I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.
I have a record as attorney general that is separate from my personal beliefs.
I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.
The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy.
Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job.
The Attorney General is not above the law.
All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.
I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.