Jim Griffin's 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 2020.
- "I am wholly in support of women's right to have an abortion but I am equally against the public funding it." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "I would prefer to have the states run their own curriculum rather than relying on the federal government" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "I think common sense legislation requiring a background check and a 7 to 10 day waiting period is sound public policy. I also support The Brady Bill." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "I think there has to be a employer focused financial means test to identify if whether such a company has the recr has the ability to do such." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "However, My answer is based on a case by case scenario I believe it's our duty to protect innocent good people whom cannot safely return home." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
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- "I'm against endless regime change wars. I'm against risking our country's young men and women. where Our Country has no obvious threat to national interest." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
- "Tariffs and trade policy have a role and place as instruments in foreign policy, used to protect America's particularly our manufacturing base. They are neither good or bad." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am wholly in support of women's right to have an abortion but I am equally against the public funding it. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I would prefer to have the states run their own curriculum rather than relying on the federal government | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I think common sense legislation requiring a background check and a 7 to 10 day waiting period is sound public policy. I also support The Brady Bill. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| I think there has to be a employer focused financial means test to identify if whether such a company has the recr has the ability to do such. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| However, My answer is based on a case by case scenario I believe it's our duty to protect innocent good people whom cannot safely return home. | |||
| No | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| I'm against endless regime change wars. I'm against risking our country's young men and women. where Our Country has no obvious threat to national interest. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Tariffs and trade policy have a role and place as instruments in foreign policy, used to protect America's particularly our manufacturing base. They are neither good or bad. | |||
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