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Mike Erickson: “I like the Supreme Court's decision that it should be a…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published September 30, 2022 | Video Starts at 12:59

I'm a common sense person when it comes to abortion here. You know, the states right advocates. And I think what he's saying on a federal level, I don't agree with. I like the Supreme Court's decision that it should be a state's decision. So what he's saying is make it a federal decision, which I. Supreme Court's already ruled, so I disagree with him on that. (12:59–13:04)

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“I just think our country is really heading in the wrong direction on a lot of fronts.”
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“We've had a lot of people. We've expanded into Europe. We got Canada and Toronto.”
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“We're a US company that was headquartered here in Tigard, Oregon.”
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“We have offices throughout the US, Boston, New York, and people, Denver, all over.”
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“We're supply chain consultants and we help some of the larger corporations and small companies as well help solve their challenges.”
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“Rising supply chain costs and the capacity issues and shortages and delays. It's a big issue that's affecting America and our businesses…”
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“Higher inflation, higher gas prices, the economy that's crippling America right now.”
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“We've got a borderless lawless. It's really the southern border needs addressing.”
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“We need real immigration reform, and we need to get our crime and rampant problems like that under control.”
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“I don't believe Biden had the authority.”
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“I really believe that should have been an act of Congress, and Congress should have decided that.”
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“I don't think that Biden should just do an executive order and just do that arbitrarily.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 10:00-10:05
“I think that even though the intent may have been to do some things good for the people that need it, I know that was one of those campaign…”
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“There are too many people in America that aren't getting this benefit here.”
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“It's unfair to a lot of people in this country.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 11:34-11:37
“I think that's where Congress should have got involved in Biden just making this decision arbitrarily.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 11:42-11:48
“Those people that have got those degrees are some of the highest paying people, paid people in our state and our country.”
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“I think this was hastily done. I think it was a political event, and it should have been done by Congress.”
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“What he's proposing is put it back on the federal level, and I disagree with him.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 13:24-13:29
“I think it should be back at the state level.”
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“The Oregon Constitution's in place. I'm not running for office in Congress to change the Constitution.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 13:49-13:55
“Here in Oregon, the Constitution's been set by the voters and the people they elected.”
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“I think that's, you honor, the Constitution when you get elected.”
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“What Selena has put on tv is a lot of fictitious stuff.”
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“Mike never asked me to get an abortion, never encouraged me to get an abortion.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 14:50-14:55
“I helped her out because this girl I was dating... wanted some help.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 15:08-15:19
“I've made one mistake in my life. When it comes to a bad decision, when it comes to law.”
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“I was 0.12. When all said and done, I thought it was fine.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 16:00-16:04
“I went through diversion, did all the classes, did everything. It's been dismissed.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 16:58-17:04
“Mike's never been charged with any charge at all related to drugs. No drug, felony possession.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 17:29-17:35
“Our lawyers have been talking to them. We have all the documentation.”
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“You cannot be charged a felony. You can only be charged a misdemeanor for your first offense ever for one oxycodone pill.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 18:59-19:06
“What Andreas ladies is putting on tv is 100% not true.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 19:06-19:10
“I've never tried marijuana in my life. I've never tried an oxycontin. I've never tried any, like, cocaine ever in my life.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 19:28-19:35
“Mike Erickson has been convicted or charged with penalty, drug possession. She has cocaine on tv.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 19:41-19:47
“I believe climate change is real.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 26:53-26:57
“I'm a strong advocate for a hybrid approach to a green energy solution.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 26:58-27:04
“What Biden did back in, when he first got elected or in office here, he executed executive orders, shutting down, fully funded. The project…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 27:05-27:18
“Had he not done that, that probably would have been close to being done today and resolved a lot of our energy crisis, high prices of fuel…”
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“We should be working on future long term green energy solutions. Better battery technology, the windmill, solar, the wave technology, and…”
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“The connectivity issues between the grid and the solar panels that you see out on the gorge and things like that. They're taking two years…”
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“Prices are going up, there's a lack of copper out there, world demand for certain products.”
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“She blatantly lied and broke Oregon statutes on election secretary.”
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“You cannot put on tv that someone's charged a felony possession of drugs and have lines of crack cocaine.”
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“I've never been charged.”
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“I was never double the limit on my alcohol. I was 0.04 over.”
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“I think we need to increase their [police officers'] pay.”
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“We need to provide more training and support so they [police officers] can do their job better.”
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“We need to support them [police officers] and help them.”
