Eric Early'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 2024.
- "There is no Constitutional right to an abortion, these Justices followed the Constitution, interpreted it properly. I don't believe its a war on women." (twitter.com)
- "Well I'm pro-life. I support the way the Supreme Court is going. Attorney general is not a legislator, we enforce the laws." (www.youtube.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Schiff abandoned our District 20 years ago. He watches homeless live and die on streets. Never done a thing about it! Crime is on rise, taxes out of control etc etc. The deranged Schiff could care less." (twitter.com)
- "Schiff abandoned our District 20 years ago. He watches homeless live and die on streets. Never done a thing about it! Crime is on rise, taxes out of control etc etc. The deranged Schiff could care less." (twitter.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "1000% support for Los Angelesâ incredible law enforcement. For starters, any violent protestor who gets arrested should have their Covid unemployment payments stopped ASAP." (twitter.com)
- "If this psycho is actually a teacher as she says, she should be booted from the schools and prevented from ever teaching another class again. Law enforcement must be supported. One can only wonder what this creature (and her like-minded comrades) are teaching our kids." (twitter.com)
- "Supports giving cops what they need to protect us all." (ericearly.com)
- "The immediate solution for the rioters in Portland (who mostly live off their mommyâs and daddyâs credit cards): 1. Increase federal law enforcement. 2. Water cannons and tear gas. 3. Arrest and lock them up. 4. Cut off their federal Covid-19 relief. We must get tough." (twitter.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Is against the spending of trillions that has fueled the inflation crippling Americans." (ericearly.com)
- "My opponent Adam Schiffs Record: Massive homelessness. Unaffordable housing." (twitter.com)
- "Is against the spending of trillions that has fueled the inflation crippling Americans." (ericearly.com)
- "Biden doesnât give a damn about working families. Judge him by his actions, not his words. Anyone who believes his words is living in fantasyland. Inflation is up 13% since President Biden took office: economist" (twitter.com)
- "I'm the only one in this race fighting for the things that matter to all Californians. immigration, indoctrination, inflation, incarceration." (twitter.com)
- "Is against the spending of trillions that has fueled the inflation crippling Americans." (ericearly.com)
- "87,000 new IRS agents thanks to "Anti-Inflation Act" that will increase inflation. Govât intrusion in all Americanâs lives will skyrocket. Perhaps 1 day millions will realize bill was supported by EVERY Senate D + most of corporate media, opposed by EVERY Senate R." (twitter.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Anyone who tells you that demanding voter ID means it will disenfranchise voters, is a fool and/or supports voter fraud." (twitter.com)
- "Adam Schiff's Green New Deal would kill countless good-paying jobs in Los Angeles. I am for sensible solutions that protect the environment without killing a bunch of jobs. Let's make sure the only person who loses their job is @adamschiff" (twitter.com)
- "Empty suit Newsom wants to ban OUR gas cars by 2035. We already have statewide blackouts and massive fires thanks to radical green policies. Imagine if just a quarter of CA switched to electric cars. Where is that electricity going to come from? Flip California Red!" (twitter.com)
- 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.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Adam Schiff has been in congress for more than two decades and hasnât done a damn thing. The border crisis is a result of his inaction. Secure the border now." (twitter.com)
- "Fentanyl free flowing across an open border killing tens of thousands of Americans." (ericearly.com)
- "Supports strengthening our borders and harsher penalties for Fentanyl traffickers." (ericearly.com)
- 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.
- "Supports efforts to end Russian aggression in Ukraine and bring peace back to Europe" (ericearly.com)
- "The endless lies of my former opponent Schiff, which tied POTUS 45âs hands on Russia and Ukraine for 4 years, and also helped usher in the tragic Biden, put the blood of Ukraine all over Schiffâs hands. History will remember him as the pariah he is." (twitter.com)
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.
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No as to corporations. Yes as to unions. | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
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| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I support giving our military whatever it needs to be the strongest, best equipped, and best fighting force in the world. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Unknown Position | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
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| I believe in supply side economics. By taking the handcuffs off business owners, the economy grows at a faster pace. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I believe Federal funding should be withheld from educational institutions that continue to hire instructors to indoctrinate their students with anti-American, pro-Socialist, racially, religiously and sexually divisive agendas. | |||
| 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? | ||
| This should be controlled by the free market. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I am against illegal immigration and I support the wall. However, for those immigrants who have been here illegally for many years without breaking our laws, I do not believe they should be returned to their country of origin. Separately, however, people here illegally who have also broken other laws, should not be allowed to remain in the country. Additionally, those presently crossing our borders illegally, should definitely be returned to their country of origin before being eligible for citizenship. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Generally yes. However, I support President Trump's use of tariffs and the like to create free and fair trade. | |||
| First: Work to resolve the homelessness epidemic in my District. People are living and dying on the streets. We need to rebuild the nation's mental healthcare system from the ground up. And we need to follow what several other states are presently doing to get people immediately off the streets while the healthcare system is rebuilt. Second, prevent the ongoing takeover of our nation's schools by social justice warriors intent on indoctrinating our kids with anti-American, pro-socialist and racially, religiously and sexually divisive agendas. Third, work to reduce increasing crime in the District. |
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