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00:00:01PROTECTED. >> WE ARE STILL, AT OUR CORE, A
00:00:05DEMOCRACY. THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY
00:00:08FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR FREEDOM.
00:00:15>> NEXT, MONTANA, A US SENATE
00:00:18CANDIDATES PARTICIPATE A DEBATE
00:00:20AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:00:22THEY ANSWER PANELIST QUESTIONS ON SEVERAL TOPICS, INCLUDING
00:00:26CENTER AND ARTIFICIAL
00:00:28INTELLIGENCE, INSIDER TRADING,
00:00:31CONGRESS, AND THEIR OUTLINE FOR LOWERING COSTS.
00:00:33THIS IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
00:00:38HALF.
00:00:48>> WELCOME TO THE MONTANA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE
00:00:51THE MONTANA FOUNDATION DEBATE
00:00:53FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR CAMERA
00:00:55MAX RULES MY I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DESERT MOUNTAIN
00:00:59BROADCASTING AND. >> WE WELCOME YOU. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
00:01:03OUR CANDIDATES TODAY FROM THE FIELD AND STREAM LODGE IN
00:01:07BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
00:01:09TYPICAL MONTANA SNOWS GREAT.
00:01:13IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S CANDIDATES.
00:01:17MR. SETH BODNER, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
00:01:20WELCOME, MR. BODNER.
00:01:21REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE KURT AMI.
00:01:27DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE. LONNIE BANKHEAD.
00:01:32AND. AND EXCUSE ME, LIBERTARIAN
00:01:35CANDIDATE MR. KYLE AUSTIN.
00:01:37THE FORMAT TODAY WILL BE A
00:01:40DIRECT QUESTION TO THE CANDIDATE FROM ONE OF OUR PANELISTS.
00:01:42THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60
00:01:44SECONDS TO ANSWER, FOLLOWED BY A
00:01:4662ND REBUTTAL FROM EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.
00:01:49THE FIRST CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A
00:01:53FINAL 32ND REBUTTAL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEBATE.
00:01:56EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A 60
00:01:58SECONDS CLOSING STATEMENT.
00:02:00A RANDOM DRAWING EARLIER TODAY DECIDED THE ORDER OF THE FIRST
00:02:04INITIAL RESPONSE AND FOR THE CLOSING STATEMENTS, OUR
00:02:08PANELISTS TODAY ALL REPRESENT MONTANA JOURNALISTS FROM TV AND
00:02:12RADIO. PLEASE WELCOME JONATHAN AND
00:02:16BERRIEN WITH SCRIPPS AND MTN
00:02:18STUART DAVIS WITH THE MONTANA
00:02:20RADIO COMPANY.
00:02:22LAURA FREEMAN, NBC, MONTANA.
00:02:26AND BEN WEINMAN FROM NONSTOP LOCAL.
00:02:29NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PANELIST STEWART DAVIS.
00:02:32AND IT'S TO ARMY. MONTANANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE
00:02:36PAYING MORE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, FACING HIGHER DEDUCTIBLES, RISING
00:02:40OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS WITH FEWER COVERAGE. >> THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH
00:02:44EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLANS, STATE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE BUYING
00:02:47INSURANCE THROUGH THE ACA MARKETPLACE FOLLOWING THE
00:02:51EXPIRATION ENHANCED FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. MEANWHILE, NEARLY 9% OF
00:02:54MONTANANS ARE ALTOGETHER.
00:02:56IF ELECTED WHAT SPECIFIC POLICIES WOULD YOU SUPPORT TO
00:03:00LOWER PREMIUMS AND OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS WITHOUT REDUCING COVERAGE
00:03:03OR 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
00:03:15DELIVER. PREMIUMS ON OUR EXCHANGE ARE UP
00:03:18ALMOST 175% AND MORE TAX DOLLARS HAVEN'T HELPED.
00:03:21THEY'VE JUST SUBSIDIZED BIG PHARMA AND BIG INSURANCE COMPANIES.
00:03:24WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE
00:03:28AFFORDABLE BY MAKING IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE COMPETITIVE,
00:03:31AND BY PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST.
00:03:34AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THINGS LIKE BEING, SURE PRICES AND
00:03:38COSTS ARE MORE TRANSPARENT, BEING THAT HEALTH CARE DOLLARS
00:03:40GET DISTRIBUTED OUT TO PATIENTS SO THAT THEY CAN SHOP AND BUY
00:03:44THE BEST QUALITY POLICY THAT
00:03:47THEY CAN GET, NOT SUBSIDIZE INSURANCE COMPANIES. AND WE CAN GO AFTER HEALTH CARE
00:03:51FRAUD LIKE DID AS A PROSECUTOR
00:03:54AND KNOW THAT AS WE WORK TO LOWER COSTS, I WILL ALWAYS WORK
00:03:57TO ENSURE MONTANA FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CARE,
00:04:02PARTICULARLY IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
00:04:07SO QUESTION. MISS BANKHEAD. >> SO I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN
00:04:10THIS RACE THAT IS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. WE ALREADY ACTUALLY HAVE
00:04:14GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE. >> IT'S CALLED TRICARE. >> IT'S THE MILITARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
00:04:17IT'S A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM,
00:04:19PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE ALL COVERED UNDER ONE SYSTEM.
00:04:23AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. IT'S CALLED ALL THE EXTRANEOUS
00:04:26OVERHEAD, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHICH BOTH OF THE
00:04:29CANDIDATES HAVE ACTUALLY SUPPORTED AND GONE ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT
00:04:33TO GET THEM OUT OF THE GAME.
00:04:35AND WE CAN USE USE, LOSE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES AND THE
00:04:38ILLEGAL WAR AND IRAN, WHICH IS COSTING 2 BILLION TAXPAYER
00:04:41DOLLARS PER TO PAY FOR UNIVERSAL
00:04:44HEALTH CARE. >> THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WE HEAR ON THE 54 COUNTIES THAT
00:04:47WE'VE BEEN TO SINCE JANUARY. >> PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL
00:04:51SPECTRUM AND IT'S NOT REPUBLICAN VERSUS DEMOCRAT. THIS IS ABOUT THE 1%.
00:04:54THE CLASS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE USING WHATEVER
00:04:58PLAN THAT THEY WANT VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO GET BASIC
00:05:02HEALTH CARE AT THIS POINT. AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
00:05:05THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. BANKHEAD.
00:05:08SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. MONTANA.
00:05:11I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE THIS RACE WITH HEALTH CARE
00:05:15EXPERIENCE. >> BEING A PHARMACIST FOR 18 YEARS. I KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
00:05:18WITH HEALTH CARE, WHETHER IT'S ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S
00:05:22AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT'S THE CORRUPTION THAT WE HAVE CLEAN
00:05:24UP, WHETHER IT'S STUDENTS
00:05:26GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY,
00:05:29WHERE WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE IN MONTANA TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
00:05:31GROWING AGING POPULATION. WE HAVE A HEALTH CARE CRISIS ON
00:05:35THE HORIZON AND THE PERSON THAT
00:05:37IS GOING TO FIX THAT IS KYLE AUSTIN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:05:41I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE HAS A UNIQUE PLAN CALLED CARE 2.0 THAT
00:05:46IDENTIFIES THE ISSUES WITH OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO CONSOLIDATE IT ALL UNDER ONE
00:05:51PROGRAM, TO CREATE ONE SET OF RULES TO, GET THE PAYERS TO
00:05:55CLEAN UP THEIR MESS AND ACTUALLY PAY OUR PROVIDERS THEY'RE WORTH
00:05:58AND KEEP THE DOORS OPEN TO RURAL HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE STATE OF
00:06:02MONTANA. I CAN DO THAT AS YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR AND AS A
00:06:06LEADER CAN LEAD THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:06:08>> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION, MR. BOEHNER.
00:06:12YOU KNOW, THE FAILURE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. TO FIX ISSUE IS
00:06:15A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN OUR
00:06:19POLITICAL SYSTEM. >> WHILE D.C. INSIDERS AND POLITICIAN IN D.C. ARE ENRICHING
00:06:22THEMSELVES, TRADING ON INSIDER STOCKS, MONTANANS ARE STRUGGLING
00:06:26TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE. >> I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
00:06:30HEALTH CARE. >> NO ONE SHOULD GO BANKRUPT BECAUSE. THEY GOT SICK.
00:06:33I'M CALLING FOR UNIVERSAL COVERAGE OPTION FOR EVERY
00:06:37AMERICAN WHILE MAINTAINING CHOICE AND COMPETITION. >> THAT'S THE TYPE OF LONG TERM
00:06:41REFORM THAT WE NEED. BUT WE HAVE URGENT CRISES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
00:06:44AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO RESTORE THE ACA SUBSIDIES THAT
00:06:48CAUSED THE ELIMINATION OF WHICH THAT PREMIUMS TO SPIKE ALMOST
00:06:5230% THIS YEAR. WE NEED TO PROTECT MEDICAID EXPANSION AND WE NEED TO REVERSE
00:06:56THE SILLY PAPERWORK TRAPS THAT WERE PART THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL
00:06:58BILL LAST YEAR THAT OUR COST 30,000 MONTANANS LOSE ACCESS TO
00:07:03HEALTH CARE. NOW MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL TALK SUPPORTING RURAL HEALTH
00:07:06CARE, BUT HIS PARTY JUST DECIMATED OUR RURAL HOSPITALS
00:07:10WITH THESE CHANGES LAST YEAR. I WILL WORK TO FIX THAT.
00:07:12I WILL FIGHT FOR MONTANA EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. BOGNER.
00:07:16AND NOW, MR. ARMEY, WITH THE 32ND REBUTTAL.
00:07:18>> REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS JUST PASSED THE WORKING FAMILY TAX
00:07:22CUTS ACT, WHICH MY TWO LIBERAL
00:07:24OPPONENTS OPPOSED, WHICH
00:07:27PROVIDED $50 BILLION OF NEW INVESTING IN RURAL HEALTH CARE.
00:07:30WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS TO THE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS WE
00:07:34HAVE AND BRING THEM IN THROUGH ALTERNATIVE TRAINING.
00:07:36AND WE CAN ALSO EXPAND THE USE
00:07:38OF TELEHEALTH HAVING LIVED IN
00:07:41EASTERN MONTANA, I CAN TELL YOU THAT RURAL HEALTH CARE IS NEAR
00:07:43AND DEAR TO ME, AND I'LL BE SURE
00:07:45THAT MONTANANS ALWAYS ACCESS AND COVERAGE.
00:07:49THINK OF MR. ONLY. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BEN WYMAN. IT IS TO MS.
00:07:54BANKHEAD. >> YOU ARE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
00:07:57IT SO FAR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS DEBATE. >> YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS
00:08:01PHRASE CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE STATE. >> EVERYTHING IS SO. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
00:08:05>> AS A WHOLE, HOUSING,
00:08:07GROCERIES, GAS, HEALTH CARE. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
00:08:11MONTANANS ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS
00:08:14COST AND WAY THAT OUR ECONOMY IS POTENTIALLY GOING?
00:08:17>> SO I DEPLOYED AND FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE BELIEVE
00:08:21THAT AMERICA, DESPITE HER, IS STILL THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
00:08:25WE ARE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
00:08:28I'M NOT A POLITICIAN BY TRADE. I NEVER IMAGINED I'D BE IN THIS RACE.
00:08:31BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD NEIGHBORS WHO COULDN'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, WHICH I FIND
00:08:36COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS GOVERNMENT'S FIRST AND
00:08:38FOREMOST TO ENSURE IT CONTINUES EXISTING. THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED NATIONAL
00:08:42SECURITY. BUT IT'S SECOND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IT HAS WITH THE PEOPLE.
00:08:46SO THAT MEANS ITS JOB TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE QUALITY LIFE
00:08:50FOR ITS CONSTITUENTS AND THAT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING. NOW, THIS IS WHERE I TELL
00:08:54MONTANANS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER
00:08:56TO TAKE GOVERNMENT BACK FOR.
00:09:05US. 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
00:09:09MORE MONEY OR THE PEOPLE CAN TAKE THIS GOVERNMENT BACK. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN. WE HAVE ONE PERSON RISING UP
00:09:12AGAINST THE DATA CENTER IN
00:09:14BONNER, CARSEY IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY. MONTANANS ARE RISING UP ALL OVER
00:09:18THE STATE TO SAY THAT WE'RE TAKING AFFORDABILITY BACK TO US. >> THANK YOU, MS.
00:09:22BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> WE ALL SEE THE PROBLEMS OUT
00:09:25THERE WITH THE ECONOMY, AND WE WILL ADDRESS THE ECONOMY IN THE
00:09:28ONLY WAY CAN START WITH WITH YOUR VOTE FOR THE RIGHT
00:09:31CANDIDATE TO LEAD AMERICA WITH AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA.
00:09:35THE FIRST THING I'LL DO AS UNITED STATES SENATOR IS END THE
00:09:38WAR IN IRAN AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME. I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
00:09:41RACE THAT HAS ENDORSED THE DEFEND THE GUARD ACT SO WE CAN
00:09:44PROTECT OUR MONTANA AND KEEP
00:09:46THEM IN MONTANA UNLESS THERE'S A TRUE DECLARATION OF WAR FROM
00:09:50CONGRESS. I WILL LEAD BY PROMOTING 0% TARIFFS.
00:09:55WHAT SEE IS THE TARIFFS ARE SO HIGH ON OUR IMPORTS THAT THE
00:09:57CONSUMERS ARE PAYING A TAX IF WE LEAD TO 0% 0% TARIFFS ON OUR
00:10:03IMPORTS, WE WILL LOWER THE COST TO CONSUMERS AND WE WILL RETURN
00:10:06THE MARKETS TO THE MARKETS WHERE THERE IS COMPETITION WORLDWIDE
00:10:10TO HELP BRING AFFORDABILITY BACK TO AMERICA AND BACK TO THE
00:10:13TABLES OF THE FARMS IN THE RANCHES TO BRINGING DOWN
00:10:16FERTILIZER PRICES BACK TO BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF FUEL
00:10:20SO WE CAN GET BACK TO DOING BUSINESS AGAIN RIGHT HERE IN THE
00:10:23UNITED 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
00:10:32WHERE OUR POLITICIANS THINK THEY
00:10:35CAN RIG PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO GET ON TO THE BALLOT. AND THEN THOSE POLITICIANS ARE
00:10:39ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BIG CORPORATE INTERESTS.
00:10:41THEY ENABLE CORRUPTION THAT
00:10:43ENABLES SOARING COSTS. SO WHEN I GET TO THE UNITED
00:10:46STATES SENATE, I'M GOING TO FOCUS FIRST AND FOREMOST AGAINST STOPPING THE WARS.
00:10:50STOP THIS SENSELESS, ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN.
