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00:00:01C-SPAN'S CEASE-FIRE, A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE WAR IN IRAN
00:00:05FEATURING ROGER KRISHNA MORE EARTHY AND PETE SESSIONS JOINED
00:00:09BY OUR HOSE, DASHA BURNS.
00:00:11HE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE ECONOMY AND THE BATTLE FOR THE CONTROL
00:00:15OF CONGRESS AND THE UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:00:18WATCH FRIDAY AT 7:00 AND 10:00 EASTERN AND PACIFIC ONLY ON
00:00:22C-SPAN. >> HOUSE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
00:00:26COLOR PAGE HOLDS A PRESS
00:00:28CONFERENCE IN MAINE TO ACCEPT
00:00:31THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. IN HIS REMARKS THE FORMER
00:00:35GOVERNOR ASSERTED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT
00:00:38PARTICULARLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. MR. LEPAGE WILL BE FACING
00:00:41MATTHEW DUNLAP IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAINE'S SECOND
00:00:45CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
00:00:49[APPLAUSE]
00:00:56>> GOOD MORNING, ALL AND HE WISE
00:01:02SO MUCH TO THE NRA, THE NATIONAL
00:01:06RIFLE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT.
00:01:07I DON'T SEE THIS AS JUST ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT.
00:01:12THIS IS REALLY MORE IMPORTANT
00:01:14THAN MOST OF THE ENDORSEMENTS I WILL BE RECEIVING.
00:01:17THIS ONE MEANS A WHOLE LOT.
00:01:23IT IS ABOUT SAFETY. IT IS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
00:01:27IT IS ABOUT TEACHING YOUR KIDS
00:01:30RESPONSIBILITY IN HAVING GUNS.
00:01:33AND, A BIG TRADITION OF HUNTING
00:01:37IN MAINE. I THINK MAINE IS PROBABLY ONE OF
00:01:41THE STATES IN THE COUNTRY,
00:01:46DESPITE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WHICH IS STILL A
00:01:49VERY STATE STATE AND I THINK WE
00:01:53HAVE MORE GUNS REGISTERED IN MAINE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN MAINE.
00:01:58AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY BECAUSE
00:02:01WE ARE A RURAL STAGE. AND YOU'VE HEARD, WHEN YOU ARE
00:02:04AN HOUR AWAY AND POLICE CANNOT
00:02:07GET THERE AND BELIEVE ME, IN THE
00:02:09SECOND DISTRICT OF MAINE, IT IS
00:02:12VERY, VERY RURAL. AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE AT RISK.
00:02:15IN FACT, THERE WERE TIMES IN THE
00:02:19SECOND DISTRICT SOME COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE COVERAGE FOR
00:02:23MULTIPLE HOURS.
00:02:25AND SO, WE NEED TO BE VIGILANT,
00:02:28WE NEED TO HAVE OUR GUNS.
00:02:32I KNOW THIS SOUNDS CRAZY BUT
00:02:35EVERY YEAR THAT OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT, I BOUGHT A GUN.
00:02:38I DID, I BOUGHT ANOTHER GUN.
00:02:42AND I AM ONE THAT HAS A LOT OF
00:02:45GUNS, MANY HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF THEIR CASE BUT I HAVE THEM.
00:02:49IN FACT, MY OPPONENT CRITICIZES
00:02:53ME FOR GOING TO FLORIDA IN THE WINTER.
00:03:02I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY AND I THINK IT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.
00:03:06I HAD -- WHEN I AM NOT THERE AND
00:03:10I AM IN MAINE AND MY WIFE IS IN
00:03:13FLORIDA, I PUT A LITTLE GOING ON MY NIGHTSTAND.
00:03:17IT WAS THERE FOR EVERY YEAR, FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.
00:03:21AND THEN ONE NIGHT SHE CALLS ME ABOUT 10:00 P.M. AT NIGHT AND
00:03:24SAYS, PAUL, THERE IS A GUN IN
00:03:29THE NIGHTSTAND NEXT TO THE BIBLE AND I SAID, YES, WE PUT IT
00:03:33THERE. REMEMBER? OH, I FORGOT. [LAUGHTER]
00:03:39YOU KNOW, IT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT
00:03:43THAT, AS YOUR GOVERNOR, AND THE
00:03:45STATE OF MAINE, I FOUGHT FOR THE
00:03:49SECOND AMENDMENT. THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS FREEDOM. IT IS ALL ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO
00:03:53MOVE AROUND AND HAVE SAFETY.
