https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unG6aVg7XA4 CBS NEWS DETROIT? OUR COVERAGE OF THE 2026 ELECTION CONTINUES WITH THE RACE FOR 0:1111 secondsMICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE CANDIDATES INCLUDE DEMOCRAT ELLIE SAVIT AND REPUBLICAN DOUG LLOYD. JOINING US NOW IN STUDIO IS REPUBLICAN LLOYD HERE WITH 0:1919 secondsUS FOR THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OH IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR. HAVING ME. 0:2424 seconds>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THE AG'S. OFFICE IN TERMS. OF WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO GET IN THIS RACE. SURE. 0:3131 seconds>> FOR ME. I'VE BEEN A PROSECUTOR FOR 30 YEARS. I'VE BEEN THE ELECTED. PROSECUTOR IN EATON. COUNTY SINCE 2013. SO I'VE. REALLY GOT TO SEE THINGS 0:3939 secondsFROM THE GROUND. LEVEL AND AS I'VE. WATCHED OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS., I'VE. 0:4444 seconds>> REALLY SEEN THAT OFFICE GO TO A POINT. WHERE IT'S JUST BECOME ALL ABOUT POLITICS. AND FOR. 0:5050 seconds>> ME AS A COUNTY PROSECUTOR, I REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO JUDGE THINGS. ON POLITICS. 0:5555 secondsWE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT FACTS AND EVIDENCE. THAT GOT LOST AND IT NEEDS TO RETURN. YEAH. 1:001 minute>> AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD JUST IN TERMS OF POLITICS EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1:051 minute, 5 secondsIF YOU ARE ELECTED WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CHANGING DAY ONE. DAY ONE I'M GOING. >> IN AND I'M LOOKING. >> AT. THOSE PAST LAWSUITS. 1:121 minute, 12 secondsTHERE'S BEEN LIKE 50 LAWSUITS THAT HAVE GONE AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND MY QUESTION IS ARE THOSE. LAWSUITS ACTUALLY BENEFITING THE. 1:191 minute, 19 secondsCITIZENS OF MICHIGAN? THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SUPPOSED TO DO IS REPRESENT ALL 10 MILLION PEOPLE. IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, THEN LET'S REALIGN THAT AND MAKE. SURE THAT THE. 1:281 minute, 28 seconds>> PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THAT OFFICE THOSE GOOD ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERALS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HELP. THE CITIZENS OF. THE STATE. OKAY. 1:351 minute, 35 seconds>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR STANCE ON ABORTION RIGHTS AND WANTING TO SEE DIFFERENT BANDS THERE. 1:391 minute, 39 secondsDO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO LET VOTERS KNOW IN TERMS OF YOUR STANCE THERE. IN REGARDS TO ABORTION RIGHTS? 1:471 minute, 47 secondsWELL, THERE WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL BALLOT THAT WAS PUT OUT. THERE IN 2022 THAT MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT 1:541 minute, 54 secondsABORTION WAS LEGAL IN OUR STATE. THE RESPONSIBILITY. 1:561 minute, 56 seconds>> OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT ARE PUT OUT SINCE THAT'S THERE AND UNDER THE CONSTITUTION THAT IT'S THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSIBILITY. 2:052 minutes, 5 seconds>> TO. ACTUALLY ENFORCE. THOSE LAWS. DO YOU SEE ANYTHING UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT DANA NESSEL IS DOING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SEE AS FAILURES ARE JUST THAT NEED TO 2:142 minutes, 14 secondsBE CORRECTED? I DO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT UH, WHAT SHE IS DOING AS FAR. AS POLITICIZING THE 2:212 minutes, 21 secondsOFFICE. ACTUALLY GOING AFTER CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHILE PROTECTING. >> OTHERS. THAT NEEDS. 2:252 minutes, 25 seconds>> TO STOP. WHEN WE'RE. TALKING ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ACTUALLY PROTECT EVERYONE AND ONLY. >> GO. AFTER THE. 2:332 minutes, 33 seconds>> BAD ACTORS. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE MICHIGAN WORSE. 2:362 minutes, 36 seconds>> BY FORCING. PEOPLE OUT OF THE STATE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS. ARE ACTUALLY SAFE. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL A DRUG 2:442 minutes, 44 secondsTRAFFICKING CRISIS IN THE STATE. UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO TACKLE THERE? SURE. 2:482 minutes, 48 seconds>> FOR ME I WANT TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON. THOSE LARGE LEVEL. CASES OF DRUGS. SEE. 2:542 minutes, 54 seconds>> WHEN I LOOK AT. THE LOCAL PROSECUTORS, IT'S OUR JOB AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEM. WE ARE HAVING MAJOR. TRAFFICKING CASES THAT ARE CROSSING COUNTY LINES. 3:043 minutes, 4 secondsTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY COME IN, TAKE THOSE CASES, TAKE THOSE PROBLEMS OFF OF THE LOCAL 3:113 minutes, 11 secondsPROSECUTOR AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM. GO FORWARD WITH THOSE CASES. GUN LAWS ANOTHER TOPIC THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE. 3:183 minutes, 18 seconds>> HAVE A LOT OF. HEATED STANCES ON WHERE ARE YOU THERE AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FOR THE STATE? WELL, YOU KNOW RIGHT 3:253 minutes, 25 secondsNOW EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO OWN A WEAPON AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE A FELONY CONVICTION. 3:303 minutes, 30 secondsTHAT'S CALLED THE SECOND AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW. ONE OF THE. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 3:393 minutes, 39 secondsALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN A CONSIDERED. CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT. THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AS WELL. PEOPLE HAVE. 3:473 minutes, 47 seconds>> A RIGHT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR GUN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS YOU COMMIT A CRIME 3:543 minutes, 54 secondsTHAT AT THAT POINT YOU NO LONGER HAVE THAT RIGHT TO HAVE A GUN. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH YOUR OPPONENT IF HE WERE TO HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN THIS 4:024 minutes, 2 secondsROLE, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE STATE THAT COULD BE A DANGER? 4:064 minutes, 6 secondsWELL, I PERSONALLY DO BECAUSE HE IS PROGRESSIVE WAY PAST DANA WAS YOU KNOW. HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ENDORSED BY RASHEEDA TO 4:144 minutes, 14 secondsLEAVE AND OTHERS UH, THE. VERY PROGRESSIVE UNITS THE AOC OF THE YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL LEVEL. AND HE'S ALREADY. MADE 4:224 minutes, 22 secondsTHE DETERMINATION THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO ENFORCE LAWS. THAT WAS SOMETHING HE'S DONE IN WASHTENAW COUNTY. IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, IT'S NOT OUR 4:304 minutes, 30 secondsJOB TO REWRITE LAWS. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO DECIDE WHAT LAWS ARE GOOD AND BAD. THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATURES FOR. THAT'S WHAT THE COURTS. 4:364 minutes, 36 seconds>> FOR. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S JOB IS THERE TO ENFORCE. 4:384 minutes, 38 seconds>> THE LAW. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US. 4:424 minutes, 42 secondsWE APPRECIATE IT. OUR CONVER Sync to video time