Lily Tang Williams says she could support legalizing marijuana at federal level

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SPECIAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS. CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE AND NOW REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, LILY TANG WILLIAMS. HELLO, AND WELCOME TO OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATES SERIES. I’M ADAM SEXTON AND OUR GUEST TODAY IS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, LILY TANG WILLIAMS. WE’LL BE GETTING TO KNOW HER AND WHERE SHE STANDS ON KEY ISSUES AT THE START OF OUR SHOW, I’LL BE ASKING THE CANDIDATES SOME QUESTIONS, AND THEN AFTER A BREAK, WE’LL GET TO OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE WHO WILL ASK THEIR QUESTIONS IN A TOWN HALL FORMAT. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH THAT, LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES. BIOGRAPHY WILL BE TIME. LILY TOWN. LILY TANG WILLIAMS GREW UP IN MAOIST CHINA. AFTER GRADUATING LAW SCHOOL IN SHANGHAI, SHE TAUGHT IN HER HOME COUNTRY BEFORE COMING TO THE U.S. TO STUDY IN TEXAS. SHE WORKED AS A MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND THEN DID CORPORATE WORK IN HONG KONG AND THE U.S. SHE NOW RUNS HER OWN COMPANY AS A CONSULTANT ON BUSINESS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO CHINA. MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. LILY TANG WILLIAMS LIVES IN, WHERE LILY TANG WILLIAMS, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE. WELL, GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU, ADAM. WE’RE GOING TO START WITH A FEW QUESTIONS HERE ON SET, AND WE’RE COMING UP ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS BY HAMAS AGAINST ISRAEL, ISRAEL’S RESPONSE, OF COURSE, IS ONGOING AND IS NOW SPREAD TO INVOLVE OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM, TOO, THOUGH, OF HOW THEY’VE HANDLED THIS CRISIS, PARTICULARLY FROM A HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVE. SO DO YOU BELIEVE CONGRESS SHOULD CONDITION FUTURE AID TO ISRAEL BASED ON ITS HUMANITARIAN RECORD IN GAZA? YEAH, I JUST POSTED SOMETHING I SAID THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED? JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, IRAN IN ATTACKING ISRAEL. AND I SAID THAT THAT’S THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. OUR STRONGEST ALLIES. AND WE YOU KNOW, WHEN I WHEN I TALK ABOUT SUPPORT, I’M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW MORALLY AND DIPLOMATICALLY AND IN TERMS OF COOPERATION, WE WE CONDEMN THE AGGRESSION BY IRAN. AND ALSO THAT THE DEAL WE MADE, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THEM HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IRAN AND THEY USE THAT TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT HAMAS AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS IS A BAD DEAL. AND SO OCTOBER SEVENTH IS COMING UP. ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, AND THERE’S A MEMORIAL IN CONCORD. AND I ALWAYS STAND WITH ISRAEL. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DO CONCERN OUR NATIONAL DEBT AND OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND THEY’RE PAYING FOR HIGH INFLATION. HOW DO WE PAY FOR THAT? THAT’S A SEPARATE ISSUE, SEPARATE BILLS. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. BUT EMOTIONALLY, MORALLY AND DIPLOMATICALLY IN THE WORLD, WE NEED TO STAND WITH ISRAEL. SO NO HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS ON THE AID TO ISRAEL, THEN? I DON’T KNOW. HUMANITARIANS. YES, BUT MILITARILY AND BECAUSE I THINK ISRAEL IS A DEMOCRACY, IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY WEALTHY COUNTRY. AND THEY HAVE THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. AND AND WE WILL SUPPORT THEM IF THEY WANT TO BUY STUFF FROM US. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ADDITIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN AID, YES, WE NEED TO HAVE A HUMANITARIANISM ACTUALLY IN IN LOTS OF COUNTRIES. AND BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES DO STAND FOR HUMANITY ON ABORTION, DEMOCRATS ARE FRAMING THIS AS AN ISSUE OF TRUST. THEY SAY REPUBLICANS CAN’T JUST GO FROM BEING PRO-LIFE FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS TO SAYING, WELL, THIS IS NOW JUST AN ISSUE FOR THE STATES. THEY CONTEND THAT IF THERE’S A GOP MAJORITY IN CONGRESS AND SAY YOU’RE IN IT, THAT EVENTUALLY AN ABORTION BAN WILL PASS, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY WON’T VOTE FOR IT, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? WELL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT REPEATEDLY, AND IT’S ON MY WEBSITE UNDER ABORTION, AND I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE IT IS A STATE ISSUE BECAUSE IT’S A VERY DIVISIVE ISSUE. BOTH SIDES FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ON THAT. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, CULTURE OF LIFE. I WANT TO MAKE ADOPTION MORE AVAILABLE. I WANT TO PROMOTE BOTH LIVES WHO NEED HELP AND WHO ARE GOING THROUGH CRISIS. FOR WOMEN. AND BUT IT’S JUST A FUNDAMENTALLY LET THE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE TO DECIDE. I NEVER SAID I WILL VOTE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL EITHER FOR OR AGAINST OR BETWEEN, BUT MY OPPONENT IS LYING ABOUT ME ON THIS ISSUE. I DON’T KNOW WHY, AND BECAUSE SHE KIND OF JUST USES THE DNC TALKING POINTS AND THINK ALL REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING TRUMP, IS GOING TO DO THAT. NO, TRUMP SAID A STATE ISSUE. I SAID ESTACIO, AND I WANT TO LET THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DECIDE. AND BECAUSE I STAND AND WANT TO EMPOWER WOMEN, MAKE WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS AND NOT USE GOVERNMENT TO BAN ABORTION IN THE EARLY MONTHS, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ACTUALLY CRITICIZED BY LOTS OF CONSERVATIVE. BUT I SAY THE BEST WAY TO PERSUADE WOMEN, HELP WOMEN EMPOWER WOMEN TO MAKE WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS AND HAVE COMPASSION FOR BOTH LIVES AND INVOLVED ON THIS ISSUE. ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE HIT THE TOWN HALL WHEN YOU RAN FOR U.S. SENATE IN COLORADO AS A LIBERTARIAN IN 2016, YOU FAVORED THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS. IF YOU GO TO CONGRESS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A REPUBLICAN, WOULD YOU VOTE TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE BILL. LOTS OF DETAILS ARE IN THE BILL. SOMETIMES IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY READ IT, THEY ALWAYS SAY, HEY, DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF MY PHILOSOPHY THAT THE PEACEFUL USERS OF MARIJUANA AND IT’S YOUR BODY AND IT’S YOUR CHOICE AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HURT PEOPLE, YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE LOTS OF STATES LEGALIZE AND LOTS OF STATES DON’T. AND FEDERAL HAS THIS SCHEDULE A IT JUST REALLY COSTS LOTS AND LOTS OF ISSUES. SO IDEOLOGY IS ONE THING I SUPPORT PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES AND STATE TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A FEDERAL BILL, THEN WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHAT IS THE DETAILS IN IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LILY, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, WE’LL BRING OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE INTO THIS CONVERSATION. STAY WIT

“]] Tang Williams said her vote for cannabis legalization would depend on how the bill is written and what details are included.  Read More