CSPAN — Campaign 2026 Montana Senate Debate
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[00:00:01] PROTECTED. >> WE ARE STILL, AT OUR CORE, A
[00:00:05] DEMOCRACY. THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY
[00:00:08] FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR FREEDOM.
[00:00:15] >> NEXT, MONTANA, A US SENATE
[00:00:18] CANDIDATES PARTICIPATE A DEBATE
[00:00:20] AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:00:22] THEY ANSWER PANELIST QUESTIONS ON SEVERAL TOPICS, INCLUDING
[00:00:26] CENTER AND ARTIFICIAL
[00:00:28] INTELLIGENCE, INSIDER TRADING,
[00:00:31] CONGRESS, AND THEIR OUTLINE FOR LOWERING COSTS.
[00:00:33] THIS IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
[00:00:38] HALF.
[00:00:48] >> WELCOME TO THE MONTANA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE
[00:00:51] THE MONTANA FOUNDATION DEBATE
[00:00:53] FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR CAMERA
[00:00:55] MAX RULES MY I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DESERT MOUNTAIN
[00:00:59] BROADCASTING AND. >> WE WELCOME YOU. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
[00:01:03] OUR CANDIDATES TODAY FROM THE FIELD AND STREAM LODGE IN
[00:01:07] BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
[00:01:09] TYPICAL MONTANA SNOWS GREAT.
[00:01:13] IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S CANDIDATES.
[00:01:17] MR. SETH BODNER, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
[00:01:20] WELCOME, MR. BODNER.
[00:01:21] REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE KURT AMI.
[00:01:27] DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE. LONNIE BANKHEAD.
[00:01:32] AND. AND EXCUSE ME, LIBERTARIAN
[00:01:35] CANDIDATE MR. KYLE AUSTIN.
[00:01:37] THE FORMAT TODAY WILL BE A
[00:01:40] DIRECT QUESTION TO THE CANDIDATE FROM ONE OF OUR PANELISTS.
[00:01:42] THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60
[00:01:44] SECONDS TO ANSWER, FOLLOWED BY A
[00:01:46] 62ND REBUTTAL FROM EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.
[00:01:49] THE FIRST CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A
[00:01:53] FINAL 32ND REBUTTAL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEBATE.
[00:01:56] EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A 60
[00:01:58] SECONDS CLOSING STATEMENT.
[00:02:00] A RANDOM DRAWING EARLIER TODAY DECIDED THE ORDER OF THE FIRST
[00:02:04] INITIAL RESPONSE AND FOR THE CLOSING STATEMENTS, OUR
[00:02:08] PANELISTS TODAY ALL REPRESENT MONTANA JOURNALISTS FROM TV AND
[00:02:12] RADIO. PLEASE WELCOME JONATHAN AND
[00:02:16] BERRIEN WITH SCRIPPS AND MTN
[00:02:18] STUART DAVIS WITH THE MONTANA
[00:02:20] RADIO COMPANY.
[00:02:22] LAURA FREEMAN, NBC, MONTANA.
[00:02:26] AND BEN WEINMAN FROM NONSTOP LOCAL.
[00:02:29] NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PANELIST STEWART DAVIS.
[00:02:32] AND IT'S TO ARMY. MONTANANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE
[00:02:36] PAYING MORE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, FACING HIGHER DEDUCTIBLES, RISING
[00:02:40] OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS WITH FEWER COVERAGE. >> THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH
[00:02:44] EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLANS, STATE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE BUYING
[00:02:47] INSURANCE THROUGH THE ACA MARKETPLACE FOLLOWING THE
[00:02:51] EXPIRATION ENHANCED FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. MEANWHILE, NEARLY 9% OF
[00:02:54] MONTANANS ARE ALTOGETHER.
[00:02:56] IF ELECTED WHAT SPECIFIC POLICIES WOULD YOU SUPPORT TO
[00:03:00] LOWER PREMIUMS AND OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS WITHOUT REDUCING COVERAGE
[00:03:03] OR ACCESS TO CARE? LIVING OVER MONTANA.
[00:03:07] >> I KNOW MONTANA FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH CARE.
[00:03:11] >> OBAMACARE WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT IT FAILED TO
[00:03:15] DELIVER. PREMIUMS ON OUR EXCHANGE ARE UP
[00:03:18] ALMOST 175% AND MORE TAX DOLLARS HAVEN'T HELPED.
[00:03:21] THEY'VE JUST SUBSIDIZED BIG PHARMA AND BIG INSURANCE COMPANIES.
[00:03:24] WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE
[00:03:28] AFFORDABLE BY MAKING IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE COMPETITIVE,
[00:03:31] AND BY PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST.
[00:03:34] AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THINGS LIKE BEING, SURE PRICES AND
[00:03:38] COSTS ARE MORE TRANSPARENT, BEING THAT HEALTH CARE DOLLARS
[00:03:40] GET DISTRIBUTED OUT TO PATIENTS SO THAT THEY CAN SHOP AND BUY
[00:03:44] THE BEST QUALITY POLICY THAT
[00:03:47] THEY CAN GET, NOT SUBSIDIZE INSURANCE COMPANIES. AND WE CAN GO AFTER HEALTH CARE
[00:03:51] FRAUD LIKE DID AS A PROSECUTOR
[00:03:54] AND KNOW THAT AS WE WORK TO LOWER COSTS, I WILL ALWAYS WORK
[00:03:57] TO ENSURE MONTANA FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CARE,
[00:04:02] PARTICULARLY IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[00:04:07] SO QUESTION. MISS BANKHEAD. >> SO I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN
[00:04:10] THIS RACE THAT IS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. WE ALREADY ACTUALLY HAVE
[00:04:14] GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE. >> IT'S CALLED TRICARE. >> IT'S THE MILITARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
[00:04:17] IT'S A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM,
[00:04:19] PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE ALL COVERED UNDER ONE SYSTEM.
[00:04:23] AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. IT'S CALLED ALL THE EXTRANEOUS
[00:04:26] OVERHEAD, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHICH BOTH OF THE
[00:04:29] CANDIDATES HAVE ACTUALLY SUPPORTED AND GONE ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT
[00:04:33] TO GET THEM OUT OF THE GAME.
[00:04:35] AND WE CAN USE USE, LOSE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES AND THE
[00:04:38] ILLEGAL WAR AND IRAN, WHICH IS COSTING 2 BILLION TAXPAYER
[00:04:41] DOLLARS PER TO PAY FOR UNIVERSAL
[00:04:44] HEALTH CARE. >> THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WE HEAR ON THE 54 COUNTIES THAT
[00:04:47] WE'VE BEEN TO SINCE JANUARY. >> PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL
[00:04:51] SPECTRUM AND IT'S NOT REPUBLICAN VERSUS DEMOCRAT. THIS IS ABOUT THE 1%.
[00:04:54] THE CLASS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE USING WHATEVER
[00:04:58] PLAN THAT THEY WANT VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO GET BASIC
[00:05:02] HEALTH CARE AT THIS POINT. AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
[00:05:05] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. BANKHEAD.
[00:05:08] SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. MONTANA.
[00:05:11] I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE THIS RACE WITH HEALTH CARE
[00:05:15] EXPERIENCE. >> BEING A PHARMACIST FOR 18 YEARS. I KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
[00:05:18] WITH HEALTH CARE, WHETHER IT'S ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S
[00:05:22] AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT'S THE CORRUPTION THAT WE HAVE CLEAN
[00:05:24] UP, WHETHER IT'S STUDENTS
[00:05:26] GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY,
[00:05:29] WHERE WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE IN MONTANA TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
[00:05:31] GROWING AGING POPULATION. WE HAVE A HEALTH CARE CRISIS ON
[00:05:35] THE HORIZON AND THE PERSON THAT
[00:05:37] IS GOING TO FIX THAT IS KYLE AUSTIN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
[00:05:41] I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE HAS A UNIQUE PLAN CALLED CARE 2.0 THAT
[00:05:46] IDENTIFIES THE ISSUES WITH OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO CONSOLIDATE IT ALL UNDER ONE
[00:05:51] PROGRAM, TO CREATE ONE SET OF RULES TO, GET THE PAYERS TO
[00:05:55] CLEAN UP THEIR MESS AND ACTUALLY PAY OUR PROVIDERS THEY'RE WORTH
[00:05:58] AND KEEP THE DOORS OPEN TO RURAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE STATE OF
[00:06:02] MONTANA. I CAN DO THAT AS YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR AND AS A
[00:06:06] LEADER CAN LEAD THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
[00:06:08] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION, MR. BOEHNER.
[00:06:12] YOU KNOW, THE FAILURE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. TO FIX ISSUE IS
[00:06:15] A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN OUR
[00:06:19] POLITICAL SYSTEM. >> WHILE D.C. INSIDERS AND POLITICIAN IN D.C. ARE ENRICHING
[00:06:22] THEMSELVES, TRADING ON INSIDER STOCKS, MONTANANS ARE STRUGGLING
[00:06:26] TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE. >> I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
[00:06:30] HEALTH CARE. >> NO ONE SHOULD GO BANKRUPT BECAUSE. THEY GOT SICK.
[00:06:33] I'M CALLING FOR UNIVERSAL COVERAGE OPTION FOR EVERY
[00:06:37] AMERICAN WHILE MAINTAINING CHOICE AND COMPETITION. >> THAT'S THE TYPE OF LONG TERM
[00:06:41] REFORM THAT WE NEED. BUT WE HAVE URGENT CRISES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
[00:06:44] AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO RESTORE THE ACA SUBSIDIES THAT
[00:06:48] CAUSED THE ELIMINATION OF WHICH THAT PREMIUMS TO SPIKE ALMOST
[00:06:52] 30% THIS YEAR. WE NEED TO PROTECT MEDICAID EXPANSION AND WE NEED TO REVERSE
[00:06:56] THE SILLY PAPERWORK TRAPS THAT WERE PART THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL
[00:06:58] BILL LAST YEAR THAT OUR COST 30,000 MONTANANS LOSE ACCESS TO
[00:07:03] HEALTH CARE. NOW MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL TALK SUPPORTING RURAL HEALTH
[00:07:06] CARE, BUT HIS PARTY JUST DECIMATED OUR RURAL HOSPITALS
[00:07:10] WITH THESE CHANGES LAST YEAR. I WILL WORK TO FIX THAT.
[00:07:12] I WILL FIGHT FOR MONTANA EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. BOGNER.
[00:07:16] AND NOW, MR. ARMEY, WITH THE 32ND REBUTTAL.
[00:07:18] >> REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS JUST PASSED THE WORKING FAMILY TAX
[00:07:22] CUTS ACT, WHICH MY TWO LIBERAL
[00:07:24] OPPONENTS OPPOSED, WHICH
[00:07:27] PROVIDED $50 BILLION OF NEW INVESTING IN RURAL HEALTH CARE.
[00:07:30] WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS TO THE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS WE
[00:07:34] HAVE AND BRING THEM IN THROUGH ALTERNATIVE TRAINING.
[00:07:36] AND WE CAN ALSO EXPAND THE USE
[00:07:38] OF TELEHEALTH HAVING LIVED IN
[00:07:41] EASTERN MONTANA, I CAN TELL YOU THAT RURAL HEALTH CARE IS NEAR
[00:07:43] AND DEAR TO ME, AND I'LL BE SURE
[00:07:45] THAT MONTANANS ALWAYS ACCESS AND COVERAGE.
[00:07:49] THINK OF MR. ONLY. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BEN WYMAN. IT IS TO MS.
[00:07:54] BANKHEAD. >> YOU ARE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
[00:07:57] IT SO FAR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS DEBATE. >> YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS
[00:08:01] PHRASE CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE STATE. >> EVERYTHING IS SO. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
[00:08:05] >> AS A WHOLE, HOUSING,
[00:08:07] GROCERIES, GAS, HEALTH CARE. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
[00:08:11] MONTANANS ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS
[00:08:14] COST AND WAY THAT OUR ECONOMY IS POTENTIALLY GOING?
[00:08:17] >> SO I DEPLOYED AND FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE BELIEVE
[00:08:21] THAT AMERICA, DESPITE HER, IS STILL THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
[00:08:25] WE ARE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
[00:08:28] I'M NOT A POLITICIAN BY TRADE. I NEVER IMAGINED I'D BE IN THIS RACE.
[00:08:31] BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD NEIGHBORS WHO COULDN'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, WHICH I FIND
[00:08:36] COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS GOVERNMENT'S FIRST AND
[00:08:38] FOREMOST TO ENSURE IT CONTINUES EXISTING. THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED NATIONAL
[00:08:42] SECURITY. BUT IT'S SECOND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IT HAS WITH THE PEOPLE.
[00:08:46] SO THAT MEANS ITS JOB TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE QUALITY LIFE
[00:08:50] FOR ITS CONSTITUENTS AND THAT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING. NOW, THIS IS WHERE I TELL
[00:08:54] MONTANANS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER
[00:08:56] TO TAKE GOVERNMENT BACK FOR.
[00:09:05] US. YOU HAVE A LOT OF DARK MONEY FLOODING INTO THIS RACE SO THAT THE D.C. ELITES CAN TAKE CHARGE AND MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND AGAIN HELP THEIR FRIENDS MAKE
[00:09:09] MORE MONEY OR THE PEOPLE CAN TAKE THIS GOVERNMENT BACK. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN. WE HAVE ONE PERSON RISING UP
[00:09:12] AGAINST THE DATA CENTER IN
[00:09:14] BONNER, CARSEY IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY. MONTANANS ARE RISING UP ALL OVER
[00:09:18] THE STATE TO SAY THAT WE'RE TAKING AFFORDABILITY BACK TO US. >> THANK YOU, MS.
[00:09:22] BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> WE ALL SEE THE PROBLEMS OUT
[00:09:25] THERE WITH THE ECONOMY, AND WE WILL ADDRESS THE ECONOMY IN THE
[00:09:28] ONLY WAY CAN START WITH WITH YOUR VOTE FOR THE RIGHT
[00:09:31] CANDIDATE TO LEAD AMERICA WITH AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA.
[00:09:35] THE FIRST THING I'LL DO AS UNITED STATES SENATOR IS END THE
[00:09:38] WAR IN IRAN AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME. I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
[00:09:41] RACE THAT HAS ENDORSED THE DEFEND THE GUARD ACT SO WE CAN
[00:09:44] PROTECT OUR MONTANA AND KEEP
[00:09:46] THEM IN MONTANA UNLESS THERE'S A TRUE DECLARATION OF WAR FROM
[00:09:50] CONGRESS. I WILL LEAD BY PROMOTING 0% TARIFFS.
[00:09:55] WHAT SEE IS THE TARIFFS ARE SO HIGH ON OUR IMPORTS THAT THE
[00:09:57] CONSUMERS ARE PAYING A TAX IF WE LEAD TO 0% 0% TARIFFS ON OUR
[00:10:03] IMPORTS, WE WILL LOWER THE COST TO CONSUMERS AND WE WILL RETURN
[00:10:06] THE MARKETS TO THE MARKETS WHERE THERE IS COMPETITION WORLDWIDE
[00:10:10] TO HELP BRING AFFORDABILITY BACK TO AMERICA AND BACK TO THE
[00:10:13] TABLES OF THE FARMS IN THE RANCHES TO BRINGING DOWN
[00:10:16] FERTILIZER PRICES BACK TO BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF FUEL
[00:10:20] SO WE CAN GET BACK TO DOING BUSINESS AGAIN RIGHT HERE IN THE
[00:10:23] UNITED STATES. AMERICA. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN, SAME QUESTION, MR. BUTTNER.
[00:10:27] >> YOU KNOW, THE SOARING COSTS WE'RE SEEING ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF A BROKEN POLITICAL A SYSTEM
[00:10:32] WHERE OUR POLITICIANS THINK THEY
[00:10:35] CAN RIG PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO GET ON TO THE BALLOT. AND THEN THOSE POLITICIANS ARE
[00:10:39] ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BIG CORPORATE INTERESTS.
[00:10:41] THEY ENABLE CORRUPTION THAT
[00:10:43] ENABLES SOARING COSTS. SO WHEN I GET TO THE UNITED
[00:10:46] STATES SENATE, I'M GOING TO FOCUS FIRST AND FOREMOST AGAINST STOPPING THE WARS.
[00:10:50] STOP THIS SENSELESS, ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN.
