September 9, 2025 • 18 mins
Meet Mr. Cornett, the Republican nominee for Virginia's 46th House of Delegates district, who brings a refreshing perspective to local politics with his commitment to economic revitalization and ethical governance.
As Southwest Virginia faces unique challenges due to its large land mass but smaller population, Cornett leverages his experience as a Grayson County board supervisor to advocate for targeted economic development. His vision includes preparing "shovel-ready plots" along strategic corridors like I-81 and I-77 to attract major employers without increasing the tax burden on local residents. With plans to secure positions on influential committees like the Tobacco Commission, he aims to help counties navigate available resources and fight for essential funding.
What truly distinguishes Cornett's campaign is his principled stance against accepting donations from regulated monopoly utility companies like Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy. While these corporations typically donate across party lines, Cornett recognizes the inherent conflict of interest when legislators who regulate these entities accept their financial support. This commitment to ethical governance comes at a time when Virginians face skyrocketing power bills and demonstrates his dedication to representing constituents rather than corporate interests.
On social issues, Cornett stands firmly with traditional conservative values. As a Second Amendment advocate, he supports rolling back restrictive gun legislation passed during Democratic control of Virginia government. His pro-life position includes opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee abortion rights up to birth in Virginia. Throughout the conversation, Cornett emphasizes how his faith guides his approach to public service, having felt "called" to serve his community.
With early voting beginning September 19th, Cornett makes a compelling case for the importance of state-level elections. Ready to be a voice for Southwest Virginia's economic future while upholding conservative principles, he invites voters to consider how local representation can have an even greater impact on daily life than federal officials. Join the movement to bring accountable, principled leadership to Virginia's 46th District by supporting Mr. Cornett at the polls.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey everyone, we're here with Mr Cornett here.
He is the 46th Republicannominee for the House of
Delegates.
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm good.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I'm good.
Thanks for coming on.
Thanks for coming on the show.
I always try to get some peoplethat are running for local
office statewide office.
A lot of people forget howimportant the statewide is.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, for sure.
I appreciate you having me, andall of our legacies are
important, for sure.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yeah, yeah.
So I just wanted to ask youwhat made you want to run for
delegate.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Well, I'm on the board of supervisors in Grayson
County now.
It's been going on two years.
I've been a supervisor and I'vebeen in the Republican Party as
the vice chairman of the partyand I've been the interim chair
here recently.
I just felt like I could make abigger impact and really help
(01:01):
our area a lot and be a goodrepresentative, because in
Southwest Virginia we'redefinitely outnumbered in
numbers and population but wehave a large land mass, we have
a lot of people that really needhelp, we need economic
revitalization and that type ofthing.
So that's one of the big things.
(01:23):
I just really want to help thecommunity and our district and
all of Southwest Virginia,because you know the 46
districts Grayson County, smithCounty, wythe County and part of
Pulaski County but usuallywhat's good for the 46 districts
is good for the remainder ofSouthwest Virginia.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And vice versa.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, I got you.
Your phone connection isbreaking a little bit, but I
think we've got it all.
I think we can hear it allpretty well, Beeson, but if
anyone's wondering what's alittle staticky, that's why.
But it's not a big deal.
So what's your plans to helpthe 46th District and Southwest
(02:05):
Virginia?
Do you have anything specificthat you would like to put into
legislation?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, I'm promoting economic development.
I'm hoping to get on theTobacco Commission and just
further utilizing that andencouraging counties to do that.
I think in the past thecounties sometimes don't know
all the resources available anda lot of these projects really
just take advocates and alegislator and somebody just
(02:34):
really to get up there and fightfor funding in the state budget
and the Tobacco Commission andother avenues.
And that's my goal to bring insome economic development here
and just really help ourcitizens.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, yeah, that would be great.
So when you say economicdevelopment, is there anything
in particular you're trying tobring to the area?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yeah, I mean we have a lot of of along i-81 and
pulaski, uh, smith and withthree other four counties have
81 counties and 77, some ofsmith also.
