>> WELCOME BACK, IF THERE WAS A
SURPRISE IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY
ELECTION, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 10TH
DISTRICT.
AN OPEN SEAT ELECTION AS PAUL
MITCHELL ANNOUNCED HE’S LEAVING
CONGRESS AND URGED VOTERS TO
SUPPORT SHANE HERNANDEZ.
THEN A NASTY CAMPAIGN BROKE OUT
BETWEEN HERNANDEZ AND LISA
MCCLAIN.
WHEN THE DUST CLEARED IT WAS
MCCLAIN STILL STANDING.
SHE JOINS ME ON FLASH POINT.
LISA, FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS
ON A BIG WIN.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> DEVIN: YOU BET.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK MADE THE
DIFFERENCE HERE?
YOU REALLY DON’T HAVE ANY
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.
SHANE HERNANDEZ KNOWN A LITTLE
BETTER IN POLITICAL CIRCLES AND
ENDORSED BY PAUL MITCHELL WHO IS
LEAVING OFFICE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MADE THE
DIFFERENCE FOR YOU?
>> I THINK REALLY THREE THINGS
AS I TOOK A BREATH AFTER TUESDAY
OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IS,
WE HAD A GOOD STRATEGY.
WE HAD A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT AND HELP SO YOU CAN’T
GET TO THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW, A
SEAT IN CONGRESS WITHOUT A TEAM
AND I’M BLESSED AND INSPIRED AND
HAPPY TO SAY WE HAD A LOT OF
GOOD HELP ON OUR CAMPAIGN.
AND THE LAST THING THAT WE HAD,
I THINK THAT HELPED US GET HERE,
WE WORKED HARD.
SO GOOD STRATEGY, TEAM EFFORT,
AND A LOT OF HARD WORK.
>> DEVIN: CLEARLY, IT WAS THAT.
YOU COME FROM A FINANCIAL
SERVICES BACKGROUND, STARTED
YOUR OWN COMPANY, BUT THEN DID
SPEND MORE THAN A MILLION OF
YOUR OWN DOLLARS ON THIS RUN AND
SOME--
WHY IS IT WORTH IT TO YOU TO
SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY AND IS
THAT, AGAIN, A WIN FOR MONEY
OVER POLITICS?
>> WELL, I LOOK AT IT AS AN
INVESTMENT IN MYSELF.
I WOULD PREFER TO INVEST IN
MYSELF TO DO WHAT I THINK NEEDS
TO BE DONE IN THIS DISTRICT, TO
MOVE THE DISTRICT FORWARD.
AND NUMBER TWO, WITH MY OWN
MONEY AND THE MONEY THAT I’VE
RAISED FROM THE SUPPORT OF THE
DONORS IN THE DISTRICT IS I’M
NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANYBODY.
I THINK I CAN FOLLOW THE HEART
AND MIND OF THE DISTRICT AS
OPPOSED TO BEING BEHOLDEN TO ANY
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
>> DEVIN: IT’S WEIRD TO THINK
THAT SOME OF THE ADS BETWEEN YOU
AND SHANE HERNANDEZ, IT’S HARD
TO BELIEVE YOU WERE IN THE SAME
PARTY.
IT GOT PRETTY THE BITTER.
WHO IS MORE ALIGNMENT WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
CHARACTERIZE FOR ME THE JOB YOU
THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DOP
AND SINCE HE’S FALLEN IN THE
POLLS TO A DOUBLE DIGIT DEFICIT
FOR JOE BIDEN, WHAT ARE YOUR
FELLOW MICHIGANDERING SEEING
THAT YOU DON’T SEE?
>> I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GET
CAUGHT UP IN THE PACKAGING AND
WE DON’T TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK
AT THE POLICIES AND WHAT PEOPLE
HAVE--
ESPECIALLY OUR PRESIDENT, I
BELIEVE, HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND SO MANY TIMES WE GET
PERSONAL AND WE GET HUNG UP ON
THE PERSON AS OWE HE IS POED TO
THE POLICIES.
