>> FROM OUR STATE HOUSE STUDIO IN MONTGOMERY, I'M TODD STACY.

WELCOME TO "CAPITOL JOURNAL."

IT WAS AN ACTIVE DAY IN THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE AS THE HOUSE AND SENATE MET FOR THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE REGULAR SESSION.

THE HOUSE CONTINUED ITS METHODICAL WORK THROUGH THE AGENDA.

LAWMAKERS TOOK UP A BILL THAT WOULD CHANGE THE INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT PROCESS FOR SOMEONE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

HOUSE BILL 70 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE REX REYNOLDS WOULD ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE DISCRETION IN GETTING HELP FOR SOMEONE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THE BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

ANOTHER BILL FROM REYNOLDS ADDRESSES WIRE TAPPING.

HOUSE BILL 17 WOULD ALLOW STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TAP PHONE CALLS AND ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS WITHOUT INVOLVING FEDERAL OFFICIALS IF THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE PERSON INVOLVED “IS COMMITTING, HAS COMMITTED, OR IS ABOUT TO COMMIT CERTAIN FELONY DRUG OFFENSE.”.

>> CURRENTLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW UNDER TITLE 3 WIRETAP ACT YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT WITH A FEDERAL AGENT INVOLVED.

WITH AS MANY GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS WE HAVE IN ALABAMA WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT AUTHORITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

WE HAVE CENTERED THAT WITH ALEA AND ALEA WILL SPORT ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ALABAMA TO DO THAT.

AND AGAIN WE'RE TARGETING DRUG TRAFFICKING.

PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MYSELF MIDDLE EASTERN.

THIS IS A DRUG TRAFFICKER BY DEFINITION, THAT'S 2.2 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA OR OVER AN OUNCE OF COCAINE.

>> A COMPANION BILL ALSO PASSED THROUGH SENATE COMMITTEE.

THE SENATE TOOK UP A BILL FROM SENATOR ARTHUR ORR OF DECATUR THAT DEALS WITH VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UNDER THE STATE'S CURRENT OPEN MEETINGS LAW, MEMBERS OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT BODIES AREN'T COUNTED TOWARD A QUORUM IF THEY JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY.

ORR'S BILL WOULD ALLOW VIRTUAL ATTENDEES TO COUNT TOWARD A QUORUM AND ALLOW THEM TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

SENATE BILL 147 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

MOST OF THE WORK TODAY WAS DONE IN COMMITTEE.

THE SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE ADVANCED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL DEALING WITH TRANSGENDER ISSUES.

SENATE BILL 184 FROM SENATOR SHAY SHELLNUTT OF BIRMINGHAM WOULD PROHIBIT DOCTORS FROM PRESCRIBING PUBERTY BLOCKERS OR PERFORMING GENDER TRANSITION SURGERY ON MINORS.

THE BILL WOULD MAKE IT A CLASS C FELONY.

>> THIS BILL IS STRICTLY ABILITY PROTECTING CHILDREN.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THEE SURGERIES ARE NOT GOING ON IN ALABAMA.

THEY ARE NOT AT THIS TIME I THINK LAID ON YOUR DESK AT USA SAYS THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THE DRUG THAT CROSS CONNECTION HER MOANS ARE GOING ON AND THEY'RE REFERRED TO SURGERIES.

THEY MAY GO OUT OF STATE FOR THESE SURGERIES.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO THIS CHILDREN MUCH BECAUSE THERE ARE LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES.

>> AS A PEDIATRICIAN IN THE WIREGRASS, I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF PATIENTS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA.

TRANSGENDER PATIENTS WILL -- TRANSGENDER PATIENT LESS HAVE SUICIDAL IDEATIONS AND HALF ATTEMPT IT.

WHEN PARENTS COME TO ME AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR CHILD THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF IF WE DO NOT AFFIRM THEY SAY PATIENTS.

>> THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ADVANCED A BILL AIMED AT PROTECTING THE ELDERLY.

SENATE BILL 169 FROM SENATOR VIVIAN FIGURES OF MOBILE WOULD ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE REGISTRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ABUSED OR TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE ELDERLY.

IT ALSO REQUIRES NURSING HOMES AND OTHER CARE FACILITIES TO CHECK THE REGISTRY BEFORE HIRING PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES.

>> WE ARE ALL AWARE OF OUR AGING RELATIVES AND PARENTS ESPECIALLY.