I'm an advocate for havingshovel ready pots ready to go
and I think I think we've gotsome a little bit of work to do
(03:24):
in some of the counties to haveto have that.
So whenever we do have theseopportunities for big businesses
, big employers, to come in, youknow that you just have to have
those sites ready for them togo and that that's important
because you know, with inflationand everything else, the local
tax burden, the local governmentcosts, are going up every year
(03:44):
and the local tax burden, thelocal government costs, are
going up every year and thelocal tax burdens won't go up if
we just if we can't meet thatthat increase with inflation and
increasing costs, if we can'tmeet that with economic
development revenue, it's goingto have to be made up of local
tax dollars.
So so we have to try to avoidthat.
We have to create good jobs andbring as much money into the
(04:09):
area as possible.
It keeps costs of living low.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
For sure we don't need anything more expensive
than it is or more taxes.
So, getting into someeconomical issues, I was
wondering what are your plans tohelp lower the power bill or
freeze the rates?
And the way the public utilityis set up and the power
(04:36):
companies are set up in Virginiait just always made me feel
uneasy.
I know it's the law, but I knowpower bills have been through
the roof.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah, absolutely.
In Virginia we have regulatedmonopolies, regulated by the
state.
In our area it's AppalachianPower and other parts of the
state Dominion Energy.
Dominion is the top producer inthe state or has the most
customers, and AppalachianPower's second.
And it's really just out ofcontrol and in the past wage
(05:15):
slaters all over the state havetaken a lot of campaign
contributions from both of thosecompanies.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I just don't think it's right that that should be
happening and early on from theoutset of my campaign I said I'm
not accepting major monopolyutility company donations.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
We're supposed to be holding these people accountable
because our citizens, they haveto pay what they don't.
There's no competition.
Whenever they get a bill theywant electricity, it has to go
through Appalachian Power here.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Right.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We're the ones who have to stand up and fight for
people and try to lower thosebills.
So that's a good start, in myopinion.
It's not taking that toscrutinize these companies, not
be bought off and, you know,write legislation and support
legislation that does notsupport increases legislation
that does not support increases.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, and that was going to be my next question
when I'm looking at campaigndonations, Dominion and
Appalachian Power donate acrossthe board.
They don't care if you're aRepublican or a Democrat, and I
just think it's corrupt that astate-controlled monopoly can
donate to political candidatesthat directly affect them.
(06:41):
It seems like a huge conflictof interest and I honestly think
it should be against the law.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Absolutely.
I do too or at least limited.
Very much I would supporteither.
I saw a push for limitingcampaign contributions to like
$5,000 per year per candidate orwhatever.
That would be a big changebecause right now some of the
leadership in those parties aregetting millions, up in a
(07:11):
million dollars a year fromDominion Erie and that's just
not right.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
No, it's not, and that's just not right.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
No, it's not.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
We're elected to represent the people and try to
bring the cost of living downand have reliable energy, and
that's just not good, and thebiggest thing is, if you don't
vote their way, they're notgoing to contribute to your
campaign anymore in the nextelection.
So they kind of got you by thehook and it's just um you know,
(07:44):
it's so corrupt.
But part of me thinks that maybeI don't know.
I don't want to be a pessimist,but it makes me feel like
they're so entrenched it's gonnaeven with you.
In richmond it might be hard topass something.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, definitely it will be, but there's been this
kind of changing of the tides alittle bit.
They're really losing the gripthat they've had, and that's
about as far as an effort.
There's several members, a lotof members on both sides of the
aisle that are not acceptingcontributions anymore.
(08:20):
So that's really changed in thelast five to ten years.
You know that used to be,everybody took them and now
that's really changing a lot.
So I think that's a good thing,Right.
But it takes a lot of money torun these campaigns.
