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Laurie Buckhout: “A lot of politicians are beholden to other people for money.”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

The Hard Truth about What’s at Stake for the 2024 Election – with Col. Laurie Buckhout

Published November 15, 2023 | Video Starts at 15:13

So how are you going to overcome a perception that hey, some politicians may not be telling the truth? You know what? I think A lot of politicians are beholden to other people for money. That's true. For influence, et cetera, et cetera. So I've made my own money, right? That's true. I started my business and then I sold it. So I have made my own money. (15:13–15:17)

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Asserts that many politicians are influenced by financial dependencies.

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“I was commissioned as second lieutenant in 1984.”
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“I went to combat as a battalion commander. Started out with 600 troops, ended up with a task force of about 800.”
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“When I retired they asked me to come back again and help them with some very unique things we were doing to stop soldiers from getting blown…”
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“North Carolina's first district... has been Democrat controlled for quite some time.”
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“The economy is a mess, the border is a mess.”
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“We need to bring back prosperity to eastern North Carolina. Help the farmers, help bring industry and help the families here and defend…”
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“The redistricting expands this district.”
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“It brings in some more traditional Republican voters, but frankly, there are a lot of Democrat voters in it.”
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“It's now probably 50 Democrat, Republican in terms of historic voting.”
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“The last several years of Democratic voting have not brought prosperity.”
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“It's brought poverty, it's brought inflation, it's brought a huge swell of illegals.”
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“There are now 8 million documented illegals in the country that we know we have.”
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“The population in North Carolina is about 10 million.”
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“Things have become so bad under Democrats that I know a lot of independent and undecided voters are going to vote Republican.”
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“I'm also in favor of term limits.”
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“I'm very much against all this transgender craze.”
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“You're going to end up with kids who are sad, sterile, will never have children.”
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“Women, so called celebrate that women of the year or no, they're men in a dress with a lot of good makeup.”
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“Our recruiting is so bad, but here's a way to get it up. We appealed transgenders that they can come in the military and they can get their…”
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“They become a lifelong burden on the taxpayer to keep their gender, all their sex change stuff going.”
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“They are non deployable.”
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“People are not able to fight already. Recruiting is a crisis because America's youth are just not ready for this. They're overweight or they…”
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“I've already had some discussions with Republican leaders in Congress that if I'm elected, when I'm elected, I'd be delighted to serve in…”
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“There's a whole lot of stuff being wrapped into the military now, like transgender health care. No, no, no, no. We don't need to be funding…”
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“Abortion's a big issue for the Republican Party.”
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“Now it's a state issue. I mean, you know, we did the right thing and you know, the Supreme Court decided not to have it down to a bunch of…”
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“That's over 60% of Americans. Right. They don't tie that to [Biden].”
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“Offering support to terrorism is actually against US Code.”
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“She is violating US Code in what she's doing.”
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“They should be pursuing criminal action, criminal charges against her.”
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“We desperately need accountability.”
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“A nation with a long history of corruption, it's very difficult for people to trust that.”
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