[00:10:52] NUMBER ONE, STOP THESE NONSENSICAL, NONSTRATEGIC TRADE
[00:10:56] WARS THAT ARE DRIVING UP COSTS FOR ALL OF US. NOW WE NEED TO LEAN IN AND
[00:10:59] ACTUALLY TRY TO FIX OUR HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING HERE AND FINALLY
[00:11:04] ENFORCE ANTITRUST LAWS FOR BIG MEATPACKING COMPANIES CONTROL
[00:11:08] 85% OF THE CAPACITY. THEY DRIVE UP PRICES FOR ALL OF
[00:11:11] US WHILE SQUEEZING OUR RANCHERS. SAME WITH BIG AG, BIG HEALTH,
[00:11:14] BIG TECH, ALL OF THESE COMPANIES, THE POLITICIANS ARE
[00:11:17] IN THEIR. THAT'S WHO THEY ANSWER TO. IF WE REALLY WANT TO DRIVE DOWN
[00:11:22] COSTS, WE NEED TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS, NOT ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:11:26] BIG PARTY MACHINES AND CORPORATE CLASS. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER.
[00:11:29] >> SAME QUESTION, MR. >> YEAH. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE U.S.
[00:11:33] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAVING THE BIG FOUR MEATPACKING PLANTS
[00:11:35] UNDER ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
[00:11:38] AND, YOU KNOW, AS I TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE AND I MEET WITH MONTANANS, THEY ALL TELL ME
[00:11:42] THEY'RE STRUGGLING, MAKE ENDS
[00:11:44] MEET, EVERYTHING FROM GAS AND GROCERIES TO HOUSING AND HEALTH
[00:11:47] CARE COSTS TOO MUCH. THAT'S WHY A U.S. SENATOR, MY
[00:11:50] TOP PRIORITY BE TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE.
[00:11:54] WE NEED TO REIN IN WASHINGTON'S RECKLESS SPENDING IN ORDER TO
[00:11:57] REDUCE INFLATION SO THAT GROCERIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE
[00:12:00] ARE MORE AFFORDABLE. WE ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT
[00:12:04] MORTGAGE RATES REIN IN SPENDING TO KEEP MORTGAGE RATES DOWN SO
[00:12:06] THAT PEOPLE AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. WE NEED TO KEEP TAXES LOW SO
[00:12:10] THAT HARDWORKING CAN KEEP MORE OF THEIR PAYCHECK IN POCKET.
[00:12:14] AND AGAIN, AS FORMER BUDGET
[00:12:17] DIRECTOR AND REVENUE DIRECTOR, I'M THE ONLY ONE UP HERE WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.
[00:12:22] I SPEARHEADED TWO OF THE LARGEST TAX CUTS IN HISTORY.
[00:12:25] I HELPED REBALANCE THE STATE BUDGET AND WE HELPED MAKE
[00:12:29] MONTANA DEBT FREE. AND IF I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
[00:12:33] >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. NOW.
[00:12:34] 32ND RESPONSE WAS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST GROUPS THAT WE DO NEED
[00:12:39] TO SHOW SUPPORT TO IS OUR AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. >> AND I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND THE
[00:12:43] STATE TALKING TO THEM AND WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SAID IS WE WANT TO PRODUCE GREAT QUALITY
[00:12:46] PRODUCTS FOR OUR FOLKS, BUT WE ARE HAMSTRUNG BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR AND THEIR
[00:12:51] SUPPORT OF BIG AGRICULTURE RIGHT NOW. I SUPPORT EMCOR.
[00:12:55] I SUPPORT PROVIDING FINANCIAL
[00:12:57] SAFETY NETS FOR LOCAL CO-OPS TO CREATED SO THAT WE CAN START
[00:12:59] BREAKING UP THE MONOPOLIES. AND IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE
[00:13:03] ALSO PROVIDE THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO OUR AG FOLKS SO THAT
[00:13:06] WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THE BEST PRODUCTS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
[00:13:10] >> MS. BANKHEAD THANK YOU. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[00:13:14] JONATHAN BERRIEN.
[00:13:14] QUESTION GOES TO, MR. AUSTIN.
[00:13:18] >> AS CANDIDATES HAVE ALLUDED TO, MANY MONTANA FARMERS AND
[00:13:21] RANCHERS HAVE REPORTED HIGHER COSTS AND TOUGHER MARKETS SINCE
[00:13:24] THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFFS.
[00:13:26] >> WHAT SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE DOING TO EITHER
[00:13:30] BRING AN END TO THE TRADE DISPUTE OR HELP THOSE WHO HAVE
[00:13:33] FELT THE BURDENS.
[00:13:37] YOU KNOW, BEING THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WITH AGRICULTURE TRAIL EXPERIENCE?
[00:13:40] >> I GREW UP ON THE HIGH LINE OUT OF HARVARD, MONTANA. I OWN A FARM THAT WAS MY
[00:13:44] GRANDFATHER'S. I'M A FOURTH GENERATION IN MONTANA AND AND I KNOW THE
[00:13:49] ISSUES THAT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS GO THROUGH, WHETHER
[00:13:51] IMPORTING FERTILIZER FROM CANADA AND WE HAVE THE IMPACT OF
[00:13:54] TARIFFS, WHETHER IT'S THE FUEL PRICES THAT TARIFFS HAVE.
[00:13:57] THE WAR IN IRAN HAVE IMPACTED AS MONTANA'S NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
[00:14:01] MY AG 2.0 PLAN WILL OVERHAUL THE
[00:14:04] USDA WILL OVERHAUL THE RFS WILL,
[00:14:07] BRING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED
[00:14:09] REALITY TO SUPPORT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AGAIN SO THEY CAN
[00:14:13] TAKE PRIDE IN THEY DO EVERY DAY TO PUT FOOD ON OUR WITHOUT THE
[00:14:18] FEAR OF LOSING THEIR FARM TO THE BANK.
[00:14:21] THAT IS MY PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN FARMER AND RANCHER OUT
[00:14:24] THERE THAT I WILL STAND BEHIND YOU 100%.
[00:14:27] ONE OF MY BIG PLANS TO DO THIS IS BUILDING A FERTILIZER
[00:14:31] PRODUCTION IN EASTERN MONTANA. THIS WILL BRING ECONOMIC
[00:14:33] STABILITY, JOBS AND RESOURCES IN
[00:14:36] WHAT WE NEED IN OUR ECONOMY. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
[00:14:39] SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. BODNER. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST RECENTLY SPEAKING TO
[00:14:43] A WHEAT FARMER FROM RIGHT HERE IN BELGRADE.
[00:14:45] HE TOLD ME HE WAS DOING THE MATH AND IT COST HIM ABOUT $8 PER
[00:14:49] BUSHEL TO PRODUCE THIS YEAR. THE PRICE THAT HE GOT FOR THAT
[00:14:53] WAS ABOUT $6. TWO THINGS THAT ARE CRUSHING HIM. ONE, THESE NONSENSICAL TARIFFS
[00:14:56] WITH CANADA THAT ARE DRIVING UP PRICES, WHY ARE WE ENTERING A
[00:15:00] TRADE WAR WITH OUR IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER AND ALLY OUR
[00:15:04] NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH? AND THEN DIESEL PRICE, $6 A
[00:15:07] GALLON DUE TO A SENSELESS WAR IN IRAN? MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WOULD
[00:15:11] GIVE A BLANK CHECK TO CONTINUE THAT A WAR WITH NO, THAT IS
[00:15:16] WRONG. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, DOJ INVESTIGATING
[00:15:20] THESE BIG FOUR MEATPACKING COMPANIES. IT'S ABOUT TIME.
[00:15:22] BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M THAT WE
[00:15:24] ALLOWED THESE BIG PACKING
[00:15:27] COMPANIES TO DUMP OVER 660 POUNDS MILLION OF SOUTH AMERICAN
[00:15:30] BEEF INTO. OUR MARKET AT 25% BELOW COST,
[00:15:33] UNDERCUTTING OUR RANCHERS. HERE WE HAVE 2% OF AMERICANS
[00:15:37] THAT FEED THE OTHER 98% OF THEM. THEY NEED A SENATOR WHO'S GOING
[00:15:40] TO HAVE THEIR BACK NOT ANSWER TO BIG PARTY INTERESTS AND CORPORATE DONORS. I WILL.
[00:15:44] >> THANK YOU, MR. BORDER. SAME QUESTION ENEMY.
[00:15:46] I BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE AND I BELIEVE IN FAIR TRADE UNFAIR
[00:15:52] TRADE AMERICAN JOBS AND IT HURTS
[00:15:54] MONTANA BUSINESSES FARMERS AND.
[00:15:56] >> I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT TARIFFS
[00:15:58] BUT CANADA HAS HAS GONE WITH
[00:16:02] UNFAIR TRADE FOR TOO LONG.
[00:16:04] SOMEBODY NEEDED TO STAND UP AND PUSH BACK FOR A LEVEL PLAYING
[00:16:08] FIELD. AND NOW THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO WORK HARD TO NEGOTIATE EVERY
[00:16:11] DAY TO GET A DEAL. I WANT A DEAL AND I WANT IT SOON.
[00:16:16] WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE IS FOR MONTANA FARMERS RANCHERS AND BUSINESSES
[00:16:19] TO BE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. AS SENATOR, I'LL WORK TO BE SURE
[00:16:23] WE GET A DEAL AND I'LL WORK TO BE SURE THAT ANY DEAL THAT COMES
[00:16:26] OUT OF THIS NOT ONLY LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD, BUT THAT IT ALSO
[00:16:31] PROVIDE US MORE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
[00:16:33] MONTANA WHEAT AND BEEF AND PULSES AND BARLEY.
[00:16:37] I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PUT MONTANA FIRST.
[00:16:39] MR. HALL THANK YOU. >> NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE.
[00:16:43] MS. BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION. >> YOU JUST HEARD MY OPPONENT
[00:16:46] SAY THAT WAS FOR THESE TARIFFS. WELL, THOSE TARIFFS COSTS EACH
[00:16:50] MONTANA HOUSEHOLD ADDITIONAL
[00:16:52] THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 2025 ALONE.
[00:16:54] AND ACTUALLY THEY TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY BECAUSE, IT VIOLATES
[00:16:58] THE TRIBE'S ABILITY TO CROSS THE BORDERS AND DO BUSINESS ON THEIR
[00:17:02] TERMS, SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
[00:17:05] WHEN I WAS IN LEWISTOWN THAT LONG AGO, I MET THE FOLKS THAT
[00:17:09] ACTUALLY OWNED THE GAS COMPANY OUT THERE. THEY SAID THAT TO PROVIDE GAS
[00:17:13] AND DIESEL TO RANCHERS AND FARMERS, IT COST OVER 30% MORE
[00:17:16] THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. AND THAT COST GETS PASSED ON TO
[00:17:20] THE WHEAT FARMER LIKE BOB, WHO I MET WHO HAD TO EAT THAT COST.
[00:17:25] AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR OUR FOLKS.
[00:17:27] WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT AG IS ACTUALLY HOLD THE
[00:17:29] ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. THIS ARGENTINEAN MYSTERY MEAT
[00:17:33] THAT'S IN COMPLETELY GOES AGAINST BEST INTERESTS AND IT
[00:17:36] GOES AGAINST THE WILL THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE GREAT QUALITY PRODUCTS PRODUCED
[00:17:42] LOCALLY. AND SO I WILL GO TO D.C., I WILL I WILL LISTEN TO RANCHERS AND
[00:17:46] FARMERS I HAVE ALL OVER THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THEIR INTERESTS IN D.C.
[00:17:50] THANK, MS. >> BANKHEAD. NOW, 32ND RESPONSE FROM MR. AUSTIN.
[00:17:54] >> YOU KNOW, IT SURPRISES ME THAT HERSETH BOTHERED TO PRETEND
[00:17:57] THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. HE DOESN'T.
[00:18:00] HE IS ENDORSED BY FAILED SENATOR TESTER, WHO HAD 18 YEARS TO FIX
[00:18:05] THE PROBLEM THAT WE SEE TODAY IN MONTANA AND JON TESTER, AFTER 18 YEARS FAILED.
[00:18:10] WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A FARM BILL. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
[00:18:13] ELECT ANOTHER PROTEGE, JON
[00:18:15] TESTER, TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND THAT LEAVES OUR
[00:18:18] FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN THE DUST. THAT IS THE WHERE THE BUCK STOPS WITH.
[00:18:22] KYLE AUSTIN. THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
[00:18:25] >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[00:18:27] PANELIST STEWART DAVIS, AND IT'S ADDRESSED TO MR. BODNER, ONE OF
[00:18:31] THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL OF A U.S.
[00:18:33] SENATOR IS VOTING ON FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINEES WHO CAN SHAPE
[00:18:37] CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FOR AN
[00:18:39] INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS VITAL TO OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
[00:18:43] BALANCES. >> AND THE NEXT SENATE COULD FACE ONE OR MORE SUPREME COURT VACANCIES IF ELECTED.
[00:18:47] WHAT QUALITIES JUDICIAL
[00:18:49] PHILOSOPHY WOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN
[00:18:51] A NOMINEE AND WHAT STANDARD ODDS WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER YOU VOTE
[00:18:55] TO CONFIRM OR REJECT A PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE? >> THANK YOU.
[00:18:59] THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS SENATE RACE
[00:19:02] HAS GRAVE IMPLICATIONS. VERY SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS,
[00:19:05] BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT WE
[00:19:07] WILL SEE SUPREME COURT NOMINEES ONCE AGAIN.
[00:19:09] AND I MY DUTY WILL BE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
[00:19:12] UNITED STATES JUDGING AND ASKING
[00:19:16] JUDGES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT INFORMS THEIR LEGAL THINKING, WHAT HOW THEY VIEW
[00:19:20] FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, WHETHER THAT'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM,
[00:19:23] WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
[00:19:27] YOU KNOW, BUT WANT TO ZOOM OUT FOR A MINUTE, TOO, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VITALLY
[00:19:31] IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL REFORM NOT JUST TO
[00:19:34] OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, BUT TO OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM AS WELL.
[00:19:38] AND WE RELEASE THE REFORM AGENDA. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A BASIC
[00:19:40] CODE OF ETHICS FOR OUR SUPREME COURT THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TERM
[00:19:45] LIMITS, AGE LIMITS FOR THE SUPREME COURT AS WELL BECAUSE
[00:19:48] RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A THAT THAT ISN'T ACCOUNTABLE, THAT HAS
[00:19:52] BECOME FAR TOO POLITICIZED. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE
[00:19:55] SUPREME COURT BEING AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE OF THE LAWS PASSED BY
[00:20:00] CONGRESS. >> THANK YOU. MR. BUTTNER SAME QUESTION, MR. ARMEY.
[00:20:03] YEAH, AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
[00:20:05] I SAW FIRSTHAND AND HOW
[00:20:07] IMPORTANT IT IS FOR GOOD JUDGES
[00:20:09] TO IMPACT VICTIMS TO IMPACT
[00:20:12] PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE LAW.
[00:20:14] >> AS A SENATOR.
[00:20:16] I WILL LOOK FOR THESE QUALITIES IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
[00:20:19] WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FAIR. WE NEED TO BE SURE WE HAVE
[00:20:23] INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMPETENT AND THAT THERE ARE JUDICIAL
[00:20:27] CONSERVATIVES AND THAT THEY WILL INTERPRET THE LAW AND NOT
[00:20:29] LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH AND THAT THEY'LL BE FIRM AND, FAIR
[00:20:33] AND CONSISTENT IN CRIMINAL CASES.
[00:20:37] NOW ALSO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT.
[00:20:39] RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT A PROVISION
[00:20:42] IN CONGRESS BY THE DEMOCRATS TO PACK THE SUPREME COURT WITH FOUR
[00:20:45] MORE JUSTICES. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH
[00:20:48] THE COURT, BUT THEY CAN'T GET AT THE BALLOT BOX. I WOULD ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST THAT.
[00:20:52] AND I WOULD ASK MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS IF THEY WOULD ALSO
[00:20:55] VOTE AGAINST PACKING THE SUPREME COURT. WELL, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[00:20:59] CONFIRMING, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE COMPETENT
[00:21:03] AND ARE JUDICIAL CONSERVATIVES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[00:21:06] SAME QUESTION WAS BACK. >> AND AS A RETIRED FEDERAL LAW
[00:21:09] ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT EVERYBODY
[00:21:12] INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
[00:21:14] THOSE ARE TOP TWO QUALITIES THAT I'LL BE LOOKING AT AND ALSO,
[00:21:17] OBVIOUSLY BEING NONPARTISAN. POLITICS SHOULD NEVER COME INTO
[00:21:20] PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUPREME COURT. I, TOO, I'M A BIG FAN OF TERM
[00:21:24] LIMITS AND I'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO AGE LIMITS FOR THOSE
[00:21:28] INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. AND I HATE THAT I EVEN HAVE TO SAY IT.