AND THE NEED TO SEE PEOPLE OUT TO MAYBE SIT WITH THEM IF THAT'S HOUR CHOICE OR TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.

AND I ACTUALLY KNOW PEOPLE PERSONALLY WHO HAD AN EXPERIENCE WHERE THEIR RELATIVE WAS ABUSED SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF FAMILIES OR PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A REGISTRY TO CHECK PEOPLE OUT AS THEY'RE INTERVIEWING THEM TO HIRE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

>> THIS BILL WOULD ESTABLISH A REGISTRY THAT WOULD BE STATEWIDE AND INCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS BY OF THE DHR AND INCLUDE A LIST OF CRIMES IDENTIFIED IN THE BILL AS WELL BUT IT ALSO WILL ALLOW DHR TO ENTER INTO THE REGISTRY THOSE FINDINGS BY TWO OTHER AGENCIES WHICH ARE -- INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> AND A COMPANION BILL PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TONIGHT.

>> AND THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ADVANCES LEGISLATION AIMED AT IMPROVING ALABAMA'S LAGGING SCORES IN MATH EDUCATION.

SENATE BILL 171 FROM SENATOR ARTHUR ORR OF DECATUR WOULD REQUIRE STATE INTERVENTION FOR LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND SET UP A SUMMER MATH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM.

SENATOR FIGURES QUESTIONED THE TIMING AND THE ABILITY OF THE STATE DODO TO CARRY IT OUT.

>> SENATOR OR DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS SESSION IS ENOUGH TIME TO DO SOMETHING THIS EXTENSIVE?

I DON'T HAVE IS A WHOLE LOT THE FAITH IN THE DEPARTMENT THESE DAYS.

>> I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY HARM OR MESS THINGS UP IT BUT I THINK WE -- EVERY YEAR THAT WE DELAY, THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF MOVING THOSE THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

AND THE CHILDREN ARE COMING.

>> AND EVERY TIME WE RUSH WE END UP STEPPING BACK IN IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO.

I'M COMMITTED TO TRYING.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED AS A POSTAL ROUTE IN 1806 THE OLD FEDERAL RHODE WENT THROUGH THE OLD FEDERAL ROAD.

THE ROAD WAS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTO THE OLD SOUTHWEST USHERING IN A NEW EAR' OF EXPLORATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TERRITORY.

MUCH OF THE FEDERAL ROAD HAS DISAPPEARED PORTIONS OF IT REMAIN TODAY.

>> NEXT I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS OF HUNTSVILLE WHO IS CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON "CAPITOL JOURNAL."

>> MY PLEASURE.

LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU HAVE RUN FOR SENATE.

YOU WERE SEEKING A PROMOTION IN THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO SERVE IN THE U.S. SENATE.

>> IF YOU'RE IN THE U.S. SENATE I COULDN'T HAVE A CAPABILITY OF IMPACTING PUBLIC POLICY THAN YOU DO IF THE HOUSE.

RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEMOCRATS, NANCY PELOSI IN CHARGE, THEY VOTE LOCK STEP WITH EACH OTHER, THE DEMOCRATS DO -- THEY HAVE WON EVERY SINGLE SUBSTANTIAL VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR SINCE JANUARY OF 2019.

IN THE SENATE, IF YOU'RE A MINORITY SENATOR, HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE IN THE MAJORITY BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE MINORITY YOU CAN STILL DO SUBSTANTIVE THINGS BECAUSE THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT.

THAT'S ONE THING, YOU'RE ABOUT TO IMPACT PUBLIC POLICY.

ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT YOU'RE ONE OF A HUNDRED VERSUS ONE OF 13 A 5.

ONE OF 100 VERSUS 1 OF 435.

AND ANOTHER THING YOU GET TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT YOU DON'T IN THE HOUSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, CONFIRMATION OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES.

THAT IS A SENATE FUNCTION.

TREESESE, RATIFICATION.

THAT IS A TREATY IF YOU EXPLAIN.

WE HAVE SEEN THE POWER OF LIBERAL ACTIVIST JUDGES WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEIR INTERVENTION IN OTHER SYSTEM.

FORTUNATELY THE SUPREME COURT SLAPPED THEM DOWN AS THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD HAVE BUT THOSE JUDGES WENT THROUGH THE UNITED STATES SENATE SO I HOPE TO PUT IN REAL SERVANTS IF I'VE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

>> THE CURRENT OCCUPY IS RICHARD SHELBY, RETIRING AFTER 25 YEARS SERVING IN THE SENATE.

