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Matt Hinton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Matt Hinton 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.

  • "Abortion is a horrifying concept to me." (matthintonforcongress.com)
  • "Almost everyone I know, no matter what their political leanings, have the opinion that they would not personally get an abortion. The only difference I see is whether or not they support other womens’ right to have one. I will fight for the life of these children." (matthintonforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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  • "Cut out loopholes in corporate taxes that allow companies like Amazon and Netflix to post record profits and not pay a single penny in taxes." (matthintonforcongress.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.
  • "If you do not trust that your government will pass the laws you think are required to protect your family, or that there is no law that can be passed to fully protect your family from violence, you have the second amendment which will afford you the opportunity to defend your family from violence." (matthintonforcongress.com)
  • "I will never support any red flag laws that allow for the confiscation of guns when no crimes have been committed by the accused." (matthintonforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I am open to giving dreamers a path to permanent residency (not citizenship) if it helps us get a better immigration deal through congress." (matthintonforcongress.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.
  • "NAFTA started being implemented on January 1st, 1994 and shortly thereafter China was granted access to the World Trade Organization on December 11th, 2001. The labor force Participation rate peaked at 67.3% in April of 2000. Those two trade blunders have decimated our workforce." (matthintonforcongress.com)

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