00:10:52NUMBER ONE, STOP THESE NONSENSICAL, NONSTRATEGIC TRADE
00:10:56WARS THAT ARE DRIVING UP COSTS FOR ALL OF US. NOW WE NEED TO LEAN IN AND
00:10:59ACTUALLY TRY TO FIX OUR HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING HERE AND FINALLY
00:11:04ENFORCE ANTITRUST LAWS FOR BIG MEATPACKING COMPANIES CONTROL
00:11:0885% OF THE CAPACITY. THEY DRIVE UP PRICES FOR ALL OF
00:11:11US WHILE SQUEEZING OUR RANCHERS. SAME WITH BIG AG, BIG HEALTH,
00:11:14BIG TECH, ALL OF THESE COMPANIES, THE POLITICIANS ARE
00:11:17IN THEIR. THAT'S WHO THEY ANSWER TO. IF WE REALLY WANT TO DRIVE DOWN
00:11:22COSTS, WE NEED TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS, NOT ACCOUNTABLE.
00:11:26BIG PARTY MACHINES AND CORPORATE CLASS. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER.
00:11:29>> SAME QUESTION, MR. >> YEAH. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE U.S.
00:11:33DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAVING THE BIG FOUR MEATPACKING PLANTS
00:11:35UNDER ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
00:11:38AND, YOU KNOW, AS I TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE AND I MEET WITH MONTANANS, THEY ALL TELL ME
00:11:42THEY'RE STRUGGLING, MAKE ENDS
00:11:44MEET, EVERYTHING FROM GAS AND GROCERIES TO HOUSING AND HEALTH
00:11:47CARE COSTS TOO MUCH. THAT'S WHY A U.S. SENATOR, MY
00:11:50TOP PRIORITY BE TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE.
00:11:54WE NEED TO REIN IN WASHINGTON'S RECKLESS SPENDING IN ORDER TO
00:11:57REDUCE INFLATION SO THAT GROCERIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE
00:12:00ARE MORE AFFORDABLE. WE ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT
00:12:04MORTGAGE RATES REIN IN SPENDING TO KEEP MORTGAGE RATES DOWN SO
00:12:06THAT PEOPLE AFFORD TO BUY A HOME. WE NEED TO KEEP TAXES LOW SO
00:12:10THAT HARDWORKING CAN KEEP MORE OF THEIR PAYCHECK IN POCKET.
00:12:14AND AGAIN, AS FORMER BUDGET
00:12:17DIRECTOR AND REVENUE DIRECTOR, I'M THE ONLY ONE UP HERE WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.
00:12:22I SPEARHEADED TWO OF THE LARGEST TAX CUTS IN HISTORY.
00:12:25I HELPED REBALANCE THE STATE BUDGET AND WE HELPED MAKE
00:12:29MONTANA DEBT FREE. AND IF I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
00:12:33>> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. NOW.
00:12:3432ND RESPONSE WAS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST GROUPS THAT WE DO NEED
00:12:39TO SHOW SUPPORT TO IS OUR AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. >> AND I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND THE
00:12:43STATE TALKING TO THEM AND WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SAID IS WE WANT TO PRODUCE GREAT QUALITY
00:12:46PRODUCTS FOR OUR FOLKS, BUT WE ARE HAMSTRUNG BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR AND THEIR
00:12:51SUPPORT OF BIG AGRICULTURE RIGHT NOW. I SUPPORT EMCOR.
00:12:55I SUPPORT PROVIDING FINANCIAL
00:12:57SAFETY NETS FOR LOCAL CO-OPS TO CREATED SO THAT WE CAN START
00:12:59BREAKING UP THE MONOPOLIES. AND IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:13:03ALSO PROVIDE THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO OUR AG FOLKS SO THAT
00:13:06WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THE BEST PRODUCTS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:13:10>> MS. BANKHEAD THANK YOU. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:13:14JONATHAN BERRIEN.
00:13:14QUESTION GOES TO, MR. AUSTIN.
00:13:18>> AS CANDIDATES HAVE ALLUDED TO, MANY MONTANA FARMERS AND
00:13:21RANCHERS HAVE REPORTED HIGHER COSTS AND TOUGHER MARKETS SINCE
00:13:24THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFFS.
00:13:26>> WHAT SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE DOING TO EITHER
00:13:30BRING AN END TO THE TRADE DISPUTE OR HELP THOSE WHO HAVE
00:13:33FELT THE BURDENS.
00:13:37YOU 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
00:13:44GRANDFATHER'S. I'M A FOURTH GENERATION IN MONTANA AND AND I KNOW THE
00:13:49ISSUES THAT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS GO THROUGH, WHETHER
00:13:51IMPORTING FERTILIZER FROM CANADA AND WE HAVE THE IMPACT OF
00:13:54TARIFFS, WHETHER IT'S THE FUEL PRICES THAT TARIFFS HAVE.
00:13:57THE WAR IN IRAN HAVE IMPACTED AS MONTANA'S NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
00:14:01MY AG 2.0 PLAN WILL OVERHAUL THE
00:14:04USDA WILL OVERHAUL THE RFS WILL,
00:14:07BRING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED
00:14:09REALITY TO SUPPORT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AGAIN SO THEY CAN
00:14:13TAKE PRIDE IN THEY DO EVERY DAY TO PUT FOOD ON OUR WITHOUT THE
00:14:18FEAR OF LOSING THEIR FARM TO THE BANK.
00:14:21THAT IS MY PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN FARMER AND RANCHER OUT
00:14:24THERE THAT I WILL STAND BEHIND YOU 100%.
00:14:27ONE OF MY BIG PLANS TO DO THIS IS BUILDING A FERTILIZER
00:14:31PRODUCTION IN EASTERN MONTANA. THIS WILL BRING ECONOMIC
00:14:33STABILITY, JOBS AND RESOURCES IN
00:14:36WHAT WE NEED IN OUR ECONOMY. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
00:14:39SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. BODNER. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST RECENTLY SPEAKING TO
00:14:43A WHEAT FARMER FROM RIGHT HERE IN BELGRADE.
00:14:45HE TOLD ME HE WAS DOING THE MATH AND IT COST HIM ABOUT $8 PER
00:14:49BUSHEL TO PRODUCE THIS YEAR. THE PRICE THAT HE GOT FOR THAT
00:14:53WAS ABOUT $6. TWO THINGS THAT ARE CRUSHING HIM. ONE, THESE NONSENSICAL TARIFFS
00:14:56WITH CANADA THAT ARE DRIVING UP PRICES, WHY ARE WE ENTERING A
00:15:00TRADE WAR WITH OUR IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER AND ALLY OUR
00:15:04NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH? AND THEN DIESEL PRICE, $6 A
00:15:07GALLON DUE TO A SENSELESS WAR IN IRAN? MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WOULD
00:15:11GIVE A BLANK CHECK TO CONTINUE THAT A WAR WITH NO, THAT IS
00:15:16WRONG. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, DOJ INVESTIGATING
00:15:20THESE BIG FOUR MEATPACKING COMPANIES. IT'S ABOUT TIME.
00:15:22BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M THAT WE
00:15:24ALLOWED THESE BIG PACKING
00:15:27COMPANIES TO DUMP OVER 660 POUNDS MILLION OF SOUTH AMERICAN
00:15:30BEEF INTO. OUR MARKET AT 25% BELOW COST,
00:15:33UNDERCUTTING OUR RANCHERS. HERE WE HAVE 2% OF AMERICANS
00:15:37THAT FEED THE OTHER 98% OF THEM. THEY NEED A SENATOR WHO'S GOING
00:15:40TO HAVE THEIR BACK NOT ANSWER TO BIG PARTY INTERESTS AND CORPORATE DONORS. I WILL.
00:15:44>> THANK YOU, MR. BORDER. SAME QUESTION ENEMY.
00:15:46I BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE AND I BELIEVE IN FAIR TRADE UNFAIR
00:15:52TRADE AMERICAN JOBS AND IT HURTS
00:15:54MONTANA BUSINESSES FARMERS AND.
00:15:56>> I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT TARIFFS
00:15:58BUT CANADA HAS HAS GONE WITH
00:16:02UNFAIR TRADE FOR TOO LONG.
00:16:04SOMEBODY NEEDED TO STAND UP AND PUSH BACK FOR A LEVEL PLAYING
00:16:08FIELD. AND NOW THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO WORK HARD TO NEGOTIATE EVERY
00:16:11DAY TO GET A DEAL. I WANT A DEAL AND I WANT IT SOON.
00:16:16WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE IS FOR MONTANA FARMERS RANCHERS AND BUSINESSES
00:16:19TO BE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. AS SENATOR, I'LL WORK TO BE SURE
00:16:23WE GET A DEAL AND I'LL WORK TO BE SURE THAT ANY DEAL THAT COMES
00:16:26OUT OF THIS NOT ONLY LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD, BUT THAT IT ALSO
00:16:31PROVIDE US MORE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
00:16:33MONTANA WHEAT AND BEEF AND PULSES AND BARLEY.
00:16:37I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PUT MONTANA FIRST.
00:16:39MR. HALL THANK YOU. >> NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE.
00:16:43MS. BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION. >> YOU JUST HEARD MY OPPONENT
00:16:46SAY THAT WAS FOR THESE TARIFFS. WELL, THOSE TARIFFS COSTS EACH
00:16:50MONTANA HOUSEHOLD ADDITIONAL
00:16:52THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 2025 ALONE.
00:16:54AND ACTUALLY THEY TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY BECAUSE, IT VIOLATES
00:16:58THE TRIBE'S ABILITY TO CROSS THE BORDERS AND DO BUSINESS ON THEIR
00:17:02TERMS, SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
00:17:05WHEN I WAS IN LEWISTOWN THAT LONG AGO, I MET THE FOLKS THAT
00:17:09ACTUALLY OWNED THE GAS COMPANY OUT THERE. THEY SAID THAT TO PROVIDE GAS
00:17:13AND DIESEL TO RANCHERS AND FARMERS, IT COST OVER 30% MORE
00:17:16THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. AND THAT COST GETS PASSED ON TO
00:17:20THE WHEAT FARMER LIKE BOB, WHO I MET WHO HAD TO EAT THAT COST.
00:17:25AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR OUR FOLKS.
00:17:27WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT AG IS ACTUALLY HOLD THE
00:17:29ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. THIS ARGENTINEAN MYSTERY MEAT
00:17:33THAT'S IN COMPLETELY GOES AGAINST BEST INTERESTS AND IT
00:17:36GOES AGAINST THE WILL THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE GREAT QUALITY PRODUCTS PRODUCED
00:17:42LOCALLY. AND SO I WILL GO TO D.C., I WILL I WILL LISTEN TO RANCHERS AND
00:17:46FARMERS I HAVE ALL OVER THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THEIR INTERESTS IN D.C.
00:17:50THANK, MS. >> BANKHEAD. NOW, 32ND RESPONSE FROM MR. AUSTIN.
00:17:54>> YOU KNOW, IT SURPRISES ME THAT HERSETH BOTHERED TO PRETEND
00:17:57THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. HE DOESN'T.
00:18:00HE IS ENDORSED BY FAILED SENATOR TESTER, WHO HAD 18 YEARS TO FIX
00:18:05THE PROBLEM THAT WE SEE TODAY IN MONTANA AND JON TESTER, AFTER 18 YEARS FAILED.
00:18:10WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A FARM BILL. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
00:18:13ELECT ANOTHER PROTEGE, JON
00:18:15TESTER, TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND THAT LEAVES OUR
00:18:18FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN THE DUST. THAT IS THE WHERE THE BUCK STOPS WITH.
00:18:22KYLE AUSTIN. THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
00:18:25>> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:18:27PANELIST STEWART DAVIS, AND IT'S ADDRESSED TO MR. BODNER, ONE OF
00:18:31THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL OF A U.S.
00:18:33SENATOR IS VOTING ON FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINEES WHO CAN SHAPE
00:18:37CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FOR AN
00:18:39INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS VITAL TO OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
00:18:43BALANCES. >> AND THE NEXT SENATE COULD FACE ONE OR MORE SUPREME COURT VACANCIES IF ELECTED.
00:18:47WHAT QUALITIES JUDICIAL
00:18:49PHILOSOPHY WOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN
00:18:51A NOMINEE AND WHAT STANDARD ODDS WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER YOU VOTE
00:18:55TO CONFIRM OR REJECT A PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE? >> THANK YOU.
00:18:59THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS SENATE RACE
00:19:02HAS GRAVE IMPLICATIONS. VERY SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS,
00:19:05BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT WE
00:19:07WILL SEE SUPREME COURT NOMINEES ONCE AGAIN.
00:19:09AND I MY DUTY WILL BE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
00:19:12UNITED STATES JUDGING AND ASKING
00:19:16JUDGES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT INFORMS THEIR LEGAL THINKING, WHAT HOW THEY VIEW
00:19:20FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, WHETHER THAT'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM,
00:19:23WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
00:19:27YOU KNOW, BUT WANT TO ZOOM OUT FOR A MINUTE, TOO, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VITALLY
00:19:31IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL REFORM NOT JUST TO
00:19:34OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, BUT TO OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM AS WELL.
00:19:38AND WE RELEASE THE REFORM AGENDA. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A BASIC
00:19:40CODE OF ETHICS FOR OUR SUPREME COURT THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TERM
00:19:45LIMITS, AGE LIMITS FOR THE SUPREME COURT AS WELL BECAUSE
00:19:48RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A THAT THAT ISN'T ACCOUNTABLE, THAT HAS
00:19:52BECOME FAR TOO POLITICIZED. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE
00:19:55SUPREME COURT BEING AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE OF THE LAWS PASSED BY
00:20:00CONGRESS. >> THANK YOU. MR. BUTTNER SAME QUESTION, MR. ARMEY.
00:20:03YEAH, AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
00:20:05I SAW FIRSTHAND AND HOW
00:20:07IMPORTANT IT IS FOR GOOD JUDGES
00:20:09TO IMPACT VICTIMS TO IMPACT
00:20:12PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE LAW.
00:20:14>> AS A SENATOR.
00:20:16I WILL LOOK FOR THESE QUALITIES IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
00:20:19WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FAIR. WE NEED TO BE SURE WE HAVE
00:20:23INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMPETENT AND THAT THERE ARE JUDICIAL
00:20:27CONSERVATIVES AND THAT THEY WILL INTERPRET THE LAW AND NOT
00:20:29LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH AND THAT THEY'LL BE FIRM AND, FAIR
00:20:33AND CONSISTENT IN CRIMINAL CASES.
00:20:37NOW ALSO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT.
00:20:39RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT A PROVISION
00:20:42IN CONGRESS BY THE DEMOCRATS TO PACK THE SUPREME COURT WITH FOUR
00:20:45MORE JUSTICES. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH
00:20:48THE COURT, BUT THEY CAN'T GET AT THE BALLOT BOX. I WOULD ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST THAT.
00:20:52AND I WOULD ASK MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS IF THEY WOULD ALSO
00:20:55VOTE AGAINST PACKING THE SUPREME COURT. WELL, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:20:59CONFIRMING, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE COMPETENT
00:21:03AND ARE JUDICIAL CONSERVATIVES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
00:21:06SAME QUESTION WAS BACK. >> AND AS A RETIRED FEDERAL LAW
00:21:09ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT EVERYBODY
00:21:12INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
00:21:14THOSE ARE TOP TWO QUALITIES THAT I'LL BE LOOKING AT AND ALSO,
00:21:17OBVIOUSLY BEING NONPARTISAN. POLITICS SHOULD NEVER COME INTO
00:21:20PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUPREME COURT. I, TOO, I'M A BIG FAN OF TERM
00:21:24LIMITS AND I'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO AGE LIMITS FOR THOSE
00:21:28INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. AND I HATE THAT I EVEN HAVE TO SAY IT.