YOU HAVE HAD TOUGH WORDS FOR HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LATELY, DESPITE HAVING TO WORK WITH HIM IN CONGRESS.

WHY IS THAT?

>> WELL, RICHARD SHELBY AND I -- PRIMARILY BECAUSE FOLKS LIKE YOU ASK.

THAT'S THE PRIZE MARRY REASON MOST PEOPLE IN THE NEWS MEDIA, THEY LIKE TO CREATE CONFLICT AMONGST REPUBLICANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR INTENT ON THIS ONE.

>> I THINK IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ON THE JUDGES.

DIDN'T YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT -- >> IT WAS KATIE BRITTLE AND RICHARD SHELBY.

IF I HAD BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, NEAR NEITHER MON AS CO-NOR O. RR WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THE SENATE.

REASON IS, IF YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK BOTH OF THEM HAVE WORKED THIS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS BUT NEVER A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN!

ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WRITTEN CLOSURES.

WE'RE A RED STATE, " WE.

WE HAD A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.

FOR MOST OF THE TIME TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW PARTISAN DEMOCRATS -- I SAY PARTISAN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BIPARTISAN, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING IN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS ONLY DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS AND THAT IS A SIGN, A RED FRAG SO TO SPEAK THAT PERHAPS THEY'RE NOT AS CONSERVATIVE AS THEY LED ON WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE JUDGESHIP.

>> ON THE ISSUE OF DO YOU GO SHOWN JONES YOU HAD HARSH WORDS ABOUT HIM GETTING ELECTED BECAUSE HE WITHDRAW HIS SUPPORT FOR ROY MOORE.

>> IT WAS DUG DO YOU GO JONES BEING A FAR LEFT WINGER AND IT WAS RICHARD SHELBY AND KATIE BEFORE IT AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT THAT TIME THAT ENCOURAGED OUR REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO LOOK THAT WAY OTHER WAY AND ACCORDING TO DO YOU GO JONES THAT WAS THE WINNING MARGIN FOR HIM BEING LOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THE SENATE CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO VOTE.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY DO.

INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEONE PRO-LIFE WE HAD SOMEONE PRO ABORTION.

INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEONE TO VOTE TO REPEAL BOOM CARE, WE HAD SOMEONE THAT SUPPORTED SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.

DOUG JONES WAS THE KEY VOTE ON KEEPING BOOM CARE AND SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.

PEOPLE THINK THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.

2017 MCCAIN DID THE THUMBS DOWN AND HE PASSED AWAY.

THEN SOMEONE WANTED TO REPEAL BOOM CARE SO WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE VOTES TO GET THAT LEGISLATION THROUGH THE SENATE.

EXCEPT THAT DOUG JONES REPLACED JEFF SESSIONS AND SO IT WAS A WASH WITH JOHN MCCAIN NO LONGER THERE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BUT NOW DOUG JONES CAME IN AND VOTED AGAINST THIS SO THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS.

HE OPPOSED OUR JUDICIAL NOMINEES TO THE SUPREME COURT.

HE IS AN OPEN-BORDER CANDIDATE OF THE HEAT WASN'T HELPING US ONBOARD EVER SECURITY AND VOTED TO IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP SO THAT -- THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A BAD JUDGMENT SO ABANDON THE PARTY TO ABANDON 650,000 WILL BEES WHO VOTED AGAINST DOUG JONES TO KEYS OF 2017.

WE SHOULD HAVE STUCK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE VERY GOOD AT PUTTING PERSONALITY DIFFERANCES OR WHAT HAVE YOU ASIDE TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THE LONG-TERM POLICY AFFECTS WHAT THE TWO SIDES ARE BATTLING OVER.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT WAS REPUBLICANS.

EITHER VOTING FOR DOUG JONES OR MAYBE VOTING THAT ULTIMATE MAY WILL DID END ROY MOORE.

AND I TALKED TO PLENTY OF REPUBLICANS THAT SAY THAT GAS WORTH IT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF -- TO HAVE DOUG JONES TO GET TOM TOMMY TUBERVILLE.

