Candidates for Alabama Attorney General went head-to-head at a recent public forum, tackling topics from gambling and DEI to transgender sports and federal overreach.
The forum was hosted by the Point Clear Republican Women, moderated by 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson and featured candidates Jay Mithcell, Katherine Robertson and Pamela Casey.
"This is the most people I've ever seen in this room, and I think that speaks volumes of the candidates that are up here, of the current cultural and political moment that we find ourselves in," Dawson said. "Everything is on the line. Everything is on the line right now for our state and our nation, and I think people realize that."
Casey emphasized her experience as Blount County District Attorney since 2010 in explaining why she is the best fit for AG, while Robertson pointed to her nearly 10 years as the chief counsel of Alabama's current Attorney General, Steve Marshall. A former Alabama Supreme Court Justice, Mitchell said he felt a strong calling to run to help bring about "generational victories" for conservatives.
All three candidates said they would work well with the likely Republican nominee for governor, current U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), to combat high crime in Democrat-run cities, ban DEI in classrooms, reform the State Department of Public Health, enforce gambling laws, and keep boys out of girls' locker rooms.
"I'm the only candidate that's ever put a murderer in prison, a killer in prison, a child predator in prison, a human trafficker in prison, and the worst of the worst," Casey said. "And I believe, I truly believe that God put me here on earth to make sure that I'm protecting our families and our children from the worst of the worst."
Mitchell said, "We're living in a unique moment in our country. This is not a time for defense. This is not a time for being passive, for lying back. This is a time for going on offense with President Trump and Coach Tuberville. And why do I say that? Because I think everybody in this room recognizes if we're going to have true lasting conservative change in America, it can't just happen in Washington. It's got to happen in the States."
Robertson added, "You need somebody that on the one hand can inspire and persuade people to your side to come alongside you in the fight, but at the same time knows when the time is to throw down the gauntlet and fight… The question you've got to ask is who's going to be most effective on day one. We're going to be at a critical moment in our state and our nation in January of 2027. And we don't have any time to waste."
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