Jared Craig: Drew Ferguson ‘out of touch’ – Newnan Times-Herald

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Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the only candidate present at a recent candidate forum in Newnan.

Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said at a recent candidate forum that his opponent is out of touch.

Craig presented his platform at the event, held April 14 in Newnan. The event was a chance for both Craig and Ferguson to make their case, but Ferguson was absent. According to Ferguson's team, he was at an event honoring and congratulating students that had earned appointments to the U.S. Service Academies.

As Ive been campaigning since July of last year, Ive gone around 15 counties and asked the voters, do you know who represents you? Craig said. And they either dont know him or theyre still waiting on a phone call back from him, which is telling as today, were still waiting for him to show up and participate in this debate, which he has chosen not to.

Craig, who called himself a conservative Republican and a believer in the America First agenda, said the biggest issue facing the county and the district was energy independence.

If we dont have energy independence, we can do nothing further to bring back critical manufacturing of essential goods, to where we can stop depending on international trade with countries that we consider to be our enemies, that we depend heavily for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and even technology, Craig said. I want to bring that back to the United States. I want to bring that to Georgia.

Craig also said he was in favor of a merit-based immigration system, finishing up the wall on the southern border, and if Canada gets too wild, we should build a wall up there too, he said.

Craig also expressed support for the second amendment as well as interstate carry, stating that states should not have the right to infringe on your right that is acknowledged in the U.S. Constitution.

In addition, he spoke of endeavoring to insure voter integrity, to investigate what happened and to prevent what happened happening again in 2020, stating that voters were still angry and upset about what happened.

Craig also expressed support for single-issue bills - bills without earmarks or pork added to them, and called himself pro-life, pro-law and order, pro-military and a supporter of Veterans Administration rights. He also supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and said he wanted to protect womens sports for our daughters.

I believe that if we do not preserve our country and our way of life as we have it now, we will lose it if we do not act, Craig said.

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