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CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. WELCOME BACK TO CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE AND OUR GUEST, FORMER TEXAS CONGRESSMAN WILL HURD, WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS A REPUBLICAN. WE’RE GOING TO BRING IN QUESTIONS FROM OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE OF TOWN HALL. NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS HERE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET TO AS MANY AS WE CAN. I’LL JUMP IN WITH AN ONLINE QUESTION AND A FOLLOW UP HERE AND THERE. BUT WE WANT TO GET THINGS STARTED RIGHT AWAY WITH A QUESTION FROM BENJAMIN BOLGER. HI, BENJAMIN. WHAT’S THE NAME? BEN I’M BEN BOLGER. NICE TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, DOES HAVING SERVED IN THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GIVE YOU ENOUGH EXECUTIVE LEVEL, EXECUTIVE LEVEL LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE TO SERVE AS A NATIONAL LEADER AND HOW DO YOUR ROLES IN THE CIA AND THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PREPARE YOU TO EFFECTIVELY BE OUR NEXT US PRESIDENT? GREAT, THANKS FOR THE THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. SPENDING SIX YEARS IN THE HOUSE AND ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE SEATS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY DOES PREPARE ME BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THE 23RD DISTRICT OF TEXAS, IT WAS EVERYTHING FROM NUCLEAR ENERGY TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BORDER SECURITY. AND SO YOU GOT EXPOSURE TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I HAD THE LARGEST GROUP OF OF MEDICARE RECIPIENTS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAD EVEN A NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES IN MY DISTRICT. SO I HAD I HAD TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE GROUP, WHOLE SET OF THOSE KINDS OF THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. MY TIME IN THE ABSOLUTELY HELPED PREPARE ME BECAUSE I’VE SEEN OUR ENEMIES UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. I DON’T NEED BRIEFINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEMS AND HOW OUR WORLD IS GETTING INCREASING, COMPLICATED AND INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS. BECAUSE I WAS ON THE FRONT LINES, YOU KNOW, MY MY JOB WHEN I WAS IN I STARTED AT AT 22. I USED TO SAY MY FIRST TWO YEARS WAS AT THE SUPER SECRET TRAINING FACILITY CALLED THE FARM. AND NOW IT’S ON GOOGLE MAPS. I ALWAYS WISH THAT WAS A JOKE, BUT IT’S TRUE. IT’S ON GOOGLE MAPS. TWO YEARS IN INDIA, TWO YEARS IN PAKISTAN, A TWO YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY DOING INTERAGENCY WORK, AND THEN A YEAR AND A HALF IN AFGHANISTAN, WHERE I MANAGED ALL OF OUR UNDERCOVER OPERATION, MY JOB WAS TO STOP TERRORISTS FROM BLOWING UP OUR HOMELAND. MY JOB WAS TO STOP RUSSIAN SPIES AND CHINESE SPIES FROM STEALING OUR SECRETS. MY JOB WAS TO STOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION FROM BRINGING IN A DIRTY BOMB. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROTECTING OUR BORDERS, PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS, I HAVE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN THAT. SO ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED PREPARE ME FOR FOR TAKING ON TAKING ON THIS POSITION. THANK YOU. QUICK FOLLOW UP FOR YOU, CONGRESSMAN. WHEN YOU WERE SERVING OVERSEAS UNDERCOVER, DID YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE IDENTITY? UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED ME THAT AND I DID. I HAD SEVERAL EXCUSE ME. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT BORDER SECURITY, ONE OF MY JOBS WHEN I WAS IN THE CIA WAS TO TO TRAVERSE OTHER PEOPLE’S BORDERS. RIGHT. SO I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AT A LEVEL THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T. BUT MY DAY JOB WAS STAMPING VISAS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND I DO THAT ALL DAY. AND THEN AT NIGHT I’D GO TO I’D GO DO MY REAL JOB AND SO SO YEAH, HAD I HAD MULTIPLE IDENTITIES. BUT MOST OF THE TIME, IF YOU WERE TALKING IF YOU WERE CALLING ME WHEN MY MOM WAS CALLING ME AND WHEN I WAS LIVING IN PAKISTAN, SHE SHE KNEW ME AS WELL. HEARD ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LEONARD MORRELL. LEONARD, IS THAT LEONARD? YES. REAL NICE. NICE TO MEET YOU. YEAH. HOW WILL YOU REDUCE INFLATION AND REDUCE THE DEFICIT WITHOUT CONGRESS HELP? BECAUSE ALL THEY SEEM TO WANT TO CARE ABOUT DOING IS INVESTING, HATING EACH OTHER. YEAH. LOOK, A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. FISCAL POLICY IS AS IMPORTANT AS MONETARY POLICY. RIGHT? WHEN WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT