OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES. TALKS ABOUT ISSUES STARTING WITH GUN-CONTROL.4@
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SUPPORT
IT IS UNIVER4@SAL ON CHECKS. AS
YOU KNOW THERE ARE 4@A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN MAINE WHO OPPOSE THEM@
WHY DO YOU FEEL 4@UNIVERSAL DON
CHECKS WOULD WORK IN THE STAKE
LIKE MAINE A RURAL STATE WHERE
THEY SAY STRONG CONDITION OF
GUN OWNERSHIP AND A VERY LOW
CRIME RATE.
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO MOST
MAINERS AND MOST GUN OWNERS
THEY DO THINK THERE CAN BE
SMART GUN SAFETY LAWS PUT INTO
PLACE.
NOW, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY IS CLOSING THE
LOOPHOLE ON BACKGROUND CHECKS.
IN OTHER WORDS, ENSURE THAT
WHEN SOMEONE PURCHASES A
FIREARM THAT THEY WILL NOT4@ --
IN OTHER WORDS, ENSURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE PURCHASES A FIREARM THAT THEY WILL NOT4@ --@
THAT THEY WERE NOT WAYS IN
WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT THEY
WILL BE A RISK TO OTHERS.
THE PROPOSAL THAT I ACTUALLY
SUPPORT IS ONE THAT STILL
ALLOWS FOR FAMILY TRANSFERS IF
THAT WERE THE CASE, AND I THINK
WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED IN
THIS IS LEADERSHIP TO BRING
THESE TWO SITES TOGETHER AND
GET THIS DONE.
>> LET'S MOVE TO THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS
SPENDING ENORMOUS AMOUNTS 4@OF
MONEY BUT IT DID HAVE.
OUR U.S. DEBT NOW IS INTO THE 4@
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.4@
MONEY IS GOING TO BE CONTINUE
TO SPEND AS LONG AS THE
PANDEMIC GOES ON.
BOTH SIDES PRETTY MUCH AGREE ON
THAT BUT AT SOME POINT THE
BILLS COME DUE.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND RAISING
TAXES AS A WAY TO ADDRESS
AMERICA'S ENORMOUS FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS,
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK THERE'S
A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
IN THIS.
FIRST OF 4@ALL THE FACT THAT
DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT RESULTS
FROM IT, WE DO NEED HELP FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.HERE IN
THE STATE OF 4@MAINE A RURAL
STATE WE DO SEE THAT.
MAY BE MORE ACUTELY THAN SOME
OF THE STATES.
WE KNOW WE 4@NEED HELP ON THE
STATE LEVEL AND INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES4@ 4@NEED TO MAKE SURE
CAN CONTINUE TO STAY IN THEIR
HOMES, PAY THE RENT, HAVE FOOD
TO EAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE'S RESPONSE AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT SEEN
A RESPONSE AS RECENTLY FROM THE
SENATE4@4@4@ EVEN AS WE HAVE SE
HAS CONTINUED TO PASS
LEGISLATION TO DO THAT. 4@
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IN THE FUTURE AND HOW WE ARE
GOING TO PAY FOR IT, I THINK WE
NEED TO 4@LOOK BACK AT SOME OF
THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
INTO PLACE THAT DON'T BENEFIT
WORKING MAINERS AND FAMILIES
ESPECIALLY IN MAINE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2017 TAX 4@
BILL.
THAT PAID NEARLY 2 BILLION
DOLLAR TRACKS CUT TO
CORPORATIONS AND SOME OF THE
WEALTHIEST AMERICANS IN THE
INC.
THAT'S THE FIRST PLACES WE NEED
TO LOOK TO ACTUALLY ROLLBACK
TAX CUTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO
PEOPLE WHO DON'T NEED THEM AND
THINK 4@INSTEAD ABOUT HOW YOU P
THAT MONEY TO 4@USE FOR EVERYDA
WORKING MAINERS.
>> ONTO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
THAT MONEY TO 4@USE FOR EVERYDA WORKING MAINERS. >> ONTO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.@
JOE BIDEN WOULD NOT SAY IN THE
FIRST DEBATE HOW HE FELT ABOUT
THE ISSUE OF PERHAPS EXPANDING
THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES ON THE
COURT.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT EXPANDING THE
NUMBER 4@OF JUSTICES4@ ON THE U
SUPREME COURT?