00:21:30BUT ANY OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR ANY SEXUAL HARASSING ALLEGATIONS
00:21:34WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY SOMEBODY FROM THE BENCH. FOR ME, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
00:21:39CRITICAL THAT WE STOP TAKING THE
00:21:41GAMES TO D.C. AND THAT WE REMOVE
00:21:43THE PARTIZAN POLITICS WHEN A VACANCY COMES OPEN.
00:21:46WE NEED DO THE RIGHT THING AND WORK ACROSS THE AISLE TO MAKE
00:21:49SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN RIGHT POSITIONS.
00:21:51AND I AM COMMITTING TO DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS.
00:21:55>> SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> WELL, MONTANA, IT'S TIME WE
00:21:59COME CLEAR WITH THE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT ARE AT HAND HERE AND
00:22:02THE HISTORY OF CURRED. ALL ME HEARD ALL ME ABUSED HIS
00:22:06POWERS, ORDERING RAIDS ON MONTANA OWNERS CURRED ALL ME
00:22:10VIOLATED AND ABUSED HIS POWERS, ORDERING RAIDS ON GUN OWNERS.
00:22:14CURT ALL ME ORDERED RAIDS ON
00:22:16MONTANA VETERANS AND CURRED ALL
00:22:18ME ORDERED RAIDS ON NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIORS.
00:22:21THAT IS THE THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR IN FUTURE OF
00:22:24OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS A
00:22:26JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND A CANDIDATE THAT WILL STAND FOR THE
00:22:31CONSTITUTION AND THAT WILL PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM
00:22:33CORRUPTION WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT, FROM THE CORRUPT
00:22:36AGENCIES THAT ARE OUT THERE TAKING GOOD PEOPLE AND TURNING
00:22:39THEM INTO CRIMINALS. THE CORRUPTION THAT IS TAKING
00:22:42GOOD VETERANS AND TURNING THEM
00:22:44INTO CRIMINALS AND RUINING THEIR
00:22:46LIVES AS MONTANA'S UNITED STATES SENATOR, I WILL STAND BEHIND OUR
00:22:50VETERANS. I WILL STAND BEHIND OUR BUSINESS
00:22:52OWNERS AND I WILL DO THE BEST I
00:22:55CAN TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION
00:22:57OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
00:23:01NOW, SECONDS FROM MR. BONNER. YEAH, YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT.
00:23:03>> WE NEED A STRONG, IMPARTIAL COURT.
00:23:07BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BRANCH OF OUR
00:23:10FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FAILING IN ITS JOB
00:23:13AND THAT IS CONGRESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAR TOO MANY
00:23:15POLITICIANS WHO GO THERE AND. THEY SWEAR A BLIND LOYALTY OATH
00:23:19AND THEY IGNORE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL WHETHER THAT'S TO
00:23:23TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES FOR TRADE, WHETHER THAT'S THE SOLEMN DUTY
00:23:27OF DECLARING WAR OR NOT. IT IS BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO THEIR
00:23:31PARTY. CONGRESS IS FAILING. WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY REPRESENT
00:23:35THE VOTERS, NOT THEIR PARTY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BONNER.
00:23:39NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LAURA FREEMAN, AND IT GOES TO MR.
00:23:43BONNER.
00:23:43I'M SORRY, MR. ARMEY, SOCIAL
00:23:47SECURITY'S COMBINED TRUST FUNDS ARE PROJECTED TO RUN SHORT BY 2034.
00:23:51>> THE SOCIAL SECURITY SAYS AT
00:23:53THAT POINT, INCOMING REVENUE WOULD COVER ABOUT 83% OF
00:23:57SCHEDULED BENEFITS.
00:23:59WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU SUPPORT.
00:24:03TO KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY FINANCIALLY SECURE? AND WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF THOSE CHANGES?
00:24:05WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR
00:24:08SENIORS, LIKE MY MOM, IF THEY PAID IN DURING THEIR WORKING
00:24:11LIVES, THE BENEFITS WOULD BE THERE FOR THEM. >> WHEN THEY RETIRE.
00:24:14AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT PROMISE. LET ME BE CLEAR.
00:24:18I WILL NEVER SUPPORT A CUT IN BENEFITS FOR SENIORS.
00:24:21I'LL ALSO SUPPORT THE DEDUCTION
00:24:23FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CONTAINED IN THE WORKING FAMILY TAX CUTS ACT,
00:24:27WHICH BOTH OF MY LIBERAL OPPONENTS OPPOSE.
00:24:29I'LL WORK WITH ANYBODY, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, WHO'S
00:24:32WILLING TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY, AND I'D START WITH WHAT I KNOW BEST AND WHERE I'VE
00:24:36HAD RESULTS AS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR STOPPING.
00:24:39SECRETARY BESSANT HAS ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 10% OF THE
00:24:43FEDERAL BUDGET IS LOST TO WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE AND.
00:24:47WE NEED TO STOP THAT. GET THOSE DOLLARS BACK AND USE
00:24:50THEM TO SHORE UP SOCIAL SECURITY.
00:24:52AND AS A FORMER BUDGET DIRECTOR, I'VE BALANCED A BUDGET AND I'VE
00:24:56PAID OFF DEBT. AND IF I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'LL
00:24:58BE 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
00:25:08STORIES OF RETIREES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY,
00:25:12WHICH FIND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE NOBODY HARDER THAN A MONTANAN.
00:25:16THE SOLUTION TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY GAP IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE.
00:25:19IT'S REMOVE THE WAGE LIMIT. WHEN WE THAT WE WILL FUND SOCIAL
00:25:23SECURITY IN AND WE WILL FUND OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL LIKE
00:25:27CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
00:25:29WHEN I WAS ON ROCKY BOY, I MET A
00:25:31WOMAN WHO WAS CAREGIVER TO BOTH
00:25:33HER PARENTS AND SHE BURST INTO TEARS AS SHE TALKED TO ME ABOUT
00:25:37HOW HER FUNDING IS ACTUALLY PAID FOR OUT HER DAD'S SOCIAL SECURITY.
00:25:40THEY'RE ALREADY LIVING ON POVERTY WAGES AND NOW SHE HAS TO
00:25:44PUT ALL OF HER HOPES AND DREAMS ON HOLD TO LIVE ON HER PARENTS
00:25:47WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING. THIS RACE IS NOT ABOUT DEMOCRAT
00:25:50VERSUS REPUBLICAN. IT'S ABOUT THE 1% VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE.
00:25:54AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TAX THE WEALTHY. AND IT STARTS BY ENSURING THAT
00:25:57THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF SOCIAL SECURITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS.
00:26:01BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION, MR. AUSTIN. >> YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL SECURITY
00:26:06PROGRAM IS OUTDATED. IT'S LIKE AN OLD ENGINE ON THE
00:26:08FARM THAT WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL.
00:26:10MY PLAN IS IS ENCOMPASSED IN HEALTH CARE 2.0 WHERE WE WILL
00:26:13TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY ON SOCIAL SECURITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS
00:26:17AND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. BUT WE NEED TO OVERHAUL THE
00:26:20SYSTEM FOR A FUTURE, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, NOT JUST FOR
00:26:24TOMORROW, BUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.
00:26:26AND WHAT I WHAT I PROPOSE IS A
00:26:30TRUST FUND, WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR
00:26:34INVESTMENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR RETIREMENT, IT'S YOUR MONEY, NOT
00:26:37THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY. THAT IS MY PLAN AS UNITED STATES SENATOR.
00:26:40BUT WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL IT BECAUSE THE CRISIS IS ON THE HORIZON.
00:26:43AND IF WE SIT AROUND AND KEEP THE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A HUGE WAKEUP CALL.
00:26:49MR. AUSTIN, THANK YOU. >> SAME QUESTION. MR. BODNER. >> IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT
00:26:52WE PROTECT THE THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE EARNED. AND IT'S SIMPLE.
00:26:56WE NEED A FAIR APPROACH TO TAXATION.
00:26:59YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT SOMEBODY THAT PAY
00:27:02THAT MAKES $75,000 A YEAR HAS 100% OF THEIR INCOME THAT'S
00:27:05TAXABLE FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES,
00:27:07WHILE SOMEBODY THAT MAKES $2
00:27:10MILLION A YEAR HAS LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR INCOME, THAT'S TAXABLE
00:27:12FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES. YOU FIX THAT SITUATION, YOU FIX
00:27:16SOCIAL SECURITY. NOW, MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL
00:27:19TALK FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND THE REALITY IS THAT HE
00:27:22OVERSAW THE LARGEST BUDGET IN MONTANA'S HISTORY. HE HAD TAX GIVEAWAYS TO THE
00:27:26WEALTHIEST IN THIS STATE AND. HE SET THE STAGE FOR THE PROPERTY TAX CRISIS THAT WE'RE
00:27:30SEEING HERE. AND YOU CAN A TOUGH GAME ON
00:27:32FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW FROM
00:27:35THE REPUBLICAN IN D.C. IS RECKLESS SPENDING LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS ON VANITY PROJECTS,
00:27:39GILDED BALLROOMS AND CHARGE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A WAR IN IRAN.
00:27:43THEY TALK TOUGH ON FISCAL AND THEY'VE ADDED $4 TRILLION TO THE
00:27:47NATIONAL DEBT JUST IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE.
00:27:49AND MOST THAT IS THROUGH CORRUPTION IN GIVEAWAYS TO THE
00:27:53WEALTHIEST IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S NOT RIGHT. >> MR. BUTLER, THANK YOU.
00:27:56NOW, 30 SECONDS TO MR. ARMEY. >> THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
00:28:00LIVING UP TO ITS WORD. WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR SENIORS
00:28:04IF THEY PAID IN DURING THEIR LIVES, THOSE BENEFITS WOULD BE THERE WHEN THEY.
00:28:08AND WE NEED TO LIVE UP TO OUR WORD AND BE SURE THAT THOSE
00:28:12BENEFITS WILL BE THERE. I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT BE SURE THAT
00:28:15OUR SENIORS HAVE THOSE BENEFITS.
00:28:17MR. ARMEY, THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:28:21BEN WYMAN, AND IT'S ADDRESSED MS. BANK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
00:28:25SEPARATION OF POWERS. >> EVERYONE LEARNS IN CIVICS
00:28:29CLASS HERE IN MONTANA. >> THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. >> WE'VE GOT THE LEGISLATIVE,
00:28:34JUDICIAL AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS POWERS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE
00:28:37CONSTITUTION. YOU ALL, AS CANDIDATES, ARE TRYING TO BECOME PART OF THE
00:28:41LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND IF ONE OF
00:28:44THE OTHER BRANCHES DECIDED TO
00:28:46CIRCUMVENT OR BYPASS THE POWERS INVESTED IN YOU?
00:28:50>> I AM GOING TO HOLD THE OTHER BRANCHES ACCOUNTABLE.
00:28:53THAT'S EXACTLY THE FOUNDERS INTENDED, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO.
00:28:56AND UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW THE EXECUTIVE HAS TAKEN TOO MUCH OF
00:29:00CONGRESS'S POWER BECAUSE CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE A BACKBONE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M
00:29:04GOING TO DO, IS CLAW THOSE POWERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE
00:29:07TALKING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN, WHICH COSTS US ALMOST $2 BILLION A DAY.
00:29:11CONGRESS HOLDS THE POWER OF THE PURSE, NOT THE PRESIDENT.
00:29:14SO ENACTING THE WAR POWERS,
00:29:16ENSURING THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE
00:29:19THAT HE'S MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS, IS GOING TO BE ONE
00:29:22OF THE TOP PRIORITIES AND ALSO HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION.
00:29:26SAME THING ON THE SUPREME COURT SIDE. WHEN YOU DO CORRUPT THINGS.
00:29:29YOU SHOULD BE IMPEACHED AND REMOVED. SAME THING GOES FOR THE EXECUTIVE.
00:29:32I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO IMPEACHING TRUMP.
00:29:36NOT FROM A PLACE OF RETAIL CREATION OR REVENGE, BUT BECAUSE
00:29:40WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVE TO GET TRUST BACK
00:29:43WITH 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.
00:29:51YOU 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.
00:29:59WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND EVEN IN MONTANA WHERE OUR JUDICIAL
00:30:04BRANCH IS CREATING LAW AND RULING FROM THE BENCH. AND NO ONE IS OVERSEEING THAT.
00:30:10AND THAT'S THE DUTIES OF CONGRESS IS TO COME IN AND HAVE
00:30:12JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT AND
00:30:15CALLING THEM OUT AND REWRITING THE LAWS FOR WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
00:30:17IF THEY'RE THE WRONG WAY, I'M
00:30:20THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE HAS ENDORSED THE CONVENTION OF
00:30:23THE STATES BECAUSE WE SEE A
00:30:25RUNAWAY WASHINGTON DC.
00:30:28AND IF WE CAN'T REIN IN WASHINGTON DC, THEN CONVENTION
00:30:31OF THE STATES CAN COME FORWARD AND STATES CAN TAKE COMMAND OF
00:30:35WASHINGTON DC AND GET IT RIGHT BACK ON TRACK. AND THAT'S WHY I ENDORSE
00:30:38CONVENTION OF THE STATES. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERY STATE
00:30:41LEGISLATURE TO PASS THAT IN 2027.
00:30:44MR. 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
00:30:54CONSTITUTION, NOT TO A POLITICAL. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
00:30:58CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY IS THAT WASHINGTON, DC IS FILLED WITH A
00:31:01BUNCH OF WHO ANSWER TO THEIR PARTY BOSSES.
00:31:04THEY ANSWER TO CORPORATE DONORS. THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE
00:31:08TOLD, AND THEY IGNORE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE WAR IN
00:31:12IRAN. THE U.S. MILITARY IS FILLED WITH LIONS.
00:31:14THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE US AND PROTECT US ARE LIONS IN
00:31:18THERE. LED RIGHT NOW BY SHEEP IN
00:31:22WASHINGTON WHO REFUSE TO HOLD A COMMANDER IN CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE,
00:31:25TO GIVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS WAR, TO GIVE A PLAN FOR THIS WAR
00:31:28TO GIVE A STRATEGY FOR THIS WAR. MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT HAS SAID
00:31:30HIS JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. NO, THE SENATOR'S JOB IS TO
00:31:36SUPPORT CONSTITUTION AND TO ANSWER TO THE VOTERS OF THIS STATE THE LAST THING THAT WE
00:31:40NEED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RIGHT NOW IS YET ANOTHER YES MAN WHO
00:31:43WILL FOLLOW ORDER FROM THEIR BOSSES. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO
00:31:47STAND 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
00:31:56NEED TO HAVE CONGRESS DO A BETTER JOB. YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN MONTANA,
00:32:00GROWING UP IN GREAT FALLS TO TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS.
00:32:03I LEARNED THE VALUES OF FAITH,
00:32:05HARD WORK AND TAKING CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WE LIVED IN.
