2020 Kentucky Senatorial race: debates and news coverage


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Abortion     Charles Booker: Women have the right to choose; Roe v. Wade must be upheld.     Wesley Morgan: Opposes taxpayer funding for abortion.

Budget & Economy     Amy McGrath: Against rolling back Dodd-Frank banking regulations.     Mitch McConnell: Voted to roll back Dodd-Frank banking regulations.     Mitch McConnell: Opposes infrastructure spending in COVID-19 relief bill.     Wesley Morgan: Supports balanced budget amendment.     Wesley Morgan: Supports permanent ban on earmarks, opposes bailouts.

Civil Rights     C. Wesley Morgan: Government needs to get out of business of reverse racism.     Amy McGrath: No discrimination over sexual orientation.     Mitch McConnell: Against gay marriage but now law of the land.     Wesley Morgan: Stop government from interfering with free exercise of faith.     Steven Cox: Launched online petition to remove Confederate statue.

Crime     Amy McGrath: Police reform: ban chokeholds, guarantee body cameras.     Charles Booker: Supports criminal justice reform to address racial bias.

Drugs     Amy McGrath: Will work for real investments in tackling opioid crisis.     Amy McGrath: For medical cannabis; research full legalization.     Charles Booker: Legalize cannabis and expunge records related to it.

Education     C. Wesley Morgan: Government should get out of the student loan business.     Amy McGrath: We need a well-funded public education system.     Amy McGrath: National service program practical solution for college debt.     Amy McGrath: Perform national service to get college aid.     C. Wesley Morgan: Reform education towards career prep.

Energy & Oil     Mitch McConnell: Supported withdrawal from Paris climate agreement.     Amy McGrath: Climate change: wars will fought over water, resources.     Charles Booker: Kentucky should lead the way to a green new deal.     Steven Cox: Save the world from the climatocalypse.     Steven Cox: We need to find a system better than fossil fuels.     Steven Cox: We need to find a system better than fossil fuels.     Steven Cox: We need to find a better investment than fossil fuels.

Families & Children     Amy McGrath: Help working class families with checks during pandemic.

Foreign Policy     Amy McGrath: We need strong military, but also strong diplomatic corps.     Steven Cox: America is ignoring our role as stewards who save the world.     Steven Cox: America is the greatest nation; we should lead.

Free Trade     Amy McGrath: Pulling out of Trans-Pacific Partnership cost us influence.

Government Reform     Amy McGrath: Implement term limits, require release of tax returns.     Amy McGrath: We must protect election process from foreign interference.     Amy McGrath: I served in the military for 24 years; I voted by mail.     Wesley Morgan: Supports term limits; repeal 17th amendment.     Steven Cox: Supports any laws that ensure elections can't be bought.

Gun Control     Amy McGrath: Supports background checks, honest conversation about guns.     Charles Booker: Supports gun control; background checks; no assault weapons.     Wesley Morgan: Oppose all efforts to eliminate; restrict 2nd Amendment.     C. Wesley Morgan: Count on me to protect your 2nd amendment rights.

Health Care     Amy McGrath: For bipartisan plan to fix ObamaCare's problems.     Charles Booker: More expensive to do nothing than implement Medicare for all.     Amy McGrath: Will fight to lower prescription drug costs.     Amy McGrath: Improve ACA; don't get rid of private insurance.     Charles Booker: Has diabetes & rationed insulin: need Medicare for All.     Wesley Morgan: Abolish ObamaCare; free market is best.     Steven Cox: Passionate about healthcare.     Steven Cox: Medicare-for-All would reduce healthcare costs.     Steven Cox: Medicare-For-All would reduce healthcare costs.     Steven Cox: Medicare for All absolutely needs to be done.

Homeland Security     Amy McGrath: Fully fund the VA so veterans get quality health care.

Immigration     C. Wesley Morgan: Ten year moratorium on all immigration.     Amy McGrath: Give DREAMers a chance to become full citizens.     Mitch McConnell: Some protections for DACA but restrict immigration.     Amy McGrath: For secure borders & meaningful immigration reform.     Charles Booker: Supports path to citizenship for undocumented.     Wesley Morgan: Supports "real border enforcement"; opposes amnesty.

Jobs     Amy McGrath: Pro-union, supports gradual rise of minimum wage to $15/hour.     Mitch McConnell: Supports right to work laws; against minimum wage hike.     Steven Cox: Stop misuse of work visas to protect American workers.     C. Wesley Morgan: Make Kentucky a Right to Work State.

Principles & Values     C. Wesley Morgan: Freedom of Faith, Family and Country.     Steven Cox: Socially progressive, fiscally conservative.     Wesley Morgan: 100 % Trump supporter: "I'm so anti-Democrat".     Wesley Morgan: Supported Democrat after 2018 primary loss.     Wesley Morgan: Filed bill making it harder to remove Confederate statues.

Social Security     C. Wesley Morgan: Social security taxes should go directly to a private trust.

Tax Reform     Mitch McConnell: 2017 tax bill helped middle class & small businesses.     Wesley Morgan: Repeal 16th amendment; abolish IRS.     Wesley Morgan: Amend Constitution to balance budget without raising taxes.     C. Wesley Morgan: Abolish the state income tax, to create jobs.

Technology     Amy McGrath: Invest in infrastructure, broadband, electricity grid.

War & Peace     Amy McGrath: Support NATO alliance; support two-state Israel solution.     Amy McGrath: No nukes in North Korea; nuke deal with Iran.     Amy McGrath: All major military actions must be approved by Congress.

Welfare & Poverty     Charles Booker: A universal basic income will address racism and poverty.     Amy McGrath: Established food bank relief fund in Kentucky.

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