INFLATION IS WHAT IS THE FED GOING TO DO ON INTEREST RATES AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS THAT IS IN THE SYSTEM? AND WHEN YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEADS TO INFLATION IS CREATION OF TOO MUCH MONEY FED HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT ALSO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD HAPPEN AND THE WAY YOU DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT AND YOU GOT TO START WITH DEALING WITH THE DEFICIT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE DEBT, THE WAY YOU DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT IS LET’S HAVE A TWO YEAR BUDGET OR A FOUR YEAR BUDGET. RIGHT. AND THAT CREATES A LEVEL OF OF CONSISTENCY EVERYWHERE I GO. I DON’T CARE IF I’M IN FAR WEST TEXAS OR THE NORTH COUNTRY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEN EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OPERATES UNDER A PRINCIPLE OF IF YOU DON’T USE IT, YOU KNOW WHAT? LOSE IT, RIGHT? LIKE THAT IS THE CRAZIEST WAY, YOU KNOW, TO OPERATE. AND SO THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE DOESN’T EXIST TO BE EFFICIENT, TO SAVE MONEY. BUT IF YOU WENT TO A A TWO TO EVEN A FOUR YEAR BUDGET OVER THE LIFE OF A PRESIDENCY, YOU WOULD REMOVE THAT AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO START BENDING BACK THAT COST CURVE ON OUR DEFICIT. RIGHT. IT’S ABOUT 1.7 FOR OUR FEDERAL DEFICIT. 3.2 EXCUSE ME, 32 TRILLION FOR OUR NATIONAL DEBT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT A PRESIDENT COULD COULD ULTIMATELY DO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS. BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO WORK TOGETHER. HERE’S THE THING I LEARNED. YOU KNOW, I REPRESENTED A DISTRICT THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS, BACK AND FORTH, REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT. IF EVERY REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR ME, I WOULD STILL LOSE, RIGHT? I HAD TO GET INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS. AND WHAT I’VE LEARNED IS WE’RE BETTER TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. AND BASED ON SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE ON THE HILL, YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY SHOW LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE WE’RE USING FISCAL POLICY IN THE RIGHT WAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JOAN WHITWORTH. JOAN? YEAH. HEY, REAL NICE TO MEET YOU. YEAH, YOU SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING THAN MANY OF YOUR FELLOW REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. SO I’M CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT WHETHER YOUR ADMINISTRA ENERGY POLICIES WOULD BE FOCUSED MORE TOWARDS PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY OR INCREASING PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUELS. WE CAN DO BOTH. IS THE REALITY OF THIS RIGHT? YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND BUT ALSO WE GOT TO POWER OUR HOMES. IT’S THE NUMBER AND YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACT CHECK ME ON THIS. I, I BELIEVE AROUND THE WORLD IT’S ABOUT A BILLION PEOPLE THAT DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO BEING ABLE TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT. RIGHT. AND SO SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENERGY. I REPRESENTED EXCUSE ME, THE EAGLE FORD SHALE AND THE PERMIAN BASIN, THE REASON THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ENERGY INDEPENDENT IS BECAUSE OF SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS, A DISTRICT I REPRESENTED. SO, YES, WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO TO USE IN ALL THE ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY. BUT LONG TERM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NUCLEAR POWER. THIS IS SOMETHING MY FRIENDS ON THE LEFT DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, A 20 YEARS AGO, THEY USED TO BE PRO NATURAL GAS. NOW THEY ATTACK NATURAL GAS. LIKE THESE ARE WAYS THAT THESE ARE ENERGY FORMS THAT ARE HELPFUL TO US TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY GOING AND AND ALSO LEAD TO SOME INNOVATION. WIND AND SOLAR IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD. AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS ALL THE ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES THINGS THAT EXIST TODAY AND THINGS THAT THAT DON’T EXIST TODAY. THANK YOU. QUICK FOLLOW UP FOR YOU THERE, CONGRESSMAN. CAN A MILITARY FORCE RELY FULLY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY OR IS FOSSIL FUEL DRIVEN POWER NECESSARY TO KEEP THEM GOING WHEN THEY NEED TO BE GOING WELL? SO THE ANSWER IS NO. RIGHT. BUT BUT EXPEDITION POWER IS