00:03:56AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT.
00:04:01NOW THERE ARE GUNS WITH BULLETS AND THERE ARE RUBBER BULLETS AND THERE ARE TASERS.
00:04:05THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF GUNS AND
00:04:12MATERIALS THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE TO STAY SAFE.
00:04:14YOU KNOW, I DID VETO A LOT OF
00:04:19BILLS AND GUN LAWS. THAT IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE
00:04:22SURE THAT THE PEOPLE IN MAINE
00:04:24WERE SAFE WHEN THE POLICE ARE
00:04:29TOO FAR AWAY. I KNOW IN -- COUNTY, IT IS A BIG
00:04:33COUNTY AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE.
00:04:38LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING A
00:04:39DIFFICULT TIME RECRUITING AND KEEPING PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
00:04:45AND IN THE RURAL AREAS, IT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:04:49IN FACT, IN THE FIRST DISTRICT
00:04:51WE STRUGGLED BECAUSE WE HAD NEW HAMPSHIRE.
00:04:54OUR POLICE ARE VERY WELL TRAINED .
00:04:58AND THE MINUTE THEY PUT THE UNIFORM ON, NEW HAMPSHIRE COMES
00:05:01UP AND OFFERS THEM MORE MONEY.
00:05:03AND SO, AT THOSE TIMES, WE ARE
00:05:08CONSTANTLY TRAINING, RECRUITING
00:05:11PEOPLE TO PROTECT US.
00:05:13AND SO, I AM VERY PROUD TO GET
00:05:16THIS ENDORSEMENT FROM THE NRA.
00:05:20I THINK IT MAKES ME FEEL
00:05:22COMFORTABLE IN WHAT I'VE BEEN
00:05:24DOING TO TRY TO KEEP MAINE PEOPLE SAFE.
00:05:27AND TODAY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
00:05:30DO WITH THE MEDIA, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BUT IF YOU
00:05:33COULD LIMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO
00:05:36THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND GUNS
00:05:38BECAUSE I WILL HAVE A LOT PRESS CONFERENCES AND ALL KINDS OF
00:05:42QUESTIONS WILL COME UP AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
00:05:45ANSWER THEM BUT NOT TODAY. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO DEAL WITH
00:05:49THE ISSUE ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
00:05:51YOU KNOW, PARENTS TEACH THEIR
00:05:55KIDS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING A FIREARM.
00:06:00THEY TAKE THEM INTO THE WOODS IN THE FALL TO GO HUNTING.
00:06:05THEY USE THEM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
00:06:10AND SO, WITH THAT, I WILL JUST
00:06:12SAY THIS -- THE NRA, THE
00:06:15NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, IS VERY CRITICAL TO THIS COUNTRY.
00:06:18INSTEAD OF PUTTING OUT SOME
00:06:23SILLY LAWS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A
00:06:25DISASTER, NEW LAWS COME UP AND
00:06:29-- IN FACT, WE HAVE A RED LAW THAT JUST PASSED IN MAINE WHERE
00:06:33LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TELLING US, IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, IT IS NOT
00:06:36A GOOD LAW BUT NO ONE LISTENS.
00:06:42SO, I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU,
00:06:46NRA, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP THIS MORNING.
00:06:48I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS AN
00:06:56IMPORTANT -- THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
00:07:00AND I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS
00:07:02GOVERNOR, THE MEDIA WANTED --
00:07:06EVERYBODY WANTED A LIST OF THOSE THAT HAD A CONCEALED WEAPON AND
00:07:09THE ONLY ONE THEY GOT WAS MINE.
00:07:12I WAS VERY PROUD TO SHOW IT BUT
00:07:15NOW WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY AND IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
00:07:18HAVE AND KEEP. AND SO, WITH THAT
00:07:22PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, HE IS
00:07:28GOING TO BE NOTHING BUT A TRUMP SUPPORTER.
00:07:32IF ANYBODY SAYS THAT, THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND MY CAREER.
00:07:35MY CAREER HAS BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD.
00:07:38I'VE BEEN STRONG ON FIRST
00:07:42AMENDMENT, SECOND AMENDMENT AND FIFTH AMENDMENT.
00:07:46IF THE FIRST TWO FAILED ME, I GO
00:07:49TO THE THIRD. SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
00:07:57YES?
00:07:58REPORTER: YOUR OPPONENT WILL
00:08:03BRING UP [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:08:06WHERE DO YOU DIFFER FROM HIM ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT?