>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 6,350,000 THAT STUCK WITH THE TEAM, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I AGREE WITH AND REPRESENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

>> OK. YOU HAVE WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS IN THIS RACE AND THAT IS THE ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE COVETED ENDORSEMENT.

>> DON'T DONALD TRUMP, JUNIOR.

HE ENDORSED US TOO.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING EVERY CANDIDATE WOULD WANT WE HAVE TWO TRUMP ENDORSEMENTS AND THE REST THE FIELD HAS GOOSE EGGS.

>> WEE WEREN'T ALWAYS ON THE TRUMP TRAIN GOING BACK TO THAT PRIMARY IN 2015 OR 2016.

SO A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WERE LIKE THAT, RIGHT, A LOT OF REPUBLICANS MADE THAT TRANSITION.

SO I'M CURIOUS FOR YOU, WHAT WAS IT?

A SPECIFIC ISSUE OR EVENT THAT FLIPPED THAT SWITCH TO SAY DONALD TRUMP NOW HAS MY ALLEGIANCE.

>> I COMMITTED EARLY ON TO BE TED CRUISE'S CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND I KEEP MY WORD.

AND I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO REPRESENT THE VALUES OF HIS CAMPAIGN TO PROJECT OF ISSUES TO BE PROJECTED TO ENHANCE HIS CAPABILITY OF WING.

AND THEN DONALD TRUMP CAME ALONG AND JUDGMENT FLATTENED THE OPPOSITION.

AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, OF COURSE, I LATER ON SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2016, CUT HIM A $2,500 CHECK TO SEND VOLUNTEERS TO FLORIDA TO CAMPAIGN FOR DONALD TRUMP AND CARRY THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE TRUMP TEAM.

AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING FLORIDA IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN HELPING TO ELECT DONALD TRUMP.

BUT OVER THE TIME FRAME FROM 2017 JANUARY THROUGH JANUARY OF 2021 WHEN THE PRESIDENT LEFT OFFICE, WE DEVELOPED A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP ON MAJOR ISSUES, AND THE PRESIDENT -- HE KNOWS THAT I STICK WITH THOSE POSITIONS.

BORDER SECURITY, ABSOLUTELY.

I'M THERE.

WHENEVER YOU NEED MY VOTE, MY HELP, I'M ON YOUR TEAM ON BUILDING THE BORDER WALL AND STOPPING THIS TSUNAMI OF LEGAL ALIENS DOING THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO AMERICANS IN SO MANY WAYS AND TRYING TO STOP SOCIALIZED HEAVEN AND ALONE CARE.

WE WORK TOGETHER, THE WHITE HOUSE AND MYSELF ON TAX RELIEF FOR JOB CREATORS IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PASSED STIMULATING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY TO THE BEST ECONOMY WE HAD IN 40 OR 50 YEARS.

SO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I WORKED TOGETHER.

AND THE LAST BIG ISSUE WE WORKED ON WAS VOTER FRAUD AND ELECTION THEFT.

WHEN YOU WORK WITH SOBEL SIDE BY SIDE ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND YOU DISCERN RELATIVELY QUICKLY WE'RE BOTH FOR MAKING AMERICA GREAT THEN GENERAL AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK HAD TO THOSE POSITIONS AND NOTHING IS GOING TO BUDGE US, THAT DEVELOP'S RELATIONSHIP AND AS A CONSEQUENCE PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED ME.

IN 2018 FOR CONGRESS AND 2000 ADVENT FOR CONGRESS AND 2022 FOR THE SENATE.

IN TURN I WAS COULD CHAIR OF HIS PAIN IN ALABAMA FOR 2020.

ON THE ISSUE OF JANUARY 6, THE LAST -- SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE KNOW A LOT MORE.

ABOUT THE EVENTS, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT LED UP TO THAT ASSAULT ON THE CAPITOL.

MAYBE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY AND KIND OF DISTURBINGLY IS THE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON THE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PERSONS TO USE TRUMP'S OWN WORDS OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

SO IN HINDSIGHT, KNOWING THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LEADING TO DO IT WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT EFFORT?

>> NO.

WHEN YOU SAY "THAT EFFORT" KEEP IN MIND MY EFFORT WAS LED TO TWO THINGS.

THERE ARE FOUR THINGS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON JANUARY 6.

1ST, THERE WAS THE ELLIPSE RALLY.

A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.

AND I SPOKE THREE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.