[00:21:30] BUT ANY OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR ANY SEXUAL HARASSING ALLEGATIONS
[00:21:34] WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY SOMEBODY FROM THE BENCH. FOR ME, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
[00:21:39] CRITICAL THAT WE STOP TAKING THE
[00:21:41] GAMES TO D.C. AND THAT WE REMOVE
[00:21:43] THE PARTIZAN POLITICS WHEN A VACANCY COMES OPEN.
[00:21:46] WE NEED DO THE RIGHT THING AND WORK ACROSS THE AISLE TO MAKE
[00:21:49] SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN RIGHT POSITIONS.
[00:21:51] AND I AM COMMITTING TO DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS.
[00:21:55] >> SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> WELL, MONTANA, IT'S TIME WE
[00:21:59] COME CLEAR WITH THE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT ARE AT HAND HERE AND
[00:22:02] THE HISTORY OF CURRED. ALL ME HEARD ALL ME ABUSED HIS
[00:22:06] POWERS, ORDERING RAIDS ON MONTANA OWNERS CURRED ALL ME
[00:22:10] VIOLATED AND ABUSED HIS POWERS, ORDERING RAIDS ON GUN OWNERS.
[00:22:14] CURT ALL ME ORDERED RAIDS ON
[00:22:16] MONTANA VETERANS AND CURRED ALL
[00:22:18] ME ORDERED RAIDS ON NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIORS.
[00:22:21] THAT IS THE THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR IN FUTURE OF
[00:22:24] OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS A
[00:22:26] JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND A CANDIDATE THAT WILL STAND FOR THE
[00:22:31] CONSTITUTION AND THAT WILL PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM
[00:22:33] CORRUPTION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, FROM THE CORRUPT
[00:22:36] AGENCIES THAT ARE OUT THERE TAKING GOOD PEOPLE AND TURNING
[00:22:39] THEM INTO CRIMINALS. THE CORRUPTION THAT IS TAKING
[00:22:42] GOOD VETERANS AND TURNING THEM
[00:22:44] INTO CRIMINALS AND RUINING THEIR
[00:22:46] LIVES AS MONTANA'S UNITED STATES SENATOR, I WILL STAND BEHIND OUR
[00:22:50] VETERANS. I WILL STAND BEHIND OUR BUSINESS
[00:22:52] OWNERS AND I WILL DO THE BEST I
[00:22:55] CAN TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION
[00:22:57] OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
[00:23:01] NOW, SECONDS FROM MR. BONNER. YEAH, YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT.
[00:23:03] >> WE NEED A STRONG, IMPARTIAL COURT.
[00:23:07] BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BRANCH OF OUR
[00:23:10] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FAILING IN ITS JOB
[00:23:13] AND THAT IS CONGRESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAR TOO MANY
[00:23:15] POLITICIANS WHO GO THERE AND. THEY SWEAR A BLIND LOYALTY OATH
[00:23:19] AND THEY IGNORE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL WHETHER THAT'S TO
[00:23:23] TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES FOR TRADE, WHETHER THAT'S THE SOLEMN DUTY
[00:23:27] OF DECLARING WAR OR NOT. IT IS BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO THEIR
[00:23:31] PARTY. CONGRESS IS FAILING. WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY REPRESENT
[00:23:35] THE VOTERS, NOT THEIR PARTY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BONNER.
[00:23:39] NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LAURA FREEMAN, AND IT GOES TO MR.
[00:23:43] BONNER.
[00:23:43] I'M SORRY, MR. ARMEY, SOCIAL
[00:23:47] SECURITY'S COMBINED TRUST FUNDS ARE PROJECTED TO RUN SHORT BY 2034.
[00:23:51] >> THE SOCIAL SECURITY SAYS AT
[00:23:53] THAT POINT, INCOMING REVENUE WOULD COVER ABOUT 83% OF
[00:23:57] SCHEDULED BENEFITS.
[00:23:59] WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU SUPPORT.
[00:24:03] TO KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY FINANCIALLY SECURE? AND WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF THOSE CHANGES?
[00:24:05] WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR
[00:24:08] SENIORS, LIKE MY MOM, IF THEY PAID IN DURING THEIR WORKING
[00:24:11] LIVES, THE BENEFITS WOULD BE THERE FOR THEM. >> WHEN THEY RETIRE.
[00:24:14] AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT PROMISE. LET ME BE CLEAR.
[00:24:18] I WILL NEVER SUPPORT A CUT IN BENEFITS FOR SENIORS.
[00:24:21] I'LL ALSO SUPPORT THE DEDUCTION
[00:24:23] FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CONTAINED IN THE WORKING FAMILY TAX CUTS ACT,
[00:24:27] WHICH BOTH OF MY LIBERAL OPPONENTS OPPOSE.
[00:24:29] I'LL WORK WITH ANYBODY, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, WHO'S
[00:24:32] WILLING TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY, AND I'D START WITH WHAT I KNOW BEST AND WHERE I'VE
[00:24:36] HAD RESULTS AS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR STOPPING.
[00:24:39] SECRETARY BESSANT HAS ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 10% OF THE
[00:24:43] FEDERAL BUDGET IS LOST TO WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE AND.
[00:24:47] WE NEED TO STOP THAT. GET THOSE DOLLARS BACK AND USE
[00:24:50] THEM TO SHORE UP SOCIAL SECURITY.
[00:24:52] AND AS A FORMER BUDGET DIRECTOR, I'VE BALANCED A BUDGET AND I'VE
[00:24:56] PAID OFF DEBT. AND IF I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'LL
[00:24:58] BE SURE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
[00:25:02] >> THINK OF ASTRONOMY. SAME QUESTION WAS BANKHEAD.
[00:25:05] >> I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE STATE AND HAVE HEARD THE HORROR
[00:25:08] STORIES OF RETIREES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY,
[00:25:12] WHICH FIND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE NOBODY HARDER THAN A MONTANAN.
[00:25:16] THE SOLUTION TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY GAP IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE.
[00:25:19] IT'S REMOVE THE WAGE LIMIT. WHEN WE THAT WE WILL FUND SOCIAL
[00:25:23] SECURITY IN AND WE WILL FUND OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL LIKE
[00:25:27] CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
[00:25:29] WHEN I WAS ON ROCKY BOY, I MET A
[00:25:31] WOMAN WHO WAS CAREGIVER TO BOTH
[00:25:33] HER PARENTS AND SHE BURST INTO TEARS AS SHE TALKED TO ME ABOUT
[00:25:37] HOW HER FUNDING IS ACTUALLY PAID FOR OUT HER DAD'S SOCIAL SECURITY.
[00:25:40] THEY'RE ALREADY LIVING ON POVERTY WAGES AND NOW SHE HAS TO
[00:25:44] PUT ALL OF HER HOPES AND DREAMS ON HOLD TO LIVE ON HER PARENTS
[00:25:47] WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING. THIS RACE IS NOT ABOUT DEMOCRAT
[00:25:50] VERSUS REPUBLICAN. IT'S ABOUT THE 1% VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE.
[00:25:54] AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TAX THE WEALTHY. AND IT STARTS BY ENSURING THAT
[00:25:57] THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF SOCIAL SECURITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS.
[00:26:01] BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL SECURITY
[00:26:06] PROGRAM IS OUTDATED. IT'S LIKE AN OLD ENGINE ON THE
[00:26:08] FARM THAT WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL.
[00:26:10] MY PLAN IS IS ENCOMPASSED IN HEALTH CARE 2.0 WHERE WE WILL
[00:26:13] TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY ON SOCIAL SECURITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS
[00:26:17] AND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. BUT WE NEED TO OVERHAUL THE
[00:26:20] SYSTEM FOR A FUTURE, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, NOT JUST FOR
[00:26:24] TOMORROW, BUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.
[00:26:26] AND WHAT I WHAT I PROPOSE IS A
[00:26:30] TRUST FUND, WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR
[00:26:34] INVESTMENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR RETIREMENT, IT'S YOUR MONEY, NOT
[00:26:37] THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY. THAT IS MY PLAN AS UNITED STATES SENATOR.
[00:26:40] BUT WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL IT BECAUSE THE CRISIS IS ON THE HORIZON.
[00:26:43] AND IF WE SIT AROUND AND KEEP THE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A HUGE WAKEUP CALL.
[00:26:49] MR. AUSTIN, THANK YOU. >> SAME QUESTION. MR. BODNER. >> IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT
[00:26:52] WE PROTECT THE THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE EARNED. AND IT'S SIMPLE.
[00:26:56] WE NEED A FAIR APPROACH TO TAXATION.
[00:26:59] YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT SOMEBODY THAT PAY
[00:27:02] THAT MAKES $75,000 A YEAR HAS 100% OF THEIR INCOME THAT'S
[00:27:05] TAXABLE FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES,
[00:27:07] WHILE SOMEBODY THAT MAKES $2
[00:27:10] MILLION A YEAR HAS LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR INCOME, THAT'S TAXABLE
[00:27:12] FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES. YOU FIX THAT SITUATION, YOU FIX
[00:27:16] SOCIAL SECURITY. NOW, MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL
[00:27:19] TALK FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND THE REALITY IS THAT HE
[00:27:22] OVERSAW THE LARGEST BUDGET IN MONTANA'S HISTORY. HE HAD TAX GIVEAWAYS TO THE
[00:27:26] WEALTHIEST IN THIS STATE AND. HE SET THE STAGE FOR THE PROPERTY TAX CRISIS THAT WE'RE
[00:27:30] SEEING HERE. AND YOU CAN A TOUGH GAME ON
[00:27:32] FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW FROM
[00:27:35] THE REPUBLICAN IN D.C. IS RECKLESS SPENDING LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS ON VANITY PROJECTS,
[00:27:39] GILDED BALLROOMS AND CHARGE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A WAR IN IRAN.
[00:27:43] THEY TALK TOUGH ON FISCAL AND THEY'VE ADDED $4 TRILLION TO THE
[00:27:47] NATIONAL DEBT JUST IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE.
[00:27:49] AND MOST THAT IS THROUGH CORRUPTION IN GIVEAWAYS TO THE
[00:27:53] WEALTHIEST IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S NOT RIGHT. >> MR. BUTLER, THANK YOU.
[00:27:56] NOW, 30 SECONDS TO MR. ARMEY. >> THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
[00:28:00] LIVING UP TO ITS WORD. WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR SENIORS
[00:28:04] IF THEY PAID IN DURING THEIR LIVES, THOSE BENEFITS WOULD BE THERE WHEN THEY.
[00:28:08] AND WE NEED TO LIVE UP TO OUR WORD AND BE SURE THAT THOSE
[00:28:12] BENEFITS WILL BE THERE. I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT BE SURE THAT
[00:28:15] OUR SENIORS HAVE THOSE BENEFITS.
[00:28:17] MR. ARMEY, THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[00:28:21] BEN WYMAN, AND IT'S ADDRESSED MS. BANK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
[00:28:25] SEPARATION OF POWERS. >> EVERYONE LEARNS IN CIVICS
[00:28:29] CLASS HERE IN MONTANA. >> THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. >> WE'VE GOT THE LEGISLATIVE,
[00:28:34] JUDICIAL AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS POWERS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE
[00:28:37] CONSTITUTION. YOU ALL, AS CANDIDATES, ARE TRYING TO BECOME PART OF THE
[00:28:41] LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND IF ONE OF
[00:28:44] THE OTHER BRANCHES DECIDED TO
[00:28:46] CIRCUMVENT OR BYPASS THE POWERS INVESTED IN YOU?
[00:28:50] >> I AM GOING TO HOLD THE OTHER BRANCHES ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:28:53] THAT'S EXACTLY THE FOUNDERS INTENDED, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO.
[00:28:56] AND UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW THE EXECUTIVE HAS TAKEN TOO MUCH OF
[00:29:00] CONGRESS'S POWER BECAUSE CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE A BACKBONE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M
[00:29:04] GOING TO DO, IS CLAW THOSE POWERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE
[00:29:07] TALKING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN, WHICH COSTS US ALMOST $2 BILLION A DAY.
[00:29:11] CONGRESS HOLDS THE POWER OF THE PURSE, NOT THE PRESIDENT.
[00:29:14] SO ENACTING THE WAR POWERS,
[00:29:16] ENSURING THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE
[00:29:19] THAT HE'S MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS, IS GOING TO BE ONE
[00:29:22] OF THE TOP PRIORITIES AND ALSO HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION.
[00:29:26] SAME THING ON THE SUPREME COURT SIDE. WHEN YOU DO CORRUPT THINGS.
[00:29:29] YOU SHOULD BE IMPEACHED AND REMOVED. SAME THING GOES FOR THE EXECUTIVE.
[00:29:32] I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO IMPEACHING TRUMP.
[00:29:36] NOT FROM A PLACE OF RETAIL CREATION OR REVENGE, BUT BECAUSE
[00:29:40] WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVE TO GET TRUST BACK
[00:29:43] WITH THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT IS GOVERNMENT'S JOB IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
[00:29:47] >> MS. BAKER, YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE MR. AUSTIN.
[00:29:51] YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING WHEN IT COMES TO THE SEPARATION OF POWERS IS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION.
[00:29:55] >> WHERE THOSE POWERS COME FROM, HOW THEY'RE DESCRIBED AND WHO EXECUTES THEM.
[00:29:59] WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND EVEN IN MONTANA WHERE OUR JUDICIAL
[00:30:04] BRANCH IS CREATING LAW AND RULING FROM THE BENCH. AND NO ONE IS OVERSEEING THAT.
[00:30:10] AND THAT'S THE DUTIES OF CONGRESS IS TO COME IN AND HAVE
[00:30:12] JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT AND
[00:30:15] CALLING THEM OUT AND REWRITING THE LAWS FOR WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
[00:30:17] IF THEY'RE THE WRONG WAY, I'M
[00:30:20] THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE HAS ENDORSED THE CONVENTION OF
[00:30:23] THE STATES BECAUSE WE SEE A
[00:30:25] RUNAWAY WASHINGTON DC.
[00:30:28] AND IF WE CAN'T REIN IN WASHINGTON DC, THEN CONVENTION
[00:30:31] OF THE STATES CAN COME FORWARD AND STATES CAN TAKE COMMAND OF
[00:30:35] WASHINGTON DC AND GET IT RIGHT BACK ON TRACK. AND THAT'S WHY I ENDORSE
[00:30:38] CONVENTION OF THE STATES. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERY STATE
[00:30:41] LEGISLATURE TO PASS THAT IN 2027.
[00:30:44] MR. ALSTON THANK YOU. >> NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE. MR. BODNER.
[00:30:49] >> WHEN I WAS 18, I JOINED U.S. MILITARY AND I SWORE AN OATH. THAT OATH WAS TO THE
[00:30:54] CONSTITUTION, NOT TO A POLITICAL. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
[00:30:58] CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY IS THAT WASHINGTON, DC IS FILLED WITH A
[00:31:01] BUNCH OF WHO ANSWER TO THEIR PARTY BOSSES.
[00:31:04] THEY ANSWER TO CORPORATE DONORS. THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE
[00:31:08] TOLD, AND THEY IGNORE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE WAR IN
[00:31:12] IRAN. THE U.S. MILITARY IS FILLED WITH LIONS.
[00:31:14] THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE US AND PROTECT US ARE LIONS IN
[00:31:18] THERE. LED RIGHT NOW BY SHEEP IN
[00:31:22] WASHINGTON WHO REFUSE TO HOLD A COMMANDER IN CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE,
[00:31:25] TO GIVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS WAR, TO GIVE A PLAN FOR THIS WAR
[00:31:28] TO GIVE A STRATEGY FOR THIS WAR. MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT HAS SAID
[00:31:30] HIS JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. NO, THE SENATOR'S JOB IS TO
[00:31:36] SUPPORT CONSTITUTION AND TO ANSWER TO THE VOTERS OF THIS STATE THE LAST THING THAT WE
[00:31:40] NEED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RIGHT NOW IS YET ANOTHER YES MAN WHO
[00:31:43] WILL FOLLOW ORDER FROM THEIR BOSSES. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO
[00:31:47] STAND UP FOR THE VOTERS OF THIS STATE AND CARRY OUT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
[00:31:50] >> THANK YOU, MR. BUTTNER SAME QUESTION, MR. ARMEY.
