The controversies in the Republican runoff in Georgia's 14th Congressional District
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The crowded republican primary in Georgia's 14th Congressional District had 9 candidates on election day.
It's now down to two republican candidates in a run-off election on August 11
In the primary Marjorie Taylor Greene took 41 percent of the vote. John Cowan had 21 percent.
"My campaign is all about people over politicians, because I believe that's the way the government should be running. Just like a business. I'm a private business owner. And so for us, it's always you know, serving our customer, making sure we do a good job," Greene said.
John Cowan is a neurosurgeon who lives in Floyd County, Georgia
"I now find myself with the opportunity to serve Northwest Georgia really at a pivotal l time in our country where we need strong conservative leaders who will back the president," Cowan said.
Since the primary election this race has gotten a lot of national attention primarily for past online comments from Greene.
News outlets such as CNN, Politico, and the New York Times have reported stories about a 2017 video where Greene discusses QAnon at length.
Qanon has been described as a far right pro-president Trump conspiracy theory.
I asked her," Yes or no are you a follower of QAnon.
Greene's answer didn't include a yes or no, but it did go on for close to two minutes. "I'm just like millions of people in this country and millions of people around the world that are very much concerned about a deep state and it's something you hear talked about every day," She told me in part of her response.
In the 2017 video, that can be found on YouTube, she says, "Q is a patriot." I asked her if that is what she believes? She replied in part, "I've only ever seen patriotic sentiment coming out of that source and other sources."
Greene also told me that in all that has been written about her and Qanon she hasn't had much of an opportunity to explain her views.
And that is exactly our goal with this interview and this story to give Marjorie Greene an opportunity to explain what she believes.
"Unfortunately I didn't get an interview request from Politico and CNN and all these people that have attacked me and labeled me, and you know I think that's unfortunate," Marjorie Taylor Greene said.
Greene's Qanon comments are just one controversy in this race. She has also been outspoken in the past about race. These comments have cost Greene support and endorsements from lawmakers from Georgia and in Washington D.C.
We talked to both candidates about many issues in this congressional race.
I asked John Cowan his thoughts on being in a race with so much controversy and so much national attention.
"She deserves a Youtube Channel not a seat in congress," Cowan said.
These are long interviews you can find the complete unedited interviews here and here.
