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David Giglio's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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David Giglio 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.

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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.

  • "I’ll never apologize for being pro-life and I’ll never wish Roe v. Wade wasn’t overturned just to score some extra electoral victories." (x.com)
  • "David believes Medicare and Social Security are vital and irreplaceable government programs for our seniors and opposes cuts to either program. David also supports expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, thereby reducing the cost of live-saving drugs for seniors." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "There’s no justification for the taxation of social security benefit payments. People shouldn’t be penalized for a life if hard work." (x.com)
  • "DYK: The US Government was able to function effectively in the 135 years before the Income Tax was made permanent. It happened before. It can happen again. Bigger isn't always better." (x.com)
  • "Repeal the Income Tax and replace it with...NOTHING. Taxation is theft." (x.com)
  • "Instead of imposing blanket tax increases on corporations, Congress should reward companies who produce goods domestically and punish those who outsource jobs and production." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "Campaign Finance Reform is how we give elections back to the people. Ban all donations from Corporate and Dark Money PAC's. When raising money out of district, candidates cannot exceed the amount they raised from inside their district in the previous quarter." (x.com)
  • "We need major campaign finance reform. Eliminate PACs & force candidates to raise the majority of their cash from individuals in their state/district with a hard cap. This will make Congress more responsive to their constituents instead of corporate PACs & special interests." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I’m going to break with the majority of Republicans when I say the US could afford at least a 1-3% cut in defense spending w/o jeopardizing the military or national defense. It’s common knowledge that the defense budget is ripe with waste & abuse." (x.com)
  • "Federal spending has ballooned since COVID, so let me ask you this…Has your life gotten better as a result of this massive increase in federal deficit spending?? I’m going to guess not. At a bare minimum the GOP must demand spending return to pre-COVID levels." (x.com)
  • "If the GOP focused its messaging on solving America’s housing affordability crisis, the cost of essential good/services, and policies aimed at making life better for working families instead of corporate tax breaks and funding forever wars, they would be trouncing Democrats." (x.com)
  • "If the GOP truly wants to make inroads with younger voters, they must make combating the housing affordability crisis one of their primary concerns. The first step toward driving down costs is to cut regulations that are crippling domestic manufactures and the supply chain." (x.com)
  • "Wow, this might be one of the dumbest statements ever. You control inflation by stopping reckless spending, not by taking corporate profits so you can continue irresponsible fiscal policy. That’s actually how socialist countries kill private businesses and then go bankrupt." (x.com)
  • "There are over 100 colleges/universities that have endowments of $1 billion or more. To ease the burden of student loans & lower tuitions we should demand these institutions tap into their bloated endowments rather than penalizing US taxpayers." (x.com)
  • "David believes we must have a completely open and transparent voting and counting process and supports same-day voting, hand counting of ballots, a rigorous and transparent signature verification process, and the implementation of nationwide voter ID laws." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "David also believes that America must reinvest in nuclear power, which is clean, safe, reliable, and efficient." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "ICYWW: Renewable energy is only "cheaper" because of government subsidies. When you take away those subsidies the cost per kW is about 30 cents, which would be higher than electric prices in nearly every state. Not exactly a "sustainable" or "affordable" long-term strategy." (x.com)
  • "David supports unleashing American energy by reducing burdensome regulations, cutting bureaucratic red tape, and ramping up domestic oil production." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "My message to the @POTUS running the country who cancelled domestic pipelines, drilling, and oil leases on Day 1 is simple: Stop gaslighting the American people with lies & stop putting America Last. And do it now." (x.com)
  • "When are these climate crazies going to realize that halting US oil production, will not save the world? The drilling & fracking will just take place somewhere else with less enviro regulation. Their actions are actually worse for the environment & only hurt America." (x.com)
  • "David vows to oppose any and all legislation that would limit or "infringe" upon the American people's right to keep and bear arms." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "We need real answers for why this continues to happen. You can have all the gun control that you want, but when threats are identified & not taken seriously or outright ignored, tragedies like this will continue to happen. Who is giving these "stand-down" orders?" (x.com)
  • "The answer to rising healthcare costs is not more government intervention or the implementation of a single-payer system. The only result that such policies would lead to is even higher prices and a massive reduction in the quality and availability of care. Removing bureaucratic regulations will encourage more competition in the marketplace, drive down prices, and force carriers to offer more competitive and higher-quality plans in order to survive in a highly competitive market." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "I see no reason why Republicans shouldn't support paid parental leave & expanded access to childcare. You can't cry about fiscal restraint & deficit spending while continuing to greenlight hundreds of billions in foreign aid & corporate handouts." (x.com)
  • "David also supports expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, thereby reducing the cost of live-saving drugs for seniors." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "Want to reduce the cost of prescription drugs? Eliminate lobbyist/politician created regulations & laws that make it impossible for small firms to compete and/or force the giant firms to have to justify their asking prices for drugs based on a global market comparison." (x.com)
  • "Temporary moratorium on immigration until the border is fully secured, the wall is finished, the backlog of current pending cases is cleared, and the naturalization process is streamlined to meet 21st Century demands." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "Temporary moratorium on immigration until the border is fully secured, the wall is finished, the backlog of current pending cases is cleared, and the naturalization process is streamlined to meet 21st Century demands." (www.davidagiglio.com)
  • "#Biden lifted sanctions on #Russia allowing them to build pipelines At home, he destroyed American jobs & halted our path to energy independence by cancelling the #KeystonePipeline Now, the same media that soent 4 years telling you #Trump was #Putin’s puppet remains silent" (x.com)
  • "The best bet moving forward, since Congress seems to be steadfast in their commitment to funneling more money to Ukraine, would be to attach strict stipulations for how aid is to be used and weapons dispersed." (x.com)
  • "There’s no justification for raising the debt ceiling when much of the added debt won’t even be used to directly benefit the American people and will instead be funneled through Ukraine and other avenues of wasteful foreign aid." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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