“Beginning his 20th year serving as sheriff, Stolzer spoke Tuesday night at the Ste. Genevieve Republican Club about why he is making the big step from ‘blue’ to ‘red.’”
"When #Ferguson happened there and our state government stepped in and our federal government stepped in and screwed it up as bad as they did, it made me realize our federal government drastically affects what happens to me here locally and throughout this country.”
“It’s pretty simple, I’m pro-law enforcement, pro-border control and I’m pro-military. We have a lot of subjects out there we all worry about, but if we don’t have those three, we’re going to have some problems and all our other issues are not going to matter that much.”
“What I hear with the whole gun thing totally upsets me, I’m totally pro-gun, pro-life, I can go into all those subjects, but the gun issue, we can never let the government take control of our guns.”
“I’m not a radical by no means, but I truly believe our founding fathers gave us the right to bear arms so we could make sure the government doesn’t take us over.”
“I think the other party has gone so far away from where they were 20 years ago, nobody can even recognize them. It’s embarrassing what they’re doing."
“I really don’t talk in front of people very often, but for some reason, I am so impassioned about what’s going on right now, it’s pretty easy to talk when you don’t even have to think about what you are saying.”
“Me, being in law enforcement and my son going into the military, we can’t have a party that’s not supporting those two now.”
“Stolzer and his wife Andrea have two children, a daughter who graduated from Webster University and a son that was just accepted into the United States Naval Academy.”
“‘I do plan on running again,” he said. ‘…I knew in my heart, I had to run as a Republican this time because of obvious things that are going on that upset me.’”