[00:31:53] >> EACH BRANCH NEEDS TO EXERCISE ITS POWERS, AND RIGHT NOW, WE
[00:31:56] NEED TO HAVE CONGRESS DO A BETTER JOB. YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN MONTANA,
[00:32:00] GROWING UP IN GREAT FALLS TO TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS.
[00:32:03] I LEARNED THE VALUES OF FAITH,
[00:32:05] HARD WORK AND TAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WE LIVED IN.
[00:32:08] I WAS BLESSED, GET TO LIVE IN DILLON AND VICTOR AND HELENA AND
[00:32:12] MILE CITY. AND NOW WE LIVE IN BILLINGS. I'VE NEVER HELD ELECTED OFFICE.
[00:32:15] I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER SERVING AND PROTECTING MONTANA
[00:32:19] FAMILIES AND AT YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH CARING FOR OUR KIDS.
[00:32:23] I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND WE NEED TO FIX WASHINGTON.
[00:32:26] THE SENATOR. I'LL BRING A BILL THAT SAYS IF
[00:32:29] CONGRESS CAN'T, THE BUDGET, CONGRESS DOESN'T GET.
[00:32:32] I'LL BRING A BILL THAT WILL SAY
[00:32:34] THAT WILL WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE PASS TERM LIMITS. WE'LL ALSO INDIVIDUAL
[00:32:40] CONGRESSMEN FROM TRADING IN STOCKS AND WILL BAN INDIVIDUAL
[00:32:44] CONGRESSMEN FROM BECOMING LOBBYISTS.
[00:32:46] I'LL BRING A LIFETIME OF MONTANA COMMON SENSE TO WASHINGTON TO
[00:32:50] FIX. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[00:32:54] REBUTTAL HIS BANK AT 30 SECONDS. SO THE PEOPLE WANT IS TO HAVE
[00:32:56] TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AGAIN. >> AND IN THIS RACE, WE HAVE
[00:33:00] CANDIDATES THAT ARE ELECTED AND TWO CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN
[00:33:03] SELECTED BY THE D.C. ELITES. OMI HAS GONE ON THE RECORD TO
[00:33:07] SAY THAT HE ACTUALLY WILL SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAN BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S
[00:33:10] DECISION TO GO IN THERE. SO WE KNOW HE'S NOT GOING HOLD ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:33:13] AND WE HAVE THE INDEPENDENT HERE WHO'S BACKED BY THE D.C. ESTABLISHMENT AS WELL.
[00:33:17] AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, DARK MONEY ARE FLOODING THIS CAMPAIGN
[00:33:21] TO SUPPORT BOTH OF THEM. I'M UNBOUGHT, UNBOSSED AND
[00:33:25] UNAFRAID AND I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO'S HELD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:33:28] AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING AGAIN. >> MS. BAKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:33:32] THE NEXT QUESTION FROM JONATHAN AND BERRIEN, AND IT'S ADDRESSED
[00:33:36] TO MR. AUSTIN. >> TWO OF YOU CANDIDATES ARE
[00:33:40] RUNNING. >> TWO OF YOU CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING OUTSIDE THE MAJOR
[00:33:44] PARTIES. >> THE PARTIES HAVE HUGE INFLUENCE IN THE OPERATION OF THE SENATE, INCLUDING MAKING
[00:33:48] COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. WILL YOU COMMIT NOW, IF ELECTED,
[00:33:51] YOU WON'T CAUCUS WITH EITHER PARTY. AND IF SO, HOW CAN YOU ASSURE
[00:33:55] VOTERS YOU WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN
[00:33:57] THE SENATE. >> MR. AUSTIN.
[00:34:01] YOU KNOW, WHEN COMES DOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE SENATE, IT'S
[00:34:05] IT'S A MATTER ABOUT LEADERSHIP, NOT PARTY.
[00:34:07] AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I'M OUTSIDE THE MAJOR PARTIES HERE,
[00:34:10] BUT I DISAGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MY
[00:34:13] OPPONENT THAT'S THE INDEPENDENT IS OUTSIDE THE MAJOR PARTY.
[00:34:15] HE HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY FAR
[00:34:19] LEFT MONEY, BY CORRUPT MONEY, AND HE WILL WITH THE FAR LEFT
[00:34:22] WHERE ME BEING THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE IS THE TRUE
[00:34:26] INDEPENDENT FOR ALL MONTANA. AND I GO AND I WILL FOCUS ON
[00:34:28] WHAT IS RIGHT, NOT AS WHAT'S
[00:34:30] WRONG FOR ALL AMERICAN.
[00:34:32] AND THAT'S WHAT MY PLAN IS, IS
[00:34:34] TO GO IN AND DO THE RIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:34:38] >> MR. AUSTIN, THANK YOU. SAME QUESTION. MR. BUTTNER. >> I MEAN, I THINK IT'S
[00:34:42] IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY ITSELF HAS CALLED MR. AUSTIN A PHONY
[00:34:46] CANDIDATE. HE'S A REPUBLICAN. HE'S HERE TO DO THE DIRTY WORK
[00:34:50] OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND OTHERS. I AM A TRUE INDEPENDENT.
[00:34:53] I'VE SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT I WILL NOT CAUCUS WITH EITHER PARTY.
[00:34:57] I WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
[00:35:01] THE IDEA THAT ONE CANNOT GET COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IF THEY'RE NOT CAUCUSING WITH EITHER
[00:35:05] PARTIES A RED HERRING, EVERY SENATOR CAN GET COMMITTEES. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT AN
[00:35:09] INDEPENDENT WHO HAS THE POWER
[00:35:11] SAY NO TO THE PARTY BOSSES ON
[00:35:14] EITHER SIDE AND HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH EITHER PARTY WHEN
[00:35:17] IT MAKES SENSE. MONTANA, WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
[00:35:20] AN INDEPENDENT VOICE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE HAS
[00:35:22] TREMENDOUS POWER, AND I INTEND TO WORK WITH OTHER INDEPENDENT
[00:35:26] SENATORS TO FIND A BLOC OF, INDEPENDENT SENATORS WHO CAN MOVE FORWARD.
[00:35:30] COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS. ALL WE SEE IN D.C. RIGHT NOW IS
[00:35:34] THE TWO FIGHT PARTIES FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY'RE GETTING NOTHING DONE.
[00:35:37] THEY ALL RICH. WE ALL SUFFER. WE TO CHANGE THAT.
[00:35:40] AN INDEPENDENT IN THE U.S., A SENATE CAN DO THAT. >> THANK YOU, MR. BORDERS.
[00:35:45] >> SAME QUESTION, MR. ARMEY. >> THE WORK IN THE U.S. SENATE GETS DONE IN THE COMMITTEES.
[00:35:50] THESE TWO CANDIDATES HAVE SAID THEY WON'T CAUCUS WITH EITHER. THEY WON'T GET COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
[00:35:54] MONTANA WILL BE SERIOUSLY UNDERREPRESENTED.
[00:35:56] WHEN I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'M GOING TO BE SURE THAT I GET ON COMMITTEES THAT ARE GOING TO
[00:36:00] HELP MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR MONTANANS, MAKE OUR
[00:36:04] COMMUNITY SAFER AND PROTECT OUR MONTANA WAY OF LIFE.
[00:36:07] AND I'LL BE SURE THAT WE GET ON COMMITTEES WHERE WE CAN GET
[00:36:09] RESULTS DONE SO TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE, I'LL LOOK FOR
[00:36:13] COMMITTEES THAT WILL HELP US REIN IN INFLATION AND KEEP TAXES
[00:36:16] LOW, UNLEASH, UNLEASH ENERGY,
[00:36:18] AND CUT RED TAPE AND TO KEEP OUR
[00:36:21] MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. I'LL WORK ON COMMITTEES THAT
[00:36:24] WILL HELP US KEEP THE BORDER, WILL HELP US GO AFTER CRIMINALS
[00:36:27] AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND GO
[00:36:29] AFTER CARTELS ALL THE WAY UP
[00:36:32] THROUGH THE BORDER. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BACK THE
[00:36:36] BLUE TO BE SURE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE
[00:36:40] AND THEN TO PROTECT MONTANA, I'LL GET ON COMMITTEES THAT WILL
[00:36:44] PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS, AND
[00:36:47] PROTECT OUR VETERANS, OUR
[00:36:49] AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY, AND OUR NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[00:36:53] >> NOW, MISS BANKHEAD, THANK YOU.
[00:36:57] >> SO THIS IS QUITE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION,
[00:37:00] BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DO NEED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO PUSH THINGS FORWARD.
[00:37:04] THAT'S ALL OF THE WORK IS DONE. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY NAIVE OF ANYBODY TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT
[00:37:09] ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CAUCUSING WITH ANYBODY. IT EFFECTIVELY NEUTERS THAT
[00:37:12] POSITION AND THE REALITY IS THAT
[00:37:14] THE US SENATE SEAT IS UNIQUE IN THAT EACH STATE GETS EQUAL,
[00:37:18] REPRESENT STATION. THEY EACH GET TWO SENATORS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE 50% OF THAT
[00:37:22] DELEGATION THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY CAUCUSING, THAT MEANS LESS OF A
[00:37:25] VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA. THE INDEPENDENT HAS SAID OVER
[00:37:28] AND OVER AGAIN HE WON'T CAUCUS.
[00:37:29] AND THE IS THAT HE'S BEHOLDEN
[00:37:33] D.C. DNC INTERESTS. HE'S BACKED BY THE DNC MACHINE.
[00:37:36] HE GETS DARK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE FLOODING THE STATE.
[00:37:39] EVERYBODY VOTE FOR THE MONTANA PLAN NOVEMBER 3RD.
[00:37:41] AND IT'S HILARIOUS. AS WE GO AROUND THE STATE,
[00:37:44] PEOPLE TELL US ALL THE TIME THAT I'M THE TRUE INDEPENDENT IN, THE
[00:37:48] RACE BECAUSE I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO CORPORATE INTERESTS OR THE D.C. ELITES.
[00:37:51] I WILL ONLY REPRESENT PEOPLE AND FIGHT FOR YOU AND THE COMMITTEES
[00:37:55] THAT I WOULD PREFER TO BE ON OR ANYTHING. HOUSING, HEALTH CARE AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. THANK YOU.
[00:37:59] >> THANK YOU. MS. BANKHEAD, 30 SECONDS, MR. AUSTIN. >> YOU KNOW, SETH BONNER, YOU
[00:38:02] NEED TO STOP LYING. MONTANA. YOU ARE A LIAR.
[00:38:06] YOU'RE A FAILED UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA PRESIDENT. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT.
[00:38:10] A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. IT IS TIME THAT YOU TELL TRUTH,
[00:38:14] THAT YOU ARE BACKED BY DARK MONEY FROM THE OBAMA TRUST FUND.
[00:38:16] YOU ARE BACKED BY THE FAR LEFT CANDIDATES THAT ARE PUSHING YOU
[00:38:20] ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN DISGUISE. AGAIN, YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN
[00:38:24] A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
[00:38:25] AND MONTANANS TO KNOW THAT. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[00:38:30] LAURA FREEMAN. IT'S ADDRESSED TO MR. BODNER BY
[00:38:35] WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE WARNING THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ADVANCING FASTER THAN SAFEGUARDS
[00:38:38] CAN KEEP UP. >> ONE FORMER ANTHROPIC
[00:38:41] RESEARCHER, EVEN WENT AS FAR TO SAY THAT I COULD BECOME AN
[00:38:45] EXISTENTIAL THREAT BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
[00:38:47] TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEP IN WITH
[00:38:51] MANDATORY SAFETY REGULATIONS OR
[00:38:53] SHOULD A.I. COMPANIES BE TRUSTED POLICE THEMSELVES?
[00:38:57] >> THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ABSOLUTELY CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB.
[00:39:01] BUT IT'S FAILING BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL MACHINES ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY BIG TECH
[00:39:06] COMPANIES. THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED TO
[00:39:08] STOP ANY DATA CENTER.
[00:39:12] THAT WANTS TO COME INTO THIS STATE AND EXPLOIT MONTANA COMMUNITIES. TAKING OUR WATER, DRIVING UP UTILITY RATES. I WILL STAND AGAINST ANY OF
[00:39:16] THAT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
[00:39:20] PROTECT KIDS FROM UNFETTERED, UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO THESE JOBS SO WE PROTECT OUR WORKERS
[00:39:25] FROM BEING DISPLACED FROM JOBS AND BIG TECH COMPANIES WALKING AWAY WITH PROFITS.
[00:39:28] WE NEED TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL WATER SYSTEMS, RURAL
[00:39:31] ELECTRIC KIDS THAT ABSOLUTELY AT RISK.
[00:39:33] AND WE NEED PROTECT HUMANITY. WE NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE.
[00:39:37] AND THE REALITY IS THAT I MEAN OUR REPUBLICAN SENATOR STEVE
[00:39:40] DAINES, WHO RIGGED THIS ELECTION TO GET KURT ARMY ONTO THE BALLOT, HAS SAID THAT CONGRESS
[00:39:44] CAN'T REGULATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S INSANE.
[00:39:47] WE NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE. WE NEED THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE URGENTLY.
[00:39:51] WE CAN'T BURY OUR HEAD IN THE AND KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD. TWO YEARS.
[00:39:55] NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE AND WE NEED THEM NOW. I'LL WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE
[00:39:58] THAT CONGRESS DOES JOB. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER.
[00:40:01] SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. ARMEY. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A.I.
[00:40:03] AROUND THE STATE, I ALWAYS AM TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
[00:40:07] AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT MONTANA.
[00:40:11] WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT IF A DATA CENTER COMPANY COMES INTO THIS STATE, THAT THEY'RE
[00:40:16] TRANSPARENT, THEY'RE CLEAR ABOUT THEIR COST TO THE COMMUNITY, OTHER EFFECTS.
[00:40:19] WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE CLEAR GUARDRAILS SET.
[00:40:22] ANY DATA CENTER COMPANY NEEDS TO
[00:40:24] PAY ITS OWN WAY AND THEY NEED TO CREATE LOCAL JOBS.
[00:40:28] THEY ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE NO ADVERSE WATER
[00:40:32] EFFECTS, NOT ON WATER USERS, ON WATER QUALITY.
[00:40:34] THEY ALSO TO GUARANTEE THAT
[00:40:36] THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRIC KITTY
[00:40:39] INCREASES ON MONTANA FAMILIES. IN FACT, THEY SHOULD HELP LOWER
[00:40:43] ELECTRICITY RATES AND EVEN IF THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE MET DATA
[00:40:46] CENTER COMPANIES NEED TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO GET THEIR ACCEPTANCE.
[00:40:50] SO A SENATOR, I'LL WORK TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY.
[00:40:55] WE HAVE CLEAR GUARDRAILS, AND THAT MONTANA COMMUNITIES ARE HEARD.
[00:40:58] AND I'LL ALWAYS PUT MONTANA FIRST. THANK YOU, MR. ARMY.
[00:41:02] >> THE SAME QUESTION GOES TO MS. BANKHEAD.
[00:41:04] >> I SPECIALIZE IN CYBER CHILD
[00:41:06] SEX CRIMES, AND WHEN I WAS, THE ALTERNATE COMMANDER TO THE INTERNET, CRIMES AGAINST
[00:41:10] CHILDREN TASK FORCE, I FOUGHT STARTING 15 YEARS AGO AGAINST
[00:41:13] BIG TECH TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
[00:41:15] FROM CYBER EXPLOITS FASHION AND
[00:41:18] A.I. TYPE TECHNOLOGIES. AND EVEN BACK THEN, CONGRESS WAS
[00:41:21] AND PAID FOR AND TECH HAD THEM IN THEIR POCKET.
[00:41:24] AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE OPEN TO EXPLOITATION. RIGHT NOW.
[00:41:28] I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE THAT HAS EXPERIENCE FIGHTING BIG TECH, AND I'M NOT BOUND, PAID
[00:41:32] FOR BY THE ELITE. NOW THE INDEPENDENT IS ACTUALLY
[00:41:35] BACKED BY SOMEONE WHO SITS ON BOARD OF ANTHROPIC.
[00:41:37] MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS ENTIRE
[00:41:40] ELECTION, ALL ROADS LEAD TO DATA CENTERS.
[00:41:42] AND I AM THE LOUDEST ON THE STAGE ABOUT BEING OPPOSED TO
[00:41:46] THEM. I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO CAME OUT AGAINST THEM. NOW, IF YOU WANT MORE OF THE
[00:41:49] SAME, BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AIR BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE
[00:41:53] AND OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE BEING OPENED UP FOR, DATA CENTERS
[00:41:55] WHICH THE INCUMBENTS STEVE DAINES ACTUALLY SUPPORTED.
