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Christopher Hale's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Christopher Hale has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2020 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 2020.

  • "I’m pro-life. Google me." (twitter.com)
  • "I believe that every human life is precious, and we have a responsibility to stand up for our most vulnerable. Today, Tennessee takes a monumental step towards celebrating, cherishing, and defending life at every stage." (twitter.com)
  • "Politicians who think we should use the awesome force of government to protect a fetus in the womb, but not lift a finger to protect the life of a 17-month-old baby aren’t pro-life, but pro-birth. They aren’t doing the work of God, but of the devil. " (twitter.com)
  • "The Alabama fetal heartbeat law won’t prevent one abortion in the state. It isn’t pro-life. It’s anti-woman and pure political grandstanding." (twitter.com)
  • "It’s time to stop giving away our hard earned money to big corporations that screw over Tennessee workers. I’m calling for the biggest middle class tax cut in American history. The direct payments to our citizens will be paid for by tax increases on wealthy corporations that ship our jobs overseas to China." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Expand Medicaid and lower the Medicare age. I'll work with Tennessee's next governor and the federal government to do whatever it takes to expand Medicaid in our state and will work in a bipartisan way to decrease the Medicare-eligible age to 50, which will save the average Tennessean thousands of dollars of out-of-pocket costs near their retirement. This will be the first step towards a single payer universal system." (www.christopherhale.com)
  • "Medicare-for-all is the most pro-life piece of legislation in the history of the United States." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "If the President was sincere about cutting our deficit, he should consider reasonable cuts to our defense budget." (twitter.com)
  • "I want to work with the President to execute the biggest investment in rural Tennessee in nearly a century. We will begin to bring new, high-paying jobs to the area, educate and train our workers to fill those jobs, and take care of those whose jobs and industries are being disrupted by a transforming economy. We will focus on rapid training for technology jobs in farming, manufacturing, infrastructure, transportation, and digital coding with the hope of making Middle and East Tennessee a new center of technological innovation in the United States." (www.christopherhale.com)
  • "Repurpose the Tennessee Valley Authority to give world-class broadband access to every rural community in the state. Like the TVA lit up the sky, jumpstarted our economy, and drastically reduced poverty during the 20th century, the new TVA will ensure rural Tennesseans and their small businesses have the tools to thrive in today's economy. Launch the biggest investment in the Tennessee infrastructure since the interstate highway system in the 1950s. While that program focused on connecting cities, this one will focus on connecting rural communities with each other and the wider transportation network. Tennessee's roads and bridges used to be the envy of the nation. They will soon be again." (www.christopherhale.com)
  • "Cut red tape, provide tax relief, and expand access to capital for companies and small businesses that relocate and invest in rural areas throughout the state. We will work with business owners throughout the region to identify which regulations to cut, focusing on those that slow digital and physical infrastructure development." (www.christopherhale.com)
  • "Why did Scott DesJarlais vote against the bipartisan bill that would've given Tennesseans free virus testing, a small business stimulus, & paid sick leave? The president was absolutely right to call DesJarlais and his friends "third rate grandstanders" for opposing this bill." (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.
  • "I'm from Tennessee and ran for Congress in one of the most rural and reddest areas in the country. You might be surprised, but a majority of my community supports universal background checks and gun licensing laws." (twitter.com)
  • "How can a politician be a Christian and a follower of Jesus Christ and—like Pontius Pilate—wash their hands and do nothing of the gun violence that kills God’s children in our nation? God’s words in the Bible ring true today: "the blood of your brother cries out to me for help!"" (twitter.com)
  • "No politician can claim to be pro-life if they say there’s nothing we can do about the massive gun violence that’s killing our children. No child is safe: in a home, a church, a synagogue, a school. And it’s because our "pro-life" politicians aren’t doing anything about it." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Ensure equal pay for women and paid parental and sick leave for all. Women and mothers are increasingly becoming the cornerstone of Tennessee's economy. To defend women's paychecks is to defend Tennessee families. I will work to pass legislation to give women the tools they need to fight discrimination and harassment in the workforce. I will also work to pass paid parental and sick leave." (www.christopherhale.com)
  • "Build the wall" chants are going across the #MarchForLife. That's horribly anti-life. It's sad." (twitter.com)
  • "Davids find themselves up against the Goliaths of demonic immigration policies that seek to throw out our people who have spent the better part of their lives building a family here in Tennessee." (twitter.com)
  • "Marsha Blackburn supports separating parents from their children at the border. What's pro-life about that? What's American about that? #TNSenateDebate." (twitter.com)
  • "We will soon file a lawsuit against the President of the United States' illegal executive actions on immigration and deportation policies." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "If Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to be a one term president, he needs to end this warmonger tonight. No sane American wants another endless war in the Middle East. Republican or Democrat, young or old, rich or poor, black, brown, or white, we’re all absolutely done with this." (twitter.com)
  • "Repealing the Trump tax cut doesn’t come close to paying Medicare-for-all. Twenty years of endless wars on a bloated budget in the Middle East has cost $6 trillion dollars. Medicare-for-all costs $36 trillion. I believe in its mission. I want real plans to actually pay for it." (twitter.com)
  • "Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue, and he wouldn’t lose support among his voters. Today, he shot soybean farmers in Tennessee & the US with a tariff trade war that might destroy the industry. This is the biggest GOP own goal in rural America in a generation." (twitter.com)
  • ""I want trade deals that help our communities first, and I want trade deals between countries that treat their people well." — Christopher #HaleYes." (twitter.com)

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