>> SO, HERE'S WHAT I THINK.
FIRST OF ALL,4@ WE HAVE SEEN A
JUDICIARY THAT HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED AND VERY
POLITICIZED.
THAT HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF
THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND IT WAS
A CONCERTED EFFORT MADE BY THIS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ALSO
BY MITCH McCONNELL AND SUSAN
COLLINS WAS AN ENORMOUS PART4@
THAT VOTING TO CONFIRM ALMOST
EVERY JUDICIAL NOMINEE.
KNOW WE 4@HAVE A JUDICIARY THAT
HAS BEEN PUSHED FAR TO THE
RIGHT.
WHEN I'M IN THE SENATE I WILL
EVALUATE ANY PROPOSAL THAT
COMES BEFORE ME4@ THROUGH THE
LENS OF HOW WE RESTORE AN
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY.
SO FAR THE PROPOSALS THAT 4@HAV
BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD4@ AND THE
@ WAY THEY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT
DON'T LEAD ME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US
DO THAT. 4@
>> IN THIS RACE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN RUNNING AGAINST INCUMBENT
REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS WE 4@
HAVE SEEN 4@TENS AND TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT IN
MAINE. 4@
MOST OF IT HAS BEEN SPENT ON
TELEVISION COMMERCIALS . MOST
HAVE A NEGATIVE.4@
ARE YOU PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT YOU HAVE RUN? 4@
>> SO, FIRST, I THINK IS ONE
THING THAT WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE4@4@ THAT ALL OF US
PROBABLY AGREE ON WHICH IS THAT
THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY IN
POLITICS AND THAT WE 4@NEED TO
CHANGE THAT.
AND THAT IS WHY IS ONE OF THE
VERY FIRST THINGS THAT ARE
BROUGHT FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT
ON THIS CAMPAIGN I INTRODUCED
REFORM AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PUT PRIORITIZED THE VOICES
OF PEOPLE OVER THE4@4@ VOICES O
CORPORATIONS BY DOING THINGS
LIKE OVERTURNING CITIZENS
UNITED, BYPASSING BILLS LIKE
THIS CLOSE ACT WHICH WOULD
DEMAND AND MAKE TRANSPARENT WHO
IS DONATING WHAT TO WHOM AND
HOW THAT'S 4@BEING USED IN THE -
CALLED DARK MONEY ADDS.
BUT I ALSO WILL POINT TO THE
FACT4@ AND ESPECIALLY FOR ME AS
CANDIDATE IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE
OF THE TELEVISION ADS.
THIS CAMPAIGN IS REALLY ABOUT
PEOPLE.
AND IT'S WHY WE 4@HAVE 4@SPENT
PAST 15 MONTHS MOVING ALL
AROUND THE STATE WITH THE
EXCEPT4@ION4@4@ --
>> LET ME JUST JUMP IN BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE
QUESTION WHICH IS A VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE.
WERE YOU PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT YOU RUN SO FAR,
>> I AM PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN
4@ WE HAVE RUN.
I WISH THAT COULD BE LESS 4@
NEGATIVE ADVERTISING.
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW-U4@P.
DO THINK THIS KIND OF CAMPAIGN @
WITH JUST 4@THE RIVERS OF NASTY
TV COMMERCIALS ON BOTH SIDES,
YOUR OPPONENTS, YOUR
SUPPORTERS, HER SUPPORTERS, DO
YOU SERVE 4@THE SYSTEM WELL AND
IS INSERT MAINE WELL?
>> ROB, WHAT I THINK IS THAT WE
NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO FOCUS ON THE 4@NEEDS OF
MAINE PEOPLE.
IT'S WIRE RUNAWAYS WHICH IS
ABOUT TO SAY BEFORE BEING
INTERRUPTED.
THAT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT @
WE ARE EVERYWHERE IN THIS STATE
LISTENING TO PEOPLE
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THEIR LIVES AND MAKING A
DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE
CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO SEE IN
WASHINGTON. 4@
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED
ON IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND WHAT I
WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WILL
SEND THAT FRONT IS JUST 4@THAT
IS ALSO WHY WE FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT AND I PERSONALLY FELT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT
IS ALSO WHY WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND I PERSONALLY FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT@
THE CHANGE THAT I WANT TO MAKE
ANY 4@FOUNDATIONAL WAY BEFORE
BEING ABLE TO