AND I THINK OUR PRESIDENT HAS
DONE A REMARKABLE JOB WITH HIS
POLICIES AND THAT’S THE BIGGEST
REASON WHY I SUPPORT OUR
PRESIDENT.
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THERE’S A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR HIM OUT THERE.
I’VE SEEN IT AT THE RALLIES.
I’VE SEEN IT WHEN I’VE DONE
PHONE CALLING, I DON’T SEE THIS
BIG SILENT MAJORITY.
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF THE
WOOD, WOULD AND AT TIMES WHEN
THINGS GET NASTY AND TO CRUNCH
TIME, WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE
PERSON AND ATTACK THINGS AS
OPPOSED TO SPENDING OUR ENERGY
AND EFFORTS.
AND ONE OF THOSE POLICIES--
>> SHOULD YOU BEAT THE CONTENDER
IN NOVEMBER, THIS IS AN AREA
THAT’S AGRICULTURAL.
MY FAMILY FARMED SOY BEANS IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE
PRESIDENT’S POLICIES HAVE PRETTY
MUCH DEVASTATED THE SOY BEAN
MARKET.
IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN
WITH THE FARMERS WHO YOU’LL NOW
BE REPRESENTING, WHAT WOULD YOU
TELL THEM ON BEHALF OF THE
FARMERS THAT YOU WOULD BE
REPRESENTING?
>> I BELIEVE IT’S IMPORTANT FOR AMERICANS, WHETHER IT’S IN
AMERICANS, WHETHER IT’S IN
FARMING OR ANY OTHER FACET OF
BASE POLICIES NEED TO BE FAIR AB
AND EQUITABLE.
THE FARMERS I’VE MET ARE GOOD,
TRUE, HOLLY LOYAL PEOPLE AND I
BELIEVE THAT ALL THEY NEED IS A
FAIR SHAKE.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO DO
MAKE SURE WE GET THE REGULATION
OUT OF THE WAY SO FARMERS COULD
DO WHAT THEY DO BEST, AND THAT
IS FARM.
NOT ONLY FOR THE UNITED STATES,
BUT REALLY, FOR THE WORLD.
AP WE NEED TO FOCUS ON LETTING
THE FARMERS BE ABLE TO DO THEIR
JOB AND DO IT WELL, BUT CREATE A
PLAYING FIELD THAT’S HAD A LEVEL
PLAYING FIELD.
>> DEVIN: MOST OF THE FARMERS I
KNOW WOULD RATHER BE FARMING
THAN ANY SUBSIDY CHECK.
>> 100%, SHUL.
>> DEVIN: WHAT WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE, YOU’VE GOT AN
OPPORTUNITY FEW PEOPLE GET OUT,
SORT OF OUT OF THE WALK OF LIFE
AND THE NATION’S CAPITAL.
WHAT’S YOUR FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS?
>> I THINK MY FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS IS TO GET THE ECONOMY
BACK UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE IF
YOU HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY --.
>> DEVIN: MOU HOW DO WE DO THAT
IN A PANDEMIC?
>> I’M SORRY?
HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A PANDEMIC?
>> I THINK WE’VE SHOWN WE’RE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
WITH THE PANDEMIC, I RESPECT THE
CORONAVIRUS, BUT I DO NOT FEAR
THE CORONAVIRUS.
I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, I BELIEVE
IN BUSINESSES AND I BELIEVE IN
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL
LIBERTIES WHERE GIVING PEOPLE
THOSE CHOICES, I BELIEVE PEOPLE
WILL BE INNOVATIVE AND I BELIEVE
THAT THEY WILL, IN A HOLE, DO
THE RIGHT THING.
SO, AGAIN, I RESPECT THE
CORONAVIRUS AND I DON’T FEAR IT.
AS AMERICANS WE DON’T NEED TO
FEAR IT.
>> DEVIN: LISA, I HAVE TO LEAVE
IT THERE.
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
I’LL TALK TO YOU MORE AS WE HEAD
TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.