[00:41:58] SO IF YOU WANT OF THE SAME, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FROM THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
[00:42:02] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. AUSTIN.
[00:42:06] YOU KNOW, WE A NEW GENERATION
[00:42:10] AHEAD OF US WITH A.I. AND DATA CENTERS. >> WE'RE NOT STOPPING IT, BUT WE
[00:42:14] HAVE TO PUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CURRENT
[00:42:18] ADMINISTRATION IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
[00:42:20] SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLED THE GENESIS MISSION.
[00:42:23] THE GENESIS MISSION PUT THE BALL IN MOTION FOR DATA CENTERS IN
[00:42:27] THE UNITED STATES, CENTERS IN
[00:42:29] SPACE AND DATA CENTERS IN THE MOON WITH A VERY STRICT
[00:42:33] DEADLINE, 2030. THIS IS AN AIR NOT ONLY FOR
[00:42:35] NATIONAL SECURITY, FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
[00:42:39] THIS IS AN ENERGY BILL TO DRIVE ENERGY, DRIVE JOBS AND DRIVE OUR
[00:42:43] ECONOMY. WE'RE NOT STOPPING IT. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PUT
[00:42:47] SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, TWO THINGS HOW ARE WE GOING TO
[00:42:50] PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY AND WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THE KILL
[00:42:53] SWITCH WHEN IT COMES TIME TO STOP IT? I'VE ALWAYS SAID I DON'T WANT
[00:42:57] DATA CENTERS IN MY BACKYARD, MONTANA, BUT I WANT THEM IN THE OCEAN.
[00:43:01] SO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF CONTROL, WE CAN SINK THEM. >> THEY CAN.
[00:43:03] MR. AUSTIN NOW, FINAL RESPONSE, 30 SECONDS TO MR. BOEHNER.
[00:43:08] YEAH THANK YOU. >> MY OPPONENTS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY ENDORSEMENTS AND YES,
[00:43:10] I'M ENDORSED BY FORMER SENATOR JON TESTER. I'M PROUD OF THAT. I'M ALSO PROUD THAT I'M ENDORSED
[00:43:14] BY OUR FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, OUR FORMER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.
[00:43:18] I'M ENDORSED BY A FORMER CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MONTANA, THE FORMER OF THE
[00:43:22] DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN MONTANA. I'M ENDORSED BY THE UNIONS.
[00:43:26] I'M ENDORSED BY OUR CONSERVATION GROUPS. I'M ENDORSED BY WOMEN'S
[00:43:29] REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GROUPS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD. AND I'M ENDORSED THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO ME BY THE
[00:43:34] ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUP AND CITIZENS UNITED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE ALL KNOW THAT
[00:43:37] WHAT MONTANA IS AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WILL STAND UP VOTERS ALL
[00:43:41] ACROSS THIS STATE. THANK YOU, MR. BODNER. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[00:43:44] STUART DAVIS, AND IT'S ADDRESSED
[00:43:45] TO MR. OLNEY PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED
[00:43:49] TO BE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT AMERICANS HAVE WATCHED MANY
[00:43:53] ELECTED OFFICIALS GROW SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE IN OFFICE,
[00:43:56] INCLUDING THROUGH STOCK TRADING, WHILE RECEIVING INFORMATION
[00:43:59] UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. >> IF WHAT SPECIFIC REFORMS
[00:44:03] WOULD YOU SUPPORT TO STOP POLITICIANS FROM USING PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL
[00:44:07] GAIN? AND WILL YOU COMMIT TODAY TO BANNING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
[00:44:12] THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES FROM TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?
[00:44:15] >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, STUART. >> THE ANSWER IS YES AND I'VE
[00:44:18] ALREADY GIVEN A LOT OF MY ANSWER TO THIS, TO A RESPONSE TO A
[00:44:22] PREVIOUS QUESTION. BUT LET ME AGAIN MAKE CLEAR THAT
[00:44:25] I HAVE DEEP MONTANA ROOTS HERE.
[00:44:27] I'VE SPENT MY CAREER IN MONTANA
[00:44:30] LIVING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES,
[00:44:32] RAISED BY TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS AND RAISED BY OUR MONTANA VALUES OF
[00:44:37] FAITH HARD WORK AND SERVICE TO OTHERS.
[00:44:39] AND IT'S THOSE THINGS THAT INFORM ME AS WELL AS MY LONG
[00:44:43] TIME SERVICE AND WORK IN
[00:44:45] PROTECTING MONTANA FAMILIES AND WORKING AT YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND
[00:44:48] GIRLS RANCH, PROTECTING MONTANA KIDS. THAT INFORMS HOW I WOULD
[00:44:52] APPROACH THINGS. WASHINGTON. I VERY MUCH IN PUBLIC SERVICE
[00:44:56] AND I BELIEVE HAVE TO FIX WASHINGTON.
[00:44:59] SO NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO BAN
[00:45:01] INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FROM CONGRESS, FROM TRADING IN STOCKS, WE NEED TO BAN MEMBERS
[00:45:05] FROM CONGRESS AND BECOMING LOBBYISTS.
[00:45:08] WE NEED A BILL THAT'S GOING TO SAY THAT IF WE DON'T BALANCE THE
[00:45:11] BUDGET, WE DON'T GET PAID. AND WE ALSO NEED TO PASS
[00:45:14] CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS LIKE MR. ARMY. >> THE SAME QUESTION THAT GOES
[00:45:18] TO MS. BANKHEAD. >> I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT WHOLE LIFE. I NEVER SAW MYSELF IN.
[00:45:22] BUT I LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTANAN, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISGUSTED
[00:45:25] WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE CORRUPTION ON CAPITOL HILL.
[00:45:28] THERE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE NO STOCK TRADING, THINK, IN MY
[00:45:30] OPINION, UNTIL WE CAN REBUILD TRUST WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE
[00:45:33] UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA. CONGRESSMEN, ANY ELECTED
[00:45:37] OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS.
[00:45:39] I HAVE NEVER BOUGHT INDIVIDUAL AND I COMMIT TO NOT BUYING
[00:45:43] INDIVIDUAL STOCKS BECAUSE I NEED TO BE ABOVE REPROACH IN ENSURING
[00:45:46] THAT I HAVE THE TRUST THE PEOPLE. NOW MY INDEPENDENT OPPONENT DOWN
[00:45:50] THERE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT INTEGRITY PLEDGE THAT HE TOOK
[00:45:52] AND THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A PAPER TO
[00:45:55] HAVE INTEGRITY YOU JUST DO IT. AND I HAVE A TRACK RECORD DOING THAT.
[00:45:58] I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF HOLDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION.
[00:46:02] I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S PUT HANDCUFFS ON CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND I LOOK
[00:46:05] FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND AND REMOVING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
[00:46:10] VIOLATE THAT TRUST WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. >> YOU. MS. BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION GOES TO
[00:46:14] MR. AUSTIN. >> INSIDER TRADING IS JUST A
[00:46:17] CRUMB TO THE CORRUPTION WASHINGTON, DC AND JUST A
[00:46:21] HIGHLIGHTED I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE THAT'S BEEN FUNDING MY CAMPAIGN OUT OF MY
[00:46:24] OWN POCKET COMPARED TO THE OTHER OPPONENTS UP HERE WHO BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE
[00:46:28] CORRUPTION IN DC. INSIDER TRADING. STOP IT.
[00:46:32] JUST THE CONGRESSMAN. IT SHOULD GO TO ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HAVE INSIDER
[00:46:36] INFORMATION SO THEY ARE NOT MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL GAIN.
[00:46:40] IT STOP THERE EITHER. IT SHOULD ALSO GO TO THESE
[00:46:42] CORRUPT PRIVATE DEALS THAT ARE GETTING DONE WITH OUR WITH OUR
[00:46:46] SENATORS AND OUR CONGRESSMEN BEING THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE
[00:46:50] THAT'S NOT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR ALREADY SHOWS HUGE SIGN OF
[00:46:54] INTEGRITY. THE VOTERS OF MONTANA ON WHO WILL REPRESENT THEM ON HIS OWN
[00:46:57] TWO FEET WHO WILL DO THE RIGHT AND NOT THE WRONG THING AND WHO
[00:47:01] CAN BE BOUGHT AND WHO CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
[00:47:03] THAT IS A HUGE RED FLAG FOR YOU OUT THERE WHEN YOU GO TO THE
[00:47:06] POLLS AND CHOOSING YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
[00:47:10] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
[00:47:12] CANDIDATE IS MR. BONNER SAME. YEAH.
[00:47:14] >> LOOK, I'M GLAD MY DEMOCRATIC
[00:47:16] OPPONENT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT I HAVE SIGNED THAT POLITICAL
[00:47:20] INTEGRITY PLEDGE FAITHFULLY. I WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT WITH THE REFORM AGENDA CALLING FOR A BAN
[00:47:23] ON INSIDER, A BAN ON LOBBYING TERM LIMITS, AGE LIMITS.
[00:47:27] THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:47:31] I'M PROUD THE FAMILY CANDIDATE ON THIS STAGE ENDORSED BY THE
[00:47:35] ANTI-CORRUPTION ORGANIZATION CITIZENS UNITED, BECAUSE WE NEED
[00:47:39] PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR MONTANA'S NOW. MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL TALK
[00:47:43] TOUGH ON CRIME. HE'LL TALK TOUGH ABOUT UP FOR MONTANANS.
[00:47:46] THE FACT IS THAT AS U.S. ATTORNEY, HE FAILED TO PROSECUTE THE MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ABUSE
[00:47:51] CASES THAT CAME HIS DESK. AND THE FACT IS HE CUT A PLEA
[00:47:54] DEAL WITH A MAN WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED A SIX YEAR OLD, SERVED
[00:47:57] LESS THAN A YEAR OF TIME AND DIDN'T HAVE REGISTER AS A SEX
[00:48:02] OFFENDER. AND HONESTLY, AS A PARENT, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
[00:48:05] SOMEBODY WHO COULDN'T STAND UP FOR A SIX YEAR OLD WILL STAND UP
[00:48:09] US IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER AND
[00:48:12] I'LL THROW SECOND REBUTTAL. MR. HALL. ME MR. BODNER LIES ABOUT MY
[00:48:17] RECORD I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN
[00:48:20] PROTECTING SEXUAL ASSAULT
[00:48:22] VICTIMS, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M A PARENT.
[00:48:24] >> I WISH WE HAD MORE EVIDENCE TO HAVE LOCKED UP THAT
[00:48:28] INDIVIDUAL LONGER.
[00:48:29] BUT MY OFFICE EVERY VIABLE
[00:48:33] ASSAULT CRIME TO THE FULLEST
[00:48:35] EXTENT OF THE LAW AND WE ALSO
[00:48:37] LAST YEAR PROSECUTED MORE CRIMINALS THAN ANY YEAR IN THE
[00:48:41] LAST 20 YEARS. AND WE DROVE VIOLENT CRIME DOWN.
[00:48:43] I'M PROUD OF MY RECORD. >> THANK YOU, MR. ALLMAN.
[00:48:47] NEXT QUESTION NOW FROM BEN WINEMAN, DIRECTED TO MS.
[00:48:53] BANKHEAD. >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPING FOR SOMETHING
[00:48:55] CALLED THE SAVE AMERICA, WHICH WOULD IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
[00:48:59] REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO VOTER REGISTRATION
[00:49:02] AND VOTING BY MAIL HERE IN OUR COUNTRY.
[00:49:04] GIVEN THE PRESIDENT'S REPEATED CRITICISMS OF MAIL IN VOTING,
[00:49:08] YOU AGREE WITH HIM THAT MAIL IN
[00:49:10] VOTING CREATES SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FRAUD?
[00:49:13] AND HOW DO YOU NOT MAKE TO DISENFRANCHIZE MONTANA AND
[00:49:17] INTERRUPT THEIR ABILITY TO CAST THEIR. >> I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS THAT
[00:49:21] FOR MAIL IN VOTING IS COMING FROM THE PERSON SENT HIS BALLOT
[00:49:24] IN BY MAIL. AND HONESTLY, THIS IS A GREAT
[00:49:27] CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT.
[00:49:32] THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION. AND WHAT I KEEP TELLING FOLKS IS WE HAVE TRUST IN OUR POLLING OFFICIALS.
[00:49:35] WE TRUST IN OUR USPS SYSTEM AS IT CONTINUES GOING THROUGH THE
[00:49:40] SUPREME COURT'S PROCESS. WE WILL TAKE IT DAY TO DAY.
[00:49:42] BUT WHAT I TELL FOLKS IS WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT WE TRUST, AND IT IS
[00:49:46] THE POWERS IN DC THAT ARE TO CREATE MISTRUST SO THAT WE END
[00:49:50] UP WITH A BROKEN SYSTEM. I TELL FOLKS, MONTANANS EMPOWER
[00:49:54] MONTANANS. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE POST OFFICE, THEN WALK YOUR
[00:49:57] BALLOT INTO THE POLLING PLACE.
[00:49:59] IF YOU HAVE FOLKS YOU THAT AREN'T MOBILE, DRIVE THEM TO
[00:50:03] DROP THEIR BALLOT OFF. WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR CONTROL THAT WILL HELP
[00:50:09] EMPOWER VOTING PROCESS WHAT THEY'RE SEEKING DO IS TO
[00:50:12] DISEMPOWER AND DISENFRANCHIZE VOTERS TO BE SCARED TO CAST A VOTE AND NOT TRUST THE PROCESS.
[00:50:16] I TRUST THE PROCESS. I TRUST MONTANANS, AND I BELIEVE
[00:50:18] MONTANA IS GOING SURPRISE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ON NOVEMBER THIRD.
[00:50:22] THANK YOU, MS. >> BANKHEAD. NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION.
[00:50:26] YOU KNOW, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS A GREAT ACT.
[00:50:28] >> WE HAVE TO OUR ELECTIONS.
[00:50:30] WE HAVE TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE IN
[00:50:33] OUR ELECTIONS SO PEOPLE GET OUT TO THE POLLS AGAIN.
[00:50:37] HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE? THEY NO LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE.
[00:50:40] HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE BECAUSE THEY NOT BELIEVE THAT
[00:50:43] THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR WILL REPRESENT THEM?
[00:50:46] THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO COME IN WITH ELECTION INTEGRITY, WE HAVE
[00:50:49] TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN THE VOTER, AND WE CAN DO THAT.
[00:50:53] I CAN I STAND BEHIND MAIL IN BALLOTS. I'VE BEEN A FARMER FOR YEARS.
[00:50:57] I'VE USED MAIL IN BALLOTS BECAUSE I AM ON THE ROAD AND I
[00:51:00] DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO STAND IN AT THE POLLS. I WILL SECURE OUR MAIL BALLOTS
[00:51:04] SO VOTERS CAN NOT ONLY STAY AT HOME, EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON THE
[00:51:06] ISSUES BEFORE VOTING, BUT DO IT AT THE EASE SO THEY CAN STILL
[00:51:10] CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT TAKING TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR JOB.
[00:51:14] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION NOW GOES TO MR. BOGNER.
[00:51:18] >> VOTING IS SACRED. I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE TO
[00:51:22] DEFEND FREEDOMS, TO DEFEND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE
[00:51:25] PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE
[00:51:29] SECURE. AND I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN OUR ELECTIONS.
[00:51:31] OFFICIALS HERE IN MONTANA, MONTANA, THE ELECTIONS ARE ARE BEING RUN VERY WELL.
[00:51:35] AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT EXTENSIVE FEDERAL OVERREACH DOWN
[00:51:39] INTO THE STATES. THINK WE NEED TO PUSH AGAINST THAT.
[00:51:42] AND I'LL TELL YOU IT. BUT BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN
[00:51:46] THIS COUNTRY WHERE TWO BIG NATIONAL POLITICAL MACHINES HAVE
[00:51:49] SPENT DECADES CHOOSING THEIR VOTERS.
[00:51:53] JERRY MEANDERING DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE, STIFLING
[00:51:55] POLITICAL COMPETITION AND THEN
[00:51:57] WORKING TO DO THINGS LIKE RIGGING A PRIMARY ELECTION WHERE
[00:52:00] YOU DESCEND MONTANA VOTERS AND YOU INSERT MY REPUBLICAN
[00:52:04] OPPONENT ONTO THE BALLOT, LETTING MONTANANS HAVE A VOICE.
[00:52:08] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY MONTANAN HAS THE ABILITY TO
[00:52:10] VOTE, THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CHOICE AND THAT WE HAVE
[00:52:14] ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WORK FOR US, NOT FOR PEOPLE BACK IN WASHINGTON DC.
