Lindsey Graham in 2020 SC Senate race


On Abortion: Eliminate abortion on demand at 20 weeks

Q: Does a woman in this country have the right to control her own body even if she wants an abortion?

Graham: I am proudly pro-life. I'm sponsoring a bill that would eliminate abortion on-demand at 20 weeks. We're one of seven nations in the entire world to allow a baby to be aborted at 20 weeks, the fifth month in pregnancy, and my opponent opposes that. This a radical Democratic Party we're dealing with.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Budget & Economy: Won't shut country down; getting back to business

Q: Should we ask teachers to return to face-to-face instruction without having access to widespread rapid testing?

Graham: I think we should allow our parents to make a decision about what's best for their children. And if a teacher doesn't want to go back to the classroom, I won't make them. But the one thing we're not going to do if I'm your Senator is shut the country down. We're going to open up safely. We're now getting back to business here in South Carolina.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Crime: I believe in reform but cops need our support more than ever

Q: Do you believe there is systematic racism within law enforcement?

Graham: I do not believe that our police are systematically racist. I do believe in police reform. I think the cops need our support now more than ever. I've never known it this difficult to be a police officer. Cops are under siege. They're being assassinated. I will never ever defund the police. If you need more money for social programs, I'll work with you. But cutting the cops budget puts poor people at risk.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Energy & Oil: Green New Deal is crazy; would destroy economy

Q: Do you support the Green New Deal?

Harrison: I think the Green New Deal is too expensive. It's become too partisan. We've got to figure a way, though, because we have to dramatically reduce carbon emissions. That is something that all of the scientists have said.

Graham: I oppose the Green New Deal, because it's crazy. You're trying to eliminate all carbon fuels by 2035. It's multiple trillions of dollars. You're going to do away with cars. You're going to do away with cows in the name of saving the environment. You're going to destroy the economy. Climate change is real. I do believe in private sector solutions. I believe in the government working with the private sector. My solution to the environment is not to destroy the economy.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Health Care: COVID: no one attacked Wilson when he got Spanish flu

Q: How has politicization of the virus damaged our response?

Graham: President Wilson got the Spanish flu right after World War I, and we live in such unusual times I doubt if anybody yet attacked him. All I can say is that the virus is a problem that came out of China, not Trump Tower. The one thing I want people to know is that the virus is serious, but we have to move on as a nation. When a military member gets infected, you don't shut down the whole unit.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Principles & Values: Big choice election: capitalism versus socialism

This is a big choice election between me and Mr. Harrison. Capitalism versus socialism. Conservative judges versus liberal judges. Law and order versus chaos. You know where I stand.
Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Social Security: Link size of cost of living increases to income

Graham: What would I do to save Social Security? Whatever it takes. I make $175,000 a year, as a Senator. I have a military retirement. I have a congressional retirement. I'll take less than benefits, to make sure somebody like my aunt who worked in the textile plants, who can't afford to get less. I think COLA, for upper income people like me, you shouldn't get the same COLA, as somebody on a fixed income. if you can afford to take a little bit less, do it.
Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Technology: $10 billion proposal for rural high speed internet

Graham: Let me talk a little bit about broadband for rural South Carolina. If you're in a poor area, in a rural area, we need to have high speed internet so your schools can get the best and brightest minds of our time. You want to help rural South Carolina? Pass my bill with Senator Warner from Virginia. That's a $10 billion grant to wire up rural South Carolina, rural America, with high speed internet.
Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

On Education: Sex education about abstinence, not contraception

Graham introduced the Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act to strengthen parental rights by requiring any educational institution receiving federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before requesting or conveying information to a child on matters related to sex or sexuality.p>Graham was also an original co-sponsor of a resolution to condemn the dangerous decision by a panel of Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals judges in California that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional because it contained the phrase "under God."

Graham reintroduced the Abstinence Education Reallocation Act. The bill seeks to correct the massive 16:1 funding disparity, which occurred under the Obama Administration, between contraceptive-centered vs. abstinence-centered sex education within current sex education policy.

Source: Vote-USA.org on 2020 South Carolina Senate race Oct 25, 2014

On Families & Children: Support traditional families & right to pray

Lindsey Graham believes strong families are the core of a strong America. He authors and supports legislation that will promote the traditional family structure, keep the federal government out of parental decisions regarding the up-bringing of their children, and ensure religious freedom is protected.

Graham co-sponsored the Religious Liberties Restoration Act, which would recognize the states' authority to decide whether to display the Ten Commandments in buildings owned or administered by that state.

In an effort to require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates, Graham co-sponsored the Andrew Larochelle God, Family, and Country Act of 2007 (S.2198, 110th Congress), a bill introduced by former Senator Jim DeMint.

Graham was an original co-sponsor of a resolution that stated people ought to retain the right to pray and recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, and traditions on public property, including schools.<

Source: Vote-USA.org on 2020 South Carolina Senate race Oct 25, 2014

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