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Scott Baugh: “Government's job is to secure rights. The government doesn't…”

Featuring: Scott Baugh, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 47

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Scott Baugh with Chinese Community Dec 9, 2023 Irvine, |CA 47 |Republican Congress Candidate

Published | Video Starts at 02:59

Right. But very important that you talk about government is to secure us our right, not just get our wife away. Here's the irony, you know? Irony? Government's job is to secure rights. The government doesn't give you. Yeah, we already have that from life. Come from nature. Nature's God. Right. They don't come from the government, but the government's job is to make sure you have those rights and you get to pursue your life, your liberty and your happiness. (02:59)

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Asserts that the government's role is to secure rights, not to grant them.

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