Evan McMullin in Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2013-2015
On Abortion:
Discontinue funding Planned Parenthood
Q: What is your stance on abortion? Evan McMullin's answer: Pro-lifeTim Kaine's answer: Pro-choice, but ban after the first three months
Mike Pence's answer: Pro-life
Q: Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?
Evan McMullin's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Civil Rights:
My faith believes in traditional marriage
Q: Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?Evan McMullin's answer: My faith believes in traditional marriage between a man and a woman, but
I recognize that not all Americans share my beliefs.
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Crime:
Require police to wear body cameras
Q: Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Donald Trump's answer: No, it should be a police department's or officer's choice to wear one
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party):
No but it should be a decision made at the state and local level
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): Yes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens
Q: Should convicted felons have the right to vote?
McMullin: Yes, but only after completing their sentences and parole/probation
Trump: No
Castle: Yes, but only after completing their sentences
Johnson: Yes
Q: Should prisons ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles?
McMullin: Yes
Trump: No
Castle: No, it is necessary for violent criminals who are a danger to themselves and other inmates
Johnson: No, it is necessary for violent criminals who are a danger to themselves and other inmates
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Education:
Don't tax the rich to reduce student loan interest
Q: Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Education:
Opposes Common Core national standards
Q: Do you support Common Core national standards?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Energy & Oil:
Yes to nuclear power, but no wind power subsidy
Q: Should the government give tax credits and subsidies to the wind power industry?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): No, end all tax credits and subsidies to the energy industry
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): No
Donald Trump's answer: No, and the government should never support unproven technologies
Q: Do you support the use of nuclear energy?
Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Energy & Oil:
Supports fracking & offshore drilling
Q: Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party):
Yes, energy independence is absolutely critical to the United States
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): Yes, but increase oversight
Donald Trump's answer: Yes
Q: Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): Yes
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): Yes, and deregulate the energy sector
Donald Trump's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Energy & Oil:
Opposes federal regulation to prevent climate change
Q: Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: No
Donald Trump's answer: No, and global warming is a natural occurrence Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): No
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Environment:
Don't require GMO labels for genetically-engineered food
Q: Should producers be required to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs)?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Tim Kaine's answer: No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Government Reform:
Term limits for members of Congress prevents corruption
Q: Should there be term limits set for members of Congress?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes, term limits will increase performance and prevent corruption
Q: Should political candidates be required to release their recent tax returns to the public?
Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine has not answered this question yet.
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Q: Should the presidential debates include candidates with less than 15% of support in national polls?
Evan McMullin's answer: YesMike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Tim Kaine has not answered this question yet.
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Government Reform:
Photo ID requirement for voting
Q: Should a photo ID be required to vote?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Donald Trump's answer:
Yes, this will prevent voter fraud
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): Yes, this will prevent voter fraud
Tim Kaine's answer: No
Gary Johnson's answer: No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Gun Control:
Don't ban people on "no-fly list" from purchasing guns
Q: Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Q: Should people on the "no-fly list" be banned from purchasing guns and ammunition?
Evan McMullin's answer: No, it is unconstitutional to deny someone's rights without due process
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Health Care:
No increase of Medicaid funding for low-income individuals
Q: Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes, I support a majority of the plan but not all aspects
Donald Trump's answer:
No, open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costsGary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): No, government should not be involved in healthcare
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party):
No, government should not be involved in healthcare
Q: Should the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid)?
Evan McMullin's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Donald Trump's answer: Yes
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): No, and each state should decide their own level of coverage
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): No
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Health Care:
Don't regulate the prices of life-saving drugs
Q: Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?Evan McMullin's answer: No, and the government should never regulate prices of private businesses
Mike Pence's answer:
No, and the government should never regulate prices of private businesses
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes and the government should invest in researching new life-saving drugs
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Health Care:
Supports federal requirement that children get vaccinated
Q: Should the federal government require children to be vaccinated for preventable diseases?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Darrell Castle's answer (Constitution Party): No
Gary Johnson's answer (Libertarian Party): No
Donald Trump's answer: Yes
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Immigration:
No ban on Muslim immigrants, but ban Syrian refugees
Q: Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: No
Q: Should the U.S. accept
refugees from Syria?
Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Q: Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?
Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Immigration:
No subsidized healthcare nor tuition for illegal immigrants
Q: Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Q: Should illegal immigrants be offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges within their residing state?
Evan McMullin's answer: No
Mike Pence's answer: No
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Technology:
Supports government funding for space travel
Q: Should the government fund space travel?Evan McMullin's answer: Yes
Mike Pence has not answered this question yet.
Tim Kaine's answer: Yes
Source: iSideWith.com analysis of 2016 presidential hopefuls
Nov 1, 2016
On Abortion:
Pro-life
Q: What is your stance on abortion?
