Quotes from Amy McGrath

I am fighting to stop the corruption in Washington that was created by Mitch McConnell.

For my family and my neighbors, America stood for something real, something tangible. America, and therefore Americans, stood for freedom, family, truth and justice.

I am further left, I am more progressive, than anyone in the state of Kentucky"

We can actually do some very practical things that can help people's lives and make life better for Kentuckians and that's what I'm all about.

If President Trump has good ideas, I'll be for them.

As somebody who has spent her entire adult life defending this country, I'd say defending our elections is a fundamental part of defending our democracy.

My husband and I, we are not Democrat or Republican first. We are Americans first.

I have never called myself a pro-Trump Democrat.

I mean, the Democratic Party is the party of young people.

I am deeply concerned about the leadership of the national Democratic Party.

I got married in 2009, and my husband and I both immediately deployed to Afghanistan.

With regard to women, I'm not running as a woman - 'Vote for me!' But the fact of the matter is we have a very low percentage of women in our Legislature in this country compared to other nations in the western world.

In the Navy, the captain doesn't leave the bridge when the ship is in distress. It's a pretty basic leadership principle.

I believe health care is a right, not a privilege, not something only the wealthiest 1 percent can afford it should have.

I'm one-hundred percent pro-choice. I align with everything Emily's List aligns with.

I am further left, I am more progressive, than anyone in the state of Kentucky.

Trump promised to bring back jobs. He promised to lower drug prices for so many Kentuckians. And that is very important.

Senator McConnell has always won in the past because he's had a bigger blow horn. He's always had tens of millions of dollars more than his opponent.

Providing access to a public option for health insurance would allow all Americans the choice to buy a government insurance plan, much like I buy for my family as a military retiree.

I was the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, and I got to land on aircraft carriers.

Folks don't always win the first time they run.

When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend our Constitution, I did so willingly.

Part of the problem with politics is we don't have people who want to get in the fray because of guys like Sen. McConnell, who essentially invented negative campaigning.

Our constitutional principles, which you can say, 'Well, they're on a paper and they'll never be taken away.Folks, we have to fight for those every day. Freedom of the press - you think that can't go away? OK. Maybe.