TRAGEDY AND THE MAGNITUDE OF
THAT STORY PRIMARY ELECTIONS
HELD IN FIVE STATES YESTERDAY.
GEORGIA FEATURED THE MOST
ACTION.
TRUMP-BACKED UNIVERSITY OF
GEORGIA FOOTBALL LEGEND HEACIAL
WALKER EASILY WON THE G.O.P.
PRIMARY FOR U.S. SENATE SEAT.
CONTROVERSIAL CONGRESSWOMAN
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN FOUGHT OFF
HER PRIMARY CHALLENGERS TO WIN
THAT NOMINATION.
SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER LAMBASTED BY
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
FOR ELECTION.
AND WEN BRIAN KEMP EASILY
SURVIVED CHALLENGE FROM FORMER
SENATOR AND TRUMP FAVORITE DAVID
PERDUE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
DO YOU FEEL VINDICATED TODAY?
>> OH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME,
BRET.
WE ARE JUST GLAD TO GETTING OUT
OF THE PRIMARY.
I’M HONORED TO BE THE NOMINEE
AGAIN.
I PROMISED VOTERS IN 2018 IF
THEY MADE ME THEIR NOMINEE I
WOULD PUT THEM FIRST AND AHEAD
OF STATUS QUO AND THE
POLITICALLY CORRECT AND I WOULD
DO WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO WHEN I
WAS CAMPAIGNING.
THAT’S WHAT I HAVE DONE.
I THINK THEY CONFIRMED THAT LAST
NIGHT.
WITH THE WORK AHEAD FOR US IS IN
FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO
TO MAKE SURE STACEY ABRAMS
DOESN’T BECOME OUR GOVERNOR OR
YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> Bret: ARE YOU GOING TO MEND
TIES WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT?
IT GOT PRETTY UGLY THERE FOR A
WHILE.
>> WELL, AS I HAVE SAID MANY
TIMES ON THE HARDWORKING
GEORGIANS BUS TOUR THIS IS ABOUT
GEORGIANS.
I HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I DON’T PLAN ON DOING THAT I
PRAISED HIM AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION AND VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE FOR THE WORK
THAT THEY DID TO HELP OUR STATE
DURING THE PANDEMIC DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON.
BUT THIS RACE AND WHAT I’M
RUNNING FOR IS TO BE GOVERNOR OF
GEORGIA.
YOU KNOW, I’M CONCERNED AND WAS
CONCERNED YESTERDAY WITH THEIR
ENDORSEMENT WITH THEIR VOTE TO
BE THE NOMINEE AGAIN.
AND I GOT TO DO THAT AGAIN IN
NOVEMBER AND IT’S MY BELIEF THAT
ALL REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT
STACEYSTACEY ABRAMS DOESN’T WIN
RACE AND WE KEEP GEORGIA MOVING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, UNLIKE HER, BRET, I
BELIEVE GEORGIA IS THE GREATEST
STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE,
WORK, AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.
I’M PROUD WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE
STATE IN THE COUNTRY FOR
BUSINESS AND I’M GOING TO KEEP.
>> Bret: SHE STANDS BY THAT
STATEMENT HERE IS HER RESPONSE
TO THAT.
>> I THINK IT WAS AN INARTFULLY
DELIVERED.
THE POINT WAS I HAVE MADE MANY
TIMES.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PHRASING
THAT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
BUT MY INTENTION AND THE REALITY
IS TRUE.
AND THAT IS BRIAN KEMP DOESN’T
CARE ABOUT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
IN THIS STATE.
>> Bret: SHE WENT ON TO DEFEND
THAT SAYING GOING RIGHT TO THE
ISSUE OF GUNS.
AND SAYING THAT YOUR RECORD ON
GUNS IN GEORGIA IS GOING TO BE A
BIG PART OF THIS ELECTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE
SAID AND THAT ISSUE IN YOUR
ELECTION UPCOMING?
>> WELL, SHE IS TRYING TO MASK
OVER WHAT THE REAL ISSUES ARE IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
WHICH IS 40-YEAR HIGH BIDEN
INFLATION.
SHE CRITICIZED BILLION DOLLARS
BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS INSTEAD OF
WASTEFULFULLY SPENDING IT HELP
FIGHT PRICES AT THE GROCERY
STORE.
WE SUSPENDED THE GAS TAX FOR TWO
MONTHS TWO MONTHS.
OFF SET DISASTERS DOMESTIC
ENERGY POLICY.
SHE CRITICIZED THAT SHE WANTS TO
RAISE TAXES.
SHE -- SHE AND HER PARTY, THEY
WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE WHILE
IN GEORGIA.
WE HAVE BEEN STANDING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING AFTER VIOLENT
CRIMINALS.
