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Derrick Evans' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Derrick Evans has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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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 2024.

  • "I am a pro-life Christian. I will work tirelessly to protect the rights of unborn children. I will work to cut off federal funding for abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood, and I will work to codify Pro-Life laws at the federal level." (evansforwv.com)
  • "Our nation’s debt is a national security threat. Our inflation and debt spending are out of control. We must balance our budget, end the needless spending, and dramatically change the entitlement spending."
  • "We must work to protect the social security benefits that our senior citizens were forced to pay and now depend on. I will also propose and support legislation to end the federal tax on Social Security Income which will put more money in the pockets of our senior citizens living on a fixed income." (evansforwv.com)
  • "The government overtaxes hard-working Americans and appears to feel little obligation to account for the money it demands. I will work to lower our individual and corporate federal income taxes and go after government excess in every aspect of the federal government. I will vote no on any proposal that raises the taxes on American citizens." (evansforwv.com)
  • "The government overtaxes hard-working Americans and appears to feel little obligation to account for the money it demands. I will work to lower our individual and corporate federal income taxes and go after government excess in every aspect of the federal government. I will vote no on any proposal that raises the taxes on American citizens." (evansforwv.com)
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  • "I fully support the men and women of our law enforcement community. I will fight any efforts to defund the police. I will fight to use the tools of federal law enforcement to dismantle the Antifa and BLM terrorist organizations." (evansforwv.com)
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  • "Our nation’s debt is a national security threat. Our inflation and debt spending are out of control. We must balance our budget, end the needless spending, and dramatically change the entitlement spending."
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  • "I don’t mince words. The 2020 election was stolen. We must clean up our elections by putting an end to the ballot harvesting and machine manipulation. I will work with experts such as Mike Lindell, and True The Vote (2,000 Mules) to fight for election integrity across the country. We need free and fair elections where only LEGAL ballots are counted." (evansforwv.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Energy Independence is non-negotiable and is a matter of national security. I will pursue an all-of-the-above strategy that utilizes our coal, natural gas, and oil reserves. We still have hundreds of years of energy reserves, and we need to use them to continue Making America Great Again." (evansforwv.com)
  • "Every single gun law is unconstitutional. It’s time to repeal the Brady Act of 1993, repeal the National Firearms Act, and completely abolish the ATF. Look what our government is currently doing to us now. Imagine what they would do if we were unarmed." (x.com)
  • "I support the 2nd Amendment as it is written. Shall not be infringed. I will push for Constitutional Carry/concealed carry permit reciprocity in all 50 states, so all citizens can exercise their right to bear arms and defend themselves without government interference." (evansforwv.com)
  • "Government involvement in health care has driven the cost up. We should deregulate health care, allow for more competition in the market, make medical expenses tax-deductible and allow individuals to purchase insurance across state lines. We also need to remove the high-deductible insurance policy requirement to access Health Savings Accounts." (evansforwv.com)
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  • "I will fight to make a federal cap on the cost of high-demand prescription drugs such as insulin to protect our citizens from the big pharma’s predatory practices." (evansforwv.com)
  • "Declare an invasion. Send in the military. Secure our border by any means necessary." (x.com)
  • "We must have strict immigration control. That starts with building the wall to ensure our nation’s security. I will introduce and support legislation to build a border wall, push back on blanket amnesty, deprive sanctuary cities of federal funding, and enforce strict employer verification requirements for their employees to end non-US citizen labor demand" (evansforwv.com)
  • "We must have strict immigration control. That starts with building the wall to ensure our nation’s security. I will introduce and support legislation to build a border wall, push back on blanket amnesty, deprive sanctuary cities of federal funding, and enforce strict employer verification requirements for their employees to end non-US citizen labor demand" (evansforwv.com)
  • "We must strengthen our NATO alliance and ensure that NATO shoulders its share of the security burden and does not support Russia by purchasing Russian oil and gas. To fortify our key alliances, we must not lead our allies on foolish nation-building endeavors as we have done in Afghanistan for nearly twenty years. We should only ask that our allies go to war when it is absolutely necessary" (evansforwv.com)
  • "To all of you bleeding heart liberals who "support" Ukraine on Twitter: Go to Ukraine & pick up a weapon. If you need help getting there I will buy you a one way ticket (conditions apply). Volunteer to fight on the front lines alongside the Ukrainian military for one year. If you won’t do this then SHUT UP when I say I don’t want my money sent to Ukraine." (x.com)
  • "The social media technocrats are monopolies and must be broken up. The internet and access to social media is a modern public utility. I am a free speech advocate; free speech is a sacred right in this nation that no one can take from us. Our technology and social media companies have crossed the line by depriving people of their ability to express themselves and operate in our society. Social media have repeatedly acted on behalf of the far left. Myself and many other conservatives have been censored or even banned from social media sites, most notably was President Trump being banned. Another example is the Hunter Biden laptop / NY Post issue just before the 2020 election as an example of big tech that has gone off the rails. We need to examine how big tech impedes Americans’ rights and remove big tech’s ability to act like a nation-state." (evansforwv.com)

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