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| 2020 Election: | Joe Biden's book | Cory Booker's book | Pete Buttigieg's book | Kamala Harris' book | Bernie Sanders' book | Donald Trump's book | 2018 Senate Debates |
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from CNN "State of the Union" interviews during 2019 (number of quotes indicated): |
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Abortion Bernie Sanders: Voted for spending bills with Hyde Amendment, but pro-choice. Bernie Sanders: Right to abortion applies to low income women as well. Steve Bullock: Women should decide, not government. |
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Civil Rights Matt Lieberman: We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century. Amy Klobuchar: We need environmental justice in this country. Pete Buttigieg: Black voters more interested in issues than his being gay. Julian Castro: Leaders should unite us, not feed bigotry and division. Amy Klobuchar: Gut punch from White House stopped election reform bill. Beto O`Rourke: Impeachment necessary to signal this can't happen again. Amy Klobuchar: Trump's failed to protect security of our elections. Tulsi Gabbard: My time in the military changed my anti-gay views. Tulsi Gabbard: I never personally supported gay conversion therapy. Tulsi Gabbard: Views on LGBT rights evolved; 100% rating from HRC. |
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Corporations Andrew Yang: Set environmental standards for companies. Kamala Harris: Facebook is like a utility; needs to be regulated. |
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Crime Pete Buttigieg: Cut federal prison population, encourage states to follow. Bill de Blasio: Federal policies responsible for mass incarceration crisis. |
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Drugs Amy Klobuchar: Fund treatment & mental health with opioid tax. Amy Klobuchar: Reduce sentences for non-violent drug offenders. |
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Education Julian Castro: School curriculum should include climate change. Bernie Sanders: Save millennials by cancelling student debt. Bernie Sanders: Forgive student loans for both higher ed and trade school. |
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Energy & Oil Amy Klobuchar: Carbon neutral is goal; nuclear/coal during transition. Amy Klobuchar: Energy efficiency is low-hanging fruit. Andrew Yang: Energy companies only operate on the bottom line. Andrew Yang: Convert to all-electric cars, via "Clunker" buy-backs. Andrew Yang: Nuclear needs to be on table; new reactors use thorium. Bernie Sanders: Would reinstate LED lightbulb rule, encourage use. Bernie Sanders: Government loans to help people erect solar panels. Beto O`Rourke: Use cap and trade revenue to underwrite transition economy. Beto O`Rourke: Pay carbon cost, so we don't have to change what we eat. Cory Booker: Incentivize farmers that help them enrich environment. Elizabeth Warren: No more nuclear plants; get off nuclear energy by 2035. Joe Biden: Start on climate change now; do more as things change. Joe Biden: Credits Green New Deal, but it lacks specifics. Julian Castro: Carbon-free America by 2045, clean electricity by 2035. Kamala Harris: Shouldn't sell/lease public land for drilling. Pete Buttigieg: Federal investment in renewable tech for farms. Pete Buttigieg: Military can play huge role in solving climate change. Mike Pence: Climate change is not an emergency. Mike Pence: Fighting climate change should not increase utility rates. John Delaney: Bipartisan carbon tax bill, but not the Green New Deal. Pete Buttigieg: Green New Deal is a framework addressing climate & jobs. |
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Environment Andrew Yang: Constitutional amendment to safeguard environment. Andrew Yang: Help farmers modernize in sustainable way. Beto O`Rourke: Even conservatives want to protect public lands. Cory Booker: Get politics out of Federal aid for natural disasters. Julian Castro: Don't wait for natural disaster to move to sustainability. Julian Castro: Will appoint EPA administrator to crack down on polluters. Julian Castro: Injustice that 70% of HUD housing is near Superfund site. Kamala Harris: Take on interests with profit motive to pollute. |
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Families & Children Robert Foster: I made a vow to my wife to not be alone with another woman. Pete Buttigieg: Open to gay parenthood if elected president. |
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Foreign Policy Andrew Yang: US should lead the way on climate change. Beto O`Rourke: Let Puerto Rico determine its own future. Amy Klobuchar: Diplomacy with North Korea not easy; we need clear focus. Amy Klobuchar: Talking to North Korea good, working with allies better. Julian Castro: No preparation is why North Korea talks have done little. Pete Buttigieg: Isolationism is not right way for us to go. Kamala Harris: US stronger when working with allies. Cory Booker: Support our allies, not our enemies. John Delaney: Don't believe Putin about Russian 2016 election interference. Tulsi Gabbard: Defends meeting Syria's Assad; supports Trump on North Korea. |
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Free Trade Andrew Yang: Would not stand in way of fossil fuel exports from US. Elizabeth Warren: Climate adjustment fee on imports based on carbon use. Joe Biden: Use tariffs to get China to pay the price for pollution. Bernie Sanders: Trump's actions on trade destabilizing world economy. Pete Buttigieg: Americans pay the price for Trump's trade war with China. Bill de Blasio: Democrats should stand for workers not corporations. Bernie Sanders: Trade policies should focus on U.S. jobs & lifting the poor. Steve Bullock: Work with other nations to deal with China's practices. Kamala Harris: Trade agreements should address climate change. |