00:32:08I WAS BLESSED, GET TO LIVE IN DILLON AND VICTOR AND HELENA AND
00:32:12MILE CITY. AND NOW WE LIVE IN BILLINGS. I'VE NEVER HELD ELECTED OFFICE.
00:32:15I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER SERVING AND PROTECTING MONTANA
00:32:19FAMILIES AND AT YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH CARING FOR OUR KIDS.
00:32:23I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND WE NEED TO FIX WASHINGTON.
00:32:26THE SENATOR. I'LL BRING A BILL THAT SAYS IF
00:32:29CONGRESS CAN'T, THE BUDGET, CONGRESS DOESN'T GET.
00:32:32I'LL BRING A BILL THAT WILL SAY
00:32:34THAT WILL WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE PASS TERM LIMITS. WE'LL ALSO INDIVIDUAL
00:32:40CONGRESSMEN FROM TRADING IN STOCKS AND WILL BAN INDIVIDUAL
00:32:44CONGRESSMEN FROM BECOMING LOBBYISTS.
00:32:46I'LL BRING A LIFETIME OF MONTANA COMMON SENSE TO WASHINGTON TO
00:32:50FIX. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
00:32:54REBUTTAL HIS BANK AT 30 SECONDS. SO THE PEOPLE WANT IS TO HAVE
00:32:56TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AGAIN. >> AND IN THIS RACE, WE HAVE
00:33:00CANDIDATES THAT ARE ELECTED AND TWO CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN
00:33:03SELECTED BY THE D.C. ELITES. OMI HAS GONE ON THE RECORD TO
00:33:07SAY THAT HE ACTUALLY WILL SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAN BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S
00:33:10DECISION TO GO IN THERE. SO WE KNOW HE'S NOT GOING HOLD ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.
00:33:13AND WE HAVE THE INDEPENDENT HERE WHO'S BACKED BY THE D.C. ESTABLISHMENT AS WELL.
00:33:17AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, DARK MONEY ARE FLOODING THIS CAMPAIGN
00:33:21TO SUPPORT BOTH OF THEM. I'M UNBOUGHT, UNBOSSED AND
00:33:25UNAFRAID AND I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO'S HELD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
00:33:28AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING AGAIN. >> MS. BAKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:33:32THE NEXT QUESTION FROM JONATHAN AND BERRIEN, AND IT'S ADDRESSED
00:33:36TO MR. AUSTIN. >> TWO OF YOU CANDIDATES ARE
00:33:40RUNNING. >> TWO OF YOU CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING OUTSIDE THE MAJOR
00:33:44PARTIES. >> THE PARTIES HAVE HUGE INFLUENCE IN THE OPERATION OF THE SENATE, INCLUDING MAKING
00:33:48COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. WILL YOU COMMIT NOW, IF ELECTED,
00:33:51YOU WON'T CAUCUS WITH EITHER PARTY. AND IF SO, HOW CAN YOU ASSURE
00:33:55VOTERS YOU WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN
00:33:57THE SENATE. >> MR. AUSTIN.
00:34:01YOU KNOW, WHEN COMES DOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE SENATE, IT'S
00:34:05IT'S A MATTER ABOUT LEADERSHIP, NOT PARTY.
00:34:07AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I'M OUTSIDE THE MAJOR PARTIES HERE,
00:34:10BUT I DISAGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MY
00:34:13OPPONENT THAT'S THE INDEPENDENT IS OUTSIDE THE MAJOR PARTY.
00:34:15HE HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY FAR
00:34:19LEFT MONEY, BY CORRUPT MONEY, AND HE WILL WITH THE FAR LEFT
00:34:22WHERE ME BEING THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE IS THE TRUE
00:34:26INDEPENDENT FOR ALL MONTANA. AND I GO AND I WILL FOCUS ON
00:34:28WHAT IS RIGHT, NOT AS WHAT'S
00:34:30WRONG FOR ALL AMERICAN.
00:34:32AND THAT'S WHAT MY PLAN IS, IS
00:34:34TO 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
00:34:42IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY ITSELF HAS CALLED MR. AUSTIN A PHONY
00:34:46CANDIDATE. HE'S A REPUBLICAN. HE'S HERE TO DO THE DIRTY WORK
00:34:50OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND OTHERS. I AM A TRUE INDEPENDENT.
00:34:53I'VE SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT I WILL NOT CAUCUS WITH EITHER PARTY.
00:34:57I WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:35:01THE IDEA THAT ONE CANNOT GET COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IF THEY'RE NOT CAUCUSING WITH EITHER
00:35:05PARTIES A RED HERRING, EVERY SENATOR CAN GET COMMITTEES. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT AN
00:35:09INDEPENDENT WHO HAS THE POWER
00:35:11SAY NO TO THE PARTY BOSSES ON
00:35:14EITHER SIDE AND HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH EITHER PARTY WHEN
00:35:17IT MAKES SENSE. MONTANA, WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
00:35:20AN INDEPENDENT VOICE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE HAS
00:35:22TREMENDOUS POWER, AND I INTEND TO WORK WITH OTHER INDEPENDENT
00:35:26SENATORS TO FIND A BLOC OF, INDEPENDENT SENATORS WHO CAN MOVE FORWARD.
00:35:30COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS. ALL WE SEE IN D.C. RIGHT NOW IS
00:35:34THE TWO FIGHT PARTIES FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY'RE GETTING NOTHING DONE.
00:35:37THEY ALL RICH. WE ALL SUFFER. WE TO CHANGE THAT.
00:35:40AN 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.
00:35:50THESE TWO CANDIDATES HAVE SAID THEY WON'T CAUCUS WITH EITHER. THEY WON'T GET COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
00:35:54MONTANA WILL BE SERIOUSLY UNDERREPRESENTED.
00:35:56WHEN I GO TO WASHINGTON, I'M GOING TO BE SURE THAT I GET ON COMMITTEES THAT ARE GOING TO
00:36:00HELP MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR MONTANANS, MAKE OUR
00:36:04COMMUNITY SAFER AND PROTECT OUR MONTANA WAY OF LIFE.
00:36:07AND I'LL BE SURE THAT WE GET ON COMMITTEES WHERE WE CAN GET
00:36:09RESULTS DONE SO TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE, I'LL LOOK FOR
00:36:13COMMITTEES THAT WILL HELP US REIN IN INFLATION AND KEEP TAXES
00:36:16LOW, UNLEASH, UNLEASH ENERGY,
00:36:18AND CUT RED TAPE AND TO KEEP OUR
00:36:21MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. I'LL WORK ON COMMITTEES THAT
00:36:24WILL HELP US KEEP THE BORDER, WILL HELP US GO AFTER CRIMINALS
00:36:27AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND GO
00:36:29AFTER CARTELS ALL THE WAY UP
00:36:32THROUGH THE BORDER. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BACK THE
00:36:36BLUE TO BE SURE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE
00:36:40AND THEN TO PROTECT MONTANA, I'LL GET ON COMMITTEES THAT WILL
00:36:44PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS, AND
00:36:47PROTECT OUR VETERANS, OUR
00:36:49AGRICULTURE 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,
00:37:00BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DO NEED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO PUSH THINGS FORWARD.
00:37:04THAT'S ALL OF THE WORK IS DONE. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY NAIVE OF ANYBODY TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT
00:37:09ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CAUCUSING WITH ANYBODY. IT EFFECTIVELY NEUTERS THAT
00:37:12POSITION AND THE REALITY IS THAT
00:37:14THE US SENATE SEAT IS UNIQUE IN THAT EACH STATE GETS EQUAL,
00:37:18REPRESENT STATION. THEY EACH GET TWO SENATORS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE 50% OF THAT
00:37:22DELEGATION THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY CAUCUSING, THAT MEANS LESS OF A
00:37:25VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA. THE INDEPENDENT HAS SAID OVER
00:37:28AND OVER AGAIN HE WON'T CAUCUS.
00:37:29AND THE IS THAT HE'S BEHOLDEN
00:37:33D.C. DNC INTERESTS. HE'S BACKED BY THE DNC MACHINE.
00:37:36HE GETS DARK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE FLOODING THE STATE.
00:37:39EVERYBODY VOTE FOR THE MONTANA PLAN NOVEMBER 3RD.
00:37:41AND IT'S HILARIOUS. AS WE GO AROUND THE STATE,
00:37:44PEOPLE TELL US ALL THE TIME THAT I'M THE TRUE INDEPENDENT IN, THE
00:37:48RACE BECAUSE I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO CORPORATE INTERESTS OR THE D.C. ELITES.
00:37:51I WILL ONLY REPRESENT PEOPLE AND FIGHT FOR YOU AND THE COMMITTEES
00:37:55THAT 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
00:38:02NEED TO STOP LYING. MONTANA. YOU ARE A LIAR.
00:38:06YOU'RE A FAILED UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA PRESIDENT. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT.
00:38:10A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. IT IS TIME THAT YOU TELL TRUTH,
00:38:14THAT YOU ARE BACKED BY DARK MONEY FROM THE OBAMA TRUST FUND.
00:38:16YOU ARE BACKED BY THE FAR LEFT CANDIDATES THAT ARE PUSHING YOU
00:38:20ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN DISGUISE. AGAIN, YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN
00:38:24A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
00:38:25AND MONTANANS TO KNOW THAT. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:38:30LAURA FREEMAN. IT'S ADDRESSED TO MR. BODNER BY
00:38:35WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE WARNING THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ADVANCING FASTER THAN SAFEGUARDS
00:38:38CAN KEEP UP. >> ONE FORMER ANTHROPIC
00:38:41RESEARCHER, EVEN WENT AS FAR TO SAY THAT I COULD BECOME AN
00:38:45EXISTENTIAL THREAT BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
00:38:47TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEP IN WITH
00:38:51MANDATORY SAFETY REGULATIONS OR
00:38:53SHOULD A.I. COMPANIES BE TRUSTED POLICE THEMSELVES?
00:38:57>> THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ABSOLUTELY CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB.
00:39:01BUT IT'S FAILING BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL MACHINES ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY BIG TECH
00:39:06COMPANIES. THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED TO
00:39:08STOP ANY DATA CENTER.
00:39:12THAT WANTS TO COME INTO THIS STATE AND EXPLOIT MONTANA COMMUNITIES. TAKING OUR WATER, DRIVING UP UTILITY RATES. I WILL STAND AGAINST ANY OF
00:39:16THAT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:39:20PROTECT KIDS FROM UNFETTERED, UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO THESE JOBS SO WE PROTECT OUR WORKERS
00:39:25FROM BEING DISPLACED FROM JOBS AND BIG TECH COMPANIES WALKING AWAY WITH PROFITS.
00:39:28WE NEED TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL WATER SYSTEMS, RURAL
00:39:31ELECTRIC KIDS THAT ABSOLUTELY AT RISK.
00:39:33AND WE NEED PROTECT HUMANITY. WE NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE.
00:39:37AND THE REALITY IS THAT I MEAN OUR REPUBLICAN SENATOR STEVE
00:39:40DAINES, WHO RIGGED THIS ELECTION TO GET KURT ARMY ONTO THE BALLOT, HAS SAID THAT CONGRESS
00:39:44CAN'T REGULATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S INSANE.
00:39:47WE NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE. WE NEED THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE URGENTLY.
00:39:51WE CAN'T BURY OUR HEAD IN THE AND KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD. TWO YEARS.
00:39:55NEED GUARDRAILS IN PLACE AND WE NEED THEM NOW. I'LL WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE
00:39:58THAT CONGRESS DOES JOB. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER.
00:40:01SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. ARMEY. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A.I.
00:40:03AROUND THE STATE, I ALWAYS AM TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
00:40:07AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT MONTANA.
00:40:11WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT IF A DATA CENTER COMPANY COMES INTO THIS STATE, THAT THEY'RE
00:40:16TRANSPARENT, THEY'RE CLEAR ABOUT THEIR COST TO THE COMMUNITY, OTHER EFFECTS.
00:40:19WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE CLEAR GUARDRAILS SET.
00:40:22ANY DATA CENTER COMPANY NEEDS TO
00:40:24PAY ITS OWN WAY AND THEY NEED TO CREATE LOCAL JOBS.
00:40:28THEY ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE NO ADVERSE WATER
00:40:32EFFECTS, NOT ON WATER USERS, ON WATER QUALITY.
00:40:34THEY ALSO TO GUARANTEE THAT
00:40:36THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRIC KITTY
00:40:39INCREASES ON MONTANA FAMILIES. IN FACT, THEY SHOULD HELP LOWER
00:40:43ELECTRICITY RATES AND EVEN IF THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE MET DATA
00:40:46CENTER COMPANIES NEED TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO GET THEIR ACCEPTANCE.
00:40:50SO A SENATOR, I'LL WORK TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY.
00:40:55WE HAVE CLEAR GUARDRAILS, AND THAT MONTANA COMMUNITIES ARE HEARD.
00:40:58AND 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
00:41:06SEX CRIMES, AND WHEN I WAS, THE ALTERNATE COMMANDER TO THE INTERNET, CRIMES AGAINST
00:41:10CHILDREN TASK FORCE, I FOUGHT STARTING 15 YEARS AGO AGAINST
00:41:13BIG TECH TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
00:41:15FROM CYBER EXPLOITS FASHION AND
00:41:18A.I. TYPE TECHNOLOGIES. AND EVEN BACK THEN, CONGRESS WAS
00:41:21AND PAID FOR AND TECH HAD THEM IN THEIR POCKET.
00:41:24AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY OUR CHILDREN ARE OPEN TO EXPLOITATION. RIGHT NOW.
00:41:28I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE THAT HAS EXPERIENCE FIGHTING BIG TECH, AND I'M NOT BOUND, PAID
00:41:32FOR BY THE ELITE. NOW THE INDEPENDENT IS ACTUALLY
00:41:35BACKED BY SOMEONE WHO SITS ON BOARD OF ANTHROPIC.
00:41:37MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS ENTIRE
00:41:40ELECTION, ALL ROADS LEAD TO DATA CENTERS.
00:41:42AND I AM THE LOUDEST ON THE STAGE ABOUT BEING OPPOSED TO
00:41:46THEM. I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO CAME OUT AGAINST THEM. NOW, IF YOU WANT MORE OF THE
00:41:49SAME, BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AIR BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE
00:41:53AND OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE BEING OPENED UP FOR, DATA CENTERS
00:41:55WHICH THE INCUMBENTS STEVE DAINES ACTUALLY SUPPORTED.
00:41:58SO IF YOU WANT OF THE SAME, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FROM THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
00:42:02THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. BANKHEAD. SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR. AUSTIN.
00:42:06YOU KNOW, WE A NEW GENERATION
00:42:10AHEAD OF US WITH A.I. AND DATA CENTERS. >> WE'RE NOT STOPPING IT, BUT WE
00:42:14HAVE TO PUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CURRENT
00:42:18ADMINISTRATION IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
00:42:20SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLED THE GENESIS MISSION.
