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Matthew McCall'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 2018.

  • "I will fight to seal the border, save the unborn, preserve and expand the right to bear arms, grow the economy, strengthen the military, and enact sound foreign policy." (votesmart.org)
  • "I will introduce legislation declaring and proclaiming the fact that human life begins at conception, and that all human life deserves due process." (votesmart.org)
  • "Life starts at conception and should be protected under the law." (votesmart.org)
  • "We need a fair/flat tax system that we the people can comply with on a single piece of paper as opposed to multiple tedious documents. THE IRS MUST BE ABOLISHED!" (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Department of Education? Scrap that too. Jimmy Carter gave us the Department of Education, and he was wrong." (votesmart.org)
  • "I am completely for liberating teachers from all federal and state regulation. The Department of Education gives schools $10 of cash and $100 worth of regulation. If we get the government out of the way, Texas teachers will do a fine job on their own!" (votesmart.org)
  • "We must also eliminate the Department of Education as they have never educated a single child. They exist simply to control our teachers and bribe us with our own money." (votesmart.org)
  • "We need to scrap all subsidies to renewable energy and promote natural gas." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "We must work to expand gun rights at every turn. I believe in the constancy of human nature. The Second Amendment was meant to arm WE THE PEOPLE to defend against Tyranny." (votesmart.org)
  • "We need to expand gun rights, not just protect them. The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting or about protection against a dangerous neighbor. It is about prevention of tyranny." (votesmart.org)
  • "I will fight to seal the border, save the unborn, preserve and expand the right to bear arms, grow the economy, strengthen the military, and enact sound foreign policy." (votesmart.org)
  • "We need to build the wall." (votesmart.org)
  • "I support legal immigration. We have a perfectly good path to citizenship, and it runs right through our embassies in Mexico City and Tegucigalpa. That is the only path I support. I do not support any new path to citizenship. Nor do I support amnesty." (votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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