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Reducing regulation. making a difference in west virginia. leading the country in a lot of ways to standing up for what we believe is west virginians. >> bret: congressman, thank you. >> martha: mr. blankenship, you were imprisoned on a conviction in the mine explosion case, you have blamed the obama justice department and that administration's war on coal, but too many of these mining families did blame you. can you blame them if they do not think that it is right for you to go from the jail cell to the united states senate? >> i do not think that is a question that we need to be asking. to t...

Blankenship. welcome. >> martha: the rules of the debate are simple, candidates will have 60 seconds to answer the questions, 30 if they are given a follow-up after that question and they also get 30 seconds if their name is mentioned by one of the other candidates. >> bret: if the candidates go over their allotted time, they will hear this. [bell sounding] we do not like to do that, because some of the dogs at home thinking that somebody is at the door. let's try not to use the bell and get going. >> martha: as you all know, the opioid epidemic has hit the country hard. we will talk about tha...

Hypocrisy. i wish you would stop. >> martha: let's get to mr. blankenship in here, you talk tough on opioids. >> i would like to address what they said. >> martha: i will ask you the question. in fact, you want to drug test everyone from lawmakers to teachers, what about the other side of the issue? do you have empathy for addicts? >> i do not think empathy will fix the problem. if we stop the drug abuse we do not need to have empathy. when we say that patrick said he is the only conservative up here. i already explained that neither would be up here without me. me. both of them are misleading...

Matter of fact, the national right to life organization has given me a 100% voting record. i'm the one that actually has a voting record, patrick, dawn, they can talk about how they will vote to 100% pro-life, 100% defending the second amendment with the national right to life, i will tell you that i will not allow you to challenge my west virginia values, my proud history of fighting for our state each and every day of my life. >> bret: mr. blankenship, let's get you in the mix paid when you are asked about the carpetbagger question, a lot of people have houses in different states, but isn't ...

With mitch mcconnell are spending money to help your campaign. so here's the question, how do you convince west virginia voters that you can drain the swamp if they think that you are a part of it? >> thank you, bret and martha and to every one of you that are here this evening. from a proud west virginia, i have not been up in the swamp a very long. i took out a 38 year incumbent just a couple of years ago. i am up in washington actually working with president trump. i have been fighting this establishment. i have been fighting the swamp. and what a difference an election makes. we are starti...