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AL-2 GOP Hopeful Caroleene Dobson - Jeff Poor Show - Thursday 10-03-24
(upbeat music) Look about to the jump force show what if I talk. 1006.5. Type permitting, we can work in a text or 22513430106. If you want to participate in the program, like I said, time permitting. But joining us now on the line, she is the Republican nominee and I'll have a second congressional district running against a gentleman named Shamari figures on the Democrat side. But always glad to bring on Caroline Dobson on the program. Caroline, good morning. How are you? - Good morning, Jeff. I'm doing great. How are you? - Doing well, doing well. Thank you for making time for us. So how goes the campaign? I mean, we're getting close to that month window here. And I don't, I mean, this is kind of an oddball district. No one really knows what to expect. - That's right. It's a very, very close race. And we feel great. I'm down here in Mobile today. Started a day off yesterday in Montgomery and will be all over the district over the next week, over the weekend, and over, you know, the next month until November 5th. So, and hopefully thereafter, having the opportunity to represent this district. But we have some really exciting opportunities. We have a message that's resonating with folks across this district. And we have the momentum in this race. - Seems like you got some momentum, but I think, I mean, a line of probably what's going to happen in your race is tied to the national politics and Donald Trump and Kamal Harris at the top of the ballot. Let me ask you this. Let's just talk about some of the issues. I mean, you know, watching this, the disaster response. And I know that most of the, I mean, some of the, I guess, some of the counties that would be in the future AL2 were declared emergency disaster areas. But not really too much trouble there as far as the storm goes. But I guess it's the lesson not to be this. I mean, this could have been Alabama and this could have hit Alabama and you could be suffering from the same fallout. The lack of federal response in a lot of other places are. I mean, have you been keeping up with that? - Oh, absolutely. My husband's mom is from North Carolina originally. He still has family in North Carolina and knows folks in Avery County, which was one of the hardest hit counties. And also this is an area much like Ivan back in 2004 that's not accustomed to thinking about hurricanes. Just these are the mountains of North Carolina. So a lot of folks think that they're safe and insulated from the impact of hurricanes. It's the isolated area. And so the importance of national federal response to disasters like this is all the more important. Fairly or unfairly along the coast, I feel like we're very prepared generally. I mean, certainly there's still the Katrina's but it's always in the back of our mind about hurricanes. But this is an area again shows you that natural disasters, no, no boundaries and that's why we need a strong federal government that's responsive and one that hasn't, whose resources haven't already been strained like we've seen under this administration through the open border policy that has already depleted so many resources through bad energy policy as well. We know when Biden made the decision back early in his administration to really cripple American energy now in order to keep gas prices down, he's depleting our reserves so that gas prices won't continue to skyrocket. And so in the threat of natural disaster response and what we're seeing globally, in the threat of global warfare, we're in a really bad position when it comes to our energy resources. And that can all be laid at the feet of the Biden-Harris administration. And really my opponent who was part of Biden's transition team that in those first 100 days made these decisions that have set in place and set in motion are the diminishment of our energy independence. We're now energy dependent. When we were energy independent in 2019. And again, when it comes to disaster release, so much of that depends on our strength and our resources of getting to the areas where help is needed and providing those resources. - I mean, I think this probably, I mean, there's gotta be a congressional investigation here. Like how does, how are these resources depleted with an emphasis on immigration or asylum for refugees or whatever is going on at DHS to the point where the federal governments have so hamstrung that FEMA can't respond away, it needs to assert itself the way it needs to in the wake of one of these disasters. I mean, is it this, Caroline, do you think that the administration, perhaps the Biden administration comes to Congress and says, hey, we need a bunch of money for disaster relief and it's like a crisis. We're not gonna let this crisis go to waste and I mean, there's all kinds of like questions and I don't think that they're being as upfront about it given it's an election cycle. - Oh, absolutely not. No, I mean, the fact is they have wandered our resources. They have caused state and local governments to be under strain because of the open border policies because of reckless government spending. And now when we do have a true emergency, the money's not there and people are suffering. There have been casualties because of the fact that this administration has been asleep at the wheel really when it comes to being good stewards of the many God-given resources that our country has. I mean, look, we have incredible resources when it comes to renewable and non-renewable sources of energy with the number of underserved communities we have just in this district without even counting for natural disasters, we have a moral obligation to responsibly develop all sources of energy. We have a moral obligation to be good stewards of our resources, of our federal dollars and this administration has proven time and time again that they are anything but that. - Joy by Carolyn Dobson, she is the Republican candidate for Congress in the newly drawn Second Congressional District. Carolyn, let's talk about this. I'm sure you're aware of the run on toilet paper and other essential items at the wholesalers or Walmart or grocery store, wherever. But I think this dock worker strike may have ignited that spark but just as uncertainty in America right now, I think kind of exacerbates these panics and not only not believing, not trusting your government, even though it will say, well, you have nothing to worry about we don't import toilet paper. So it would come 90% as manufactured here. But people, there's a real distrust of the system out there right now. And I think this is like a textbook example of it. - Oh no, absolutely. Well, I