00:42:23THE GENESIS MISSION PUT THE BALL IN MOTION FOR DATA CENTERS IN
00:42:27THE UNITED STATES, CENTERS IN
00:42:29SPACE AND DATA CENTERS IN THE MOON WITH A VERY STRICT
00:42:33DEADLINE, 2030. THIS IS AN AIR NOT ONLY FOR
00:42:35NATIONAL SECURITY, FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
00:42:39THIS IS AN ENERGY BILL TO DRIVE ENERGY, DRIVE JOBS AND DRIVE OUR
00:42:43ECONOMY. WE'RE NOT STOPPING IT. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PUT
00:42:47SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, TWO THINGS HOW ARE WE GOING TO
00:42:50PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY AND WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THE KILL
00:42:53SWITCH WHEN IT COMES TIME TO STOP IT? I'VE ALWAYS SAID I DON'T WANT
00:42:57DATA CENTERS IN MY BACKYARD, MONTANA, BUT I WANT THEM IN THE OCEAN.
00:43:01SO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF CONTROL, WE CAN SINK THEM. >> THEY CAN.
00:43:03MR. AUSTIN NOW, FINAL RESPONSE, 30 SECONDS TO MR. BOEHNER.
00:43:08YEAH THANK YOU. >> MY OPPONENTS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY ENDORSEMENTS AND YES,
00:43:10I'M ENDORSED BY FORMER SENATOR JON TESTER. I'M PROUD OF THAT. I'M ALSO PROUD THAT I'M ENDORSED
00:43:14BY OUR FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, OUR FORMER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.
00:43:18I'M ENDORSED BY A FORMER CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MONTANA, THE FORMER OF THE
00:43:22DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN MONTANA. I'M ENDORSED BY THE UNIONS.
00:43:26I'M ENDORSED BY OUR CONSERVATION GROUPS. I'M ENDORSED BY WOMEN'S
00:43:29REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS GROUPS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD. AND I'M ENDORSED THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO ME BY THE
00:43:34ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUP AND CITIZENS UNITED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE ALL KNOW THAT
00:43:37WHAT MONTANA IS AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WILL STAND UP VOTERS ALL
00:43:41ACROSS THIS STATE. THANK YOU, MR. BODNER. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
00:43:44STUART DAVIS, AND IT'S ADDRESSED
00:43:45TO MR. OLNEY PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED
00:43:49TO BE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT AMERICANS HAVE WATCHED MANY
00:43:53ELECTED OFFICIALS GROW SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE IN OFFICE,
00:43:56INCLUDING THROUGH STOCK TRADING, WHILE RECEIVING INFORMATION
00:43:59UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. >> IF WHAT SPECIFIC REFORMS
00:44:03WOULD YOU SUPPORT TO STOP POLITICIANS FROM USING PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL
00:44:07GAIN? AND WILL YOU COMMIT TODAY TO BANNING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
00:44:12THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES FROM TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?
00:44:15>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, STUART. >> THE ANSWER IS YES AND I'VE
00:44:18ALREADY GIVEN A LOT OF MY ANSWER TO THIS, TO A RESPONSE TO A
00:44:22PREVIOUS QUESTION. BUT LET ME AGAIN MAKE CLEAR THAT
00:44:25I HAVE DEEP MONTANA ROOTS HERE.
00:44:27I'VE SPENT MY CAREER IN MONTANA
00:44:30LIVING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES,
00:44:32RAISED BY TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS AND RAISED BY OUR MONTANA VALUES OF
00:44:37FAITH HARD WORK AND SERVICE TO OTHERS.
00:44:39AND IT'S THOSE THINGS THAT INFORM ME AS WELL AS MY LONG
00:44:43TIME SERVICE AND WORK IN
00:44:45PROTECTING MONTANA FAMILIES AND WORKING AT YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND
00:44:48GIRLS RANCH, PROTECTING MONTANA KIDS. THAT INFORMS HOW I WOULD
00:44:52APPROACH THINGS. WASHINGTON. I VERY MUCH IN PUBLIC SERVICE
00:44:56AND I BELIEVE HAVE TO FIX WASHINGTON.
00:44:59SO NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO BAN
00:45:01INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FROM CONGRESS, FROM TRADING IN STOCKS, WE NEED TO BAN MEMBERS
00:45:05FROM CONGRESS AND BECOMING LOBBYISTS.
00:45:08WE NEED A BILL THAT'S GOING TO SAY THAT IF WE DON'T BALANCE THE
00:45:11BUDGET, WE DON'T GET PAID. AND WE ALSO NEED TO PASS
00:45:14CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS LIKE MR. ARMY. >> THE SAME QUESTION THAT GOES
00:45:18TO MS. BANKHEAD. >> I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT WHOLE LIFE. I NEVER SAW MYSELF IN.
00:45:22BUT I LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTANAN, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISGUSTED
00:45:25WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE CORRUPTION ON CAPITOL HILL.
00:45:28THERE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE NO STOCK TRADING, THINK, IN MY
00:45:30OPINION, UNTIL WE CAN REBUILD TRUST WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE
00:45:33UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA. CONGRESSMEN, ANY ELECTED
00:45:37OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS.
00:45:39I HAVE NEVER BOUGHT INDIVIDUAL AND I COMMIT TO NOT BUYING
00:45:43INDIVIDUAL STOCKS BECAUSE I NEED TO BE ABOVE REPROACH IN ENSURING
00:45:46THAT I HAVE THE TRUST THE PEOPLE. NOW MY INDEPENDENT OPPONENT DOWN
00:45:50THERE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT INTEGRITY PLEDGE THAT HE TOOK
00:45:52AND THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A PAPER TO
00:45:55HAVE INTEGRITY YOU JUST DO IT. AND I HAVE A TRACK RECORD DOING THAT.
00:45:58I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF HOLDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION.
00:46:02I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S PUT HANDCUFFS ON CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND I LOOK
00:46:05FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND AND REMOVING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
00:46:10VIOLATE THAT TRUST WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. >> YOU. MS. BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION GOES TO
00:46:14MR. AUSTIN. >> INSIDER TRADING IS JUST A
00:46:17CRUMB TO THE CORRUPTION WASHINGTON, DC AND JUST A
00:46:21HIGHLIGHTED I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE THAT'S BEEN FUNDING MY CAMPAIGN OUT OF MY
00:46:24OWN POCKET COMPARED TO THE OTHER OPPONENTS UP HERE WHO BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE
00:46:28CORRUPTION IN DC. INSIDER TRADING. STOP IT.
00:46:32JUST THE CONGRESSMAN. IT SHOULD GO TO ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HAVE INSIDER
00:46:36INFORMATION SO THEY ARE NOT MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL GAIN.
00:46:40IT STOP THERE EITHER. IT SHOULD ALSO GO TO THESE
00:46:42CORRUPT PRIVATE DEALS THAT ARE GETTING DONE WITH OUR WITH OUR
00:46:46SENATORS AND OUR CONGRESSMEN BEING THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE
00:46:50THAT'S NOT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR ALREADY SHOWS HUGE SIGN OF
00:46:54INTEGRITY. THE VOTERS OF MONTANA ON WHO WILL REPRESENT THEM ON HIS OWN
00:46:57TWO FEET WHO WILL DO THE RIGHT AND NOT THE WRONG THING AND WHO
00:47:01CAN BE BOUGHT AND WHO CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
00:47:03THAT IS A HUGE RED FLAG FOR YOU OUT THERE WHEN YOU GO TO THE
00:47:06POLLS AND CHOOSING YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
00:47:10>> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
00:47:12CANDIDATE IS MR. BONNER SAME. YEAH.
00:47:14>> LOOK, I'M GLAD MY DEMOCRATIC
00:47:16OPPONENT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT I HAVE SIGNED THAT POLITICAL
00:47:20INTEGRITY PLEDGE FAITHFULLY. I WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT WITH THE REFORM AGENDA CALLING FOR A BAN
00:47:23ON INSIDER, A BAN ON LOBBYING TERM LIMITS, AGE LIMITS.
00:47:27THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE.
00:47:31I'M PROUD THE FAMILY CANDIDATE ON THIS STAGE ENDORSED BY THE
00:47:35ANTI-CORRUPTION ORGANIZATION CITIZENS UNITED, BECAUSE WE NEED
00:47:39PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR MONTANA'S NOW. MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WILL TALK
00:47:43TOUGH ON CRIME. HE'LL TALK TOUGH ABOUT UP FOR MONTANANS.
00:47:46THE FACT IS THAT AS U.S. ATTORNEY, HE FAILED TO PROSECUTE THE MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ABUSE
00:47:51CASES THAT CAME HIS DESK. AND THE FACT IS HE CUT A PLEA
00:47:54DEAL WITH A MAN WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED A SIX YEAR OLD, SERVED
00:47:57LESS THAN A YEAR OF TIME AND DIDN'T HAVE REGISTER AS A SEX
00:48:02OFFENDER. AND HONESTLY, AS A PARENT, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
00:48:05SOMEBODY WHO COULDN'T STAND UP FOR A SIX YEAR OLD WILL STAND UP
00:48:09US IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> THANK YOU, MR. BODNER AND
00:48:12I'LL THROW SECOND REBUTTAL. MR. HALL. ME MR. BODNER LIES ABOUT MY
00:48:17RECORD I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN
00:48:20PROTECTING SEXUAL ASSAULT
00:48:22VICTIMS, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M A PARENT.
00:48:24>> I WISH WE HAD MORE EVIDENCE TO HAVE LOCKED UP THAT
00:48:28INDIVIDUAL LONGER.
00:48:29BUT MY OFFICE EVERY VIABLE
00:48:33ASSAULT CRIME TO THE FULLEST
00:48:35EXTENT OF THE LAW AND WE ALSO
00:48:37LAST YEAR PROSECUTED MORE CRIMINALS THAN ANY YEAR IN THE
00:48:41LAST 20 YEARS. AND WE DROVE VIOLENT CRIME DOWN.
00:48:43I'M PROUD OF MY RECORD. >> THANK YOU, MR. ALLMAN.
00:48:47NEXT QUESTION NOW FROM BEN WINEMAN, DIRECTED TO MS.
00:48:53BANKHEAD. >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPING FOR SOMETHING
00:48:55CALLED THE SAVE AMERICA, WHICH WOULD IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
00:48:59REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO VOTER REGISTRATION
00:49:02AND VOTING BY MAIL HERE IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:49:04GIVEN THE PRESIDENT'S REPEATED CRITICISMS OF MAIL IN VOTING,
00:49:08YOU AGREE WITH HIM THAT MAIL IN
00:49:10VOTING CREATES SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FRAUD?
00:49:13AND HOW DO YOU NOT MAKE TO DISENFRANCHIZE MONTANA AND
00:49:17INTERRUPT THEIR ABILITY TO CAST THEIR. >> I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS THAT
00:49:21FOR MAIL IN VOTING IS COMING FROM THE PERSON SENT HIS BALLOT
00:49:24IN BY MAIL. AND HONESTLY, THIS IS A GREAT
00:49:27CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT.
00:49:32THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION. AND WHAT I KEEP TELLING FOLKS IS WE HAVE TRUST IN OUR POLLING OFFICIALS.
00:49:35WE TRUST IN OUR USPS SYSTEM AS IT CONTINUES GOING THROUGH THE
00:49:40SUPREME COURT'S PROCESS. WE WILL TAKE IT DAY TO DAY.
00:49:42BUT WHAT I TELL FOLKS IS WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT WE TRUST, AND IT IS
00:49:46THE POWERS IN DC THAT ARE TO CREATE MISTRUST SO THAT WE END
00:49:50UP WITH A BROKEN SYSTEM. I TELL FOLKS, MONTANANS EMPOWER
00:49:54MONTANANS. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE POST OFFICE, THEN WALK YOUR
00:49:57BALLOT INTO THE POLLING PLACE.
00:49:59IF YOU HAVE FOLKS YOU THAT AREN'T MOBILE, DRIVE THEM TO
00:50:03DROP THEIR BALLOT OFF. WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR CONTROL THAT WILL HELP
00:50:09EMPOWER VOTING PROCESS WHAT THEY'RE SEEKING DO IS TO
00:50:12DISEMPOWER AND DISENFRANCHIZE VOTERS TO BE SCARED TO CAST A VOTE AND NOT TRUST THE PROCESS.
00:50:16I TRUST THE PROCESS. I TRUST MONTANANS, AND I BELIEVE
00:50:18MONTANA IS GOING SURPRISE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ON NOVEMBER THIRD.
00:50:22THANK YOU, MS. >> BANKHEAD. NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION.
00:50:26YOU KNOW, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS A GREAT ACT.
00:50:28>> WE HAVE TO OUR ELECTIONS.
00:50:30WE HAVE TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE IN
00:50:33OUR ELECTIONS SO PEOPLE GET OUT TO THE POLLS AGAIN.
00:50:37HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE? THEY NO LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE.
00:50:40HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE BECAUSE THEY NOT BELIEVE THAT
00:50:43THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR WILL REPRESENT THEM?
00:50:46THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO COME IN WITH ELECTION INTEGRITY, WE HAVE
00:50:49TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN THE VOTER, AND WE CAN DO THAT.
00:50:53I CAN I STAND BEHIND MAIL IN BALLOTS. I'VE BEEN A FARMER FOR YEARS.
00:50:57I'VE USED MAIL IN BALLOTS BECAUSE I AM ON THE ROAD AND I
00:51:00DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO STAND IN AT THE POLLS. I WILL SECURE OUR MAIL BALLOTS
00:51:04SO VOTERS CAN NOT ONLY STAY AT HOME, EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON THE
00:51:06ISSUES BEFORE VOTING, BUT DO IT AT THE EASE SO THEY CAN STILL
00:51:10CONTINUE 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
00:51:22DEFEND FREEDOMS, TO DEFEND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE
00:51:25PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE
00:51:29SECURE. AND I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN OUR ELECTIONS.
00:51:31OFFICIALS HERE IN MONTANA, MONTANA, THE ELECTIONS ARE ARE BEING RUN VERY WELL.
00:51:35AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT EXTENSIVE FEDERAL OVERREACH DOWN
00:51:39INTO THE STATES. THINK WE NEED TO PUSH AGAINST THAT.
00:51:42AND I'LL TELL YOU IT. BUT BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN
00:51:46THIS COUNTRY WHERE TWO BIG NATIONAL POLITICAL MACHINES HAVE
00:51:49SPENT DECADES CHOOSING THEIR VOTERS.
00:51:53JERRY MEANDERING DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE, STIFLING
00:51:55POLITICAL COMPETITION AND THEN
00:51:57WORKING TO DO THINGS LIKE RIGGING A PRIMARY ELECTION WHERE
00:52:00YOU DESCEND MONTANA VOTERS AND YOU INSERT MY REPUBLICAN
00:52:04OPPONENT ONTO THE BALLOT, LETTING MONTANANS HAVE A VOICE.
00:52:08WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY MONTANAN HAS THE ABILITY TO
00:52:10VOTE, THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CHOICE AND THAT WE HAVE
00:52:14ELECTED 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.
00:52:20MAY I THE SAVE ACT.
00:52:22>> HAVING ELECTIONS FREE AND,
00:52:26FAIR ELECTIONS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN IS A CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY.
00:52:30RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
00:52:34WE NEED VOTER ID AND WE NEED OF CITIZENSHIP.