[00:52:18] >> THANK YOU, MR. BONNER. SAME QUESTION NOW TO MR. ALL.
[00:52:20] MAY I THE SAVE ACT.
[00:52:22] >> HAVING ELECTIONS FREE AND,
[00:52:26] FAIR ELECTIONS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN IS A CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY.
[00:52:30] RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
[00:52:34] WE NEED VOTER ID AND WE NEED OF CITIZENSHIP.
[00:52:38] BOTH OF THOSE ARE SUPPORTED BY AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER AMERICANS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO
[00:52:41] BE BLOCKED. DEMOCRATS, LIKE MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS.
[00:52:46] WE TO BE SURE THAT WE PUT THOSE THROUGH AND I WILL PUSH FOR THEM
[00:52:50] IN. AND THEY'RE NOT OVERLY BURDENSOME.
[00:52:53] WE ALL DO PICTURE IDS IN ORDER TO RENT A CAR, IN ORDER TO RENT
[00:52:57] APARTMENT, IN ORDER TO GET ON A PLANE, IN ORDER TO BUY A DRINK.
[00:53:01] THAT'S BURDENSOME.
[00:53:01] IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO GET
[00:53:05] PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP. WE HAVE TO DO THAT. ALSO, WE HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF
[00:53:09] CITIZENSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, GET A
[00:53:11] REAL ID TO BE ON A FEDERAL TO GET A FEDERAL JOB.
[00:53:15] AGAIN, ARE NOT BURDENSOME REQUIREMENTS. THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE
[00:53:18] MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THAT SHOULD BE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED
[00:53:21] BY EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[00:53:24] NOW, 32ND REBUTTAL IS BACK AND THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS LOVES TO
[00:53:28] BRING THIS TOPIC UP BECAUSE. >> THEY WANT TO DRIVE US TO FEAR
[00:53:32] IN MAKING OUR VOTING DECISIONS. THE REALITY IS THAT THEY HAVE
[00:53:35] THE MONEY, BUT WE HAVE THE MONEY.
[00:53:37] SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERY MONTANAN TO VOTE YOUR VALUES AND
[00:53:41] NOT YOUR FEARS. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND THE REALITY IS THERE'S NO
[00:53:46] COMMUNITY HAS STRONGER LEADERSHIP SKILLS. AND RIGHT HERE IN MONTANA, WE
[00:53:49] ARE THE STATE OF JENNETTE AND WE ARE THE STATE THAT THREW OUT THE KINGS.
[00:53:53] WE ARE IN COPPER KINGS POINT. OH, AND I KNOW MONTANA IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
[00:53:57] VOTE YOUR VALUES, MONTANA. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD. THE NEXT QUESTION WILL COME FROM
[00:54:01] JONATHAN AND BERRIEN AND. IT GOES TO CANDIDATE KYLE AUSTIN
[00:54:05] THIS YEAR. >> THERE HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN
[00:54:07] HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRATION RELATED ARRESTS IN MONTANA IN RECENT
[00:54:11] WEEKS. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED THERE
[00:54:13] WERE PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS IN OF THOSE CASES AND ORDERED
[00:54:17] DETAINEES FROM CUSTODY. YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE CHANGES IN HOW THE TRUMP
[00:54:22] ADMINISTRATION IS ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS IN MONTANA?
[00:54:26] >> YOU KNOW, LET'S GO BACK. DO WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION
[00:54:29] PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES? ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD PEOPLE COME TO THIS
[00:54:33] COUNTRY ILLEGALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY.
[00:54:35] AND AS WE SEE THE THE IMMIGRANTS
[00:54:38] BEING ARRESTED, IF HERE ILLEGALLY. ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE COMMITTING A CRIME.
[00:54:42] BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE HUMANE. AND THAT'S THE CHANGES THAT I WANT.
[00:54:45] THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO, IS TREAT THESE PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE
[00:54:49] DON'T, LOCK THEM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY LIKE THEY HAVE.
[00:54:52] HAVE AN EXPEDITED PROCESS, A JUDICIAL BRANCH, WHERE THEY CAN
[00:54:55] GET IN AND PROVE WHETHER THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE, NOT TO
[00:54:58] BE HERE AND GET THEM BACK HOME TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM IN A
[00:55:02] HUMANE HUMANE MANNER. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME
[00:55:04] AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE ACTIONS OF ICE THAT HAVE
[00:55:07] GOTTEN OUT OF IN OUR COUNTRY.
[00:55:11] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN PRESS CANDIDATE MR. BODNER.
[00:55:14] >> THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE POLITICAL
[00:55:17] LEADERS IN DC WHO WANT TO USE IMMIGRATION AS AN ISSUE TO FIGHT
[00:55:21] ABOUT RATHER THAN ONE THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE.
[00:55:23] I WANT TO SAY VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED STRONG BORDERS. WE NEED TO ENFORCE OUR
[00:55:27] IMMIGRATION LAWS, WE NEED TO REMOVE VIOLENT CRIMINALS FROM THIS COUNTRY.
[00:55:31] BUT WE CAN AND WE MUST DO WITHOUT ENABLING A MASKED,
[00:55:35] UNTRAINED, UNACCOUNTABLE PARAMILITARY FORCE TO RUN
[00:55:38] THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES, TRAMPLING ON THE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES OF AMERICAN AND
[00:55:42] THROWING DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OUT THE WINDOW. WE CAN DO BOTH.
[00:55:45] AND FURTHERMORE, WE NEED FUNDAMENTAL AND SUBSTANTIVE
[00:55:48] REFORM TO OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. I WAS TALKING TO A FARMER THE
[00:55:52] OTHER DAY WHO JUST WAS LAMENTING THE CHALLENGES H-2A VISA PROCESS.
[00:55:56] HE WE NEED WORKERS HERE. WE NEED IMMIGRATION AND REFORM.
[00:55:59] AND WE NEED POLITICAL LEADERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND
[00:56:02] WORK TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES TO SOLVE THIS.
[00:56:06] QUIT USING THIS AS A POLITICAL TO FIGHT ABOUT TO WIN ELECTIONS.
[00:56:09] START DOING YOUR JOB WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE,
[00:56:12] WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
[00:56:15] >> YOU, MR. BONNER, SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. ARMEY.
[00:56:18] >> LET'S NOT FORGET IT WAS BIDEN
[00:56:20] AND THE DEMOCRATS RECKLESS
[00:56:22] BORDER POLICY THAT PUT ALL US AT
[00:56:24] RISK MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FLOODED INTO THIS COUNTRY,
[00:56:28] INCLUDING CARTEL AND GANG MEMBERS AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
[00:56:31] IT MADE EVERY STATE SAFE, INCLUDING GEORGIA, WHERE IBARRA
[00:56:35] KIDNAPED AND BRUTALLY MURDERED LAKE RILEY.
[00:56:38] ALSO, FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUSED 30% OF THE
[00:56:41] INCREASE IN HOUSING COSTS UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN.
[00:56:45] SECURING THE BORDER IS COMMON,
[00:56:47] AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DONE IT.
[00:56:49] AND AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, I HELP SECURE OUR BORDER BY
[00:56:53] PROSECUTING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS AND GOING AFTER DRUG
[00:56:56] GANGS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CARTELS. THAT'S WHY 35 OF OUR SHERIFFS
[00:57:00] ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ENDORSED ME AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW TO
[00:57:05] FINISH THE JOB IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE KEEPING
[00:57:08] THE BORDER SECURE.
[00:57:10] WE NEED TO PROSECUTE AND DEPORT
[00:57:12] CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS. AND WE NEED TO STOP FUNDING
[00:57:15] SANCTUARY CITIES THAT ALLOW CRIMINALS LIKE JOSE IBARRA BACK
[00:57:18] OUT ON OUR STREETS. THANK YOU, MR. ARMY. >> SAME QUESTION, MS.
[00:57:22] BANKHEAD. >> THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON I'VE SPOKEN TO OF ANY POLITICAL
[00:57:25] AFFILIATION WHO. DOESN'T WANT SAFE BORDERS, A
[00:57:29] BORDER SHOULD ALLOW GOOD PEOPLE IN AND KEEP BAD PEOPLE OUT.
[00:57:31] BUT I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE WHO SPOKE OUT.
[00:57:35] THE BOZEMAN RAIDS THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY
[00:57:38] BECAUSE OF THE DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS THAT THANKFULLY THE
[00:57:41] JUDICIARY ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO HOLD OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
[00:57:45] I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE WHO WAS AN FBI AND A
[00:57:48] HOMELAND SECURITY TASK OFFICER, MEANING I WENT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING.
[00:57:51] I HAVE THEIR BADGE AND CREDENTIALS. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THE BORDER WORKS.
[00:57:54] THE ISSUE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, THE LACK OF DUE
[00:57:58] PROCESS THAT NO. WITHOUT A DOUBT IS GOING TO
[00:58:01] FILTER DOWN TO U.S. CITIZENS WHO ARE BORN AND RAISED, BECAUSE IF
[00:58:04] THEY CAN VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF PERSON, THEY WILL VIOLATE YOUR RIGHTS.
[00:58:08] AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KYLE AUSTIN ACTUALLY SPOKE TO EARLIER.
[00:58:11] WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL.
[00:58:13] WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER. WE NEED TO STREAMLINE IT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
[00:58:17] CAPITALIZING ON THE BRILLIANCE
[00:58:19] AND THE ASSETS THAT IMMIGRATION PROVIDES FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
[00:58:22] KEEPING IT GREAT. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD.
[00:58:25] NOW, 32ND, REPLIED MR. AUSTIN. >> YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY DO
[00:58:28] NEED THE SECURE BORDERS, BUT THE QUESTION WE HAVE WITH OUR
[00:58:31] ECONOMY AND THE AFFORDABILITY FROM THE TAXPAYER IS HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR
[00:58:34] IT FOR TOMORROW, AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT FOR THE FUTURE? UNDER MY IMMIGRATION POLICY AND
[00:58:40] REFORM, I PLAN TO ADD THAT ENTRY FEE INTO THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO
[00:58:42] THE UNITED STATES. SO THEY ARE THE ONE FLIPPING THE
[00:58:45] BILL FOR THEIR AND THEIR EXPORT FROM THE UNITED, NOT THE
[00:58:49] TAXPAYER. AND WHERE WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL
[00:58:51] OUR UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, DC POLICY.
[00:58:55] IMMIGRATION. PASSING THE BUCK TO THOSE WHO CAUSED THE PROBLEMS.
[00:58:59] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LAURA FREEMAN.
[00:59:02] IT GOES TO MR. BODNER. >> THE FOREST SERVICE IS MOVING
[00:59:06] TO RESCIND THE ROADLESS RULE, A
[00:59:08] MOVE THAT COULD CHANGE MILLIONS OF ACRES OF MONTANA PUBLIC LANDS
[00:59:12] ARE MANAGED. WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR
[00:59:14] MONTANA'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WHAT FEDERAL POLICIES WOULD YOU
[00:59:18] SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE THAT?
[00:59:19] >> SO I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
[00:59:23] OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE SACRED. THERE ARE COMMON GROUND WHERE EVERYBODY CAN HUNT FISH,
[00:59:28] RECREATE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THOSE PUBLIC LANDS ARE NOT JUST PLACES WHERE WE GO TO GET
[00:59:32] TROPHIES I'LL TELL YOU THAT OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WOULD
[00:59:36] OFTEN SHOW ME PICTURES OF THE ELK THEY HARVESTED ON PUBLIC LANDS. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW WE FILL
[00:59:40] OUR FREEZERS. THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL. WE NEED A US SENATOR WHO'S GOING
[00:59:43] TO STAND UP AND FIGHT HELL TO
[00:59:45] DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS, NOT BE
[00:59:47] THE SERVANT OF MIKE LEE.
[00:59:52] IN UTAH, WHO'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HE WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SELL OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS. I'LL FIGHT TO PROTECT THEM.
[00:59:56] AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO PROTECT THOSE IMPORTANT
[00:59:59] HABITAT THE ROADLESS RULE. WE DO NOT NEED TO REPEAL THE ROADLESS RULE. WE HAVE 30,000 MILES OF FOREST
[01:00:03] SERVICE ROADS IN MONTANA RIGHT
[01:00:05] NOW THAT WE CAN'T MAINTAIN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
[01:00:09] PROTECTING KEY HABITAT AREAS, KEY SPECIES AND THAT WE'RE
[01:00:12] FUNDING THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE
[01:00:14] FOR SMART MANAGEMENT PROACTIVE OF OUR FORESTS.
[01:00:17] AND WE'VE SEEN THOSE AGENCIES GUTTED IN THE PAST.
[01:00:20] I WILL SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND THAT TAKE CARE OF THEM.
[01:00:23] THANK YOU, MR. BODNER. >> SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR.
[01:00:27] ARMEY AS, A MONTANA NATIVE.
[01:00:29] >> I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC AND
[01:00:33] I'LL FIGHT AGAINST WHO TRIES TO SELL THEM OFF.
[01:00:37] GROWING UP IN DELAND, I CAUGHT MY FIRST FISH ON BLACK TAILED
[01:00:41] DEER CREEK. I LEARNED HOW TO SKI AT MAVERICK
[01:00:44] WHEN WE LIVED IN VICTOR. USED TO RIDE OUR BIKES ACROSS 93
[01:00:47] AND SPEND THE DAY FISHING BITTER.
[01:00:49] WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO HELENA AND THEN TO MILE CITY, WE SPENT
[01:00:53] HOURS OUTSIDE FISHING, CAMPING,
[01:00:56] HIKING, BIKING, BOATING AND SKIING ALL ACROSS OUR.
[01:00:59] WHEN I BROUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND HERE YEARS AGO AND WE TOOK HER
[01:01:03] CAMPING, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT SHE ENJOYED MONTANA AS MUCH AS I DID.
[01:01:07] AND NOW WE'VE SPENT A LIFETIME WITH, OUR FAMILY, OUT ON OUR
[01:01:10] PUBLIC LANDS.
[01:01:12] SO NOW IT RUNS DEEP IN ME WHEN I
[01:01:14] SAY THAT I WILL ALWAYS OUR
[01:01:17] PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC HANDS SO THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS
[01:01:20] CAN HUNT AND, FISH AND ENJOY
[01:01:23] THEM JUST LIKE WE HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. SAME QUESTION NOW. MS.
[01:01:28] BANKHEAD WELL, THAT'S HILARIOUS. >> COMING FROM THE REPUBLICAN,
[01:01:31] BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO SAID HE WAS TRUMP'S GUY AND TRUMP'S THE ONE WHO'S ACTUALLY OPENING UP OUR PUBLIC FOR EXPLOITATION.
[01:01:35] WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KEEP THE
[01:01:38] ROADLESS RULE IN PLACE AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS ENTIRE RACE,
[01:01:42] ALL ROADS LEAD TO DATA CENTERS. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED UP
[01:01:46] OTHER PUBLIC LANDS FOR EXPLOITATION. THEY'RE DECENTRALIZING THOSE
[01:01:50] ORGANIZATIONS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, FROM D.C. TO, THE STATES.
[01:01:52] THESE ARE ALL ABOUT CHIPPING
[01:01:54] AWAY AT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THEY CAN PUT DATA CENTERS
[01:01:58] ON THOSE LANDS AGAINST THE WILL OF 82% OF MONTANANS.
[01:02:01] AS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT
[01:02:05] THESE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR POLITICIANS ARE NOT PUT IN PLACE TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT TRUMP
[01:02:09] AND DAINES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SO FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
[01:02:13] SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC LANDS STAY OPEN TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY
[01:02:16] ARE THE CROWN JEWELS OF THIS COUNTRY, AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN A MONTANAN, MAKE
[01:02:20] SURE YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THAT GUY. THANK YOU, MS.
[01:02:22] >> BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION NOW, MR. AUSTIN, AS MONTANA'S NEXT
[01:02:26] UNITED STATES SENATOR PUBLIC LANDS WILL REMAIN PUBLIC LANDS.