mean, you can't blame people for a lack of trust in a government that again has created guy rocketing inflation that has driven the cost of gas and groceries up. And for an administration that has been told that people of America up until June 27th that Biden was a competent leader, that he had all his mental facilities and he was struck with attack. So, I think just the debate alone aside from policy has really called into question the trust that the American people have with their leaders and certainly with what, anything that comes out of official mouthpieces of this administration. - Yeah, and I mean, it's like people are responding to the panic, not necessarily the strike at this point. But like, I, you know, just this is why we gotta change the way things are going. Not just in Washington, but in the country. But I think it starts in Washington because there's such distrust of our institutions and their ability to write things. People are like better safe than sorry, which is fine. But maybe when we're depleting our publics of paper towels, I mean, we're having too many of these panic situations going back to COVID and going back in the last four or five years. - Right, no, it's creating chaos and hysteria. When they're again, just kind of given all of the things that are happening throughout the world, we've never needed to be more unified and clearheaded and level-headed and connected by a purpose. You know, I don't think it's realistic to think that we'll ever all be on the same page politically. I mean, that's certainly, we wouldn't want that, you know, a value diversity of thought and different viewpoint. But we do need to be unified in working together to try to come up with solutions to problems. And that is only going to happen if we trust each other. And we can, you know, pursue our issues with tenacity, but also with civility. But again, we can only do that if again, there's that underlying trust. And I mean, I think you see that in this strike that is creating a lot of this hysteria when it comes to, you know, concern, understandable concern about shortages of various items. I mean, this is a hundred million dollar a day impact for the port of Mobile. And I understand that the port employees want to be paid more. I mean, given the physical demands of their job, combined with inflation that has risen drastically in the past three and a half years, you know, they deserve a good day's wage for their hard work. But, you know, I think if there were trust in communications between employees and employers, we wouldn't be in this situation. And certainly if there are trust between the people of this country and our government, we would not be in that, again, the chaotic situation that we are right now. - Yeah, and I just did distrust it. And we ask you this because let's just, let's operate on an assumption Donald Trump's able to pull it out in November. And so much of like the problems with government. And I think it's, you know, directly impacting society and profound ways disaster response, just distrust in general. What do you think the mandate is there? And how far should Trump go and trying to, and people call it a deep state or what you call an administrative state or whatever, trying to dismantle that and take some of the, that hold on power away and in particular, take it away like just as you have this left-wing orthodoxy of these unelected people that are kind of, you know, controlling our lives to some degree. - Yes, well, deregulation has been a very, very center plank of that platform from the very get-go. And, you know, originally coming from the background of growing up in rural Alabama with small family farm and just the amount of regulation that impacts our small farmers throughout this district. But it impacts every single business, every single person. And the truth is, you know, when we're divided, we're easier to control. And so that's what those on the radical left want. But we, right now, especially under this administration have an administrative state that is operating as a fourth branch of government, speaking to control and consolidate, instead of encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. And I think we talked about it before, but, you know, under the Trump administration, there was a regulatory bill of rights which issued as an executive order, which just provided some basic guidelines for how agencies operate. And the fact that, you know, we have regulations, you know, to serve as a framework to protect American citizens, not to stop American citizens from starting businesses, not to stymie the growth and opportunity in our economy. And unfortunately, the regulatory bill of rights, which was, I mean, if you look at it, that was absolutely nonpartisan. It said that if, you know, if an agency is investigating a small business, that the agency bears a burden of proving that this business has violated the regulation next day. You know, that is a burden that's analogous in our court system. And yet, you know, that's currently, because the Biden administration repealed the regulatory bill of rights. That varies from agency to agency. As far as, you know, whether a small business owner is accused of violating some rule of regulation, they may not even know or may not actually apply to them. So, you know, we have got that certainly the lower right decision reversing Chevron analysis is a huge step in the right direction. But it's going to take legislative work to scale back the regulatory state. And let me, again, let me be clear, like, you know, we need some regulations, absolutely. But the purpose, again, of those should be, you know, basic protection for the American consumer, for the average American citizen, and not an antagonism to the growth of American opportunity. - Carolyn, we've got to get out of here before to let you go. Folks want to help out with your campaign, they want to get involved, or they just want to make a contribution, or whatever it may be, how can they do so? - Yes, no, I'm, again, so grateful for the support throughout this district as we approach Tuesday, that'll be one month out, and this race is all about turnout. So if you're interested in helping in any capacity or contributing financially, you can learn more at Dobson for congress.com. That's D-O-B is in boy S-O-N-S-O-R-C. Congress.com, we have mobile headquarters, the Timebrook Shopping Center. Generally, we're open on weekdays from about 10 until 2 p.m. And then our website also has more information about events coming up, rallies, and other ways that you can participate or get a yard sign if you want one. - Carolyn Dobson, ladies and gentlemen. Carolyn, thank you. - Thank you. - Bye. - This is F.M. Talk, 106.5.