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Joe Kent's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Joe Kent 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.

  • "I am a pro-life Christian. I will work tirelessly to protect the rights of unborn children. I will work to cut off federal funding for abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood." joekentforcongress.com
  • "Pray for the Supreme Court to end abortion." (x.com)
  • "Pray for the unborn, fight to end abortion in America." (x.com)
  • "Repeal Roe v. Wade." (x.com)
  • "For those at or approaching retirement age I will not touch your benefits & I’ll introduce options for young workers." (x.com)
  • "I’m against any cuts to social security, Medicare/cade. Marie’s spending will make SS/MC etc insolvent before we have to time to plan. Fiscal responsibility is a must & safe guarding the programs ppl have earned is step 1." (x.com)
  • "Nope. Soc security & Medicare must be protected. Democrat spending will make both insolvent if we don’t get serious about spending." (x.com)
  • "Noting will bankrupt social security faster than democrat spending. Perez voted for 4 trillion in new spending driving inflation, hitting seniors on fixed incomes the hardest. My plan- protect social security, make it tax free, balance our budget, cut spending." (x.com)
  • "Check out my FB live about America 1st economics. We must make our economy work for our ppl not just the elites. Bring back manufacturing & protectionist trade policies to support our working class. Fix immigration, less taxes / flat income tax." (x.com)
  • "The average American family is paying 14% income taxes, fighting covid lock downs, college debt, loss of manufacturing / tech jobs due to predatory economic policies while the oligarchs who gain from our decline skate by. We must fix this rigged system, now" (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Small dollar donors are the life blood my campaign, I’m not taking corporate PAC money from the military industrial complex, big pharma or any interest destroying our nation. For the cost of a cup of coffee each month you can help me flip this seat- (joekentforcongress.com)
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  • "40 billion to Ukraine is the same scam we saw over & over again in the last 2 decades of endless wars. The uniparty sends $ to wars to line their pockets w/ $ from defense contractors. This system is so powerful our leaders don’t care if our babies starve, war is their priority." (x.com)
  • "Ever wonder why we can’t afford functional infrastructure, border security or affordable healthcare? Its because we are paying for the world’s security. From NATO to securing the high seas, we bare the burden, and for what? Constant war that only enriches our ruling class." (x.com)
  • "I assure you, we can make significant defense cuts. Lt Commander Benson provides an example of where we can start -" (x.com)
  • "There is never any discussion of how the billions we are giving Ukraine is being used, if it’s working & what the strategy is. That’s because like the GWOT, the real strategy is fleecing America while making the DC war machine & their surrogate oligarchs rich." (x.com)
  • "Close the border, stop spending us into oblivion." (x.com)
  • "Out of control spending & debt are driving the inflation thats crushing working families & eroding our entire national system." (x.com)
  • "The $1.7 TRILLION so-called ‘infrastructure’ bill hardly focuses on infrastructure at all. Money for housing, climate initiatives, and family leave have NOTHING to do with infrastructure. Our national debt is approaching $30 TRILLION. A disgrace." (x.com)
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  • "Biden using a post 9/11 emergency act to wipe out student loan debt is a complete disgrace & abuse of power." (x.com)
  • "Repeals Biden’s unconstitutional student loan debt cancellations to save $550 billion in FY24." (x.com)
  • "To fight this we must adjudicate the election of 2020 via a Congressional oversight committee to give state legislatures the evidence they need to pass in person voting & hand count election laws. I’d also push for a national voter ID standard that verifies voter citizenship." (x.com)
  • "Remember these numbers when the left is fighting against voter ID, virtue signaling for a 15$ min wage they know they’ll never have to pay & our communities are flooded with fentanyl & crime. Illegally immigration is an assault on our sovereignty." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Simple solution- full spectrum US energy domain, drill, frack, nuclear, hydro & renewables. Brings down costs for Americans, makes us independent & takes away the leverage OPEC &BRICS have over us." (x.com)
  • "The situation in the Red Sea is a great example of the predicament we’ve put ourselves in by offshoring everything while obligating ourselves to be the world’s police. Drill our own oil & suddenly the Red Sea, Straights of Hormuz, OPEC etc become far less important to us." (x.com)
  • "The lesson is, "Go Not Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy" regime change wars & foreign entanglements failed us. We need to drill our own oil, produce what we need right here in American w/ American workers, secure our borders & only use force for our vital interests." (x.com)
  • "Gun laws are infringements. The assault weapons ban is unconstitutional." (x.com)
  • "Stay armed. The police cannot & will not protect you. Watch this video, get trained, stay vigilant & never give up our 2A. Abolish gun free zones." (x.com)
  • Rated 92% by National Rifle Association in 2022 (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • 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.