[01:02:30] >> BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A PROBLEM, A PROBLEM OF FAR LEFT
[01:02:34] AGENDA BACK IN 1966 WITH THE WILDERNESS ACT, WHERE THE
[01:02:38] PENDULUM SWUNG TOO FAR TO THE LEFT AND. WE SEE THAT EVERY SUMMER RIGHT
[01:02:42] HERE IN MONTANA, WHERE WE'RE BREATHING THAT SMOKE, THAT SMOKE
[01:02:45] THAT IS LEADING TO MANY RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
[01:02:48] THE PATIENTS OF MONTANA THAT I TREAT EVERY DAY OUT OF MY
[01:02:53] PHARMACY. THE ROADLESS RULE IS NECESSARY TO. BRING THAT PENDULUM BACK BECAUSE
[01:02:56] WE NEED ACCESS TO OUR WILDERNESS SO WE CAN BRING BACK RESPONSIBLE
[01:03:01] MANAGEMENT OF OUR FORESTS. SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR FIREFIGHTER AND WE'RE NOT PAYING
[01:03:04] FOR THE HEALTH RISKS THAT WE ENDURE. THE ROLE THIS RULE WILL OPEN IT
[01:03:07] UP SO WE HAVE ACCESS FOR, RESPONSIBLE LOGGING.
[01:03:10] WE CAN BRING BACK MILLS SO WE CAN BUILD AFFORDABLE LUMBER,
[01:03:14] BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSES. BUT WE WILL GATE THAT SO IT DOES
[01:03:16] NOT TURN INTO AN INTERSTATE AND IT DOES NOT RUIN OUR
[01:03:20] ENVIRONMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. TIME FOR A 32ND REBUTTAL.
[01:03:24] MR. BODNER. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
[01:03:26] IT'S TO GIVE LIP SERVICE ABOUT PUBLIC LANDS.
[01:03:29] IT'S HARD TO STAND UP AND ACTUALLY FIGHT THEM.
[01:03:33] AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN THE REPUBLICAN ON THIS STAGE
[01:03:36] TALK ABOUT IT. BUT THE FACT IS WE'VE SEEN A
[01:03:39] RELENTLESS PUSH FROM REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[01:03:41] MIKE LEE, WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM TO
[01:03:45] TRANSFER PUBLIC LANDS, TO THE STATES, WHICH MEANS SELLING THEM
[01:03:48] OFF AND I DON'T KNOW WHY SO MANY
[01:03:51] SENATORS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO ANSWER. MIKE LEE IN UTAH BUT UTAH ALREADY HAS TWO SENATORS.
[01:03:55] THEY DON'T NEED A THIRD. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO TRULY FIGHT FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
[01:04:00] THANK, MR. BARTON. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
[01:04:02] STUART DAVIS.
[01:04:04] TO MR. ARMEY, CHINA IS
[01:04:08] INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING THE UNITED STATES ECONOMICALLY,
[01:04:11] MILITARILY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY, WHILE COMPETING FOR AROUND THE WORLD.
[01:04:14] >> TENSIONS OVER TAIWAN, TRADE CRITICAL MINERALS, INTELLIGENCE
[01:04:18] AND CHINA'S GROWING MILITARY
[01:04:20] COULD SHAPE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR DECADES.
[01:04:24] DO YOU SEE AS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE CHINA POSES TO THE
[01:04:27] U.S. THIS CENTURY? AND WHAT SHOULD AMERICA DO RIGHT
[01:04:31] TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE? >> GOOD QUESTION. OUR FOREIGN POLICY SHOULD ALWAYS
[01:04:37] MONITOR, PUT AMERICA FIRST. OUR COUNTRY ALWAYS BEEN SAFEST
[01:04:39] WHEN WE PURSUED PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. CHINA IS OUR BIGGEST
[01:04:45] GEOPOLITICAL RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THEIR SIGNIFICANT
[01:04:47] ECONOMIC AND THEIR MILITARY.
[01:04:49] WE CAN'T BE PART OF THEY CAN'T
[01:04:53] BE PART OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY LINES.
[01:04:56] WE NEED TO DECOUPLE FROM THEM, INCLUDING CRITICAL MINERALS SO
[01:04:59] THAT WE'RE PRODUCING THEM HERE OR IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE
[01:05:03] SAFE. AS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. I ALSO SAW FIRSTHAND HOW CHINA
[01:05:07] WAS TRYING TO GET TO TECHNOLOGICAL PARITY THROUGH
[01:05:10] INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT. WE NEED TO PUT THAT PUT A STOP TO THAT.
[01:05:14] AND ALSO, AS U.S. ATTORNEY, I SAW HOW CHINA WAS THE MAJOR
[01:05:18] PRODUCER OF METH AND FENTANYL PRECURSOR CHEMICALS THAT ARE POISONING OUR COUNTRY.
[01:05:22] WE TO CONTINUE TO PRESSURE CHINA
[01:05:25] TO, STOP SENDING THOSE HERE.
[01:05:27] WE NEED TO STAND FIRM AGAINST. CHINA AND OTHER ADVERSARIES.
[01:05:31] AND AS UNITED STATES, THE SENATE, UNITED STATES SENATOR,
[01:05:33] I'LL ALWAYS PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> THEY CAN MUSTER ALL. SAME QUESTION GOES TO THEM AS
[01:05:38] BANKHEAD. >> 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS THE CHIEF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO
[01:05:42] RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITIONS. THAT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING IT
[01:05:46] WAS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT 220 AIR FORCE UNITS ENSURED THAT
[01:05:49] CHINA DIDN'T GET ACCESS. OUR MOST SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
[01:05:55] AND EQUIPMENT.
[01:05:57] AND I LAST YEAR ACTUALLY REWROTE THE POLICY, PIVOTING OUR
[01:06:01] WARFIGHTERS AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AWAY FROM THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR TO THE
[01:06:04] GREAT POWER, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TERM FOR
[01:06:07] FIGHTING AGAINST CHINA. THE REALITY IS THAT AS I SAT IN
[01:06:10] CRYSTAL CITY IN A BASEMENT WITH WOOD PANELED WALLS, 15 YEARS
[01:06:14] AGO, I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW
[01:06:16] UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED CHINA TO START ACTUALLY BEING
[01:06:20] ABLE TO COMPETE WITH US ON THESE ISSUES. THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
[01:06:22] I HAD A FRONT ROW VIEW TO THIS. I'M THE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
[01:06:28] INHERENT THREAT THAT CHINA IS TO THE UNITED STATES AND I'M READY
[01:06:30] TO TAKE THAT FIGHT TO CHINA. BUT THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO
[01:06:33] DO IS CLEAN OWN HOUSE UP FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT MONTANANS HAVE
[01:06:36] MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE THE FIGHT TO
[01:06:40] CHINA MY BANKER. >> THANK YOU. SAME QUESTION, AUSTIN.
[01:06:43] >> YOU KNOW, AS MONTANANS NEXT STATES, SENATOR, I WILL BE.
[01:06:47] I'LL AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA WHERE BECOME LESS DEPENDENT UPON
[01:06:51] CHINA. THAT IS WHERE WE FAILED AS A NATION BEFORE WE BECAME TOO
[01:06:54] HEAVILY RELIED ON CHINA. AND WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE POWER
[01:06:57] TO BEAT CHINA IN THE FUTURE. IT'S THE GENESIS MISSION IS
[01:07:00] RIGHT WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER US IN THE AIR RACE.
[01:07:04] WE HAVE TO AHEAD OF THAT WE HAVE TO BEAT CHINA IN RACE.
[01:07:08] WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA CENTER SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S SAFER ENVIRONMENT.
[01:07:12] WE TO CONTROL THEM IN SPACE AND WE HAVE TO CONTROL THEM ON THE
[01:07:14] MOON AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA.
[01:07:17] WE HAVE TO LOOK AT RELAXING OUR REGULATIONS RIGHT HERE IN THE
[01:07:20] UNITED STATES SO WE CAN MINE THOSE RARE EARTHS.
[01:07:24] WE CAN PROCESS THOSE RARE EARTH RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
[01:07:27] TO BUILD THE CHIPS THAT WE NEED FOR THE THE INDUSTRIAL
[01:07:32] REVOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO COME FOR THE FUTURE TO STAY AGAINST
[01:07:34] THE FOREIGN POWERS THIS WORLD. >> THANK YOU, MR.
[01:07:38] SAME. QUESTION NOW, MR. BOEHNER, I WAS U.S. ARMY GREEN BERET AS PART OF
[01:07:42] MY TRAINING. >> I STUDIED CHINESE BECAUSE EVERY GREEN BERET HAS TO KNOW
[01:07:46] LANGUAGE. WE WORK WITH OTHER MILITARIES, UNDERSTAND THE THREATS THAT
[01:07:50] CHINA POSES BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THIS STAGE. AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
[01:07:54] AMERICAN SECURITY IS BEST PURSUED THROUGH STRENGTH.
[01:07:56] BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE STRONGEST WHEN WE HAVE HEALTHY
[01:08:00] AND ROBUST ALLIANCES IN WHICH THE UNITED IS PLAYING A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
[01:08:03] AND WHAT SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IS A DECIMATE OF OUR
[01:08:07] ALLIANCE WITH CANADA, OUR ALLIANCES ACROSS NAITO.
[01:08:11] WE NEED TO REBUILD THOSE ALLIANCES AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN
[01:08:15] ORDER. OVER A DECADE AGO. ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
[01:08:18] STAFF AT THE TIME, SAID OUR BIGGEST RISK WAS OUR SOARING NATIONAL. SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE SEEN IT
[01:08:23] ALMOST DOUBLE JUST SINCE THIS REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO OFFICE 18 MONTHS AGO.
[01:08:27] WE'VE SEEN IT UP BY $4 TRILLION,
[01:08:31] ANOTHER $4 TRILLION ARE SPENDING LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS, MORTGAGING
[01:08:33] OUR FUTURE, PUTTING EVEN MORE AT RISK TO CHINA AND OTHER GLOBAL
[01:08:37] ADVERSARIES. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY NO
[01:08:39] AND STOP THIS AND STAND UP FOR A
[01:08:43] TRUE FIRST SECURITY POLICY. >> THANK, MR. BOEHNER. NOW, FINAL 30 SECONDS GOES TO
[01:08:47] MR. ARMEY. >> WE CAN'T DEPEND ON CHINA FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
[01:08:52] WE NEED TO STOP CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND
[01:08:56] CYBERSECURITY THREATS AGAINST THIS COUNTRY.
[01:08:59] AND WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING THEM TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED
[01:09:03] STATES WITH METH AND FENTANYL. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE NEED
[01:09:06] TO SUPPORT MONTANA AGRICULTURE. THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST
[01:09:09] AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN THE WORLD. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK,
[01:09:13] WITH CHINA TO OPEN UP THEIR MARKET SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE
[01:09:15] THEM WITH OUR WHEAT, OUR BEEF, OUR BARLEY AND PULSES.
[01:09:19] >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. THE NEXT NOW FROM BEN WINEMAN
[01:09:23] ADDRESS TO MISS BANKHEAD,
[01:09:27] FEBRUARY 28TH OF THIS YEAR WAS WHEN THE WAR WITH IRAN BEGAN.
[01:09:29] >> AND AS WE ARE APPROACHING,
[01:09:31] THERE IS STILL NO END IN SIGHT. OIL AND GAS PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING.
[01:09:35] THE OF HORMUZ IS STILL PARTIALLY CLOSED TODAY.
[01:09:38] YES OR NO, DO YOU STILL SUPPORT
[01:09:42] WAR IN IRAN? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE WAR. IRAN.
[01:09:46] IT IS A WAR WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO. EVEN TRUMP'S DIRECTOR, NATIONAL
[01:09:50] INTELLIGENCE, TULSI GABBARD, SAID THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT IN TERMS OF IRAN GETTING
[01:09:53] A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THAT THERE WAS NO IMMINENT ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES.
[01:09:57] I'VE BEEN TO THE MOST SENIOR COLONEL SCHOOLS THAT THE DOD HAS
[01:10:00] TO OFFER AND. WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT MAKING
[01:10:04] WAR IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAR. WE WANT TO USE ECONOMIC TOOLS,
[01:10:10] INFORMATION TOOLS AND DIPLOMATIC TOOLS TO CREATE THE SECURITY
[01:10:12] THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS.
[01:10:14] THE ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN ON NO NEW WARS.
[01:10:17] AND WHAT WE HEAR OVER THE STATE IS REPUBLICANS REALLY UPSET THAT
[01:10:20] TRUMP GOT US INTO THIS WAR. AND ANY PRIVATE OR AIRMAN BASIC
[01:10:25] UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ IS THE ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD GEOPOLITICALLY THAT YOU
[01:10:28] DON'T MESS WITH BECAUSE IRAN CONTROLS THE OIL SUPPLY.
[01:10:31] ALL OF OUR COSTS GONE UP. YOU CAN'T EVEN USE A $5 BILL TO
[01:10:35] PAY FOR ONE GALLON OF DIESEL BECAUSE OF THE DECISION OF ONE PERSON.
[01:10:39] AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO MAKE THAT WE END THIS WAR IN IRAN. THANK, MS.
[01:10:43] >> BANKER. NEXT. CANADA WILL BE. MR. AUSTIN. NO.
[01:10:47] >> DO NOT DEFEND THE WAR IN IRAN. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE BE THERE. AND I.
[01:10:49] IF IT WAS ME AS YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR, I WOULD END THE WAR IN IRAN.
[01:10:53] AND I WILL BRING OUR HOME. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I ENDORSE
[01:10:57] THE DEFEND THE GUARD ACT, AND THAT WOULD KEEP OUR TROOPS
[01:11:01] MONTANA GETTING DEPLOYED UNLESS THERE IS AN ACTUAL DECLARATION OF WAR.
[01:11:03] AND THEY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR CONTINUING THIS.
[01:11:07] THE ONLY PEOPLE PAYING THE PRICE
[01:11:09] IN THIS WAR ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU'RE PAYING IT OUT OF YOUR
[01:11:14] POCKETBOOKS. YOU'RE PAYING IT WITH STRUGGLING, PUTTING ON YOUR TABLE.
[01:11:17] YOU'RE PAYING IT BY OR HAVING A PROBLEM PAYING.
[01:11:20] YOUR UTILITY BILLS. YOU ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THIS.
[01:11:23] THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FIX IT IS
[01:11:25] BY BY VOTING IN THE NEXT BEST
[01:11:27] UNITED STATES SENATOR. THAT IS NOT GOING TO FALL IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT
[01:11:31] ADMINISTRATION AND THAT WILL FORCE THEM TO BRING OUR TROOPS
[01:11:34] HOME AND END THE WAR IN IRAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
[01:11:36] SAME QUESTION OUT TO MR. BODNER. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
[01:11:40] YOU KNOW, I MET WITH A GROUP OF VETERANS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN AT THAT
[01:11:44] MEETING HAD A SHIRT ON THAT SAID LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THEIR
[01:11:49] SACRIFICE. AND WE NEED US SENATORS WHO ARE
[01:11:52] GOING TO LEAD IN A WAY THAT IS WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES THAT
[01:11:54] THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM MAKE ON OUR BEHALF. EVERY DAY.
[01:11:58] UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON, DC IS A
[01:12:02] GROUP OF COWARDS WHO ARE WHO ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP TO THEIR
[01:12:05] PARTY BOSSES WHO, LIKE MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, SAYS MY ONLY JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE
[01:12:09] PRESIDENT AND IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
[01:12:13] OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE SPILLING BLOOD ON FOREIGN SOIL RIGHT NOW.
[01:12:17] OUR PAYING THE COST OF THAT COWARDICE AND SO ARE THE
[01:12:20] MONTANANS WHO ARE PAYING $6 PLUS FOR DIESEL, WHO ARE SEEING
[01:12:24] SOARING FERTILIZER PRICES, THE PRICE OF GROCERIES SOARING
[01:12:26] BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO BUCK YOUR
[01:12:31] PARTY WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE PEOPLE.
[01:12:34] THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> THANK YOU. MR. BUTTNER.
[01:12:38] SAME MR. OBAMA. OUR FOREIGN POLICY MUST ALWAYS
[01:12:40] PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> OUR COUNTRY IS MOST SECURE
[01:12:44] WHEN WE PURSUE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. AND LET ME BE CLEAR.
[01:12:48] ALL SUPPORT HAVING OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN
[01:12:51] ANOTHER FOREVER WAR. BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT REGIME
[01:12:55] TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
[01:12:57] WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT OUR TROOPS AND OUR DIPLOMATS AS
[01:13:01] THEY TO SET BACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[01:13:03] PROGRAM AND WORK TO REOPEN THEIR
[01:13:06] CONTROL OF THE STRAITS.
[01:13:08] AS A SENATOR, I PUSH FOR A QUICK
[01:13:10] AND A END TO THE CONFLICT.
[01:13:14] BUT WE CAN'T VOTE TO STOP
[01:13:17] ALLOWING WEAPONS USE AGAINST IRAN.
