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Ruth Luevanos' 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 2022.

  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Medicare must cover dental, vision, and hearing care. Period." (twitter.com)
  • "Paid family leave, daycare and preschool are all social infrastructure that is needed in this country. I still remember dropping our 6 week old son at daycare in tears because we couldn't afford for me to stay home. I will fight for working families because I am one!" (twitter.com)
  • "Three words: Medicare for all. #MedicareForAll" (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.
  • "Let’s get the airport completed! The airport will attract business and commerce leading to more quality union jobs in the Antelope Valley and putting an end to the gas tax you pay just to get a living wage." (www.ruth4congress.com)
  • "Ruth believes that we need to bring quality union jobs into the Antelope Valley so our residents can stop paying a gas tax by driving highway 14 everyday just to make a living wage." (www.ruth4congress.com)
  • "The green jobs are coming, let’s make the Antelope Valley the home for these new jobs and make sure our unions are equipped to train workers now, so we are the home for the future." (www.ruth4congress.com)
  • "No more corporate welfare borne on the backs of minimum wage workers." (twitter.com)
  • "Tax the rich!" (twitter.com)
  • "Congress needs to pass another COVID Relief Bill and work with local elected officials and community leaders to ensure funds are distributed to essential workers and families who are being hit hardest with COVID and inflation right now." (twitter.com)
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  • "The green jobs are coming, let’s make the Antelope Valley the home for these new jobs and make sure our unions are equipped to train workers now, so we are the home for the future." (www.ruth4congress.com)
  • "I am so very proud to receive the endorsement of the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains who were thrilled about my work holding DOE, NASA and Boeing accountable for the #SSFLcleanup and fighting for clean renewable energy on the Clean Power Alliance!" (twitter.com)
  • "Just a reminder that wildfires, floods and other dire impacts of climate change do not care about your political affiliation. This Earth Day let's invest in renewable energy, transition workers to renewable and sustainable jobs, invest in public transportation & stop fracking." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Let's make sure our students and children are the last Lockdown Generation this country ever has by banning assault weapons, demanding background checks & banning ghost guns. I'd rather spend instructional time educating my students than traumatizing them with lockdown drills." (twitter.com)
  • "What could I possibly offer? What's needed is firm commitment to policies preventing gun violence. No one should be afraid to go to work, school, the store, go to a concert, a park, etc. The solutions are out there. We just need to have the courage to use them." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "#NationalCancerSurviverDay As a cancer survivor I know that the last thing anyone fighting this terrible disease needs to worry about is about whether or not they will have access to healthcare, lifesaving medication, or the paid leave that allows them to heal and recover." (twitter.com)
  • "Paid family leave, daycare and preschool are all social infrastructure that is needed in this country. I still remember dropping our 6 week old son at daycare in tears because we couldn't afford for me to stay home. I will fight for working families because I am one!" (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I will continue to fight for immigrants' rights and a pathway to citizenship for farmworkers, long term healthcare workers, and over 12 million immigrants that have been waiting too long for the broken promise of a pathway to citizenship." (twitter.com)
  • "Our immigrant families, students and neighbors are tired of the trauma from the "war on immigration” too, President Biden. Protect Dreamers. Protect DACA. Protect TPS." (twitter.com)
  • "Tell Congress to deliver a pathway to citizenship NOW! #HomeIsHere" (twitter.com)
  • "There is no better way to show gratitude for the millions of essential agricultural workers who made sure food was on our tables than to finally provide them with a pathway to citizenship." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I think President Biden did the right thing by pulling our troops. However, I also believe we have a moral obligation to welcome more refugees from Afghanistan into America—especially the most vulnerable such as women, children, LGBTQ+ and interpreters." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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