Graham Platner

I believe in the Second Amendment just as much as I believe in the First.

We have a right to bear arms, to protect ourselves, our families.

We have a right to own weapons for sport or for hunting.

But like any freedom in the Bill of Rights, it's not absolute.

We have to protect good paying oil and gas jobs.

I've had family members who have worked in the oil and gas industry.

I went to Texas public schools funded by Texas oil and gas.

So I owe a lot to the industry and I know that some of these jobs keep whole families afloat.

And so I want to protect our status as an energy leader here in Texas.

You can't call yourself a Christian and destroy God's creation with greenhouse gases.

Did the vetting process turn up the tattoo that became so controversial?

No.

The Reddit posts, did that turn up?

The firm sent us a thing, and it had some of the posts, but it didn't have all of them.

And what did you think about that?

How did you think your way through the fact that he had posted these things on social media?

You're saying it's rigged like the president?

I'm not saying it's rigged.

I'm saying it stinks to high heaven and everybody knows that.

I can't get in too much.