Rebekah Jones' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Rebekah Jones has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I do not support saddling the working poor or middle classes with more of the tax burden than they already have whilst the wealthy continue to evade paying their fair share. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations,unions, and individuals? | ||
| I fully support nullifying the Citizens United ruling through Congress, in addition to creating more transparency regarding campaign finance across all levels and activities related to elections. | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| Absolutely not. Ron DeSantis attacked me on live television in front of the Vice President of the United States and I couldn't do a damn thing about it because he is exempted from defamation lawsuits. | |||
| Unknown Position | Do you support requiring a government-issued identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
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| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| My academic and professional background is in climate science. I focused my research for my doctoral studies on paletotempestology, have served as a climate change subject matter expert for three states' master plans, taught climate change courses at the collegiate level, and been an activist in the movement most of my life. There is no issue I understand better and know more intimately than climate science. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| As someone who has been denied due process -- the December 2020 police raid on my home and family in which armed men pointed guns at my small children without a warrant and stole my computer equipment on orders of Ron DeSantis -- I am sensitive about legislation that denies anyone that right, which some "red flag" laws do. Aside from that, I believe absolutely in banning assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, raising the legal age to purchase a weapon, banning open carry and constitutional carry, and the vast majority of other issues on the subject. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Mixed on this. I don't think the United States should accept or sell products made in countries that use child or slave labor, or otherwise engage in labor practices illegal in our country. I don't believe in austerity measures that are overly rigid or would deprive citizens of necessary goods, like food, water, housing, etc. But I believe we should stop allowing companies making record profits skirt our own labor and safety standards by importing materials and goods made or grown using the exploitation of other people. | |||
| No one knew two years ago who I was and I was fine with that. I was mid-management for the Florida Department of Health, and I managed COVID-19 data and surveillance during the first six months of the pandemic. After I refused to put misleading data on our public systems to drum up support for a political agenda, I was fired, attacked, defamed, smeared, harassed, threatened, raided and even jailed. I came forward because no one else would or could. And I'm fighting Matt Gaetz for the same reasons. Government transparency, accountability and evidence-based decision making. Those are my priorities. |
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