But you know, right, but ittakes a lot of money to run
these campaigns, but but youknow that's, we've got to
(08:43):
remember that we just represent.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
We represent the people and we got to do what's
best for the people, notlobbyists and not major
corporations that are makingrecord profits oh for sure no, I
totally agree, and and um,lobbying can get iffy, no matter
who it is, but especially whenthey're government controlled
monopolies, it's even morecorrupt.
(09:06):
But um absolutely yeah, um, butwe'll switch over.
So the the last four yearsunder glenn yunkin, we've had
some protection.
We've had the power of the veto.
When Democrats took completecontrol of Virginia in 2019, we
(09:28):
saw a lot of bad legislation getpassed.
A lot of things, when it comesto the Second Amendment, was
restricted.
So I was wondering what is yourstance on gun control, the
Second Amendment and can we rollback some of those unbearing
(09:48):
restrictions if we take fullcontrol?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, I'm a big Second Amendment advocate.
I'm a gun owner, I really enjoyshooting guns.
I have a lot of guns.
Second Amendment advocate I'm agun owner, really enjoy
shooting guns, have a lot ofguns and, like you said, there
are too many and too restrictivegun laws on the books right now
and I'd like to repeal those.
I think whenever the SecondAmendment was wrote, it says
(10:13):
shall not be infringed.
So everybody remembers back in2020, most of the counties
around here, including my county, grayson, became Second
Amendment sanctuaries andthere's the VCDL Lobby Day
whenever they went further tothe left with their primaries
and stuff like that.
Right, we have to elect WinstonSears as the governor and we
(10:58):
have of those back, even if wetake control of the House and
the Governor's Mansion, becauseDemocrats still have a 21-19
majority in the Senate well,that's true, but maybe we could
set ourselves up in two years tomake some progress, if this
election goes well absolutely,that's very important.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
And I will say, you know, the quote-unquote assault
rifles ban really does scare mebecause it seems like the courts
or allowing that in states thathave that they don't see it as
unconstitutional and I have nodoubt in my mind that Abigail
(11:43):
Skamburg would sign that intolaw.
I have no doubt in my mind thatthis new wave of Democrats See
a lot of the old Democrats.
They have either been primariedout or they have retired.
Some of the older Democratswould have never went along with
this, but the group in theGeneral Assembly now are a lot
younger and a lot more radicalout or they have retired.
Some of the older Democratswould have never went along with
this, but the group in theGeneral Assembly now are a lot
younger and a lot more radical.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah, absolutely.
A lot of those more seniormembers were more conservative
for Democrats and they're gonenow.
It's just.
I've just got to emphasize howimportant it is for all your
listeners to get out and vote.
Take your friends and yourfamily and everybody you know to
get out and vote RepublicanAbsolutely To avoid us becoming
(12:27):
California East.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Right, that's the last thing that we want, that we
want, um and and you know, some, something else it relates
heavily to what we've beentalking about is the right to
the right to life.
Effort of of saving unbornbabies from abortions have has
been rolled back intensely andthere's basically no laws
(12:52):
protecting unborn children inVirginia.
I, you know I, if I had it myway outside of life of the
mother, it would all be gone.
But at least I would like it ifwe could have some protection
for babies that are about to beborn.
And I just don't see that.
(13:13):
And I guess what would be yourplan to support and bring back
more protective measures to savethe unborn?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
well, unfortunately it all boils down to the control
power in the General Assembly,this year's election in the
House of Delegates, becauseremember, last session they
passed the constitutionalamendment for abortion in the
way that that proposal.
So what has to happen there isthey pass it one year, we have
(13:46):
to have an election, which isthis year, and then after this
election it'll come back nextsession.
So if the democrats retaincontrol of the house, they'll
pass that once again and thenit'll go to the voters of
Virginia on the back until nextNovember in 26.
So the only way of stopping thatis a Republican majority.
