEAR
ROUND IN MICHIGAN SO WE CAN
COMPETE WITH FLORIDA TOURISM AND
LOOK, WE HAVE THE LARGEST
NATURAL GAS RESERVES OR THE
STORAGE CAPACITY AND THE UNION.
AND SO TEXAS HAS OIL. WE CAN
INVEST INTO NATURAL GAS AND WE
CAN INVEST INTO LONG TERM ENERGY
. DENSE SOLUTIONS LIKE NUCLEAR.
NOW WE’RE COMPETING WITH TEXAS
AND TENNESSEE, THE BUSINESS
FRIENDLY STATE BY CUTTING
REGULATIONS. I’VE BEEN TALKING
TO DAIRY FARMERS, AND THEY KEEP
TELLING ME THE SAME SCENARIO.
THESE SMALL FARMERS CANNOT
OPERATE AND GROW THEIR
BUSINESSES BECAUSE THE
REGULATIONS THEY GET EASILY GO
DOWN TO TENNESSEE AND CREATE A
MUCH BIGGER FARM AND GET A LOT
MORE MONEY BY GOING DOWN THERE,
SO WE NEED TO GET BIG
GOVERNMENTS BOOT OFF OUR NECK.
SO IF WE DO THOSE THREE THINGS
BUSINESS FRIENDLY, LONG TERM
ENERGY, DENSE SOLUTIONS AND MAKE
SURE THAT OUR TOURISM THEN WE’RE
GOING TO ATTRACT THESE
BUSINESSES BACK. AND WITH THESE
BUSINESS COME JOBS. THE JOBS
COMES FAMILIES, AND THAT’S WHAT
WILL INCREASE TAX REVENUE IF WE
DON’T START ATTRACTING THESE
FOLKS BACK TO THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, WE’RE GOING TO BE DEAD
IN THE WATER. TRYING TO HELP ME
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU THINK THE
REAL DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN YOU
AND THE OTHER CAN. THE OTHER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW
THAT ARE VYING FOR THIS
NOMINATION? YOU DON’T HAVE ANY
GOVERNMENT OR ALLEGED,
ESPECIALLY NONE OF YOU HAVE
LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE, WHICH I
THINK YOU ALL THINK AS A FEATHER
IN YOUR CAP, BUT DESCRIBE FOR ME
WHAT YOU THINK, IS THE REAL
DISTINGUISHING POINT BETWEEN
YOU. AND THE OTHER FOUR YEAH,
WITH NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. I
WEAR THAT LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR
. LIKE I’M SURE THE OTHER
CANDIDATES DO. BUT WHEN I’M
BRINGING THE TABLES, LEADERSHIP,
YOU KNOW, I’M NOT BACKED BY THE
ESTABLISHMENT I’M NOT BOUGHT AND
PAID FOR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT
I’M BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE
PEOPLE. THAT’S WHO I WORK FOR,
AND THAT’S WHO I’LL CONTINUE TO
WORK FOR, BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE
ALL OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM
RIGHT NOW IS FROM THE PEOPLE OF
STATE OF MICHIGAN. BUT THAT’S
LEADERSHIP AND WE NEED
LEADERSHIP. NOW WE NEED UNITY
AND I’VE BEEN STANDING UP
AGAINST GOVERNOR WHITMER FOR THE
PAST TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS
WHY ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES
WERE SITTING IN THE SHADOW
SITTING ON THE BLEACHERS HIDE IN
THE BASEMENT. I’VE BEEN ON THE
FRONT LINES HOLDING GOVERNOR
WHITMER ACCOUNTABLE FOR
EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE AND WHAT
SHE CONTINUES TO DO, AND THAT’S
WHAT PEOPLE WANT NOW THEY
WEREN’T REAL. AND THEY WANT
UNITY AND THEY WANT LEADERSHIP.
AND I’M THE CANDIDATE TO GET IT
DONE. AND I’M THE ONLY CANDIDATE
ON STAGE RIGHT NOW WHO ACTUALLY
WENT UP AGAINST GOVERNOR WHITMER
IS BEATING HER. I’M WANNA KNOW.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE GOVERNOR
WHITMER, I’LL BE TUNING ON
NOVEMBER. I’VE ONLY GOT ABOUT 30
SECONDS OR SO LEFT. BUT TALK TO
ME ABOUT HOW WE GET EVERYBODY
BACK TOGETHER. WE ARE SO
BITTERLY DIVIDED. IN FACT, THE
SAME GOVERNOR THAT YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT HAS SOME VERY
ARDENT SUPPORTERS AS WELL. HOW
DO YOU? HOW DO HOW DO YOU GET US
ALL TO SIT DOWN AT THE SAME
TABLE? THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT’S TIME FOR CONVERSATION
AGAIN, FOLKS. WE GOT TO GET AWAY
FROM IF I DON’T AGREE WITH 100%
THAT YOU DO THAT I’M GOING TO
ATTACK YOU. I’M GOING TO CANCEL
YOU. I’M NEVER GOING TO TALK TO
YOU AGAIN. WE’VE GOT TO GET AWAY
FROM THIS ONE ISSUE VOTING IN
THIS ONE POLICY. IT’S TIME FOR
CONVERSATION, AND THIS TIME THEY
HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION FROM
A VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND
BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES SO
WE CAN MOVE NOT ONLY OUR STATE
FORWARD BUT OUR COUNTRY FORWARD
AND I’M THE CANDIDATE TO GET IT