[01:13:19] WE WOULD CUT OUR DIPLOMATS OFF THE KNEES AND WE WOULD GET A
[01:13:22] TERRIBLE DEAL. IRAN WOULD IMMEDIATELY START REBUILDING ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
[01:13:26] WOULD TAKE CONTROL THE GULF AND
[01:13:28] WE WOULD SEE PERMANENTLY HIGHER OIL PRICES.
[01:13:32] WE HAVE TO PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
[01:13:36] NO FINAL 30 SECONDS TO MS. BANKHEAD LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
[01:13:39] REAL REASON WHY THIS WAR STARTED
[01:13:41] TO DISTRACT THE EPSTEIN FILES. >> THAT'S ALL THIS, FOLKS.
[01:13:45] YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT AMERICA FIRST, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR
[01:13:50] CHILDREN AND THE INCUMBENT
[01:13:52] CROWNED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
[01:13:54] THE REPUBLICAN SEAT IS WHAT
[01:13:57] THEY'RE HOPING ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO VOTED NOT TO OPEN UP THE
[01:14:00] EPSTEIN FILES. NOT TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
[01:14:04] I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE EPSTEIN CLASS.
[01:14:07] I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN, STARTING AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.
[01:14:11] >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD. NOW, THE NEXT QUESTION COMES
[01:14:15] JONATHAN AND BARRY, AND IT GOES TO MR. AUSTIN.
[01:14:18] >> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IMPORTANT INTERACTIONS WITH
[01:14:22] MONTANA'S NATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
[01:14:27] WHAT DO YOU THINK FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CAN DO TO WORK MORE
[01:14:31] EFFECTIVE LEAD WITH MONTANA TRIBES, RESOLVE MISSING AND
[01:14:34] MURDERED INDIGENOUS CASES? >> ABSOLUTELY.
[01:14:38] SO BEING THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE THAT WAS BORN AND RAISED ON
[01:14:41] HIGH LINE, I HAVE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS. I HAVE MANY, MANY NATIVE
[01:14:45] AMERICAN NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORT
[01:14:47] THE NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS OUR STATE.
[01:14:50] AS WE KNOW, MISSING WOMEN,
[01:14:52] INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
[01:15:07] IS A HUGE PROBLEM. AND BUT WE ALSO HAVE BARRIERS. WE HAVE BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND WHAT IT COMES TO IS WHEN THE
[01:15:10] RESERVATION ASKS ME FOR HELP, I'M THERE TO HELP. I'M THERE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. I'M THERE TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
[01:15:14] WE'LL WORK HARD OUTSIDE THE RESERVATION TO DO WE CAN TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRIME, THIS CRIMINAL ACTION OUT THERE.
[01:15:18] BUT WHEN NEED HELP ON THE RESERVATION I WILL BE THERE TO
[01:15:21] PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S MONETARY OR WHETHER BOOTS
[01:15:24] ON THE GROUND. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION TO MR. BODNER.
[01:15:28] SO WE NEED THE US, SENATOR, WHO'S GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR INDIAN COUNTRY?
[01:15:32] >> WHO'S GOING TO TAKE JUST AS SERIOUS A CRIME THAT HAPPENS, A
[01:15:36] RESERVATION AS ONE THAT HAPPENS IN BILLINGS? AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING
[01:15:40] AGGRESSIVE ALLEY GO AFTER CRIMINALS OR ANYONE WHO'S TAKEN
[01:15:43] ADVANTAGE OF ANYONE IN OUR STATE
[01:15:45] ON A RESERVATION. A RESERVATION. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
[01:15:49] WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS A US WHO
[01:15:51] RESPECTS NOT JUST EVERY LIFE IN THE STATE.
[01:15:55] BUT WHO RESPECTS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND WHO WILL THE
[01:15:58] TREATIES THAT THE UNITED STATES
[01:16:00] ENTERED INTO WITH THE TRIBAL ACROSS MONTANA AND THROUGHOUT
[01:16:04] ENTIRE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
[01:16:08] TRIBAL ACROSS THIS STATE. WE GREW NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT
[01:16:11] ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BY 40% WHEN I WAS THERE
[01:16:14] TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER. AND WE DID THAT THROUGH
[01:16:18] PARTNERSHIP BY BUILDING, TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS OVER TIME
[01:16:21] TO WORK IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF, EVERYBODY.
[01:16:24] THAT'S THE SAME WAY THAT I WOULD IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
[01:16:28] THANK YOU, MR. BORDER. >> SAME QUESTION TO MR. ARMEY.
[01:16:30] >> AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
[01:16:32] WORKED REGULARLY WITH OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE ON
[01:16:35] PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
[01:16:38] REGULARLY AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR, AS THE UNITED STATES
[01:16:42] ATTORNEY, I MET WITH NOT ONLY THE COUNCILS, ALSO THE COURTS,
[01:16:44] THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, DRUG
[01:16:47] PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ORGANIZATIONS ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE COMMUNITIES, OUR
[01:16:51] COMMUNITIES SAFER. I ALSO ENSURED THAT OUR OFFICE
[01:16:55] PROSECUTED VIOLENT EVERY VIABLE, VIOLENT CRIME TO THE FULLEST
[01:16:57] EXTENT OF THE. AND I FOCUSED ON OUR SEXUAL
[01:17:02] ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS, WHICH WERE USED TO ENSURE THAT SEXUAL
[01:17:05] ASSAULTS GET PROSECUTED AND THAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS ARE
[01:17:09] CARED FOR. WE ALSO PROSECUTE.
[01:17:10] WE ALSO ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, NOT
[01:17:13] JUST ON PROSECUTING, BUT ON EXPANDING COURTS SO THAT WE
[01:17:16] COULD HELP DRUG USERS GET REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
[01:17:20] BUT ALSO, WE FOCUSED ON MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
[01:17:24] I BROUGHT ABOUT NATIONWIDE TRIBAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE PLANS
[01:17:26] SO THAT TRIBES CAN KNOW HOW TO
[01:17:29] RESPOND IMMEDIATELY WHEN SOMEONE GOES MISSING. AND I'LL KEEP THOSE STRONG WITH
[01:17:33] OUR TRIBES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY SAME
[01:17:35] QUESTION WAS BANKHEAD IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF LIFETIME TO
[01:17:39] STAND BETWEEN THE BULLY AND THE BULLIED.
[01:17:42] >> WHEN I WAS IN HAWAII WORKING THOSE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST
[01:17:45] CHILDREN TASK FORCE ISSUES, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY.
[01:17:48] AND YOU CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE AND SEE TESTIMONIALS FROM NATIVE
[01:17:52] HAWAIIAN TRAFFICKED INDIVIDUALS WHO. TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT
[01:17:55] I'VE DONE. AND AGAIN, THIS ALL TIES TO THE EPSTEIN CLASS.
[01:17:59] AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT VERSUS DEMOCRAT. THIS IS THE 1% VERSUS EVERYBODY
[01:18:03] ELSE. WHEN THE EPSTEIN ISSUES FIRST CAME TO LIGHT, I SAID, OH, LOOK,
[01:18:07] IT'S A TUESDAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR INDIGENOUS
[01:18:11] ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS AND NOBODY HAS THEIR BACK.
[01:18:13] I AM THE ONLY ON THIS STAGE THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD OF PUTTING
[01:18:17] HANDCUFFS ON THOSE WHO EXPLOIT INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS.
[01:18:19] AND I FORWARD TO PROTECTING OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN CONGRESS.
[01:18:23] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD. NOW, THE FINAL 32ND REBUTTAL,
[01:18:27] MR. AUSTIN MONTANA. >> DON'T BE FOOLED BY BABY
[01:18:31] BODNER. HE FOLLOWS THE OF FORMER SENATOR
[01:18:33] JON TESTER, WHO MADE EMPTY
[01:18:35] PROMISES TO NATIVE AMERICAN
[01:18:37] FRIENDS AND OUR NATIVE AMERICAN NEIGHBORS.
[01:18:40] AND HE NEVER FOLLOWED ON THOSE PROMISES. THE PROBLEMS WE SEE, ON OUR
[01:18:44] TRIBAL RESERVATIONS TODAY ARE A
[01:18:46] RESULT OF TESTER'S FAILED POLICY.
[01:18:49] THE SAME TESTER WHO ENDORSED SETH BONNER.
[01:18:51] IF SETH BONNER ELECTED AS YOUR NEXT NEXT UNITED STATES, HE WILL
[01:18:55] FOLLOW THOSE FOOTSTEPS AND HE WILL FAIL YOU.
[01:18:59] >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN, FOR OUR FINAL.
[01:19:02] AS WITH THE DRAWING FOR WHO GOES AND WHICH ORDER, WE DID ANOTHER
[01:19:06] DRAWING FOR OUR CLOSING STATEMENTS.
[01:19:09] MISS BANKHEAD DREW NUMBER ONE.
[01:19:11] SO OUR CLOSING STATEMENTS, MISS BANKHEAD.
[01:19:14] WELL, IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH YOU.
[01:19:19] >> I'M A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL, SPECIAL AGENT WHO'S HUNTED TERRORISTS, SPIES AND
[01:19:22] CHILD SEX ABUSERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'M ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE.
[01:19:26] IS REALLY AGAINST DATA. THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA DO NOT
[01:19:31] WANT THEM. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S HELD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE BY PUTTING HANDCUFFS
[01:19:34] ON CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE
[01:19:37] FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE
[01:19:40] WHO HAS TRUST BUILT WITH D.C. FOLKS WHO I'VE GROWN UP WITH
[01:19:44] SINCE THE NINETIES, WHO ARE NOW IN CHARGE THINGS IN GOVERNMENT. AND WE'VE SPENT THE LAST 20
[01:19:48] YEARS PROTECTING YOU FROM. CORRUPTION.
[01:19:50] I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO DC.
[01:19:52] I ONLY TAKE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
[01:19:55] AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS AMAZING $5 BILL FROM A GENTLEMAN
[01:19:59] NAMED IN GLENDIVE AND GAVE IT TO
[01:20:01] ME AFTER HE HEARD SPEAK. AND HE WAS SO BOUGHT INTO THE
[01:20:05] MISSION THAT HE GAVE $5 THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE. AND I CARRY THAT $5 WITH ME
[01:20:09] BECAUSE IT AND REMINDS ME THAT
[01:20:11] I'M ONLY TO THE PEOPLE. I DO NOT TAKE AIPAC MONEY.
[01:20:15] I DO NOT TAKE CORPORATE MONEY. YOU CAN CHECK MY FEC FILINGS,
[01:20:19] BUT YOU KNOW THAT I WILL ABSOLUTELY FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE
[01:20:21] OF MONTANA BECAUSE I'M UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED AND UNAFRAID.
[01:20:24] THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER AT CLOSING STATEMENT.
[01:20:26] >> NEXT DEADLINE WAS MR. ARMEY.
[01:20:29] I HAVE DEEP MONTANA ROOTS AND
[01:20:31] I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE WITH A PROVEN RECORD OF CUTTING
[01:20:35] TAXES, BALANCING OUR STATE BUDGET AND LOCKING UP VIOLENT
[01:20:39] CRIMINALS. >> I HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE NRA AND AN A-RATING.
[01:20:43] MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS HAVE F RATINGS. THEY TAKE US BACK TO THE BIDEN
[01:20:48] POLICY OF OPEN BORDERS, DEFUNDING THE RECKLESS SPENDING
[01:20:52] HIGHER TAXES WOKE DEA AND BOYS
[01:20:55] AND GIRLS SPORTS. ALL ALL PUSH FORWARD COMMON
[01:20:59] SENSE AGENDA TO REIN IN WASHINGTON SPENDING TO KEEP OUR
[01:21:02] TAXES LOW, PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS, TO SECURE OUR BORDERS,
[01:21:07] AND OUR ELECTIONS, AND TO CONFIRM CONSERVATIVES TO THE
[01:21:12] SUPREME COURT. I'VE SPENT MY CAREER SERVING AND
[01:21:14] PROTECTING MONTANA FAMILIES, AND
[01:21:17] I'M READY TO STEP UP AND SERVE AGAIN TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE
[01:21:21] AFFORDABLE MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER AND PROTECT OUR MONTANA
[01:21:23] WAY OF LIFE. I'M CURT ALL ME, AND I'D BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR VOTE.
[01:21:28] THANK, MR. ARMY. >> NOW CLOSING STATEMENT FROM, MR. AUSTIN.
[01:21:32] >> MY FELLOW MONTANANS, WHEN IT GETS TO TIME TO GO TO THE POLLS
[01:21:35] OR THOSE BALLOTS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THEM.
[01:21:39] WHO IS THE REAL MONTANA CONSERVATIVE OUT THERE WITH MONTANA?
[01:21:43] WHO IS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST AND WHO HAS THE DEEPEST
[01:21:47] ROOTS THAT CAN SERVE YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT?
[01:21:50] I FEEL CAN BE THAT CANDIDATE. I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
[01:21:54] RACE WITH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE, CAN LEAD THE ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT THE
[01:21:57] FAILED POLICIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
[01:22:01] RACE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE THAT CAN TURN AROUND AND GET HEALTH
[01:22:04] CARE CHANGED AROUND FOR THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW AND FUTURE GENERATIONS COME.
[01:22:08] I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE THIS RACE WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
[01:22:12] THAT UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GO
[01:22:14] THROUGH WITH THE GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND THE CHALLENGES OF
[01:22:18] COMPETITION AND A NEW INTERNET ERA. I AM NOT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY
[01:22:21] MY OPPONENTS. AS I MENTIONED, I AM HERE ON MY OWN.
[01:22:24] IT IS TIME THAT WE RETIRE THE
[01:22:27] CURT ALL ME AND WE ELECT A REAL CONSERVATIVE AS MYSELF TO THE
[01:22:29] UNITED STATES SENATE AND SETH BONNER.
[01:22:33] YOU WILL NEVER BE MY SENATOR.
[01:22:36] >> MR. AUSTIN FINAL CLOSING
[01:22:39] STATEMENT GOES TO MR. BONNER. >> THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON A
[01:22:43] PROMISE. THE PROMISE WE GOVERN OURSELVES
[01:22:47] AND THAT THOSE THAT WE ELECT WORK FOR US. I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE TO
[01:22:51] DEFEND THAT. BUT THAT PROMISE HAS BEEN BROKEN
[01:22:55] TODAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. IS FILLED WITH COWARDS.
[01:22:58] COWARDS ANSWER TO THEIR PARTY BOSSES. THEIR CORPORATE DONORS.
[01:23:01] THEY SPOUT PARTY LINE TALKING POINTS LIKE YOU'VE HEARD THIS
[01:23:05] STAGE TODAY. THEY FOR THE INSIDERS, BUT NOT
[01:23:09] FOR YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE A CHOICE. NOVEMBER.
[01:23:11] TO CHOOSE A STATUS AND TO CONTINUE THE BROKEN POLICIES
[01:23:15] THAT ARE DRIVING SOARING RAMPANT
[01:23:19] CORRUPTION, ENDLESS WARS OR TO
[01:23:21] HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WHO ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF
[01:23:24] THIS GREAT STATE. WE HAVE A CHANCE IN MONTANA TO
[01:23:27] TELL WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT NEITHER PARTY OWNS THIS STATE
[01:23:30] AND THAT NOBODY GETS TO TAKE US FOR.
[01:23:34] BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, MONTANA IS MY PARTY?
[01:23:37] AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL JOIN ME. THANK YOU VERY FOR YOUR TIME
[01:23:41] TODAY. >> YOU, MR. BODNER. I WANT TO THANK ALL FOUR OF OUR
[01:23:46] CANDIDATES.
[01:23:46] BOEHNER MR. AMI WAS MR. AUSTIN,
[01:23:50] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
[01:23:53] TODAY ON THIS WINTRY MONTANA MORNING.
[01:23:56] ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PANELISTS
[01:23:59] FOR THEIR GREAT QUESTIONS FOR ALL THE TOPICS THAT DO CONCERN
[01:24:03] ALL MONTANANS. SO YOU PANELISTS.
[01:24:07] THE GREATER MONTANA FOUNDATION
[01:24:09] WHO HELPED FUND THIS BROADCAST. WE THANK YOU TO THE MONTANA
[01:24:13] BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION WHO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
[01:24:17] MONTANA PBS. THANK YOU. WE HOPE WAS INFORMATIVE TO
[01:24:19] EVERYONE AND HELPS YOU FORM YOUR OPINION.
[01:24:22] WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS. THANK YOU FOR US FROM THE FIELD
[01:24:26] AND STREAM LODGE HERE IN BEAUTIFUL BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
[01:24:33] GOODBYE.
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