(14:07):
If we get a Republican majoritywe can stop it, but it's a very
radical amendment.
It's pretty much just abortionup to the time of birth, which
is just crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
And what scares me about that is it would guarantee
the right to an abortion allthe way up to the moment of
birth and put that in theConstitution, making that a
right in the Virginia stateconstitution.
So if you get full Republicancontrol after that, they cannot
reverse that law.
It would be a constitutionalamendment.
(14:42):
They'd have to go through theamendment process all over again
yeah, I believe so yeah so, andI I'm assuming you'd be a a big
no vote on that and wouldsupport legislation rolling back
the measures that don't protectunborn children.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Absolutely.
I believe life begins atconception.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, I appreciate that, and when I was messaging
you, I asked you the samequestion and uh, earlier as we
end this interview, but, um, youknow you've been pretty, he's
been not ashamed to share yourfaith, and I was just going to
ask, um, you know what, whatrole will your faith have in
(15:31):
governance and and being alegislature?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
well, it'll have a big, a big part of of that and
that's why I'm running.
That's why I ran forSupergatherer.
I felt like I was called to doso and I definitely pray every
day to make the right decisionsand do things that will honor
God.
So it's very important to me myfaith.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
No, absolutely.
I think that's great and Ireally appreciate it being open
and honest.
And, uh, you know, I think weneed more men of good character
and of good faith to run and bepart of our state and federal
government.
It's it's tough out there.
I think there's a lot of peopleof good character that aren't
willing to touch it because howcorrupt it is.
(16:17):
But I really do appreciate, umyou not neglecting it, not using
a cop out of saying saying thisis what I personally believe,
but God doesn't have a say ingovernment, which is that's just
a horrible thing to say.
The separation of church andstate was never to be a
(16:39):
separation of Christ and stateand we have confused that over
the years.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Yeah, that's right of Christ and state and we have
confused that over the years.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, that's right, so well is there anything
else you'd like to leave andtell the voters?
I know that early voting startssoon.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah, yeah, I just appreciate the opportunity to do
this interview and early votingstarts Septemberember 19th,
which is next friday, and it'sjust like I say.
I appreciate everybody's voteand support and it's very
important that everybody getsout.
A lot of people just only votein presidential elections, which
(17:20):
the president is definitelyvery important, but I would
argue that our state elections,our representatives in the House
of Delegates and our statewidecandidates governor, lieutenant
governor and attorney generalmay even have a bigger impact on
our lives than even thepresident.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I totally agree, Mitchell.
Thank you so much for coming on.
I really wish you the best ofluck.
I'll personally be praying foryou.
As soon as the polls open, I'llbe casting my vote for you and
the rest of the ticket.
If you need anything on thecampaign trail or need any help,
just let me know and message me.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
All right, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
All right, have a great day, god bless.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
All right, you too, bye.
Hey everyone, we're here with Mr Cornett here.
He is the 46th Republicannominee for the House of
Delegates.
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm good.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I'm good.
Thanks for coming on.
Thanks for coming on the show.
I always try to get some peoplethat are running for local
office statewide office.
A lot of people forget howimportant the statewide is.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, for sure.
I appreciate you having me, andall of our legacies are
important, for sure.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yeah, yeah.
So I just wanted to ask youwhat made you want to run for
delegate.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Well, I'm on the board of supervisors in Grayson
County now.
It's been going on two years.
I've been a supervisor and I'vebeen in the Republican Party as
the vice chairman of the partyand I've been the interim chair
here recently.
I just felt like I could make abigger impact and really help
(01:01):
our area a lot and be a goodrepresentative, because in
Southwest Virginia we'redefinitely outnumbered in
numbers and population but wehave a large land mass, we have
a lot of people that really needhelp, we need economic
revitalization and that type ofthing.
So that's one of the big things.