00:52:38BOTH OF THOSE ARE SUPPORTED BY AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER AMERICANS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO
00:52:41BE BLOCKED. DEMOCRATS, LIKE MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS.
00:52:46WE TO BE SURE THAT WE PUT THOSE THROUGH AND I WILL PUSH FOR THEM
00:52:50IN. AND THEY'RE NOT OVERLY BURDENSOME.
00:52:53WE ALL DO PICTURE IDS IN ORDER TO RENT A CAR, IN ORDER TO RENT
00:52:57APARTMENT, IN ORDER TO GET ON A PLANE, IN ORDER TO BUY A DRINK.
00:53:01THAT'S BURDENSOME.
00:53:01IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO GET
00:53:05PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP. WE HAVE TO DO THAT. ALSO, WE HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF
00:53:09CITIZENSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, GET A
00:53:11REAL ID TO BE ON A FEDERAL TO GET A FEDERAL JOB.
00:53:15AGAIN, ARE NOT BURDENSOME REQUIREMENTS. THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE
00:53:18MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THAT SHOULD BE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED
00:53:21BY EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
00:53:24NOW, 32ND REBUTTAL IS BACK AND THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS LOVES TO
00:53:28BRING THIS TOPIC UP BECAUSE. >> THEY WANT TO DRIVE US TO FEAR
00:53:32IN MAKING OUR VOTING DECISIONS. THE REALITY IS THAT THEY HAVE
00:53:35THE MONEY, BUT WE HAVE THE MONEY.
00:53:37SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERY MONTANAN TO VOTE YOUR VALUES AND
00:53:41NOT YOUR FEARS. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND THE REALITY IS THERE'S NO
00:53:46COMMUNITY HAS STRONGER LEADERSHIP SKILLS. AND RIGHT HERE IN MONTANA, WE
00:53:49ARE THE STATE OF JENNETTE AND WE ARE THE STATE THAT THREW OUT THE KINGS.
00:53:53WE ARE IN COPPER KINGS POINT. OH, AND I KNOW MONTANA IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
00:53:57VOTE YOUR VALUES, MONTANA. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD. THE NEXT QUESTION WILL COME FROM
00:54:01JONATHAN AND BERRIEN AND. IT GOES TO CANDIDATE KYLE AUSTIN
00:54:05THIS YEAR. >> THERE HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN
00:54:07HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRATION RELATED ARRESTS IN MONTANA IN RECENT
00:54:11WEEKS. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED THERE
00:54:13WERE PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS IN OF THOSE CASES AND ORDERED
00:54:17DETAINEES FROM CUSTODY. YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE CHANGES IN HOW THE TRUMP
00:54:22ADMINISTRATION IS ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS IN MONTANA?
00:54:26>> YOU KNOW, LET'S GO BACK. DO WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION
00:54:29PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES? ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD PEOPLE COME TO THIS
00:54:33COUNTRY ILLEGALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY.
00:54:35AND AS WE SEE THE THE IMMIGRANTS
00:54:38BEING ARRESTED, IF HERE ILLEGALLY. ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE COMMITTING A CRIME.
00:54:42BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE HUMANE. AND THAT'S THE CHANGES THAT I WANT.
00:54:45THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO, IS TREAT THESE PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE
00:54:49DON'T, LOCK THEM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY LIKE THEY HAVE.
00:54:52HAVE AN EXPEDITED PROCESS, A JUDICIAL BRANCH, WHERE THEY CAN
00:54:55GET IN AND PROVE WHETHER THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE, NOT TO
00:54:58BE HERE AND GET THEM BACK HOME TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM IN A
00:55:02HUMANE HUMANE MANNER. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME
00:55:04AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE ACTIONS OF ICE THAT HAVE
00:55:07GOTTEN 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
00:55:17LEADERS IN DC WHO WANT TO USE IMMIGRATION AS AN ISSUE TO FIGHT
00:55:21ABOUT RATHER THAN ONE THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE.
00:55:23I WANT TO SAY VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED STRONG BORDERS. WE NEED TO ENFORCE OUR
00:55:27IMMIGRATION LAWS, WE NEED TO REMOVE VIOLENT CRIMINALS FROM THIS COUNTRY.
00:55:31BUT WE CAN AND WE MUST DO WITHOUT ENABLING A MASKED,
00:55:35UNTRAINED, UNACCOUNTABLE PARAMILITARY FORCE TO RUN
00:55:38THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES, TRAMPLING ON THE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES OF AMERICAN AND
00:55:42THROWING DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OUT THE WINDOW. WE CAN DO BOTH.
00:55:45AND FURTHERMORE, WE NEED FUNDAMENTAL AND SUBSTANTIVE
00:55:48REFORM TO OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. I WAS TALKING TO A FARMER THE
00:55:52OTHER DAY WHO JUST WAS LAMENTING THE CHALLENGES H-2A VISA PROCESS.
00:55:56HE WE NEED WORKERS HERE. WE NEED IMMIGRATION AND REFORM.
00:55:59AND WE NEED POLITICAL LEADERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND
00:56:02WORK TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES TO SOLVE THIS.
00:56:06QUIT USING THIS AS A POLITICAL TO FIGHT ABOUT TO WIN ELECTIONS.
00:56:09START DOING YOUR JOB WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE,
00:56:12WORKING 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
00:56:20AND THE DEMOCRATS RECKLESS
00:56:22BORDER POLICY THAT PUT ALL US AT
00:56:24RISK MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FLOODED INTO THIS COUNTRY,
00:56:28INCLUDING CARTEL AND GANG MEMBERS AND VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
00:56:31IT MADE EVERY STATE SAFE, INCLUDING GEORGIA, WHERE IBARRA
00:56:35KIDNAPED AND BRUTALLY MURDERED LAKE RILEY.
00:56:38ALSO, FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUSED 30% OF THE
00:56:41INCREASE IN HOUSING COSTS UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN.
00:56:45SECURING THE BORDER IS COMMON,
00:56:47AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DONE IT.
00:56:49AND AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, I HELP SECURE OUR BORDER BY
00:56:53PROSECUTING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS AND GOING AFTER DRUG
00:56:56GANGS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CARTELS. THAT'S WHY 35 OF OUR SHERIFFS
00:57:00ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ENDORSED ME AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW TO
00:57:05FINISH THE JOB IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE KEEPING
00:57:08THE BORDER SECURE.
00:57:10WE NEED TO PROSECUTE AND DEPORT
00:57:12CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS. AND WE NEED TO STOP FUNDING
00:57:15SANCTUARY CITIES THAT ALLOW CRIMINALS LIKE JOSE IBARRA BACK
00:57:18OUT ON OUR STREETS. THANK YOU, MR. ARMY. >> SAME QUESTION, MS.
00:57:22BANKHEAD. >> THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON I'VE SPOKEN TO OF ANY POLITICAL
00:57:25AFFILIATION WHO. DOESN'T WANT SAFE BORDERS, A
00:57:29BORDER SHOULD ALLOW GOOD PEOPLE IN AND KEEP BAD PEOPLE OUT.
00:57:31BUT I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE WHO SPOKE OUT.
00:57:35THE BOZEMAN RAIDS THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY
00:57:38BECAUSE OF THE DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS THAT THANKFULLY THE
00:57:41JUDICIARY ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO HOLD OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
00:57:45I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE WHO WAS AN FBI AND A
00:57:48HOMELAND SECURITY TASK OFFICER, MEANING I WENT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING.
00:57:51I HAVE THEIR BADGE AND CREDENTIALS. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THE BORDER WORKS.
00:57:54THE ISSUE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, THE LACK OF DUE
00:57:58PROCESS THAT NO. WITHOUT A DOUBT IS GOING TO
00:58:01FILTER DOWN TO U.S. CITIZENS WHO ARE BORN AND RAISED, BECAUSE IF
00:58:04THEY CAN VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF PERSON, THEY WILL VIOLATE YOUR RIGHTS.
00:58:08AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KYLE AUSTIN ACTUALLY SPOKE TO EARLIER.
00:58:11WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL.
00:58:13WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER. WE NEED TO STREAMLINE IT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
00:58:17CAPITALIZING ON THE BRILLIANCE
00:58:19AND THE ASSETS THAT IMMIGRATION PROVIDES FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
00:58:22KEEPING IT GREAT. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD.
00:58:25NOW, 32ND, REPLIED MR. AUSTIN. >> YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY DO
00:58:28NEED THE SECURE BORDERS, BUT THE QUESTION WE HAVE WITH OUR
00:58:31ECONOMY AND THE AFFORDABILITY FROM THE TAXPAYER IS HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR
00:58:34IT FOR TOMORROW, AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT FOR THE FUTURE? UNDER MY IMMIGRATION POLICY AND
00:58:40REFORM, I PLAN TO ADD THAT ENTRY FEE INTO THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO
00:58:42THE UNITED STATES. SO THEY ARE THE ONE FLIPPING THE
00:58:45BILL FOR THEIR AND THEIR EXPORT FROM THE UNITED, NOT THE
00:58:49TAXPAYER. AND WHERE WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL
00:58:51OUR UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, DC POLICY.
00:58:55IMMIGRATION. PASSING THE BUCK TO THOSE WHO CAUSED THE PROBLEMS.
00:58:59>> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LAURA FREEMAN.
00:59:02IT GOES TO MR. BODNER. >> THE FOREST SERVICE IS MOVING
00:59:06TO RESCIND THE ROADLESS RULE, A
00:59:08MOVE THAT COULD CHANGE MILLIONS OF ACRES OF MONTANA PUBLIC LANDS
00:59:12ARE MANAGED. WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR
00:59:14MONTANA'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WHAT FEDERAL POLICIES WOULD YOU
00:59:18SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE THAT?
00:59:19>> SO I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
00:59:23OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE SACRED. THERE ARE COMMON GROUND WHERE EVERYBODY CAN HUNT FISH,
00:59:28RECREATE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THOSE PUBLIC LANDS ARE NOT JUST PLACES WHERE WE GO TO GET
00:59:32TROPHIES I'LL TELL YOU THAT OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WOULD
00:59:36OFTEN SHOW ME PICTURES OF THE ELK THEY HARVESTED ON PUBLIC LANDS. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW WE FILL
00:59:40OUR FREEZERS. THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL. WE NEED A US SENATOR WHO'S GOING
00:59:43TO STAND UP AND FIGHT HELL TO
00:59:45DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS, NOT BE
00:59:47THE SERVANT OF MIKE LEE.
00:59:52IN UTAH, WHO'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HE WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SELL OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS. I'LL FIGHT TO PROTECT THEM.
00:59:56AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO PROTECT THOSE IMPORTANT
00:59:59HABITAT THE ROADLESS RULE. WE DO NOT NEED TO REPEAL THE ROADLESS RULE. WE HAVE 30,000 MILES OF FOREST
01:00:03SERVICE ROADS IN MONTANA RIGHT
01:00:05NOW THAT WE CAN'T MAINTAIN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
01:00:09PROTECTING KEY HABITAT AREAS, KEY SPECIES AND THAT WE'RE
01:00:12FUNDING THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE
01:00:14FOR SMART MANAGEMENT PROACTIVE OF OUR FORESTS.
01:00:17AND WE'VE SEEN THOSE AGENCIES GUTTED IN THE PAST.
01:00:20I WILL SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND THAT TAKE CARE OF THEM.
01:00:23THANK YOU, MR. BODNER. >> SAME QUESTION GOES TO MR.
01:00:27ARMEY AS, A MONTANA NATIVE.
01:00:29>> I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC AND
01:00:33I'LL FIGHT AGAINST WHO TRIES TO SELL THEM OFF.
01:00:37GROWING UP IN DELAND, I CAUGHT MY FIRST FISH ON BLACK TAILED
01:00:41DEER CREEK. I LEARNED HOW TO SKI AT MAVERICK
01:00:44WHEN WE LIVED IN VICTOR. USED TO RIDE OUR BIKES ACROSS 93
01:00:47AND SPEND THE DAY FISHING BITTER.
01:00:49WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO HELENA AND THEN TO MILE CITY, WE SPENT
01:00:53HOURS OUTSIDE FISHING, CAMPING,
01:00:56HIKING, BIKING, BOATING AND SKIING ALL ACROSS OUR.
01:00:59WHEN I BROUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND HERE YEARS AGO AND WE TOOK HER
01:01:03CAMPING, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT SHE ENJOYED MONTANA AS MUCH AS I DID.
01:01:07AND NOW WE'VE SPENT A LIFETIME WITH, OUR FAMILY, OUT ON OUR
01:01:10PUBLIC LANDS.
01:01:12SO NOW IT RUNS DEEP IN ME WHEN I
01:01:14SAY THAT I WILL ALWAYS OUR
01:01:17PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC HANDS SO THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS
01:01:20CAN HUNT AND, FISH AND ENJOY
01:01:23THEM JUST LIKE WE HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. SAME QUESTION NOW. MS.
01:01:28BANKHEAD WELL, THAT'S HILARIOUS. >> COMING FROM THE REPUBLICAN,
01:01:31BECAUSE 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.
01:01:35WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO KEEP THE
01:01:38ROADLESS RULE IN PLACE AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS ENTIRE RACE,
01:01:42ALL ROADS LEAD TO DATA CENTERS. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED UP
01:01:46OTHER PUBLIC LANDS FOR EXPLOITATION. THEY'RE DECENTRALIZING THOSE
01:01:50ORGANIZATIONS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, FROM D.C. TO, THE STATES.
01:01:52THESE ARE ALL ABOUT CHIPPING
01:01:54AWAY AT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THEY CAN PUT DATA CENTERS
01:01:58ON THOSE LANDS AGAINST THE WILL OF 82% OF MONTANANS.
01:02:01AS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT
01:02:05THESE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR POLITICIANS ARE NOT PUT IN PLACE TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT TRUMP
01:02:09AND DAINES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SO FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
01:02:13SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC LANDS STAY OPEN TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY
01:02:16ARE THE CROWN JEWELS OF THIS COUNTRY, AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN A MONTANAN, MAKE
01:02:20SURE YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THAT GUY. THANK YOU, MS.
01:02:22>> BANKHEAD SAME QUESTION NOW, MR. AUSTIN, AS MONTANA'S NEXT
01:02:26UNITED STATES SENATOR PUBLIC LANDS WILL REMAIN PUBLIC LANDS.
01:02:30>> BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A PROBLEM, A PROBLEM OF FAR LEFT
01:02:34AGENDA BACK IN 1966 WITH THE WILDERNESS ACT, WHERE THE
01:02:38PENDULUM SWUNG TOO FAR TO THE LEFT AND. WE SEE THAT EVERY SUMMER RIGHT
01:02:42HERE IN MONTANA, WHERE WE'RE BREATHING THAT SMOKE, THAT SMOKE
01:02:45THAT IS LEADING TO MANY RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
01:02:48THE PATIENTS OF MONTANA THAT I TREAT EVERY DAY OUT OF MY
01:02:53PHARMACY. THE ROADLESS RULE IS NECESSARY TO. BRING THAT PENDULUM BACK BECAUSE
01:02:56WE NEED ACCESS TO OUR WILDERNESS SO WE CAN BRING BACK RESPONSIBLE
01:03:01MANAGEMENT OF OUR FORESTS. SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR FIREFIGHTER AND WE'RE NOT PAYING
01:03:04FOR THE HEALTH RISKS THAT WE ENDURE. THE ROLE THIS RULE WILL OPEN IT
01:03:07UP SO WE HAVE ACCESS FOR, RESPONSIBLE LOGGING.
