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Rachel Walden: “One of those commissioners is now a Democrat, Chris Mays…”

Featuring: Rachel Walden, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

DISCUSSIONS OF TRUTH: Az Corp. Commission Candidate Rachel Walden Espionage & Energy Policies

Published January 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:36

So, like in our commission here, back in 2008, we had a commission that was actually a republican majority commission, but One of those commissioners is now a Democrat, Chris Mays. She's our attorney general. Chris Mays? Mays. Yeah, attorney general. Now, they enacted the rest rules, and they said that the renewable energy tariff, and they said 15% of all energy, 1515 percent, had to come from renewable sources. (04:36–04:41)

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Asserts that Chris Mays, a former commissioner, is now a Democrat and the Attorney General of Arizona.

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“Most states, it's appointed by the governor.”
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“We are one of a few states that has an elected board.”
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“We're one of eight states that has authority of our board written into our constitution for our state.”
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“All of our power needs for our state are determined by your local utility board, your public utility board, too.”
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“If we want to stop Green new Deal policies, we can stop in our own state by what we do with our energy needs.”
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“In our commission here, back in 2008, we had a commission that was actually a republican majority commission.”
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“They enacted the rest rules, and they said that the renewable energy tariff, and they said 15% of all energy, 1515 percent, had to come from…”
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“We regulate over hundreds of utilities, over 300 water companies.”
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“We have co ops out in our rural communities, these nonprofit co ops that are just struggling to provide energy to the people.”
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“It's estimated $2 billion in Arizona so that we can get 15% of our energy from renewable sources.”
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“Anytime the commission mandates something, and this is, you know, across the country, when the utilities get mandates, by law, they get to…”
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“The biggest global transfer of wealth in the whole of human history happened when the government went out and shut down one business and let…”
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“40% of the energy provided to America is natural gas.”
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“California shut down two of their nuclear power plants. They've only got one working right now.”
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“Biden's got a war on natural gas.”
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“Obama started the war on coal.”
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“It's a hotbed of Chinese spies here [in Arizona].”
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“We have Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, L3 Technologies, General Dynamics [in Arizona].”
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“They waste a lot of water because they're drilling our water here for hydrogen.”
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“Mace was a Republican back then, and she's a Democrat now.”
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“Our response time is one of the worst in the whole country.”
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“AP's is one of our largest utility providers. They're one of the largest in the country.”
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“The commission forced [AP's] into a 30 year contract with a solar company, and it was very expensive to buy, to do solar through this…”
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“The government told organizations they couldn't work. Like, my gym was shut down.”
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“They propped up Amazon. They propped up Walmart. They propped up the big conglomerates. Mom and pop shut down.”
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“Every 30 hours, a new billionaire was created [after 2020].”
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“We took money away from people that are regular, hardworking Americans.”
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“Cuba shut down the schools for a year.”
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“In communist China, you know, Mao shut down the schools for two [years].”
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“You guys have a ton of wind farms in Montana. They're building more wind, aren't they?”
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“What I heard is that what McCain started is suing people off of the ballot.”
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“So now you gotta turn in like 30% to 40% more than what you need to get.”
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“The Inflation Reduction Act...is a whole bunch of subsidies for solar and wind.”
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“Not a single Republican voted for [the Inflation Reduction Act].”
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“I think he discovered a lot of corruption. Kennedy.”
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“The more I study him, the more. I mean, he even had a program for physical fitness.”
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“I saw a video just recently where he was promoting physical fitness and saw the dangers of what would happen if we had. If we had a bunch of…”
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“That was a problem in the physical fitness program that he instituted back then.”
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“I do think that's why he was assassinated myself.”
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“I feel like if I was gonna vote for a Democrat, he, like JFK today, would probably look more like a Republican in so many aspects.”
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“Like, should the federal government really get involved in physical education? Probably not. It's not their job.”
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“But if a president came out today and said, our kids are fat and they need to get in shape, everybody, before it, they'd be for it.”
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“We won't have a military if we're not in shape. We can't defend ourselves if we're not in shape.”
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“I've heard they've dumbed down a lot of the standards.”
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“JFK says there's a deep state, like, where we have a. We have people infiltrated in different states.”
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“There's obviously people in high areas of government and groups and organizations that have their own agenda.”
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“JFK ended that Peter Pan project.”
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“He actually ended that program so I could see. Yeah, the CIA definitely hated them.”
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“They're here in Arizona, MS 13?”
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“That's the benefit of me writing clean election because, I mean, you can't bribe somebody with $5.”
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“It's specific to Arizona. It's a voter initiated program. And I need 1500 Arizona voters of any party, actually, to give me $5.”
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“Then the state gives me 300,000 to run my election. And they. That money comes from DUI and traffic fines. So it's not taxpayer money.”
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“We're the only elected office in Arizona that has ethics rules that ask you to run clean.”
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