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“Let’s be honest here: It is a two- Republican values and a fir to be our next president She isn’t prepared to do what’s needed for the people and the econoe to point out that Kirsten Wag her brsts in place of an informed debate, I asked, “Governor, what do you feel is needed for the people of America?”

“This country was based on the three Fs, Miss Mason: Freedom, Faith, and Family” I could hear the capital letters in his voice; he said the words with that ths to preserve the first of those things, but we’ve allowed the other two to slip by the wayside as we focused on the here and now We’re drifting away froed; we’re being tested I’, and this isn’t a test you get to take ive me an example of this ‘failure’?”

“Why, the loss of Alaska, Miss Mason; a great American territory ceded to the dead because we didn’t have the guts to stand up for as rightly ours Our boys weren’t willing to put their faith in God and stand that line, and now a treasured part of our nation is lost, ain, in Hawaii or Puerto Rico or, God forbid, even the Aotten soft behind our walls It’s time to put our trust in God”

“Governor, you saw action in the Canadian Border Cleansing I’d expect you to understand why Alaska had to be abandoned”

“And I’d expect you to understand why a true Aht Under ht, and ill by God win”

I suppressed the unprofessional urge to shudder His voice held all the hall relaxation of Mason’s Law, Governor Is there a particular reason for that?”

“There’s nothing in the Constitution that says a man can’t feed his family however he sees fit, even if that way isn’t exactly popular Laws that limit our freedoms are needless as often as not Why, look what happened when the Deun control laws Did gunshot deaths climb? No They declined by forty percent the first year, and they’ve been dropping steadily ever since It stands to reason that relaxation of other antifreedoislation would—”

“How uns every year?”

He paused, eyes narrowing “I don’t see what bearing that has on our discussion”

“According to the ures, ninety percent of the Kellis-Amberlee victims that are killed in clashes with the uninfected are killed by gunshot”

“Guns fired by licensed, law-abiding citizens”

“Yes, Governor The CDC has also said that it’s virtually impossible to tell a murder victim killed by a shot to the head or spinal colually in the saun control laho hold that gun-related violence has actually increased, but has been masked by the postmortem amplification of the Kellis-Amberlee virus?”