“I think that what I believe in, and it’s what our founders believed in, is that our rights come from God, not from the government.”

—  Jake LaTurner

Senate campaign tour brings LaTurner to GC https://www.gctelegram.com/news/20190814/senate-campaign-tour-brings-laturner-to-gc (August 14, 2019)

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