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Government Reform Andrew Yang: Democracy Dollars will wash out lobbyist cash. Pete Buttigieg: Constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United. Pete Buttigieg: Offer of foreign electoral help should lead to call to FBI. |
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Gun Control Pete Buttigieg: Much work to enact measures that vast majority supports. Beto O`Rourke: We should have a national gun licensing program. Cory Booker: Yes on red flag law, but nowhere near enough. Julian Castro: Whole slew of gun measures most Americans support. Julian Castro: Yes on gun licensing, but also red flag laws. Cory Booker: I'm bringing a fight against the corporate gun lobby. Cory Booker: Evidence-based laws can lower gun violence. Cory Booker: As with civil rights, we can build coalitions for gun laws. Kamala Harris: If Congress won't act on guns, I will, by executive action. Eric Swalwell: I want to lead on gun violence issues. Tom Price: Gun ownership protects those at scene of crime. |
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Health Care Andrew Yang: Medicare-for-All but with private insurance. Bernie Sanders: Cap annual costs for prescription drugs at $200. Bernie Sanders: Medicare for All: higher taxes but lower healthcare costs. Joe Biden: Would bring back the individual mandate. Bernie Sanders: Legalization of assisted suicide should be left to states. Seth Moulton: Provide troops and vets both physical and mental health care. Seth Moulton: Treat mental health like physical care with regular checkups. Seth Moulton: Expand mental care at VA, rest of country. Kamala Harris: Supports Medicare for All, even undocumented aliens. Cory Booker: Support Medicare for All but do what's possible now. Eric Swalwell: Support public option, but let people keep private care. Michael Bennet: Prefers public option to Medicare for All. |
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Homeland Security Seth Moulton: Needed courage to talk about post-traumatic stress. Seth Moulton: Veterans deserve the best health care in the world, period. Seth Moulton: Focus on cybersecurity to deal with real threats to US. Tulsi Gabbard: End this new cold war and nuclear arms race. |
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Immigration Beto O`Rourke: Grant refuge to those severely impacted by climate change. Bill de Blasio: Undocumented folks core to our economy. Julian Castro: Supports L.A. & Chicago in non-cooperation with ICE. Julian Castro: Decriminalizing border crossings won't apply to smuggling. Julian Castro: Decriminalizing illegal crossings is way we used to do this. Mike Pence: Close asylum loopholes: 90% don't show up in court. Beto O`Rourke: Do not repeal law: keep illegal border crossings a crime. Beto O`Rourke: Most immigrants pose no danger, but keep illegal entry law. Pete Buttigieg: Should help stabilize Central America nations, not cut aid. Pete Buttigieg: Policies make things worse instead of solving problems. Bernie Sanders: Comprehensive immigration reform; stop attacking allies. Bernie Sanders: We need humane immigration policy, not demonization. Kirsten Gillibrand: Pathway to citizenship gets immigrants connected. |
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Jobs Bernie Sanders: Help transition for miners: income for 5 years, & education. Joe Biden: Working on climate change can create 10 million jobs. Pete Buttigieg: Lots of job opportunity in green economy; not all high tech. Cory Booker: Supports $15 minimum wage; pays campaign staff at least that. Bill de Blasio: Put working people first, not wealthy corporations. |
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Principles & Values Justin Amash: People put up with Congress because economy is good. Beto O`Rourke: Impeach Trump to get facts & assure accountability. Bernie Sanders: Democratic socialism opposes concentration of wealth & power. Cory Booker: Trump undermines constitutional intent: no one above the law. Cory Booker: Supports impeachment investigation necessary to get to truth. Donald Trump: Mueller Report documents 77 lies by Trump campaign. John Delaney: Independently wealthy but grew up in a blue collar family. Pete Buttigieg: Yes, young, but more government experience than Pres. Trump. John Kasich: OpEd: moderate Republican who has been critical or Trump. Elizabeth Warren: I'm not a Democratic Socialist; we can gain from markets. |
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Tax Reform Steve Bullock: Many people not benefitting from economy. Kamala Harris: Tax credits for middle class & working families. Julian Castro: Raise the top marginal tax rate; negotiate the numbers. |
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Technology Amy Klobuchar: Users of social media should be able to control their data. Jay Inslee: Regulate internet to protect privacy & net neutrality. Donald Trump: Artificial Intelligence initiative: invest in the future. |
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War & Peace Pete Buttigieg: Make sure we have right kind of settlement in Afghanistan. Mike Pence: Iran will not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. Pete Buttigieg: We've learned how hard it is to end a war. Pete Buttigieg: Deal with Iran; consult with intelligence. Bernie Sanders: US shouldn't favor Saudis or Iran; broker diplomatic answer. Seth Moulton: Against pushing us into war with Iran. Seth Moulton: A mistake for those who voted for Iraq war. Seth Moulton: Trump's "Chicken hawks" pushing us towards war in Iran. Pete Buttigieg: Don't let Iraq war supporters plan Venezuela invasion. Tulsi Gabbard: U.S. government lied to American people to launch Iraq War. |
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Welfare & Poverty John Delaney: Social justice is fine, but separate church and state. Pete Buttigieg: Scripture is about protecting the stranger and the poor. |
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2019 Sunday pundit shows (2019 Senate races and 2020 presidential preparation): |
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