  • "Close the border, stop spending us into oblivion." (x.com)
  • "Finish the wall. Deploy the military to secure the border. Cut off all foreign aid to South American countries until they stop the flow of immigrants. No birth right citizenship for children born in the US via illegal immigration. End DACA, a child is not a pass to enter." (x.com)
  • "Our borders remain open, allowing fentanyl & illegals to stream in, inflation is crushing the working class, destroying the dollar. WW3 looms." (x.com)
  • "Perez voted to keep the border open, I’ll shut it down." (x.com)
  • "Finish the wall. Deploy the military to secure the border. Cut off all foreign aid to South American countries until they stop the flow of immigrants. No birth right citizenship for children born in the US via illegal immigration. End DACA, a child is not a pass to enter." (x.com)
  • "Pass HR2, deport all illegals." (x.com)
  • "Secure our borders, deport the illegals, restore pride in our military by restoring the meritocracy & ending foolish interventions." (x.com)
  • "Biden’s disastrous foreign policy rolls on- as Iran murders women for not wearing hijabs Biden’s national security team is giving Iran sanctions relief & trying to reenter the foolish Iran nuclear deal. When the Mullahs have access to $ they fund terror. Return to max pressure." (x.com)
  • "Biden’s reckless comments about US troops going to Ukraine, saying we will respond if 🇷🇺 uses chemical weapons coupled w/ kicking 🇷🇺 off SWIFT/sanctions are marching us to war. Congressional Republicans should suspend funding until congress has a war powers debate & vote." (x.com)
  • "That’s a decent place to start, let Ukraine & RU work out the details.We get them to the table by offering RU sanctions relief / no NATO/EU membership for Ukraine & conditioning more aid to Ukraine on active negotiations. Our role should be peace broker not proxy war." (x.com)
  • "The purpose of sanctions against Russia was to have leverage to get them to the negotiating table, not ideal, but all we had. The Russia trade bill makes negotiations near impossible, we are forcing RU into the arms of China We are prolonging the killing & killing the dollar." (x.com)
  • ""We over estimated (wink wink), placed more orders to defense contractors (secdef’s retirement fund) based on the over estimate so now we can send another 3 billion to Ukraine!" They are mocking us as our border is over ran & our coffers are emptied for another war we don’t need" (x.com)
  • "Americans in our district & state are dying from fentanyl & criminal illegals, but Marie's priority is a conflict on the other side of the world, not the crisis on our doorstep. 95 billion in foreign aid only creates more inflation for Americans & prolongs the killing in Ukraine." (x.com)
  • "Biden is trying to start WW3. NATO membership for Ukraine puts us into direct conflict w/Russia, drastically increasing the potential for nuclear war. Members of congress supporting this are surrendering their responsibilities in exchange for defense contractor donations." (x.com)
  • "Perez & war monger Dems are taking their talking points from their party’s newest member, Dick Cheney. I’ve been speaking out against our involvement in the foolish war in Ukraine since it began. My views come from my experience & my heart. We need to avoid this slide to WW3." (x.com)
  • "'We over estimated (wink wink), placed more orders to defense contractors (secdef’s retirement fund) based on the over estimate so now we can send another 3 billion to Ukraine!" They are mocking us as our border is over ran & our coffers are emptied for another war we don’t need" (x.com)
  • "Election interference. Big tech is the enemy of freedom & must be broken up." (x.com)
  • "The collaboration between the DOJ, dems & big tech reveals the reach of the security state & their war against threats to their power. We need major intel oversight & anti trust action to break up big tech. American secret police squashing any dissent is the death of freedom." (x.com)
  • "We must aggressively defend our sovereignty, leave the WHO & break up big tech immediately." (x.com)

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