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“Those could probably expand into double check, make sure all the procedures were done properly and nothing was done wrong.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 33:28-33:34
“I like accountability. I'm sure the law enforcement don't like that, but I do.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 33:33-33:39
“There are some bad apples out there, say it's like even less than 1%.”
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“Those other 99% police officers that may make a mistake, then you put them in jail for an honest mistake. I want to make sure that doesn't…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 34:07-34:15
“The people that intentionally do things wrong out there, they should be held accountable.”
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“She was interviewed there. She's out to say, I support all the initiatives of BLM. She's out there. Which one of the top three before was…”
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“When I said, Salinas, she wants to defund the police, she's out there herself, and it's everywhere. She says, I just pictures of her. I…”
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“Senate Bill 1510 2022 this year voted to forbid, forbid police from making traffic stops for vehicle infractions, endangering people.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 38:04-38:15
“Police can't do the job and pull you over. To back the bill that would prevent a police from making arrests for theft and trespassing.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 38:27-38:35
“Voted to prevent police from arresting you for interfering with an officer.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 38:34-38:40
“She voted for that. There's a whole bunch of bills. You ask for examples. Those are all documented. That bill number is house Bill 23 66…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 38:53-39:04
“She did say defund the police in all those movements. So you can't say she doesn't do that.”
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“We just need to do a better job enforcing the many gun laws and background checks that we do have in place today.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 41:54-42:00
“You can't buy alcohol at age 1920. Some people think, why should you be able to buy an AR 15 at that?”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 42:06-42:15
“If you have a history of posting dangerous threats on tv, on your website or your Facebook and things like that, or you have health issues…”
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“We need to do a better job at keeping those people from getting guns.”
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“We need better background checks and those people buying those, those mass assault white weapons and make sure that people that are getting…”
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“Criminals somehow always find guns no matter what you do. Law enforcement, the DH, they always find guns in the black market. They break in…”
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“We just need to be tougher on our das and our judges. If you commit a crime with a gun. We need to hold them accountable and hold them…”
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“We need to hold our judges and Das more accountable.”
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“She pushed single handedly and led the initiative push the farm worker overtime bill in Oregon.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 48:36-48:43
“Her statement in the Oregonian Orlando Channeling of Oregonians stated that, you know, you know, I'm really here for the migrant workers…”
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“Our district, the 6th district, is a lot of rural, the wine country, Yamville, Polk County, Marion county.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 49:01-49:08
“I paid them a lot of money, like $25 an hour, way more than minimum wage.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 49:29-49:35
“Now I'm required to pay them over time. I now can't afford that.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 49:35-49:39
“The cost of food is going to be going up, cost of nursery stocks going up.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 49:48-49:52
“Andrea and her group, she was the lead initiative petitioner on this bill, didn't even take the farm bureau or Ag PACs endorsement into…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 50:01-50:10
“I've been endorsed by almost every agriculture industry out there.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 50:17-50:21
“We really need immigration, real immigration reform to tackle that problem.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 50:25-50:30
“Making the process of getting a work visa is very difficult, and most people don't do that.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 51:01-51:08
“It's now backed up seven, eight years, I'm hearing, to get a court date just to go back.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 51:23-51:29
“They allow 140,000 work visa permits a year under the w two a. That needs to be expanded to like a million or 2 million right now.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 52:02-52:10
“We just got to stop the asylum part of it.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 52:36-52:39
“One of my top priorities is to try to get immigration under control, and that means real reform.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 53:03-53:10
“The moment that gets signed, stock markets crash, inflation started going up more.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 55:41-55:47
“The consumer price index went up for the last four or five months since it was nothing but actually hurt it.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 55:47-55:53
“You're creating an agency out there under this bill, which I don't like, 87,000 new IR's agents.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 56:04-56:10
“It's going to be a larger agency than Homeland Security.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 56:09-56:12
“I think those resources should have been reapplied to Homeland Security, the southern border to maybe immigration so we could process work…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 56:11-56:20
“Two thirds to 90% or 80% of it is not good.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 56:26-56:30
“I didn't read all the details on it to give you that full answer, to be honest, it's a pretty big bill.”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 56:42-56:47
“I didn't like the fact that all these things are bundling one big bill from IR's agents, the climate to everything that's just one big bill…”
November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6 | Uploaded September 30, 2022 | 58:49-58:59
“Without those dollars for IR's agents could have gone to immigration services when they badly need it or to process the work visas and…”
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