THAT ELLIPSE RALLY AS FAR AS I'M AWARE HAD ZERO PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND IT WAS A GREAT RALLY.

IT WAS PUMPING PEOPLE UP.

THEN YOU HAD THE DEBATE ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF MY ROLE FIGHTING FOR HONEST AND CRAFT ELECTIONS AND HAVING ABOUT 150 OTHER CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS THAT JOINED ME IN THAT FIGHT.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER TRYING TO STAMP OUT VOTER FRAUD AND ELECTION THEFT.

THEN YOU HAD A LAWFUL PROTEST OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL THAT INVOLVED TENSE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALLOWING THEM TO DO WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, AND RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

THEN YOU HAD A 4TH GROUP -- THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHEN THEY GOT INTO FIGHTS WITH CAPITAL POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL SORE ENGAGED IN OTHER ILLEGAL 50 INSIDE THE CAPITOL.

THOSE FOLKS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY DESERVE EQUAL PROTECTION AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDING TO WHAT WE SAW WITH THE "BLACK LIVES MATTER" AND ANTIFA ACTIVITIES, LEGAL ACTIVITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN WHAT IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES EFFORTS AND YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYBODY -- IT WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT AND ESPECIALLY -- WHICH OF THE FOUR THINGS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY IT WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT.

>> THE ATTACK AND GETTING FOLKS SPECIFICALLY TO WASHINGTON TO PRESSURE -- TO ENTER THE SENATE, PRESSURE MIKE PENCE AND HE HAD GALLOWS OUT FRONT SAYING HANG MIKE PENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE INTERNAL PRESSURE ON THE VICE PRESIDENT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

THAT'S TRUMP'S OWN WORDS HE SAID THE OTHER DAY.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE EARLY LET MING UP TO IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL CONNECTED AND I WONDERED IF YOU HAD -- >> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT IT'S ALL SORT OF CONNECTED BUT I EMPHASIZE AGAIN -- AS LONG AS YOU DO THINGS PIECE FLEE AND DO NOT VIOLATE THE LAW YOU HAVE A RIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ENGAGE IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSEMBLY AND YOU HAD THE RIGHT TO PETITION YOUR GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF THE GRIEVANCES THAT YOU PERCEIVE TO EXIST.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID IT THE RIGHT WAY, THEY'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A REPUBLIC LICK.

IF YOU GO OVER TWO CENTURIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS NOT AT ALL UNCOMMON -- I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LAWFUL PROTEST -- THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THERE ARE OTHER INSTANCES WHERE ILLEGAL CONDUCT IS INVOLVED WITH THOSE EXERCISES.

OTHERWISE LAWFUL UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AND WE HAVE TO STOP THE ILLEGAL CONDUCT.

>> SO MUCH OF CAMPAIGNING THESE DAZE IS KIND OF RELITIGATING THE PAST.

WHO HELD WHAT POSITION WHEN.

BUT LIST LOOK FORWARD.

WHAT ISSUES DO YOU SEE CURRENT AND IN THE FUTURE BEING A PART OF THIS RACE AND BEING A PART OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN THE TWO, FOUR, SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COVER THE CONTRAST BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ONES AND A GLOBAL SENSE.

IT APPEARS I'M THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE IN THIS RACE, AT LEAST IN THE TOP THREE.

I'M THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE RUNNING FOR THE NUTS SENATE.

I COULD GET INTO AN ITEMIZATION OF THE SENTENCES AND I COULD SAY THAT'S A LIBERAL POSITION SOMEBODY HAS.

I'M CONSERVATIVE SO I'M VOTING FOR MO BROOKS BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC POLICY DIFFERENCES AND DIFFERENCES IN SUPPORT GROUPS.

I'M NOT THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CANDIDATE.

I'M NOT THE CANDIDATE OF ANY LIBERALS.

I'M NOT THE CANDIDATE.

THE ESTABLISHMENT.

AND YOU HAVE THEE THESE THREE ENTITIES FORKING MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS RACE.

I AM THE CANDIDATE OF THE CONSERVATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES COMBINED TO MAKE AMERICA THE GREATEST NATION IN WORLD HISTORY.

PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MOW PRORATION OF THOSE MINUTE PRINCIPLES OVERWHELMINGLY ARE HELPING US.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR CONSERVATIVES IS THAT WE TEND TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR MONEY.

IT MIGHT BE 10, ZERO, 50, $100.

THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY.

BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SOMEBODY MOTIVATED BAY RETURN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP SO THEY MAXIMUM OUT WAIVERS 17,400.

IT TAKES A LOT OF CITIZENS TO RAISE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO OFFSET THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP INFLUENCE IN THIS ELECTION AND VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER SENATE AND HOUSE RACE AROUND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

DON'T GET ME WRONG.

THEY'RE NOT JUST TARGETING THIS ONE.

THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS TARGET EVERYONE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHEN YOU HEAR FROM VOTERS WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU -- IS IT THE ECONOMY, HEALTH CARE, WHAT ISSUES ARE THEY TELLING YOU THEY WANT YOU TO TALK IN WASHINGTON?

>> THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THEM.

I WOULDN'T SAY JUST ONE.

PROTECTION OF THE FOUNDATION OF FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE AS A NATION.

SUBPART WOULD BE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

NO MORE OF THIS BIG TECH CENSORSHIP, THAT'S ADDITION CONCERTING.

MR. WE WILL HAVE HONEST AND ACCURATE ELECTIONS THAT WE FIX THE ELECTIONS THAT RESULTED IN VOTER FRAUD AND ACTIVITIES IN 2020.

THAT'S A REAL BIG ONE.

ARE WE GOING TO PROMOTE FREE ENTERPRISE IF STOP THE SOCIALIST MARCH ON AMERICA.

THAT'S A BIG ONE THAT EFFECT'S LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE NEED BORDER SECURITY AND DON'T HAVE IT VIE IN AND OUT.

JOE BIDEN AND THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS COALESCING WITH THE REPUBLICANS, THE RHINOS WHO ARE INFLUENCED BY THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS THAT PREFER TO CHEAP FOREIGN LABOR OVER AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES -- 2 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS CAME IN THE COUNTRY LAST YOUR HURTING US IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG ISSUES OUT THERE.

AND I HAVE JUST TOUCHED ON A FEW.

I SHOULD ADD COVID.

THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR TWO YEARS AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC THAT WAS CREATED AND THAT WE HAVE A BIOWEAPONS LAB OF THE CHINESE ARMY -- THIS COULD BE -- I KNOW YOU VOTED AGAINST THESE, BUT CONGRESS AS ALLOCATED TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COVID RELIEF.

YOU KNOW IT WAS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

THOSE BILLS DO COME DUE.

HOW IS CONGRESS IN THE NEXT DECADE GOING TO ADDRESS THE DEBT SITUATION THIS COUNTRY.

>> CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS IT UNLESS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAKE UP TO THE THREAT OF THIS DEFICIT AND DEBT -- DEFICITS WE OCCUR ON ANNUAL BASIS, ACCUMULATED DEBT.

WE HAVE HAD BACK TO BACK $3 BILLION DEFICIT.

YOUR SHARE IS 90,000.

90,000 OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD AND AMERICA.

IN OUR CREDITORS DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO LOAN US MORE MONEY AND WANT TO BE PAID BACK WHAT IS OWED YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH $90,000.

THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY AMERICAN.

AMERICAN CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS HUGE DEBT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY THE DEBT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO WE NEED GOAT PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE THREAT THIS DEFICIT AND DEBT POSES, LOUD IT CAN RESULT IN A DEEP DEBILITATING AFFECT ON OUR ECONOMY AND COUNTRY AND I'M ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE BACK PONE TO VOTE AGAINST THESE HUGE SPENDING BILLS THAT THE DEMOCRATS PROMOTE ALONG WITH OUR REPUBLICAN RHINO DEBT JUNKIES WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

THOSE TWO GET TOGETHER AND IT'S MOST UNFORTUNATE BUT THEY PERCEIVE THAT'S THE WAY TO GET ELECTED AND NEXT ELECTION SO TO GIVE AWAY FREE STUFF.

THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH CONCERN FOR THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF ALL OF THIS DEALT HAS ON THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

I MOST STRONGLY DISAGREE, AND I CALL THEM OUT.

THEY GET ANGRY.

>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE COULD TALK FOR DAZE ABILITY ALL OF THE ISSUES BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME ON "CAPITOL JOURNAL."

>> MY AMERICA.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> WE WILL BE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK HERE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 1035 FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

FOUR OUR "CAPITOL JOURNAL" TEAM.

I'M TODD STACY.