(01:23):
I just really want to help thecommunity and our district and
all of Southwest Virginia,because you know the 46
districts Grayson County, smithCounty, wythe County and part of
Pulaski County but usuallywhat's good for the 46 districts
is good for the remainder ofSouthwest Virginia.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And vice versa.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, I got you.
Your phone connection isbreaking a little bit, but I
think we've got it all.
I think we can hear it allpretty well, Beeson, but if
anyone's wondering what's alittle staticky, that's why.
But it's not a big deal.
So what's your plans to helpthe 46th District and Southwest
(02:05):
Virginia?
Do you have anything specificthat you would like to put into
legislation?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, I'm promoting economic development.
I'm hoping to get on theTobacco Commission and just
further utilizing that andencouraging counties to do that.
I think in the past thecounties sometimes don't know
all the resources available anda lot of these projects really
just take advocates and alegislator and somebody just
(02:34):
really to get up there and fightfor funding in the state budget
and the Tobacco Commission andother avenues.
And that's my goal to bring insome economic development here
and just really help ourcitizens.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, yeah, that would be great.
So when you say economicdevelopment, is there anything
in particular you're trying tobring to the area?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yeah, I mean we have a lot of of along i-81 and
pulaski, uh, smith and withthree other four counties have
81 counties and 77, some ofsmith also.
I'm an advocate for havingshovel ready pots ready to go
and I think I think we've gotsome a little bit of work to do
(03:24):
in some of the counties to haveto have that.
So whenever we do have theseopportunities for big businesses
, big employers, to come in, youknow that you just have to have
those sites ready for them togo and that that's important
because you know, with inflationand everything else, the local
tax burden, the local governmentcosts, are going up every year
(03:44):
and the local tax burden, thelocal government costs, are
going up every year and thelocal tax burdens won't go up if
we just if we can't meet thatthat increase with inflation and
increasing costs, if we can'tmeet that with economic
development revenue, it's goingto have to be made up of local
tax dollars.
So so we have to try to avoidthat.
We have to create good jobs andbring as much money into the
(04:09):
area as possible.
It keeps costs of living low.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
For sure we don't need anything more expensive
than it is or more taxes.
So, getting into someeconomical issues, I was
wondering what are your plans tohelp lower the power bill or
freeze the rates?
And the way the public utilityis set up and the power
(04:36):
companies are set up in Virginiait just always made me feel
uneasy.
I know it's the law, but I knowpower bills have been through
the roof.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah, absolutely.
In Virginia we have regulatedmonopolies, regulated by the
state.
In our area it's AppalachianPower and other parts of the
state Dominion Energy.
Dominion is the top producer inthe state or has the most
customers, and AppalachianPower's second.
And it's really just out ofcontrol and in the past wage
(05:15):
slaters all over the state havetaken a lot of campaign
contributions from both of thosecompanies.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I just don't think it's right that that should be
happening and early on from theoutset of my campaign I said I'm
not accepting major monopolyutility company donations.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
We're supposed to be holding these people accountable
because our citizens, they haveto pay what they don't.
There's no competition.
Whenever they get a bill theywant electricity, it has to go
through Appalachian Power here.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Right.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We're the ones who have to stand up and fight for
people and try to lower thosebills.
So that's a good start, in myopinion.
It's not taking that toscrutinize these companies, not
be bought off and, you know,write legislation and support
legislation that does notsupport increases legislation
that does not support increases.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, and that was going to be my next question
when I'm looking at campaigndonations, Dominion and
Appalachian Power donate acrossthe board.
They don't care if you're aRepublican or a Democrat, and I
just think it's corrupt that astate-controlled monopoly can
donate to political candidatesthat directly affect them.
(06:41):
It seems like a huge conflictof interest and I honestly think
it should be against the law.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Absolutely.
I do too or at least limited.
Very much I would supporteither.
I saw a push for limitingcampaign contributions to like
$5,000 per year per candidate orwhatever.
