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I'm not a lobbyist.

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament.

My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies that are lobbying the legislators or whether it's the other way around.

I'm not a politician. I'm a businessperson.

My role is not so much to lobby but be a sounding board for people. That's a more effective place for me to be.

I'm an entrepreneur. I'm not a politician.