Mike Espy

“If you're on a no-fly list... you probably shouldn't own a gun without careful vetting.”

“I know Kamala will be a capable, courageous leader for all Americans.”

“Kamala has shown time and time again that she is a champion for all Americans. She is tough, principled, and fearless.”

“I want to make the point that, even though we had a troubled experience, we moved on from that. I moved on from that, to become the first Black congressman, a cabinet secretary. I returned to Mississippi, and I'm now running for the U.S. Senate.”

“As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I reached across the aisle to write an economic development bill that addressed poverty in an area stretching from the Mississippi Delta northward all along the Mississippi River - where Americans suffered from low wages, high unemployment, generational poverty, and low educational attainment.”

“Whether in public office or right here at home, I will never stop fighting for Mississippi. From the Delta to East Mississippi up to Oxford and DeSoto down to the Pine Belt and the Coast.”

“As Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton, I led the effort to bring running water to every American home.”

“I was supposed to go to art school, and my father wanted me to go to law school.”

“In a raw political sense, I want to win farm country for Bill Clinton.”

“The Mississippi of 1920 was an exceptionally dangerous place for Black people. But my grandfather deeply believed in helping create opportunities to African-Americans to lift themselves up to create a better life for their families and doing everything possible to bring his people together.”

“I'm not for single payer. But I'm for continuation of the Affordable Care Act.”

“We have to do what they did in Alabama, which is a data-centric campaign that identifies black voters that haven't voted in a while and get them registered and get them out to vote.”

“I'm not for Medicare for all.”

“I'm going to stand up for the good name of Mississippi, just like I did for Mike Espy's good name.”

“Whether you're African-American or white, you're concerned about rural hospitals closing.”

“As a teenager growing up during Jim Crow, all I wanted to do was leave Mississippi. But I came back and raised my own family here.”

“I'm ready to fight for Mississippians in Washington.”

“It is illegal to ask a foreign power to interfere in a domestic election.”

“It's not about the test. It's about how you pass the test.”

“We've got to replace the statues of Jefferson Davis and JZ George in the U.S. Capitol, and the people of Mississippi ought to have a say in it.”