00:08:08>> IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
00:08:14HE IS TAKING MONEY FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO BAN
00:08:18GUNS. SO THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR. I WILL NEVER TAKE MONEY FROM
00:08:21PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BAN GUNS.
00:08:26I AM ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
00:08:29IT PROMOTES FREEDOM AND I'M ALL IN.
00:08:33HE MAY HAVE WORKED AT -- BUT HE
00:08:38ALSO TAKES MONEY FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
00:08:42ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.
00:08:46REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:08:59MR. LEPAGE: I WILL -- LET ME PUT
00:09:04IT THIS WAY..
00:09:07I WILL SUPPORT ANY SENATOR, ANY
00:09:11CONGRESSMAN THAT IS SUPPORTING
00:09:14THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MAINE. AND IF IT HURTS THE STATE OF
00:09:18MAINE, THEY WILL NOT GET MY
00:09:20SUPPORT AND IT IS -- AND IF IT
00:09:23IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF MAINE, I WILL COLLABORATE WITH ANYONE.
00:09:26REPORTER: LAST WEEK [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:09:31I SPOKE TO A LOT OF LAW
00:09:34ENFORCEMENT WHO DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP
00:09:38[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:09:42HOURS IF YOU CALL A SHERIFF.
00:09:45HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:09:48MR. LEPAGE: WELL, LET ME GIVE
00:09:54YOU A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR WE HAD A
00:09:57REAL PROBLEM IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
00:10:01METH IS REALLY BAD AND IT MAKES PEOPLE PRETTY CRAZY.
00:10:07AND IF YOU GO INTO A HOME, YOU
00:10:10INVADE A HOME, AND THE POLICE
00:10:13ARE AN HOUR OR TWO AWAY OR IF IT
00:10:16IS AT 2:00 ON A SUNDAY MORNING,
00:10:19YOU ARE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO GET THEM THERE.
00:10:23IT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS TO FIND
00:10:28YOURSELF -- TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
00:10:32WHETHER IT IS A GUN OR A TASER,
00:10:35I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE SLEPT IN SOME VERY RURAL AREAS AND I HAD
00:10:40A MACHETE UNDER MY BED AND A GUN IN MY NIGHTSTAND.
00:10:43AND I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:10:45AND I LIVED UP IN THE PRESS CAR
00:10:51REGION AND I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
00:10:54REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:11:05MR. LEPAGE: I WILL DEFEND THE
00:11:09SECOND AMENDMENT. EXTREMELY, TO THE EXTREME.
00:11:14I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT
00:11:18IS CANCER. I THINK THE CONSTITUTION GIVES
00:11:20US THE ABILITY TO OWN AND CARRY GUNS.
00:11:24AND I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT. AND I WOULD FIGHT AGAINST ANYONE
00:11:28TRYING TO BAN GUNS IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:11:32REPORTER: ON THE SAME NOTE,
00:11:38[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:11:38MR. LEPAGE: TO BE VERY HONEST,
00:11:45IF IT IS AGAINST THE SECOND AMENDMENT, YES. [LAUGHTER]
00:11:51IF IT IS RESTRICTED TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, I WOULD BE ON
00:11:54THE SIDE OF [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:11:56REPORTER: I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN
00:12:00SPEAK TO AREAS WHERE YOU'D BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
00:12:05MR. LEPAGE: WELL, IF IT IS GOING
00:12:10TO GO AGAINST THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THERE IS NO COMPROMISE.
00:12:14BUT CONSTITUTION IS VERY CLEAR AND I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY
00:12:18RESTRICTIONS TO THE SECOND
00:12:21AMENDMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
00:12:26CONSTITUTION. [APPLAUSE]
00:12:34>> GREAT JOB.
00:12:37>> CAMPAIGN 2020 SIX IS
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00:12:45EVERY SEAT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS
00:12:48ALONG WITH 33 U.S. SENATE RACE IS ON THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
00:12:52RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
00:12:55VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS.
00:12:59FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
00:13:01ELECTION NIGHT, FOLLOW CAMPAIGN
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00:15:16>> UP NEXT, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
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00:15:27WHITMER WHO SHE IS HOPING TO SUCCEED.
00:15:30THEY SPOKE FOR VOTERS AFTER PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
00:15:34SHE WILL FACE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOHN JAMES IN
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00:15:44-- DESCRIBES AS LIENS DEMOCRATIC.
00:15:49>> SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
00:15:55GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.