Meet the Press interviews for 2022 races: on Principles & Values
Adam Kinzinger:
People are being financially & emotionally abused by leaders
The last year has taught me that there are people that live in a totally different reality. All you can do, all I can do, is tell the truth and talk about the abuse because I think if people wake up to the fact that they are actually
being financially and emotionally abused by leaders, maybe that'll be enough to awaken this giant, this change. But I'm going to tell you, if there's nothing to interdict this cycle in five or ten years, we're in trouble.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Jan 9, 2022
Adam Kinzinger:
Both parties going to extremes instead of serving country
In the best-case scenario, each party challenges the other to do better, to be better, where iron sharpens iron. If you have one party plumbing the depths and the other just uses that as an excuse to go more to an extreme, to go more away from any sort
of governing consensus and towards trying to enact whatever the will of the most extreme constituency they have is that is a recipe for both parties to drive further away from anything that resembles serving the American people as a whole.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Rep. Peter Meijer
Jan 2, 2022
Adam Kinzinger:
People are being financially, emotionally abused by leaders
The last year has taught me that there are people that live in a totally different reality. All you can do, all I can do, is tell the truth and talk about the abuse because I think if people wake up to the fact that they are actually being financially
and emotionally abused by leaders, maybe that'll be enough to awaken this giant, this change. But I'm going to tell you, if there's nothing to interdict this cycle in five or ten years, we're in trouble.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Jan 9, 2022
Adam Kinzinger:
Both parties going to extremes instead of serving country
In the best-case scenario, each party challenges the other to do better, to be better, where iron sharpens iron. If you have one party plumbing the depths and the other just uses that as an excuse to go more to an extreme, to go more away
from any sort of governing consensus and towards trying to enact whatever the will of the most extreme constituency they have is that is a recipe for both parties to drive further away from anything that resembles serving the American people as a whole.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Rep. Peter Meijer
Jan 2, 2022
Mike DeWine:
Protests against me protected by First Amendment
The only thing that I've asked our protests to do is to observe social distancing. We're all big believers in the First Amendment.
They were protesting against me yesterday, and that's just fine. They have every right to do that.
Source: Meet the Press 2020 interview on 2022 Ohio Governor race
Apr 19, 2020
Mitt Romney:
Biden not elected to transform US, but to stop the crazy
Well, there's no question but that the nation is severely divided. President Biden said he was going to try to unite the country. He's got to recognize that when he was elected, people were not looking for him to transform America.
They were looking to get back to normal, to stop the crazy. He had one success, the infrastructure bill, and that was done by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate working together. Build on that kind of success.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Sen. Mitt Romney
Jan 16, 2022
Mitt Romney:
Biden not elected to transform US, but to stop the crazy
Well, there's no question but that the nation is severely divided. President Biden said he was going to try to unite the country. He's got to recognize that when he was elected, people were not looking for him to transform America.
They were looking to get back to normal, to stop the crazy. He had one success, the infrastructure bill, and that was done by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate working together. Build on that kind of success.
Source: Meet the Press 2022 interview of Sen. Mitt Romney
Jan 16, 2022
Al Sharpton:
Country must address growing problem of hate crimes
Gov. Kathy HOCHUL: Any government leader that does not condemn this and condemn it today is a coward, and they're also partially responsible. What they need to be doing is calling this out and not coddling this behavior and saying that, "Well, that's
just young people and they're sharing their ideas." Yeah, I'll protect the First Amendment any day of the week. But you don't protect hate speech. You don't protect incendiary speech. There are limitations on speech.
SHARPTON: We start by changing the tone nationally. President Biden needs to call a summit meeting of Black, Jewish, Asian leaders and talk about the growing problem of hate crimes, and that this government will not stand by and allow this to happen.
We need to have a tone where young guys like this understand the federal government will come down on them. They're monitoring what's going on, and they're not going to tolerate it.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race
May 15, 2022
Evan McMullin:
I'll maintain my independence, not caucus with either side
I will maintain my independence. I will not caucus with either side. I think that this will give Utah an added value of influence in the Senate that it just doesn't have. I think that we've seen that the senators in the chamber who are willing to act
with greater independence, serving their constituents, standing up to party bosses, standing up to extremist factions and special interest groups, they have the most influence in the chamber.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 Utah Senate race
Oct 16, 2022
Kathy Hochul:
You don't protect hate speech or incendiary speech
HOCHUL: Any government leader that does not condemn this and condemn it today is a coward, and they're also partially responsible. What they need to be doing is calling this out and not coddling this behavior and saying that, "Well, that's just
young people and they're sharing their ideas." Yeah, I'll protect the First Amendment any day of the week. But you don't protect hate speech. You don't protect incendiary speech. There are limitations on speech.
Activist Al SHARPTON: We start by changing the tone nationally. President Biden needs to call a summit meeting of Black, Jewish, Asian leaders and talk about the growing problem of hate crimes, and that this government will not stand by and allow this
to happen. We need to have a tone where young guys like this understand the federal government will come down on them. They're monitoring what's going on, and they're not going to tolerate it.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race
May 15, 2022
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