Brenda Thiam's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Brenda Thiam 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.
Issue Positions
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- "Abortion is not healthcare. It should not be used like birth control when a woman doesnât want the child." (www.brendathiam.com)
- "With the Supreme Courtâs decision to overturn Woe vs Wade, states can now determine at the legislative level how theyâd like to proceed with womenâs reproductive rights." (www.brendathiam.com)
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- Voted against HB 1047: "Expands Access to Mail-In- Voting- Maryland Key Vote" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "Guns are not the problem; the problem is people who have ill intentions or suffer from a mental illness and use guns to harm others. I will work to protect your 2nd amendment right." (www.brendathiam.com)
- "Iâm proud proponent of the 2nd amendment and supports your right to keep and bear arms." (www.brendathiam.com)
- "While serving in Marylandâs state legislature, Brenda supported bills that protected the rights of gun owners and voted against bills that tried to take those rights away. " (www.brendathiam.com)
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- " I will work to sponsor and/or support legislation that will improve our system for those who seek to come to our country and become a citizen of the United States of America. The system is badly broken and we have the responsibility to fix it." (www.brendathiam.com)
- "We must enact policies that will protect our borders and keep bad people out." (www.brendathiam.com)
- "f a country doesnât have secure borders, it is not a country. Our border is not secure. More and more illegal immigrants are passing across the border and many are coming with nefarious intentions in mind." (www.brendathiam.com)
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