01:03:10WE CAN BRING BACK MILLS SO WE CAN BUILD AFFORDABLE LUMBER,
01:03:14BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSES. BUT WE WILL GATE THAT SO IT DOES
01:03:16NOT TURN INTO AN INTERSTATE AND IT DOES NOT RUIN OUR
01:03:20ENVIRONMENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. TIME FOR A 32ND REBUTTAL.
01:03:24MR. BODNER. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
01:03:26IT'S TO GIVE LIP SERVICE ABOUT PUBLIC LANDS.
01:03:29IT'S HARD TO STAND UP AND ACTUALLY FIGHT THEM.
01:03:33AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN THE REPUBLICAN ON THIS STAGE
01:03:36TALK ABOUT IT. BUT THE FACT IS WE'VE SEEN A
01:03:39RELENTLESS PUSH FROM REPUBLICAN PARTY.
01:03:41MIKE LEE, WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM TO
01:03:45TRANSFER PUBLIC LANDS, TO THE STATES, WHICH MEANS SELLING THEM
01:03:48OFF AND I DON'T KNOW WHY SO MANY
01:03:51SENATORS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO ANSWER. MIKE LEE IN UTAH BUT UTAH ALREADY HAS TWO SENATORS.
01:03:55THEY DON'T NEED A THIRD. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO TRULY FIGHT FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
01:04:00THANK, MR. BARTON. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
01:04:02STUART DAVIS.
01:04:04TO MR. ARMEY, CHINA IS
01:04:08INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING THE UNITED STATES ECONOMICALLY,
01:04:11MILITARILY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY, WHILE COMPETING FOR AROUND THE WORLD.
01:04:14>> TENSIONS OVER TAIWAN, TRADE CRITICAL MINERALS, INTELLIGENCE
01:04:18AND CHINA'S GROWING MILITARY
01:04:20COULD SHAPE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR DECADES.
01:04:24DO YOU SEE AS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE CHINA POSES TO THE
01:04:27U.S. THIS CENTURY? AND WHAT SHOULD AMERICA DO RIGHT
01:04:31TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE? >> GOOD QUESTION. OUR FOREIGN POLICY SHOULD ALWAYS
01:04:37MONITOR, PUT AMERICA FIRST. OUR COUNTRY ALWAYS BEEN SAFEST
01:04:39WHEN WE PURSUED PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. CHINA IS OUR BIGGEST
01:04:45GEOPOLITICAL RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THEIR SIGNIFICANT
01:04:47ECONOMIC AND THEIR MILITARY.
01:04:49WE CAN'T BE PART OF THEY CAN'T
01:04:53BE PART OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY LINES.
01:04:56WE NEED TO DECOUPLE FROM THEM, INCLUDING CRITICAL MINERALS SO
01:04:59THAT WE'RE PRODUCING THEM HERE OR IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE
01:05:03SAFE. AS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. I ALSO SAW FIRSTHAND HOW CHINA
01:05:07WAS TRYING TO GET TO TECHNOLOGICAL PARITY THROUGH
01:05:10INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT. WE NEED TO PUT THAT PUT A STOP TO THAT.
01:05:14AND ALSO, AS U.S. ATTORNEY, I SAW HOW CHINA WAS THE MAJOR
01:05:18PRODUCER OF METH AND FENTANYL PRECURSOR CHEMICALS THAT ARE POISONING OUR COUNTRY.
01:05:22WE TO CONTINUE TO PRESSURE CHINA
01:05:25TO, STOP SENDING THOSE HERE.
01:05:27WE NEED TO STAND FIRM AGAINST. CHINA AND OTHER ADVERSARIES.
01:05:31AND AS UNITED STATES, THE SENATE, UNITED STATES SENATOR,
01:05:33I'LL ALWAYS PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> THEY CAN MUSTER ALL. SAME QUESTION GOES TO THEM AS
01:05:38BANKHEAD. >> 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS THE CHIEF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO
01:05:42RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITIONS. THAT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING IT
01:05:46WAS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT 220 AIR FORCE UNITS ENSURED THAT
01:05:49CHINA DIDN'T GET ACCESS. OUR MOST SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
01:05:55AND EQUIPMENT.
01:05:57AND I LAST YEAR ACTUALLY REWROTE THE POLICY, PIVOTING OUR
01:06:01WARFIGHTERS AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AWAY FROM THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR TO THE
01:06:04GREAT POWER, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TERM FOR
01:06:07FIGHTING AGAINST CHINA. THE REALITY IS THAT AS I SAT IN
01:06:10CRYSTAL CITY IN A BASEMENT WITH WOOD PANELED WALLS, 15 YEARS
01:06:14AGO, I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW
01:06:16UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED CHINA TO START ACTUALLY BEING
01:06:20ABLE TO COMPETE WITH US ON THESE ISSUES. THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
01:06:22I HAD A FRONT ROW VIEW TO THIS. I'M THE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
01:06:28INHERENT THREAT THAT CHINA IS TO THE UNITED STATES AND I'M READY
01:06:30TO TAKE THAT FIGHT TO CHINA. BUT THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO
01:06:33DO IS CLEAN OWN HOUSE UP FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT MONTANANS HAVE
01:06:36MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE THE FIGHT TO
01:06:40CHINA MY BANKER. >> THANK YOU. SAME QUESTION, AUSTIN.
01:06:43>> YOU KNOW, AS MONTANANS NEXT STATES, SENATOR, I WILL BE.
01:06:47I'LL AN AMERICA FIRST AGENDA WHERE BECOME LESS DEPENDENT UPON
01:06:51CHINA. THAT IS WHERE WE FAILED AS A NATION BEFORE WE BECAME TOO
01:06:54HEAVILY RELIED ON CHINA. AND WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE POWER
01:06:57TO BEAT CHINA IN THE FUTURE. IT'S THE GENESIS MISSION IS
01:07:00RIGHT WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER US IN THE AIR RACE.
01:07:04WE HAVE TO AHEAD OF THAT WE HAVE TO BEAT CHINA IN RACE.
01:07:08WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA CENTER SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S SAFER ENVIRONMENT.
01:07:12WE TO CONTROL THEM IN SPACE AND WE HAVE TO CONTROL THEM ON THE
01:07:14MOON AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA.
01:07:17WE HAVE TO LOOK AT RELAXING OUR REGULATIONS RIGHT HERE IN THE
01:07:20UNITED STATES SO WE CAN MINE THOSE RARE EARTHS.
01:07:24WE CAN PROCESS THOSE RARE EARTH RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
01:07:27TO BUILD THE CHIPS THAT WE NEED FOR THE THE INDUSTRIAL
01:07:32REVOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO COME FOR THE FUTURE TO STAY AGAINST
01:07:34THE FOREIGN POWERS THIS WORLD. >> THANK YOU, MR.
01:07:38SAME. QUESTION NOW, MR. BOEHNER, I WAS U.S. ARMY GREEN BERET AS PART OF
01:07:42MY TRAINING. >> I STUDIED CHINESE BECAUSE EVERY GREEN BERET HAS TO KNOW
01:07:46LANGUAGE. WE WORK WITH OTHER MILITARIES, UNDERSTAND THE THREATS THAT
01:07:50CHINA POSES BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THIS STAGE. AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
01:07:54AMERICAN SECURITY IS BEST PURSUED THROUGH STRENGTH.
01:07:56BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE STRONGEST WHEN WE HAVE HEALTHY
01:08:00AND ROBUST ALLIANCES IN WHICH THE UNITED IS PLAYING A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
01:08:03AND WHAT SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IS A DECIMATE OF OUR
01:08:07ALLIANCE WITH CANADA, OUR ALLIANCES ACROSS NAITO.
01:08:11WE NEED TO REBUILD THOSE ALLIANCES AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN
01:08:15ORDER. OVER A DECADE AGO. ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
01:08:18STAFF AT THE TIME, SAID OUR BIGGEST RISK WAS OUR SOARING NATIONAL. SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE SEEN IT
01:08:23ALMOST DOUBLE JUST SINCE THIS REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO OFFICE 18 MONTHS AGO.
01:08:27WE'VE SEEN IT UP BY $4 TRILLION,
01:08:31ANOTHER $4 TRILLION ARE SPENDING LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS, MORTGAGING
01:08:33OUR FUTURE, PUTTING EVEN MORE AT RISK TO CHINA AND OTHER GLOBAL
01:08:37ADVERSARIES. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY NO
01:08:39AND STOP THIS AND STAND UP FOR A
01:08:43TRUE FIRST SECURITY POLICY. >> THANK, MR. BOEHNER. NOW, FINAL 30 SECONDS GOES TO
01:08:47MR. ARMEY. >> WE CAN'T DEPEND ON CHINA FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
01:08:52WE NEED TO STOP CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND
01:08:56CYBERSECURITY THREATS AGAINST THIS COUNTRY.
01:08:59AND WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING THEM TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED
01:09:03STATES WITH METH AND FENTANYL. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE NEED
01:09:06TO SUPPORT MONTANA AGRICULTURE. THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST
01:09:09AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN THE WORLD. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK,
01:09:13WITH CHINA TO OPEN UP THEIR MARKET SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE
01:09:15THEM WITH OUR WHEAT, OUR BEEF, OUR BARLEY AND PULSES.
01:09:19>> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY. THE NEXT NOW FROM BEN WINEMAN
01:09:23ADDRESS TO MISS BANKHEAD,
01:09:27FEBRUARY 28TH OF THIS YEAR WAS WHEN THE WAR WITH IRAN BEGAN.
01:09:29>> AND AS WE ARE APPROACHING,
01:09:31THERE IS STILL NO END IN SIGHT. OIL AND GAS PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING.
01:09:35THE OF HORMUZ IS STILL PARTIALLY CLOSED TODAY.
01:09:38YES OR NO, DO YOU STILL SUPPORT
01:09:42WAR IN IRAN? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE WAR. IRAN.
01:09:46IT IS A WAR WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO. EVEN TRUMP'S DIRECTOR, NATIONAL
01:09:50INTELLIGENCE, TULSI GABBARD, SAID THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT IN TERMS OF IRAN GETTING
01:09:53A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THAT THERE WAS NO IMMINENT ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES.
01:09:57I'VE BEEN TO THE MOST SENIOR COLONEL SCHOOLS THAT THE DOD HAS
01:10:00TO OFFER AND. WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT MAKING
01:10:04WAR IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAR. WE WANT TO USE ECONOMIC TOOLS,
01:10:10INFORMATION TOOLS AND DIPLOMATIC TOOLS TO CREATE THE SECURITY
01:10:12THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS.
01:10:14THE ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN ON NO NEW WARS.
01:10:17AND WHAT WE HEAR OVER THE STATE IS REPUBLICANS REALLY UPSET THAT
01:10:20TRUMP GOT US INTO THIS WAR. AND ANY PRIVATE OR AIRMAN BASIC
01:10:25UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ IS THE ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD GEOPOLITICALLY THAT YOU
01:10:28DON'T MESS WITH BECAUSE IRAN CONTROLS THE OIL SUPPLY.
01:10:31ALL OF OUR COSTS GONE UP. YOU CAN'T EVEN USE A $5 BILL TO
01:10:35PAY FOR ONE GALLON OF DIESEL BECAUSE OF THE DECISION OF ONE PERSON.
01:10:39AND 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.
01:10:49IF IT WAS ME AS YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR, I WOULD END THE WAR IN IRAN.
01:10:53AND I WILL BRING OUR HOME. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I ENDORSE
01:10:57THE DEFEND THE GUARD ACT, AND THAT WOULD KEEP OUR TROOPS
01:11:01MONTANA GETTING DEPLOYED UNLESS THERE IS AN ACTUAL DECLARATION OF WAR.
01:11:03AND THEY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR CONTINUING THIS.
01:11:07THE ONLY PEOPLE PAYING THE PRICE
01:11:09IN THIS WAR ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU'RE PAYING IT OUT OF YOUR
01:11:14POCKETBOOKS. YOU'RE PAYING IT WITH STRUGGLING, PUTTING ON YOUR TABLE.
01:11:17YOU'RE PAYING IT BY OR HAVING A PROBLEM PAYING.
01:11:20YOUR UTILITY BILLS. YOU ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THIS.
01:11:23THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FIX IT IS
01:11:25BY BY VOTING IN THE NEXT BEST
01:11:27UNITED STATES SENATOR. THAT IS NOT GOING TO FALL IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT
01:11:31ADMINISTRATION AND THAT WILL FORCE THEM TO BRING OUR TROOPS
01:11:34HOME AND END THE WAR IN IRAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN.
01:11:36SAME QUESTION OUT TO MR. BODNER. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
01:11:40YOU KNOW, I MET WITH A GROUP OF VETERANS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN AT THAT
01:11:44MEETING HAD A SHIRT ON THAT SAID LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THEIR
01:11:49SACRIFICE. AND WE NEED US SENATORS WHO ARE
01:11:52GOING TO LEAD IN A WAY THAT IS WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES THAT
01:11:54THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM MAKE ON OUR BEHALF. EVERY DAY.
01:11:58UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON, DC IS A
01:12:02GROUP OF COWARDS WHO ARE WHO ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP TO THEIR
01:12:05PARTY BOSSES WHO, LIKE MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, SAYS MY ONLY JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE
01:12:09PRESIDENT AND IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
01:12:13OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE SPILLING BLOOD ON FOREIGN SOIL RIGHT NOW.
01:12:17OUR PAYING THE COST OF THAT COWARDICE AND SO ARE THE
01:12:20MONTANANS WHO ARE PAYING $6 PLUS FOR DIESEL, WHO ARE SEEING
01:12:24SOARING FERTILIZER PRICES, THE PRICE OF GROCERIES SOARING
01:12:26BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO BUCK YOUR
01:12:31PARTY WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE PEOPLE.
01:12:34THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> THANK YOU. MR. BUTTNER.
01:12:38SAME MR. OBAMA. OUR FOREIGN POLICY MUST ALWAYS
01:12:40PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> OUR COUNTRY IS MOST SECURE
01:12:44WHEN WE PURSUE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. AND LET ME BE CLEAR.
01:12:48ALL SUPPORT HAVING OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN
01:12:51ANOTHER FOREVER WAR. BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT REGIME
01:12:55TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
01:12:57WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT OUR TROOPS AND OUR DIPLOMATS AS
01:13:01THEY TO SET BACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR
01:13:03PROGRAM AND WORK TO REOPEN THEIR
01:13:06CONTROL OF THE STRAITS.
01:13:08AS A SENATOR, I PUSH FOR A QUICK
01:13:10AND A END TO THE CONFLICT.
01:13:14BUT WE CAN'T VOTE TO STOP
01:13:17ALLOWING WEAPONS USE AGAINST IRAN.