WE ALSO JUST PASSED A MENTAL
HEALTH PARODY ACT AND A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS TO ADDRESS ISSUES
THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STATE.
THAT’S WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD
TO CAMPAIGNING ON IS MY RECORD
BECAUSE I HAVE ONE AND THE
RECORD THAT SHE HAS IS SHE
THINKS SHE KNOWS BETTER WHAT
GEORGIANS SHOULD BE DOING IN THE
GOVERNMENT OUR OWN CITIZENS.
THAT’S WHAT I’M FIGHTING
AGAINST.
>> Bret: GOVERNOR, THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE
ISSUES.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT TO SAY
DEMOCRATS ARE BEHIND THE 8 BALL
WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION AND
CRIME.
EVEN IMMIGRATION IN SOME PLACES
AND SOME STATES, MAYBE GEORGIA.
BUT, ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION,
WE COULD HAVE A ROE V. WADE
DECISION THAT EFFECTS SOME
RACES.
AND ON BACK TO THE GUNS, GEORGIA
GUN LAWS YOU HAVE PERMITLESS
CARRY EFFECTIVE AS OF
APRIL 2022.
IT NOW GENERALLY PERMITS ANY
LAWFUL WEAPONS CARRY TO CARRY
HANDGUNS OPENLY OR CONCEALED IN
MOST PUBLIC SPACES WITHOUT ANY
BACKGROUND CHECK OR PERMIT
REQUIRED.
YOU KNOW IN THE WAKE OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN TEXAS THERE IS GOING
TO BE A BIG PUSH.
>> BRET, THAT’S NOT CORRECT.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY STILL HAS GOT
TO FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN IT COMES
TO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
IT’S JUST THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO
HAVE A PIECE OF
(FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY
NOW.
>> Bret: TO CARRY.
>> IF THEY ARE SAYING THAT.
THAT’S NOT CORRECT.
AND, LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS AND
STACEY ABRAMS CALL THIS CRIMINAL
CARRY.
WELL, I GOT NEWS FOR THEM, THE
CRIMINALS ALREADY HAVE THE GUNS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING
THESE TERRIBLE, VIOLENT CRIMES.
THEY ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE
GANGS THAT WE ARE GOING AFTER.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS THE ABILITY
TO PROTECT AND DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE FED UP WITH A LOT OF
LOCAL POLITICIANS THAT WON’T
ALLOW THEIR POLICE TO GO AFTER
THESE PEOPLE.
LOCAL PROSECUTORS ARE NOT
PROSECUTING THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND LOCKING THEM UP FOR VIOLENT
CRIMES.
AND THEY HAVE GET OUT OF JAIL
FREE POLICIES.
AND I HAVE BEEN A GOVERNOR
THAT’S BEEN DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT GEORGIANS
WANT.
THEY ARE SCARED TO DEATH.
WHEN YOU CAN’T ALLOW YOUR CHILD
TO GO PUMP GAS OR GO TO THE
MALL, THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IN
THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> Bret: GOVERNOR, LAST THING,
YOU KNOW, IN THAT ELECTION LAST
NIGHT, SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER GOT MORE VOTES
THAN FORMER SENATOR DAVID
PERDUE.
OBVIOUSLY THE FORMER PRESIDENT
WAS TRYING TO TAKE RAFFENSPERGER
DOWN AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION AND
WAS SUPPORTING DAVID PERDUE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT RESULT
SAYS?
IS GEORGIA NOW PAST THE 2020
ELECTION?
IS THAT THE MESSAGE?
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
>> WELL, I HAVEN’T HAD A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
TO CRUNCH THE NUNS AND SEE HOW
EVERYTHING FELL OUT LAST NIGHT.
WE WERE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE
WE WON OUR RACE AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE REGROUPING TODAY AND
GETTING READY FOR THIS FIGHT.
BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE THE
NUMBER ONE WATCHED GOVERNOR’S
RACE IN THE COUNTRY.
PROBABLY BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
BUT I WOULD JUST TELL YOU I
THINK GEORGIANS THEY VOTED FOR
PEOPLE LAST NIGHT THAT HAD A
RECORD.
THAT HAS BEEN PUTTING THEM FIRST
AHEAD OF THE STATUS QUO AND THE
POLITICALLY CORRECT.
I KNOW THAT’S WHAT I DID.
THAT RECORD I HAVE HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE HELP ME WITH THAT MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SPEAKER
ROSS AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THAT
FIGHT.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO.
THE FACT IS WE HAVE GOT TO COME
TOGETHER NOW AND WIN IN
NOVEMBER.
THAT’S WHAT MY MISSION IS GOING
TO BE.
I THINK IT WILL BE OF THE