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John James: “I'm running against Debbie Stabenow.”

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

Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show

Published April 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 17:12

Just a fine young black man doing these things. You tell me you're running for this? Yes. For Senate. Okay. You're running against Debbie Stabenow. Oh, no, ma'. Am. Or yes, I'm running against Debbie Stabenow. but I'm running as a Republican. And then as soon as I said that. Audible gasps. I had given a card to one of the other ladies. (17:12–17:14)

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Asserts that John James ran against Debbie Stabenow in a Senate race.

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“Greater than 50% of the adult population of Detroit statistically is functionally illiterate.”
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“5% of third graders in the city of Detroit can't read at grade level.”
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“40% of those [education] funds end up getting siphoned off by belt bandits before it ever makes it to the classroom.”
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“We've lost 300,000 automotive jobs in the past 30 years [in Michigan].”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 51:01-51:07
“In the past five years, under Biden's EV mandates, Michigan itself has lost 45,000 automotive jobs.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 51:06-51:14
“By 2026, Michigan will have had 40 years of Republican governors and only 24 years of Democrat governors.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 53:34-53:42
“We became Americans first. And then when you put the priority on the flag, you put the priority on the Constitution.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 02:47-02:54
“My father... had to fight all the way up to the Supreme Court for deregulation.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 03:35-09:48
“That's the flag that I wore when I was in combat on my shoulder.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 03:49-03:54
“Being in the military, there's a different culture, it's a different lifestyle.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 05:37-05:40
“My father's effort helped to deregulate so that his trucking company could cross state lines.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 09:58-10:04
“We were able to take his company and grow it from 35 million to many times over that and provide hundreds of jobs.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 10:35-10:50
“I flew 750 hours combat in Operation [Iraqi] Freedom.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 11:18-11:31
“I was running for Senate the very first time.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 15:39-15:42
“I grew up in Detroit, right down the road here.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 16:33-16:37
“I went to public school for a few years at Burton International down in the Cass Corridor.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 16:38-16:44
“Raised in Detroit dap sep, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 16:43-16:48
“I'm so excited to continue my service as governor of the state of Michigan.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 21:45-21:50
“Mutar Al Sadr was getting funds from the Iranian regime to essentially kill Americans and innocent Iraqis.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 23:28-23:37
“They tried to kill the man. And Donald Trump still says, I love America and I'm still willing to serve.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 27:29-27:38
“A lot of young men who grew up around where I grew up in Detroit, and who looked like me didn't even have a father in the home.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 30:48-30:56
“And that is what's missing in, in the black community in particular now, this way for a long time.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 34:51-34:56
“Over 50% of the adults in Detroit are considered functionally illiterate.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 35:24-35:32
“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.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 41:31-41:39
“Ran again, won out from the top of the ticket by 11 points with abortion on the ballot.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 42:29-42:35
“Michigan is in the bottom of the bottom of educational attainment.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 47:35-47:40
“It didn't take a year or two or three or ten for the adults in Detroit to be statistically, in a majority, illiterate.”
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“We're surprised that cancer rates are going up in young people.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 49:22-49:26
“Obesity and heart disease and inflammatory disease are skyrocketing.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 49:25-49:35
“Most of these kids who are living in these environments, the only meals they may get are from school.”
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“Our hospitals are not exclusively designed to handle mental health.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 50:03-50:08
“Our law enforcement is certainly not allowed, not equipped to handle mental health.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 50:07-50:13
“Since 1983, Michigan has flip flopped governors, Democrat Blanchard about eight years, followed by 12 years of Republican John Engler…”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 53:41-54:00
“The Democrat mayor of Detroit who is running as an independent.”
Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show | Uploaded April 23, 2025 | 54:24-54:29
“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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“Most effectively as governor, I can actually put the family first agenda, a prosperity agenda that will actually help bring resources to…”
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