01:13:19WE WOULD CUT OUR DIPLOMATS OFF THE KNEES AND WE WOULD GET A
01:13:22TERRIBLE DEAL. IRAN WOULD IMMEDIATELY START REBUILDING ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
01:13:26WOULD TAKE CONTROL THE GULF AND
01:13:28WE WOULD SEE PERMANENTLY HIGHER OIL PRICES.
01:13:32WE HAVE TO PUT AMERICA FIRST. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY.
01:13:36NO FINAL 30 SECONDS TO MS. BANKHEAD LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
01:13:39REAL REASON WHY THIS WAR STARTED
01:13:41TO DISTRACT THE EPSTEIN FILES. >> THAT'S ALL THIS, FOLKS.
01:13:45YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT AMERICA FIRST, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR
01:13:50CHILDREN AND THE INCUMBENT
01:13:52CROWNED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
01:13:54THE REPUBLICAN SEAT IS WHAT
01:13:57THEY'RE HOPING ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO VOTED NOT TO OPEN UP THE
01:14:00EPSTEIN FILES. NOT TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
01:14:04I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE EPSTEIN CLASS.
01:14:07I 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
01:14:15JONATHAN AND BARRY, AND IT GOES TO MR. AUSTIN.
01:14:18>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IMPORTANT INTERACTIONS WITH
01:14:22MONTANA'S NATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
01:14:27WHAT DO YOU THINK FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CAN DO TO WORK MORE
01:14:31EFFECTIVE LEAD WITH MONTANA TRIBES, RESOLVE MISSING AND
01:14:34MURDERED INDIGENOUS CASES? >> ABSOLUTELY.
01:14:38SO BEING THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE THAT WAS BORN AND RAISED ON
01:14:41HIGH LINE, I HAVE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS. I HAVE MANY, MANY NATIVE
01:14:45AMERICAN NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORT
01:14:47THE NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS OUR STATE.
01:14:50AS WE KNOW, MISSING WOMEN,
01:14:52INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
01:15:07IS 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
01:15:10RESERVATION 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.
01:15:14WE'LL WORK HARD OUTSIDE THE RESERVATION TO DO WE CAN TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRIME, THIS CRIMINAL ACTION OUT THERE.
01:15:18BUT WHEN NEED HELP ON THE RESERVATION I WILL BE THERE TO
01:15:21PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S MONETARY OR WHETHER BOOTS
01:15:24ON THE GROUND. >> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN. SAME QUESTION TO MR. BODNER.
01:15:28SO 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
01:15:36RESERVATION AS ONE THAT HAPPENS IN BILLINGS? AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING
01:15:40AGGRESSIVE ALLEY GO AFTER CRIMINALS OR ANYONE WHO'S TAKEN
01:15:43ADVANTAGE OF ANYONE IN OUR STATE
01:15:45ON A RESERVATION. A RESERVATION. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
01:15:49WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS A US WHO
01:15:51RESPECTS NOT JUST EVERY LIFE IN THE STATE.
01:15:55BUT WHO RESPECTS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND WHO WILL THE
01:15:58TREATIES THAT THE UNITED STATES
01:16:00ENTERED INTO WITH THE TRIBAL ACROSS MONTANA AND THROUGHOUT
01:16:04ENTIRE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
01:16:08TRIBAL ACROSS THIS STATE. WE GREW NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT
01:16:11ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BY 40% WHEN I WAS THERE
01:16:14TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER. AND WE DID THAT THROUGH
01:16:18PARTNERSHIP BY BUILDING, TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS OVER TIME
01:16:21TO WORK IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF, EVERYBODY.
01:16:24THAT'S THE SAME WAY THAT I WOULD IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
01:16:28THANK YOU, MR. BORDER. >> SAME QUESTION TO MR. ARMEY.
01:16:30>> AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
01:16:32WORKED REGULARLY WITH OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE ON
01:16:35PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
01:16:38REGULARLY AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR, AS THE UNITED STATES
01:16:42ATTORNEY, I MET WITH NOT ONLY THE COUNCILS, ALSO THE COURTS,
01:16:44THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, DRUG
01:16:47PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ORGANIZATIONS ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE COMMUNITIES, OUR
01:16:51COMMUNITIES SAFER. I ALSO ENSURED THAT OUR OFFICE
01:16:55PROSECUTED VIOLENT EVERY VIABLE, VIOLENT CRIME TO THE FULLEST
01:16:57EXTENT OF THE. AND I FOCUSED ON OUR SEXUAL
01:17:02ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS, WHICH WERE USED TO ENSURE THAT SEXUAL
01:17:05ASSAULTS GET PROSECUTED AND THAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS ARE
01:17:09CARED FOR. WE ALSO PROSECUTE.
01:17:10WE ALSO ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, NOT
01:17:13JUST ON PROSECUTING, BUT ON EXPANDING COURTS SO THAT WE
01:17:16COULD HELP DRUG USERS GET REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
01:17:20BUT ALSO, WE FOCUSED ON MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
01:17:24I BROUGHT ABOUT NATIONWIDE TRIBAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE PLANS
01:17:26SO THAT TRIBES CAN KNOW HOW TO
01:17:29RESPOND IMMEDIATELY WHEN SOMEONE GOES MISSING. AND I'LL KEEP THOSE STRONG WITH
01:17:33OUR TRIBES. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARMEY SAME
01:17:35QUESTION WAS BANKHEAD IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF LIFETIME TO
01:17:39STAND BETWEEN THE BULLY AND THE BULLIED.
01:17:42>> WHEN I WAS IN HAWAII WORKING THOSE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST
01:17:45CHILDREN TASK FORCE ISSUES, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY.
01:17:48AND YOU CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE AND SEE TESTIMONIALS FROM NATIVE
01:17:52HAWAIIAN TRAFFICKED INDIVIDUALS WHO. TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT
01:17:55I'VE DONE. AND AGAIN, THIS ALL TIES TO THE EPSTEIN CLASS.
01:17:59AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT VERSUS DEMOCRAT. THIS IS THE 1% VERSUS EVERYBODY
01:18:03ELSE. WHEN THE EPSTEIN ISSUES FIRST CAME TO LIGHT, I SAID, OH, LOOK,
01:18:07IT'S A TUESDAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR INDIGENOUS
01:18:11ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS AND NOBODY HAS THEIR BACK.
01:18:13I AM THE ONLY ON THIS STAGE THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD OF PUTTING
01:18:17HANDCUFFS ON THOSE WHO EXPLOIT INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS.
01:18:19AND I FORWARD TO PROTECTING OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN CONGRESS.
01:18:23THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. BANKHEAD. NOW, THE FINAL 32ND REBUTTAL,
01:18:27MR. AUSTIN MONTANA. >> DON'T BE FOOLED BY BABY
01:18:31BODNER. HE FOLLOWS THE OF FORMER SENATOR
01:18:33JON TESTER, WHO MADE EMPTY
01:18:35PROMISES TO NATIVE AMERICAN
01:18:37FRIENDS AND OUR NATIVE AMERICAN NEIGHBORS.
01:18:40AND HE NEVER FOLLOWED ON THOSE PROMISES. THE PROBLEMS WE SEE, ON OUR
01:18:44TRIBAL RESERVATIONS TODAY ARE A
01:18:46RESULT OF TESTER'S FAILED POLICY.
01:18:49THE SAME TESTER WHO ENDORSED SETH BONNER.
01:18:51IF SETH BONNER ELECTED AS YOUR NEXT NEXT UNITED STATES, HE WILL
01:18:55FOLLOW THOSE FOOTSTEPS AND HE WILL FAIL YOU.
01:18:59>> THANK YOU, MR. AUSTIN, FOR OUR FINAL.
01:19:02AS WITH THE DRAWING FOR WHO GOES AND WHICH ORDER, WE DID ANOTHER
01:19:06DRAWING FOR OUR CLOSING STATEMENTS.
01:19:09MISS BANKHEAD DREW NUMBER ONE.
01:19:11SO OUR CLOSING STATEMENTS, MISS BANKHEAD.
01:19:14WELL, 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
01:19:22CHILD SEX ABUSERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'M ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE.
01:19:26IS REALLY AGAINST DATA. THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA DO NOT
01:19:31WANT THEM. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO'S HELD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE BY PUTTING HANDCUFFS
01:19:34ON CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE
01:19:37FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE
01:19:40WHO HAS TRUST BUILT WITH D.C. FOLKS WHO I'VE GROWN UP WITH
01:19:44SINCE THE NINETIES, WHO ARE NOW IN CHARGE THINGS IN GOVERNMENT. AND WE'VE SPENT THE LAST 20
01:19:48YEARS PROTECTING YOU FROM. CORRUPTION.
01:19:50I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO DC.
01:19:52I ONLY TAKE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
01:19:55AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS AMAZING $5 BILL FROM A GENTLEMAN
01:19:59NAMED IN GLENDIVE AND GAVE IT TO
01:20:01ME AFTER HE HEARD SPEAK. AND HE WAS SO BOUGHT INTO THE
01:20:05MISSION THAT HE GAVE $5 THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE. AND I CARRY THAT $5 WITH ME
01:20:09BECAUSE IT AND REMINDS ME THAT
01:20:11I'M ONLY TO THE PEOPLE. I DO NOT TAKE AIPAC MONEY.
01:20:15I DO NOT TAKE CORPORATE MONEY. YOU CAN CHECK MY FEC FILINGS,
01:20:19BUT YOU KNOW THAT I WILL ABSOLUTELY FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE
01:20:21OF MONTANA BECAUSE I'M UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED AND UNAFRAID.
01:20:24THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER AT CLOSING STATEMENT.
01:20:26>> NEXT DEADLINE WAS MR. ARMEY.
01:20:29I HAVE DEEP MONTANA ROOTS AND
01:20:31I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE WITH A PROVEN RECORD OF CUTTING
01:20:35TAXES, BALANCING OUR STATE BUDGET AND LOCKING UP VIOLENT
01:20:39CRIMINALS. >> I HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE NRA AND AN A-RATING.
01:20:43MY TWO LIBERAL OPPONENTS HAVE F RATINGS. THEY TAKE US BACK TO THE BIDEN
01:20:48POLICY OF OPEN BORDERS, DEFUNDING THE RECKLESS SPENDING
01:20:52HIGHER TAXES WOKE DEA AND BOYS
01:20:55AND GIRLS SPORTS. ALL ALL PUSH FORWARD COMMON
01:20:59SENSE AGENDA TO REIN IN WASHINGTON SPENDING TO KEEP OUR
01:21:02TAXES LOW, PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS, TO SECURE OUR BORDERS,
01:21:07AND OUR ELECTIONS, AND TO CONFIRM CONSERVATIVES TO THE
01:21:12SUPREME COURT. I'VE SPENT MY CAREER SERVING AND
01:21:14PROTECTING MONTANA FAMILIES, AND
01:21:17I'M READY TO STEP UP AND SERVE AGAIN TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE
01:21:21AFFORDABLE MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER AND PROTECT OUR MONTANA
01:21:23WAY OF LIFE. I'M CURT ALL ME, AND I'D BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR VOTE.
01:21:28THANK, MR. ARMY. >> NOW CLOSING STATEMENT FROM, MR. AUSTIN.
01:21:32>> MY FELLOW MONTANANS, WHEN IT GETS TO TIME TO GO TO THE POLLS
01:21:35OR THOSE BALLOTS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THEM.
01:21:39WHO IS THE REAL MONTANA CONSERVATIVE OUT THERE WITH MONTANA?
01:21:43WHO IS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST AND WHO HAS THE DEEPEST
01:21:47ROOTS THAT CAN SERVE YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT?
01:21:50I FEEL CAN BE THAT CANDIDATE. I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
01:21:54RACE WITH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE, CAN LEAD THE ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT THE
01:21:57FAILED POLICIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS
01:22:01RACE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE THAT CAN TURN AROUND AND GET HEALTH
01:22:04CARE CHANGED AROUND FOR THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW AND FUTURE GENERATIONS COME.
01:22:08I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE THIS RACE WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
01:22:12THAT UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GO
01:22:14THROUGH WITH THE GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND THE CHALLENGES OF
01:22:18COMPETITION AND A NEW INTERNET ERA. I AM NOT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY
01:22:21MY OPPONENTS. AS I MENTIONED, I AM HERE ON MY OWN.
01:22:24IT IS TIME THAT WE RETIRE THE
01:22:27CURT ALL ME AND WE ELECT A REAL CONSERVATIVE AS MYSELF TO THE
01:22:29UNITED STATES SENATE AND SETH BONNER.
01:22:33YOU WILL NEVER BE MY SENATOR.
01:22:36>> MR. AUSTIN FINAL CLOSING
01:22:39STATEMENT GOES TO MR. BONNER. >> THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON A
01:22:43PROMISE. THE PROMISE WE GOVERN OURSELVES
01:22:47AND THAT THOSE THAT WE ELECT WORK FOR US. I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE TO
01:22:51DEFEND THAT. BUT THAT PROMISE HAS BEEN BROKEN
01:22:55TODAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. IS FILLED WITH COWARDS.
01:22:58COWARDS ANSWER TO THEIR PARTY BOSSES. THEIR CORPORATE DONORS.
01:23:01THEY SPOUT PARTY LINE TALKING POINTS LIKE YOU'VE HEARD THIS
01:23:05STAGE TODAY. THEY FOR THE INSIDERS, BUT NOT
01:23:09FOR YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE A CHOICE. NOVEMBER.
01:23:11TO CHOOSE A STATUS AND TO CONTINUE THE BROKEN POLICIES
01:23:15THAT ARE DRIVING SOARING RAMPANT
01:23:19CORRUPTION, ENDLESS WARS OR TO
01:23:21HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WHO ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF
01:23:24THIS GREAT STATE. WE HAVE A CHANCE IN MONTANA TO
01:23:27TELL WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT NEITHER PARTY OWNS THIS STATE
01:23:30AND THAT NOBODY GETS TO TAKE US FOR.
01:23:34BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, MONTANA IS MY PARTY?
01:23:37AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL JOIN ME. THANK YOU VERY FOR YOUR TIME
01:23:41TODAY. >> YOU, MR. BODNER. I WANT TO THANK ALL FOUR OF OUR
01:23:46CANDIDATES.
01:23:46BOEHNER MR. AMI WAS MR. AUSTIN,
01:23:50THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
01:23:53TODAY ON THIS WINTRY MONTANA MORNING.
01:23:56ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PANELISTS
01:23:59FOR THEIR GREAT QUESTIONS FOR ALL THE TOPICS THAT DO CONCERN
01:24:03ALL MONTANANS. SO YOU PANELISTS.
01:24:07THE GREATER MONTANA FOUNDATION
01:24:09WHO HELPED FUND THIS BROADCAST. WE THANK YOU TO THE MONTANA
01:24:13BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION WHO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
01:24:17MONTANA PBS. THANK YOU. WE HOPE WAS INFORMATIVE TO
01:24:19EVERYONE AND HELPS YOU FORM YOUR OPINION.
01:24:22WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS. THANK YOU FOR US FROM THE FIELD
01:24:26AND STREAM LODGE HERE IN BEAUTIFUL BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
01:24:33GOODBYE.
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