That would be a big changebecause right now some of the
leadership in those parties aregetting millions, up in a
(07:11):
million dollars a year fromDominion Erie and that's just
not right.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
No, it's not, and that's just not right.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
No, it's not.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
We're elected to represent the people and try to
bring the cost of living downand have reliable energy, and
that's just not good, and thebiggest thing is, if you don't
vote their way, they're notgoing to contribute to your
campaign anymore in the nextelection.
So they kind of got you by thehook and it's just um you know,
(07:44):
it's so corrupt.
But part of me thinks that maybeI don't know.
I don't want to be a pessimist,but it makes me feel like
they're so entrenched it's gonnaeven with you.
In richmond it might be hard topass something.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, definitely it will be, but there's been this
kind of changing of the tides alittle bit.
They're really losing the gripthat they've had, and that's
about as far as an effort.
There's several members, a lotof members on both sides of the
aisle that are not acceptingcontributions anymore.
(08:20):
So that's really changed in thelast five to ten years.
You know that used to be,everybody took them and now
that's really changing a lot.
So I think that's a good thing,Right.
But it takes a lot of money torun these campaigns.
But you know, right, but ittakes a lot of money to run
these campaigns, but but youknow that's, we've got to
(08:43):
remember that we just represent.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
We represent the people and we got to do what's
best for the people, notlobbyists and not major
corporations that are makingrecord profits oh for sure no, I
totally agree, and and um,lobbying can get iffy, no matter
who it is, but especially whenthey're government controlled
monopolies, it's even morecorrupt.
(09:06):
But um absolutely yeah, um, butwe'll switch over.
So the the last four yearsunder glenn yunkin, we've had
some protection.
We've had the power of the veto.
When Democrats took completecontrol of Virginia in 2019, we
(09:28):
saw a lot of bad legislation getpassed.
A lot of things, when it comesto the Second Amendment, was
restricted.
So I was wondering what is yourstance on gun control, the
Second Amendment and can we rollback some of those unbearing
(09:48):
restrictions if we take fullcontrol?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, I'm a big Second Amendment advocate.
I'm a gun owner, I really enjoyshooting guns.
I have a lot of guns.
Second Amendment advocate I'm agun owner, really enjoy
shooting guns, have a lot ofguns and, like you said, there
are too many and too restrictivegun laws on the books right now
and I'd like to repeal those.
I think whenever the SecondAmendment was wrote, it says
(10:13):
shall not be infringed.
So everybody remembers back in2020, most of the counties
around here, including my county, grayson, became Second
Amendment sanctuaries andthere's the VCDL Lobby Day
whenever they went further tothe left with their primaries
and stuff like that.
Right, we have to elect WinstonSears as the governor and we
(10:58):
have of those back, even if wetake control of the House and
the Governor's Mansion, becauseDemocrats still have a 21-19
majority in the Senate well,that's true, but maybe we could
set ourselves up in two years tomake some progress, if this
election goes well absolutely,that's very important.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
And I will say, you know, the quote-unquote assault
rifles ban really does scare mebecause it seems like the courts
or allowing that in states thathave that they don't see it as
unconstitutional and I have nodoubt in my mind that Abigail
(11:43):
Skamburg would sign that intolaw.
I have no doubt in my mind thatthis new wave of Democrats See
a lot of the old Democrats.
They have either been primariedout or they have retired.
Some of the older Democratswould have never went along with
this, but the group in theGeneral Assembly now are a lot
younger and a lot more radicalout or they have retired.
Some of the older Democratswould have never went along with
this, but the group in theGeneral Assembly now are a lot
younger and a lot more radical.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah, absolutely.
A lot of those more seniormembers were more conservative
for Democrats and they're gonenow.
It's just.
I've just got to emphasize howimportant it is for all your
listeners to get out and vote.
Take your friends and yourfamily and everybody you know to
get out and vote RepublicanAbsolutely To avoid us becoming
(12:27):
California East.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Right, that's the last thing that we want, that we
want, um and and you know, some, something else it relates
heavily to what we've beentalking about is the right to
the right to life.
