What will strike more of a chord with the electorate is his family's history. His grandparents fought in the General army. After the Communists took over, Mr. Chen's family emigrated to China. A first-generation American, born in Southern California, he made his way to Alabama after going to school in Michigan. He attended Samford Law School

"The House has done their job with a gambling bill and the Senate is the one that messed it up last time to talk to the Senate about gambling. That's what I'm going to say to that. We put in all the work effort for a long time. Bipartisan, no special interest groups were involved in it, put out a product, worked it, worked it, and the Senate blew it up. So you got to talk to them about what we're going to do with gaming."

We didn't go to the moon. That's absolutely easily provable now.

He acknowledged his indiscretions,pivoted to how his relationship with his savior has helped him repair the damage