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John James: “I was running for Senate the very first time.”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show

Published April 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:39

You use something that I believe is the greatest show of strength, restraint. And so when I get back out and I feel. When I'm in my community and I'm talking to people, I remember I was running for Senate the very first time. And I went to the African American Museum of History in the city of Detroit to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. And going around the table was very, very new, awkward. (15:39–15:42)

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“We became Americans first. And then when you put the priority on the flag, you put the priority on the Constitution.”
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“I went to public school for a few years at Burton International down in the Cass Corridor.”
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“Raised in Detroit dap sep, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church.”
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“I'm running against Debbie Stabenow.”
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“Mutar Al Sadr was getting funds from the Iranian regime to essentially kill Americans and innocent Iraqis.”
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“Gretchen Whitmer shut down the state. She closed churches she masked and mandatory vaccinated children.”
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“She locked up seniors into nursing homes, knowing they had Covid and kept those restrictions up long after everybody else had.”
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“Ran again, won out from the top of the ticket by 11 points with abortion on the ballot.”
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“Michigan is in the bottom of the bottom of educational attainment.”
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“We're surprised that cancer rates are going up in young people.”
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“Obesity and heart disease and inflammatory disease are skyrocketing.”
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“Most of these kids who are living in these environments, the only meals they may get are from school.”
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“Our law enforcement is certainly not allowed, not equipped to handle mental health.”
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“I can bring bills that will improve lives. I can bring bills that [fight] for seniors, protecting Medicare and Social Security last year.”
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“I can bring bills that will help reduce veterans suicides.”
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