A: Pro-life
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Civil Rights:
I believe in traditional marriage; but not everyone does
Q: Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?
Evan McMullin: My faith believes in traditional marriage between a man and a woman, but I recognize that not all Americans share my beliefs.
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Crime:
Opposes death penalty
Q: Do you support the death penalty?
Evan McMullin: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Drugs:
Opposes legalization of marijuana
Q: Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?
A: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Energy & Oil:
Expand offshore oil drilling
Q: Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
A: Yes
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
The U.S. should remain in the United Nations
Q: Should the U.S. remain in the United Nations?
Evan McMullin: Yes
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Gun Control:
Opposes further restrictions on gun purchases
Q: Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
Evan McMullin: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Health Care:
Opposes ObamaCare
Q: Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)?
A: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Homeland Security:
Supports PATRIOT Act, but with limited scope
Q: Do you support the Patriot Act?
Evan McMullin: Yes, but limit the scope of the government's powers
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Immigration:
Anchor babies ok, but no benefits & no amnesty
Q: Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship? A: Yes, if they were born here
Q: Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?
A: No
Q: Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?
A: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Jobs:
Opposes raising federal minimum wage
Q: Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
A: No
Source: iSideWith.org Voter Guide on 2016 Presidential hopefuls
Oct 1, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Be strong with the Russians and Putin
Q: What about dealing with Putin?McMullin: How have we gotten to the point where we're considering electing a President who is being played and manipulated by a former KGB officer?
Q: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is a former KGB officer;
haven't we had enough of that with Barack Obama?
McMullin: Absolutely. Not being strong enough with the Russians and Putin. This is the thing: Donald Trump, he fancies himself one of the world's best negotiators and that might allow him to do some
branding deals. But that does not mean that he is sophisticated enough to go head to head with a former KGB officer. Putin, as the leader of Russia, presents a challenge to democracy and liberty across the country, across the world. Instability, even.
His goal is to destabilize Europe and he's had some successes there. Obviously, in Ukraine, he's used force even to do it and his goal is to do the same thing in the United States, and Donald Trump is helping him do that.
Source: HeatSt.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Aug 17, 2016
On Budget & Economy:
Worked as investment banker at Goldman Sachs
In 2011, McMullin transitioned [from the CIA] to the investment banking sector at Goldman Sachs in the San Francisco Bay Area, raising capital, as well as working on mergers and
acquisitions across several industries, including technology, energy, consumer goods, biotech, industrials, and real estate.
Source: Wikipedia article on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 12, 2016
On Immigration:
Worked briefly as UN volunteer refugee resettlement officer
After graduating from Brigham Young University in 2001, McMullin worked as a Volunteer Refugee
Resettlement Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Shortly before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he began training with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Source: Wikipedia article on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 12, 2016
On War & Peace:
Served in clandestine CIA in post-9-11 conflict zones
Shortly before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he began training with the Central Intelligence Agency. He then served for eight years as an undercover operations officer with the National Clandestine Service. His assignments included
multiple tours of duty in conflict zones in the Middle East, Northern Africa, and South Asia. In 2009, he took a leave of absence to attend the Wharton School, ultimately resigning from the agency in 2010 after a decade of distinguished service.
Source: Wikipedia article on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 12, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Advisor to U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Evan McMullin served for over ten years as an undercover Operations Officer with the CIA's National Clandestine Service. His assignments included multiple conflict zone tours of duty in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Following his CIA service,
Evan worked in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division where he advised a variety of companies in the technology, clean energy, industrial and healthcare industries on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising.
More recently, he served as a Senior Advisor on national security issues with the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he's currently the Chief Policy Director with the House Republican Conference.
This spring, he came to campus to share his wealth of experience in conservative politics and unique insights into the past, present, and future of the Republican party.
Source: UPenn.edu Alumni Spotlight: 2016 presidential hopefuls
Aug 8, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Attended Brigham Young U; will contest Trump in Utah
McMullin has been a vocal critic of Trump on social media. On the night of Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention, he tweeted that Trump was an "authoritarian" who was seeking to infringe on civil rights.
Apart from his low profile, his candidacy will face other substantial hurdles in gaining traction--especially with ballot access and fundraising.
But people close to the effort suggested McMullin would have the backing of serious Republican donors and fundraisers.
They also pointed to his ties to Utah, a state where polls show Trump badly underperforming with the Mormon-heavy electorate. McMullin, an alum of Brigham Young University, plans to aggressively contest the state.
