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Kari Lake's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Kari Lake did not 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.

  • "Roe v Wade and the Culture of Abortion is over. A new chapter of Life has begun. A chapter where we help women become the Mothers they are meant to be. Thank you, God." (x.com)
  • "We will never make up for the lives Roe V Wade took from us. But we will celebrate all those that will be saved moving forward. Life wins." (x.com)
  • "If not for this man, Hillary Clinton would have appointed THREE Liberal, Anti-Life activist judges. If not for this man, Roe would still be in tact. If not for this man, millions more would be killed in the name of "choice" Thank you, President Trump." (x.com)
  • "Like President Trump, I will always protect your Social Security and Medicare." (x.com)
  • "Kamala & Walz and Ruben Gallego want to cut your Social Security. I won’t let them. " (x.com)
  • "Ruben Gallego worked for a company that was investigated for Medicare fraud. If he’s willing to defraud Medicare, he’s willing to cut Medicare. He ripped off our seniors before and he’ll do it again. Let me be clear: Any politician who tries to lay a finger on your medicare or social security will have to go through me. And even worse, they’ll have to go through President Trump and that guy is bulletproof." (x.com)
  • "'I want to eventually get rid of the income tax if we can do that, I haven’t made that promise because I don’t want to make a promise that I can’t keep. But I want to get it down to as close to zero as possible so we can compete with some of these other states.'" (x.com)
  • "90% of Americans saw their take-home pay INCREASE the year following Trump’s tax cuts, Ruben & Joe want to take that away from our families & hike our taxes by five TRILLION dollars. I will preserve & extend those tax cuts." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "They say the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Rotten @RubenGallego has always been rotten. 'Gallego once headed public affairs for a controversial private ambulance company that used the Citizens United court ruling to directly influence local political races & whose corporate parent was under investigation for Medicare fraud.'" (x.com)
  • "@KariLake’s Official Promise to Police: Protect Qualified Immunity"
  • "@RubenGallego & @KyrstenSinema spent years complaining about the cost of the border wall, and then wrote a blank check for war in Ukraine. They prioritized the needs of the military-industrial complex over the security of the American people." (x.com)
  • "I know the federal government needs to stop spending money it doesn't have." (x.com)
  • "The federal government is spending money it doesn’t have, papering over a now more than $1.5 trillion annual deficit by printing more of it. That’s what causes inflation, why Americans are struggling just to afford everyday necessities. Kari Lake will cut spending, reduce bureaucracy, and free American workers to grow our economy: because increasing our total economic output is the surest way to tame inflation now, and in the future." (karilake.com)
  • "As your Senator, Kari Lake will fully support President Trump’s plan to get homeless individuals off the street and in to treatment, by: Providing both federal lands and funding for controlled camping and shelter facilities. Rebuilding a national system of in-patient treatment centers, halfway houses, and assisted-living facilities for drug and mental health treatment of the most seriously addicted and mentally-deranged individuals to get the treatment they need and get back on a path to wellness." (karilake.com)
  • "The Inflation Reduction Act has not only failed to reduce inflation but is causing healthcare costs to skyrocket." (x.com)
  • "The federal government is spending money it doesn’t have, papering over a now more than $1.5 trillion annual deficit by printing more of it. That’s what causes inflation, why Americans are struggling just to afford everyday necessities. Kari Lake will cut spending, reduce bureaucracy, and free American workers to grow our economy: because increasing our total economic output is the surest way to tame inflation now, and in the future." (karilake.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "In Arizona, the corrupt election officials knew our movement was going to swamp the polls on Election Day, so they sabotaged the machines. Republicans have to get smarter about voting. And we must demand Voter ID." (x.com)
  • "Paper ballots. One per legal voter. Voter ID. Pretty simple. Let’s do it!" (x.com)
  • "We cannot have true election integrity without it! You cannot register a car, open a checking acct, get on an airplane and the list goes on, without photo ID 🛑 AZ needs #VoterID!" (x.com)
  • "Long-term, our energy future will come from new, safe, and clean nuclear and reactor technologies. Clean, plentiful natural gas and oil are the bridges to that future. Kari Lake will vote to open our oil reserves to exploration, cut prices at the pump and on your utility bill, and expand exports once again." (karilake.com)
  • "I want to work with our energy companies, large and small, to make Arizona a Powerhouse in Power. We need to work to expand nuclear, we can do that, we can do that with the right people in office." (x.com)
  • "Long-term, our energy future will come from new, safe, and clean nuclear and reactor technologies. Clean, plentiful natural gas and oil are the bridges to that future. Kari Lake will vote to open our oil reserves to exploration, cut prices at the pump and on your utility bill, and expand exports once again." (karilake.com)
  • "Reopen the Keystone XL Pipeline Drill, Baby, Drill Invest in Nuclear We can have full-spectrum energy dominance" (x.com)
  • Rated 92% by the NRA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I will NEVER let them take away our 2nd Amendment rights" (x.com)
  • "Instead of securing the border, @RubenGallego wants to criminalize the 2nd Amendment & rob law-abiding Americans of the means to defend themselves & their families. I'm running to protect the freedoms outlined in the Constitution from radicals like Ruben." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "My plan: ✅Baby bonuses ✅Tax relief ✅Paid family leave ✅More resources" (x.com)
  • "My plan: Baby bonuses Tax relief Paid family leave More resources" (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "A vote for @KariLake is a vote for a secure border and a secure Arizona" (x.com)
  • "America is VULNERABLE. We NEED to secure our border." (x.com)
  • "It’s only a matter of time before the @JoeBiden-⁦@RubenGallego open border results in a major terrorist attack. They may not feel the urgency to secure the border and protect our country, but I do." (x.com)
  • "Kari Lake is committed to providing our Border Patrol agents with the tools and resources to fully secure our border and protect American families" (karilake.com)
  • "RINOs in Washington are preparing to SELL US OUT with a MASSIVE amnesty for illegals. I will fight this recklessness with everything I have. It’s time to put #AZ First and #SecureTheBorder" (x.com)
  • "Require the automatic, immediate deportation of individuals caught crossing the border outside of official ports of entry. Further, individuals caught crossing the border outside of a port of entry will be permanently banned from entry into the U.S." (karilake.com)
  • "Rotten @RubenGallego supported the dangerous Iran Deal that unfroze billions of Iran’s assets which were used to fund terrorism across the globe." (x.com)
  • "Every day we have cartels & terrorists crossing into our country putting our families at risk But D.C. politicians are more concerned about Ukraine’s border while our borders are wide-open When you send me to the U.S. Senate, I will make it my priority to secure our border" (x.com)
  • "Today, @RubenGallego voted to send 60.8 billion more of your money to defend Ukraine’s border. Zero for our own. Gallego stands for endless wars and open borders. I’m fighting to put Arizona First." (x.com)
  • "Almost $60 BILLION sent to Ukraine. I’m sure Flint, Michigan would have loved just a tiny sliver of that. 👀 Our "leaders" hate us." (x.com)
  • "Social Media Companies are in bed with the Federal Government. Now do Corporate Media Compaines who take Billions of $$ from the Government. Time to re-examine their FCC Broadcast Licenses." (x.com)

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