home of the lumby, a stronger and better community and the communities throughout the district a much stronger and better communities. and that's what i would be advocating for as opposed to what we see now from many of our representatives. >> since you mentioned the opposition, you're running against the current republican congressman dan bishop. bishop was behind north carolina's infamous bathroom bill that banned people from using restrooms that did not correspondent with their biological sex, limiting access for transgender people. the bill has since been repealed. but you voted for it, and you put out a statement apologizing to the transgender community and said the vote was a mistake. what changed your mind, sir? >> well, don, that was approximately five years ago. when i voted for that bill, i did not realize at the time what would be the outcome of that