hour-long debate. your moderators tonight, tom and ian. good evening, and thank you for joining us. we do appreciate that both of the major party candidates for attorney general have agreed to join us tonight, and we look forward to hearing from both of you on important issues. we will cover a wide range of topics. we want to start with opening statements on why you are running for the office of attorney general. keith ellison, let s start with you. thank you. i m running because i want to help minnesotans afford their lives and to benefit from human and civil rights that everybody should enjoy. when you see insulin gallup g toop in price, it s tough afford your life if you have diabetes. if you see student loan debt going up, wages stagnating, you need somebody, an attorney general who will be on your side to make sure that when consumer frauds are happening, when your farm is in jeopardy, that the attorney general is standing with you. i have threed young children.
forward to hearing from both of you on important issues. we will cover a wide range of topics. we want to start with opening statements on why you are running for the office of attorney general. keith ellison, let s start with you. thank you. i m running because i want to help minnesotans afford their lives and to benefit from human and civil rights that everybody should enjoy. when you see insulin gallop in praise in just a few years, it is tough to a 40 or if you see if you have diabetes. if you see student loan debt going up, wages stagnating, you need somebody, an attorney to be onho is going your site to make sure that when consumer fraud is happening, when you form is in jeopardy, that the attorney general is standing with you. rm is inyou fa jeopardy, that the attorney general is standing with you. my wife and i have three young children. i want them to grow up in minnesota where the streets are safe, the law is respected, and the weakest among us are protected.
[applause] hello, values voter of america. hillary clinton calls you deplorable and unredeemable. [applause] i see you have gotten over that. joe biden just called you the dredge of society. ironically in a speech about tolerance. at monday nights grammy awards you were compared to crackheads, but i have a different take on it. unlike democrat senator cory booker from new jersey you are spartacus. [applause] all right, now stop results in for some scintillating announcements we need to get some housekeeping things out of the way and then witt got absolute dynamite program for you this morning. we have been single locus but like you special thanks to our major sponsors and cosponsors of this, the 13th annual values voter summit barely read the names and then when i finish would just get one loud applause for everybody, okay? that would include fc our action, american association association action american values, family research council, christian healthcare ministry come u
values waters of america. as you well know, hillary clinton calls you deplorable. [applause] i see you have gotten over that. joe biden just called you the dredge of society. ironically, in a speech about tolerance. at monday night s grammy awards, you were compared to crackheads, but i have a different take on it. unlike democrat senator cory booker from new jersey you are spartacus. [applause] all right, now strap yourselves in for some stimulating announcements that we have to do, we have to get some housekeeping things out of the way and then we have some absolutely dynamite programming for you this morning. we have been single locus, but like you special thanks to our major sponsors and cosponsors of this, the 13th annual values voter summit. let me read their names, and then when i finish, we will just get one loud applause for everybody, okay? that would include fc our action, american association association action american values, family research council, christi
politics and the november elections. we also hear from secretary of state mike pompeo who discussed u.s. advocacy for religious freedom. ladies and gentlemen, to kick off the 13th annual values ourrs summit, here is speaker. [applause] hello, values voters of america! as you all know, hillary clinton calls you deplorable and unredeemable. [applause] i see you have gotten over that. joe biden just called you the dredge of society. ironically, in a speech about tolerance. at monday night s grammy awards, you were compared to crackheads, but i have a different take on it. unlike democrat senator cory booker from new jersey, you are spartacus! [applause] all right, now strap yourselves in for some stimulating announcements that we have to do, we have to get some housekeeping things out of the way and then we have some absolutely dynamite programming for you this morning. we would like to give special thanks to our major sponsors and cosponsors of this, the 13th annual value