Effort of of saving unbornbabies from abortions have has
been rolled back intensely andthere's basically no laws
(12:52):
protecting unborn children inVirginia.
I, you know I, if I had it myway outside of life of the
mother, it would all be gone.
But at least I would like it ifwe could have some protection
for babies that are about to beborn.
And I just don't see that.
(13:13):
And I guess what would be yourplan to support and bring back
more protective measures to savethe unborn?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
well, unfortunately it all boils down to the control
power in the General Assembly,this year's election in the
House of Delegates, becauseremember, last session they
passed the constitutionalamendment for abortion in the
way that that proposal.
So what has to happen there isthey pass it one year, we have
(13:46):
to have an election, which isthis year, and then after this
election it'll come back nextsession.
So if the democrats retaincontrol of the house, they'll
pass that once again and thenit'll go to the voters of
Virginia on the back until nextNovember in 26.
So the only way of stopping thatis a Republican majority.
(14:07):
If we get a Republican majoritywe can stop it, but it's a very
radical amendment.
It's pretty much just abortionup to the time of birth, which
is just crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
And what scares me about that is it would guarantee
the right to an abortion allthe way up to the moment of
birth and put that in theConstitution, making that a
right in the Virginia stateconstitution.
So if you get full Republicancontrol after that, they cannot
reverse that law.
It would be a constitutionalamendment.
(14:42):
They'd have to go through theamendment process all over again
yeah, I believe so yeah so, andI I'm assuming you'd be a a big
no vote on that and wouldsupport legislation rolling back
the measures that don't protectunborn children.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Absolutely.
I believe life begins atconception.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, I appreciate that, and when I was messaging
you, I asked you the samequestion and uh, earlier as we
end this interview, but, um, youknow you've been pretty, he's
been not ashamed to share yourfaith, and I was just going to
ask, um, you know what, whatrole will your faith have in
(15:31):
governance and and being alegislature?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
well, it'll have a big, a big part of of that and
that's why I'm running.
That's why I ran forSupergatherer.
I felt like I was called to doso and I definitely pray every
day to make the right decisionsand do things that will honor
God.
So it's very important to me myfaith.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
No, absolutely.
I think that's great and Ireally appreciate it being open
and honest.
And, uh, you know, I think weneed more men of good character
and of good faith to run and bepart of our state and federal
government.
It's it's tough out there.
I think there's a lot of peopleof good character that aren't
willing to touch it because howcorrupt it is.
(16:17):
But I really do appreciate, umyou not neglecting it, not using
a cop out of saying saying thisis what I personally believe,
but God doesn't have a say ingovernment, which is that's just
a horrible thing to say.
The separation of church andstate was never to be a
(16:39):
separation of Christ and stateand we have confused that over
the years.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Yeah, that's right of Christ and state and we have
confused that over the years.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, that's right, so well is there anything
else you'd like to leave andtell the voters?
I know that early voting startssoon.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah, yeah, I just appreciate the opportunity to do
this interview and early votingstarts Septemberember 19th,
which is next friday, and it'sjust like I say.
I appreciate everybody's voteand support and it's very
important that everybody getsout.
A lot of people just only votein presidential elections, which
(17:20):
the president is definitelyvery important, but I would
argue that our state elections,our representatives in the House
of Delegates and our statewidecandidates governor, lieutenant
governor and attorney generalmay even have a bigger impact on
our lives than even thepresident.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I totally agree, Mitchell.
Thank you so much for coming on.
I really wish you the best ofluck.
I'll personally be praying foryou.
As soon as the polls open, I'llbe casting my vote for you and
the rest of the ticket.
If you need anything on thecampaign trail or need any help,
just let me know and message me.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
All right, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
All right, have a great day, god bless.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
All right, you too, bye.
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