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I believe that the primary role of the government is to protect people and not run their lives. You used to be able to believe that in the Democratic Party.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

Here's what I believe, I think the FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in the history of the world but i think there was some bad apples over there.

Do FBI Agents and FBI directors have political beliefs? Sure they do. But they're not supposed to act on them.

We also cannot allow Wall Street banks to rewrite the Second Amendment just because they're too big to fail.

Beto's copy of the Bill of Rights goes from one to three. Mine includes the Second Amendment. But there are a whole host of people here in Washington... they would be happy to confiscate America's guns. And if you don't believe that, then you probably also still believe in Bigfoot.

Look, the American people are smart.

Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.

Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.

I don't want to impugn the motives of my colleagues, but my attitude is, speaking just for me, you either believe in border security or you don't.