Tom Norton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2022.
- "Congratulations President Trump, your court is restoring states rights and guaranteeing that 10's of thousands of future Americans have the right to life. Texas' 6-week abortion ban goes into effect after Supreme Court stays silent. A heartbeat should always be defended." (twitter.com)
- "I promise to protect the life of the unborn as life is precious." (www.tom.gop)
- "In my first year in office, if elected, I will attempt to co-sponsor a permanent tax relief to everyday citizens and permanent residents to equal the permanent tax relief the corporations have received. In the end, people should be equal to corporations, not only when they donate money for political campaigns, but also when they pay taxes." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "When Biden increases the corporate tax rate. Corporations will not be paying the increase. Corporations will simply raise the prices you pay. That folks is how corporate taxes work. Its a indirect tax on you." (twitter.com)
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- "I am a full supporter of public schools, charter schools, and private schools. I feel that all students are worth the same amount of money. Therefore, they should have the ability to attend public, charter, or private schools; the money spent on their education goes to the schools which they attend. This way all underprivileged children can afford a school of their choice. Public schools should not get money for educating students that they do not have. We should have full competition and support to educate our children. Common Core is a Direct assault on these beliefs and must be fought and repealed." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "windmill& solar energy democrats are pushing. In Europe the failures of weather have proven to be crypto-night to solar& wind. Traditional energy has been replaced. If Solar& wind were stand alone we wouldnt have rolling blackouts we would just have 1 stand alone blackout." (twitter.com)
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- "1000s of guns. Not one person shot. Gun safety is personal responsibility. Bidens administration is doing 5 day wait on purchases. Such an assault on our sacred 2nd amendment." (twitter.com)
- "75% of mass shootings are pistols and shotguns. Semi-automatic are 25% of mass shootings. When government says gun control. They are going after the weapons that have the ability to keep the government afraid of their people and not the people afraid of their government." (twitter.com)
- "The point of the 2nd amendment is not for self defense. It is so the government is scared of its people. Not the people scared of their government." (twitter.com)
- "Obamacare 1.0 and the failed-to-pass Obamacare 2.0 put the center of the reform in and around the insurance industry. In addition, Obamacare heavily taxed the average American to pay for that insurance. As a result, the cost for healthcare skyrocketed but the care did not improve." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe in proposing life conception bills, this would force congress to vote on heartbeat legislation on where life begins. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No I believe campaign contributions are fundamental to free speech. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Defense spending can be maintained and increase only if necessary for common defense of our American republic. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I believe we need to require a copy of the US Constitution in every classroom. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I also support a national language so legal immigrants an have a chance of succeeding. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Free trade should only be used when it's beneficial to both parties. | |||
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