Senate candidate John James speaks out on 'Fox & Friends.'
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About it, join us, live from
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listen up, youre, not
running against President Trump
or Betsy Devos youre running
against me, and this may surprise
you, but no one owns me
Steve there. You go Michigan
Senate republican candidate, John
James firing back at h,
democratic opponent, Gary Peters,
after Mr Peters claimed James
cant, stand up to President
Trump or Education Secretary,
Betsy, Devos
and John James joins us right
now from Detroit
John Good Morning to you
good morning, thanks for
having me back on
Steve, okay, so, Mr Peters, the
senator is accusing you of
being controlled by the Devos
family and supporting Betsy
Devos, two thousand and seventeen education funding
plan, but hes talking about
stuff that you might have felt
before you ever ran for office.
Well, this is the thing
I was able to stand up against
terrorists. I can certainly stand
up against anything that the
politicians throw at me
these days,
ive actually been shot at and
these lies are going to bounce
off, because the american people
and people in the state of
Michigan know the truth.
The fact is, the polls have been
closing Rcp just rated this as
a tossup. People of the state of
Michigan are excited for change,
because Senator Peters is
running on a record of failure
and lies.
I not only threaten this seat.
Democrats are terrified, putting
four ads up against me in the
past week, because I not only
threaten this seat but their
entire narrative to in sin. You
ate that I cant think for
myself or stand up for
myself when the Democrats
have a presidential nominee who
says blacks, dont have diversity
of thought, I think is
unconscionable and Senator Peter
s still. Hasnt spoke spoken
for that
Steve. We did invite Senator
Peters to appear on the show, and
we have not heard back
no surprise
Steve, just to be clear, John,
go ahead and tell the folks
watching now. What is your plan
on education?
Well, im extremely
passionate about education.
I believe that education is the
reason other than the good
Lord, that my father was able to
come from the streets of
Mississippi and go from poverty
to prosperity in one generation.
I believe that education is a
basic civil right in this nation
and I believe there
should be no wrong path for our
children to have brighter
futures
im going to be working with
anyone and everyone to make sure
that our children have better
futures to make sure that adults
can earn and learn and achieve
greatness building on essential
life skills literacy, because we
need to be able to make sure
that everybody, regardless of
zip code, has the opportunity for
success.
Steve. You know speaking of
success. It looks as if Joe
Biden, who had a substantial lead
a month or two ago it looks
like its getting closer and
closer right. Now, according to
real clear politics, Biden is up
by two point: six, which is not that much
well. I dont necessarily
focus on polls as much as I
focus on the people and when I
go around the state of Michigan,
both from Rural America, thats
been forgotten and Urban America
thats been neglected. People
are looking at Gary Peters and
looking at the fact that hes
been in office for thirty years,
hes been in Washington for ten
hes, been in the Senate for six
and hes talking about
delivering on promises that hes
failed,
hes, literally running on
failure. Hes the cant open his
mouth without talking about
being ranking member on homeland
security. Yet we were unprepared
for this pandemic and he said
we need to fix the postal
service four years ago and were
still looking at some of these
issues. Senator Peters has a lot
of accounting to do to the
people of the state of Michigan
and im excited to be able to
bring new and exciting
leadership,
Steve well its nice to have.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-02.