Grant Starrett's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Grant Starrett has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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 2016.
- “I believe life begins at conception and will strongly oppose your tax dollars going to any organization that provides abortions. And I will fight all government efforts to attack our churches and the integrity of our families. Last year, the National Right to Life endorsed every Republican in the federal delegation for Tennessee--except for Congressman DesJarlais. Tennesseans deserve better.” (votesmart.org)
- “I think it's dangerous when government fails to protect the most vulnerable. Life begins at conception and should be protected from that point.” (www.facebook.com)
- “Our families are disintegrating and our unborn children are being slain -- and the federal government subsidizes both while activist judges ignore the plain text of our Constitution to impose their liberal agenda.” (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.
- “I stand for a simple proposition: we shouldn't spend more than we take in.” (votesmart.org)
- “We know that we can't spend more than we take in. We know we can't have an industrial age government regulating an information age economy. We know that tax and spend policies don't work. We have a blueprint for success, and that's precisely what Ronald Reagan pursued to get this country moving again. As Margaret Thatcher said, "The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money." I refuse to let America slip quietly toward socialism, small dreams, and mediocrity.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “Common Core is rotten to the core: distant bureaucrats building themselves a taxpayer-funded empire to preside over and cobbling together an incoherent national curriculum at the expense of state sovereignty. Worse: many states, including Tennessee, signed on board to get at federal cash. We need to stop this at the top: eliminate the Department of Education and let states and families determine the course of their kids' education.” (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.
- “The Bill of Rights is crystal clear--our right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. President Obama and his cronies in Washington, D.C. have made every attempt to curb our constitutionally guaranteed rights to defend ourselves and our families. I will stand firm with every vote to protect our 2nd Amendment from the liberals who want to pry our rights from our hands.” (votesmart.org)
- “ObamaCare is a disaster that has resulted in worse outcomes for most Tennesseans and our entire healthcare system is built on a platform that was conjured by wage and price controls of the last century. We need to repeal and replace ObamaCare with constitutional free market solutions that actually bring down the costs for the average American.” (votesmart.org)
- “Obama's executive amnesty defies Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires that the president 'shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.' The president has no power to unilaterally amend the law. We need a Congress that will stand up not only for the right immigration policy but also against an unconstitutional extension of the president's power.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “Our federal government needs to be lean at home and mean abroad. The Commander-in-Chief has vacated his position as threats gather around the world: chaos throughout the Middle East threatens our ally Israel; Iran races to build a nuclear bomb and our president wants to pursue the same tactics that failed to stop North Korea; Russia is invading its neighbors; and China is unnerving theirs.” (votesmart.org)
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