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I believe the law is supposed to
be a shield and not a weapon

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to heal and not to hurt to pull
us together and not divide us.

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I'm not running to make history.
I am running to make a

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difference for all Mississippi.

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Growing up next to the railroad
track, literally in Meridian,

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Mississippi, we had the opportunity
to see our parents

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exemplify for us, what it means
to take care of your fellow

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man. We didn't have a lot in in
a lot of communities. The

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railroad track represents a line
of division between the haves

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and the Have-nots. and so you know
if one were to say there was

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a dividing line. We were on the
have not side and so the

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railroad to me says that it doesn't.
Matter which side you come

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from you know we should all be about
community. It also

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represents for me that there is
opportunity for another little

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girl. little boy who maybe growing
up on the side of the

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railroad track, whether literally
or proverbially that you can

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be whatever you want to be. you
can grow up and pursue. every

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opportunity as long as you are taking
care of people around

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you. you'll be. Care of.

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The work that I have been endeavoring
to do for the last 20

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years was needed to be done here
in Mississippi. We had a

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appointed senator who decided she
would comfortably say that

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she would be. She would happily
sit on the front row of a

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public hanging of public and went
on then to say that she would

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suppress the vote of students at
those quote unquote other

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universities. We know that that's
code word for historically

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black colleges and universities
and so when we have that

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narrative. Coming from elected officials,
I said the people of

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Mississippi deserve a proven protector
and there was no one

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more qualified than myself and so
I'm proud to be the

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Democratic nominee.

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The people of our state deserve
a protector for me. It is all

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about the people.

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It says again to the world that
Mississippi is open that we're

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open for business. We're open for
opportunity for all

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Mississippians not just for some.

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This means a lot but I will tell
you I am not just running to

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make history. History has already
been made given the fact that

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I'm running for this office. we
never had an African-American

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man or woman run for attorney general,
but I'm not running to

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make history. I am running to make
a difference for all

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Mississippians.

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People are trying to, you know,
have revisionist history around

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the intent of the law, but the framers
of the constitutional

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provision were clear that their
intent was to suppress the

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African-American vote and suppress
the opportunity limited

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opportunity for an African-American
to hold a statewide

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position.

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I am confident that I will receive
the popular vote and when I

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received the popular vote, it is
my sincere hope that members

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of the House of Representatives
will vote, in line with the

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choice of the people of their districts.
The people of

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Mississippi are beautifully diverse
and it is time for

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Mississippi to make sure that it's
leadership is representative

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of that. When I sit at the table,
I bring with me lived

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experiences that will help to. Policies
that impact people and

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so for me, this is a continuation
of a lifetime of service to

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the people of the Great State of
Mississippi.