IMPORTANT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THIS IS WHERE EARLY ON IN MY CAREER, WHEN I AFTER NINE OVER 11 HAPPENED, THE ON ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, I WAS THE FOURTH EMPLOYEE IN THIS UNIT CALLED THE COUNTERTERROR CENTER SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION. AND WE WERE THE UNIT THAT ULTIMATELY PROSECUTED THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND GUESS WHAT IN 2001, THE ABILITY TO OPERATE IN THE REMOTE REGIONS OF AFGHANISTAN DIDN’T EXIST. AND WE HAD TO COBBLE TOGETHER A WHOLE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGIES. SO IN AN EXPEDITIONARY ENVIRONMENT, WE NEED OUR MEN AND WOMEN TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED. IT CAN’T BE EXCLUSIVELY ELECTRIC. IT CAN’T BE EXCLUSIVELY JUST RUNNING BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT TO RUN OUT IF IT’S IF YOU’RE ONLY RUNNING ON GASOLINE. RIGHT. AND SO SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MIX SO THAT OUR THE GREATEST FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD CAN OPERATE 24 OVER SEVEN. MICROPHONE BACK IN THERE IS A CALL FROM HORSEBACK WAS INVOLVED THERE IN IN AFGHANISTAN AS WELL IT WAS IT WAS SO ONLINE QUESTION HERE COMING FROM MAX LOGAN. HE ASKS AS PRESIDENT, WHAT WILL YOU DO TO STEM THE EPIDEMIC OF MASS SHOOTINGS? HEY, MAX, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE 40,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. WHICH CAMERA ARE WE ON HERE? DIED FROM FROM GUN VIOLENCE. ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSES AND THE SCARY TREND IS THAT HALF OF OUR TEENAGERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO GET SHOT. AND THERE’S SOME VERY BASIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. ONE, UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. YOU KNOW, I REPRESENTED UVALDE, WHICH IS A TOWN IN SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO MOTHERS WHO’VE LOST THEIR CHILD, THERE’S NOTHING WORSE THAN FOR A PARENT TO LOSE A CHILD, RIGHT? AND WE GOT TO LOOK OUR MOMS AND DADS IN THE EYES AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE STOP THIS? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, AND WE CAN DO MORE THAN THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. I BELIEVE PRAYERS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, IT’S ABOUT 80% OF THE COUNTRY AGREES WITH THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO A HIGH CALIBER, HIGH CAPACITY RIFLE, YOU SHOULD BE THE SAME AGE AS IT IS TO GET A HANDGUN, WHICH IS WHICH IS 21. THESE ARE TWO THINGS. A THIRD THING, OBVIOUSLY, MENTAL HEALTH, BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT DO WE KNOW IF WE SAW SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONE OF OUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, THIS PERSON IS ABOUT TO DO THIS? WOULD WE KNOW WHO TO CALL OTHER THAN 911? THERE’S OTHER THERE’S OTHER THERE’S OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE. SO MAKING SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH IS IS THERE IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THIS IN ORDER TO TO DEAL WITH THIS. BUT THE FACT THAT 25 MILLION KIDS ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN COME AUGUST, WHEN IT STARTS AND THEN ADD THEIR PARENTS ON TOP OF THAT, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WE CAN AND IT CAN’T MEAN THAT BOTH SIDES, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, GO TO THEIR CORNERS AND RETREAD THEIR TIRED TALKING POINTS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOREVER. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO. THANKS, MAX. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CHARLES JESSEE. HEY, CHARLES. NICE TO MEET YOU. GOOD TO MEET YOU, TOO, MR. HEARD, YOU WERE RECENTLY CHARACTERIZED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. THIS IS A GOOD THING AS HAVING BEEN AN UNUSUALLY BIPARTISAN LAWMAKER. NOW, I THINK A RECENT POLL BY PEW RESEARCH SAID THAT TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS REALLY WANT TO SEE OUR POLITICIANS WORK TOGETHER. HOW CAN YOU USE THOSE SKILLS AND LEVERAGE THOSE SKILLS TO BRING OUR NATION BACK TOGETHER? I HADN’T SEEN THAT STAT, SO THANKS FOR YOU. NO NEED TO PUT THAT ON MY WEBSITE. SO. I GOT I THINK THE FINAL COUNT WAS 22 PIECES OF LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW IN SIX YEARS. THAT’S A LOT. THAT IS MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO IN TWO DECADES IS AND HOW DID I DO THAT? I ALWAYS STARTED WITH HAVING A PARTNER FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS AND THE ISSUES THAT I WORKED ON WERE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER WITH SOME FOLKS ABOUT HOW I USED TO DO A THING CALLED THE DQ. I WOULD DO TOWN HALLS AND DAIRY QUEENS WOULD DO ABOUT 30 IN A WEEK. AND I HELD RECORDS FOR THE MOST TOWN HALLS. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS YOU DO THIS IS PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU AND BRING AN ISSUE. THE FIRST BILL I GOT SIGNED INTO LAW WAS TO HELP BORDER PATROL, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. I WAS GOING TO CHANGE HOW BORDER PATROL GOT PAID OVERTIME AND ONLY IN THE GOVERNMENT WOULD YOU MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY GET PAID LESS FOR DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK. I LEARNED ABOUT THIS FROM SOMEONE WHO CAME TO A TOWN HALL THAT I DID BEFORE I BECAME, YOU KNOW, I TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND THAT WAS MY FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION. SO SO THE WAY WE WE FOCUS ON THIS IS ACTUALLY HAVING TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE THAT WE MAY DISAGREE WITH. AND THE THING THAT I’VE LEARNED REPRESENTING A DISTRICT LIKE THE 23RD AND CRISSCROSSING THIS COUNTRY IS WAY MORE UNITES US THAN DIVIDES US. AND WHEN WE FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT UNITE US, WHEN WE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, REAL ISSUES OF HOW DO YOU PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE. WHEN WE FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES, THEN WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS. YES. AND SO THAT’S THAT’S THE THAT’S THE WAY I’VE ALWAYS BEEN. I ACTUALLY BLAME MY BROTHER AND SISTER. I WAS THE BABY OF THREE. AND YOU KNOW, MY MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED WITH US AT THE TIME. AND THIS WAS BACK WE’RE ALL YOUNG ENOUGH HERE TO REMEMBER PORTABLE TVS, RIGHT? A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE BOX. THEY WOULD HELP MY BROTHER AND SISTER WHEN THEY WANTED TO WATCH SOMETHING WOULD ALWAYS ASK, HAVE ME GO ASK GRANNY FOR FOR THE PORTABLE TV. SO I LEARNED HOW TO NEGOTIATE AT A AT A REALLY YOUNG AGE. BUT BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE TO SEE THIS COUNTRY THIS CENTURY STAYS THE AMERICAN CENTURY BECAUSE WE’RE WAY BETTER TOGETHER. THANK YOU. YEAH. NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BESS MOSLEY. HEY, BESS. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF YOU NOW THAT I THINK I KNOW HOW YOU’RE GOING TO ANSWER THIS, SO. BUT I’LL ADD THE WHY. MY. SO MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, IF DONALD TRUMP WINS THE PRIMARY AND BECOMES THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR HIM? AND AND YES OR NO? WHY? SURE. SO I’VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE CONTROVERSY I’M IN, APPARENTLY IS THAT I REFUSE TO SIGN THE DEBATE PLEDGE. I’M WORKING TOWARDS MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ON THE DEBATE STAGE. 40,000 INDIVIDUAL DONORS. SO IF ANYBODY HERE CARED FOR AMERICA, YOU CAN GIVE $1 AND HELP ME GET ON THE DEBATE STAGE, BUT SAID I’M NOT GOING TO SIGN THE PLEDGE. AND IT’S NOT ABOUT SUPPORTING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. IT SAYS, I CAN’T SUPPORT A DONALD TRUMP. AND AND HERE’S THE THING. THAT’S WHY I’M RUNNING IN THIS IN THIS RACE IS IS TO BEAT HIM. I THINK IF WE NOMINATE DONALD TRUMP FOR FOUR MORE, IF WE NOMINATE DONALD TRUMP AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, WE ARE GIVING FOUR MORE YEARS TO JOE BIDEN AND THE COUNTRY CAN’T HANDLE THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A NOMINEE THAT IS ABLE TO EXPAND THE ELECTORATE TO INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS AT A TIME WHEN IN SIX OUT OF TEN AMERICANS DO NOT WANT TO SEE JOE BIDEN ON ON THE BALLOT, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS. AND SO I’VE MADE MY MY OPINIONS CLEAR AND LOOK, I CAN’T LIE TO GET ON A DEBATE STAGE TO GET ACCESS TO A MICROPHONE. I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS, BUT MY MAMA ALWAYS SAID, YOU GOT TO BE HONEST AND I’VE TAKEN ONE OATH IN MY LIFE AND THAT’S TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. I TAKE ONE PLEDGE, AND THAT’S WHEN I PUT MY HAND ON THE HEART AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SEVEN MONTHS AGO, I TOOK ONE VOW. THAT’S TO MY MY AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL WIFE. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO STICK TO. SO IF I WERE THE NOMINEE, WE ACTUALLY ARE AT THE END OF OUR TIME FOR TELEVISION HERE BEST. SO APPRECIATE THAT. CONGRESSMAN HURD, THANKS FOR DOING THIS PORTION ON TELEVISION. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING THIS CONTINUED CONVERSATION, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE ONLINE AND ON OUR MOBILE APP. SO MEET US THERE. THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. THANK YOU, DEAR AUDIENCE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. THANK YOU.