Source: Buzzfeed News on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 8, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Received MBA from Wharton in 2011; unmarried
Young and unmarried, McMullin received an MBA at Wharton in 2011, and after a stint at Goldman Sachs, went to work as a policy wonk on Capitol Hill.Unlike National Review writer David French,
another conservative courted by anti-Trump Republicans to launch a long-shot third-party bid, McMullin has virtually no public profile. He doesn't appear regularly on television, and has just 135 followers on Twitter.
Source: Buzzfeed News on 2016 presidential hopeful
Aug 8, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Americans have lost faith in both major parties
Evan McMullin, the chief policy director for Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, will offer discontented members of his party an option this November by launching an independent,
conservative bid for president: "In a year where Americans have lost faith in the candidates of both major parties, it's time for a generation of new leadership to step up,"
McMullin said. "It's never too late to do the right thing, and America deserves much better than either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton can offer us.
I humbly offer myself as a leader who can give millions of disaffected Americans a conservative choice for President."
Source: Louis Nelson on Politico.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Aug 8, 2016
On Crime:
Promising law & order won't justify infringing civil rights
Authoritarians like @realDonaldTrump use promises of law & order to justify infringing on civil rights as they consolidate control by force.
Opposing @realDonaldTrump is about putting principle over power, a virtue some in Washington are too quick to abandon. #NeverTrump,
Source: Twitter posting @Evan_McMullin on 2016 presidential hopeful
Jul 21, 2016
On Civil Rights:
Diversity--race, religion, nationality--is an American ideal
McMullin closed his speech with a reiterated emphasis on America's fundamental ideals. Along with the pursuit of happiness, McMullin listed "diversity" and "the protection of all people regardless of race, religion, nationality--and really, our
respect for all people no matter who they are" as a fundamental American ideal. This ideal served as a backdrop for another cut at Donald Trump and Co. ("presidential candidates who attack Mexicans, Arabs, women, people with disabilities, and others").
McMullin echoed Hillary Clinton's claims that Trump's rhetoric was "doing the work of ISIS for it," and then went one step farther, claiming that it presented a larger threat to our national security than ISIS itself.
McMullin concluded, "I do think that you have some corners of the Republican party that maybe struggle with diversity, and that's a challenge. But it's also an area where the rest of us need to lead."
Source: StatesmanOnline.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2016
On Education:
Make education less expensive, but no federal free college
McMullin claimed that the future of the Republican party lay in placing the power of the Fed back into the hands of the people and their relatively responsive state governments.
McMullin noted in passing that this would not be accomplished by a program
Source: StatesmanOnline.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Democracies don't just happen on their own; US is the driver
McMullin claims the Obama administration's weakness in foreign policy has been a primary factor in the destabilization of the Middle East. McMullin blamed the Obama administration's withdrawn foreign policy for creating a power vacuum into
which "destructive forces" have "surged." McMullin claimed that the U.S. has been "the primary driver of the world's security and economic order since World War II," and that the results have been mostly quite positive, including significant spread of
democracy, "unparalleled prosperity," and "the absence of world wars.""Free markets and liberal democracies don't just happen on their own;
they require the support and leadership of powerful nations. It is our responsibility to be a force for good in the world," he asserted.
Source: StatesmanOnline.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2016
On Government Reform:
Place federal power into hands of the people & states
McMullin criticized the over-bloated federal government, citing a statistic in which Americans listed "the government" itself as one of the largest problems facing the country. McMullin suggested that an over-bloated and incompetent Fed was responsible
for the popularity of a controversial, non-traditional candidate (the Donald) and a socialist (Bernie Sanders) in the current election cycle."The future of the Republican party,"
McMullin claimed, lay in placing the power of the Fed back into the hands of the people and their relatively responsive state governments. McMullin noted in passing that this would not be accomplished by a program of free college for all,
but would be better served by modernizing and refashioning the American education system so that it was more practical and less expensive.
Source: StatesmanOnline.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2016
On Welfare & Poverty:
Anti-poverty expenditures have done little since1960s
Evan McMullin argued that the happiness of all people is best maximized by decreasing Federal influence on individual lives at home and increasing the exercise of American power abroad. Addressing the issue of poverty, McMullin underscored the fact that
despite "tremendous" expenditure on anti-poverty programs "the poverty rate today, in America, is still about the same that it was in the mid 1960s." McMullin argued that this was due to the incompetence of the Federal government in meeting the needs of
real people. The government provided a safety net to "make poverty more tolerable," but tolerable, McMullin claimed, is not "good enough." People need programs that empower them to make their own way to success. Programs that view Americans
living in poverty as "not our burden but our potential."Basically politician-speak for: yes, we'll stick with welfare, but let's not have welfare programs that make people afraid of losing their benefits if they find a job.
Source: StatesmanOnline.com on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Feb 15, 2016
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