Amanda Chase in 2021 VA Governor's race
On Drugs:
Marijuana legalization sends reckless message to our kids
Virginia lawmakers signed off on amendments that make the possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana and homegrown plants legal in the state in July instead of in 2024."We are sending a message to our kids that it is OK to do drugs in
Virginia now," said Chase. "As a mom of four young adults I don't like that message. I think it is selfish. I think it is reckless, and I think it is irresponsible."
Source: Fauquier Times on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Apr 7, 2021
On Gun Control:
Keep kids safe with armed police at each school
Virginia's students deserve proper funding and adequate resources to ensure they have the strongest foundation for success.
As a mom, Amanda will always view school safety as critical and support keeping kids safe by having armed police officers at each school.
Source: 2021 Virginia Governor campaign website Chase4Senate.com
Dec 13, 2020
On Government Reform:
Introduced term limits to stop career politicians
Amanda Chase consistently opposed all tax and fee increases, has voted against government takeover of healthcare and every year since she took office, she has introduced term limit legislation to stop career politicians.
She will continue to be a tireless advocate for limited, transparent and fiscally responsible government.
Source: 2021 Virginia Governor campaign website Chase4Senate.com
Dec 13, 2020
On Health Care:
Allow insurance across state lines; no surprise billing
Amanda introduced a healthcare cost transparency bill that would require healthcare providers to give patients an estimated cost of services prior to services being provided. She has also sponsored legislation that would allow individuals to purchase
insurance across state lines and supported several healthcare bills that would have provided business owners with group insurance as well as temporary insurance for individuals in between jobs.
Source: 2021 Virginia Governor campaign website Chase4Senate.com
Dec 13, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Put "In God We Trust" in public schools
Amanda is also a staunch defender of religious freedom who supports legislation that
would put our national motto "In God We Trust" in public schools.
Source: 2021 Virginia Governor campaign website Chase4Senate.com
Dec 13, 2020
On Tax Reform:
Help business by opposing tax increases, cutting red tape
Amanda Chase has led in the fight to lower taxes and ensure that the commonwealth of Virginia remains attractive to start and grow businesses. She is the Chief Patron of SB20, a pilot program to reduce government regulation which was signed into law.
Amanda has been recognized by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as a Distinguished Advocate for Virginia business for her continued commitment to opposing tax and fee increases and cutting the red tape in government in order to help businesses grow.
Source: 2021 Virginia Governor campaign website Chase4Senate.com
Dec 13, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Removal of Confederate icons is destroying white history
Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase declares, "This isn't about destroying Confederate history, it's about destroying WHITE HISTORY... the history of America.
These liberals and socialists seek to paint us as racists when it's them who are racist."
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Jun 26, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Describes herself as Donald Trump in heels
Chase, who announced her bid early this year and has been pounding the pavement ever since, describes herself as Donald Trump in heels.
The gun-toting legislator has buddied up with high-profile far-right groups and her antics inside and out of the state Senate have drawn ire from her GOP colleagues.
Source: Courthouse News Service on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Dec 9, 2020
On Principles & Values:
When you back citizens into the corner, they'll push back
Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase attended Trump's rally and said in a video posted to her Facebook page, "When you back good people--law-abiding citizens--into the corner, they will push back." Chase, who said she left
Trump's speech early on the advice of her security team, blamed the riots on "antifa or BLM agents of destruction." A spokesperson for Chase said in an email that she "was on her way home when the violence broke out."
Source: Mother Jones magazine on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Jan 16, 2021
On Environment:
States closer than Feds, can address issues more carefully
With the Virginia law passed, he said, the state and the utility can now get to the hard part: preventing more coal ash from seeping into groundwater. And they don't have to wait around for the EPA. "It's challenging to get anything done at the federal
level," said Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase, a Republican from Midlothian. "States are closer to what's going on. They can address those issues more carefully."
Source: Pew Stateline on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Dec 2, 2019
On Government Reform:
Admits no proof of her claim of overvoting in Virginia
Chase, trying to prove there's voting fraud in Virginia, says Chesterfield's Southside precinct is infamous for logging more votes than there are voters. Election records show the strongly-Democratic precinct has never had a voter turnout greater than
70% in its 12-year history. Presented with statistics, Chase says of her claim "maybe it didn't happen," and "I wouldn't put any credence in what I was saying." Chase's voting fraud claim is fatuous and inflammatory. We rate it Pants on Fire!
Source: PolitiFact FactCheck on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Dec 9, 2020
On Abortion:
How can any human being in good conscience kill a baby?
The race in the senate's 11th district pits Democratic candidate Amanda Pohl against state Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Chesterfield), who NARAL's Keene described as a "Trumpster vehemently opposed to reproductive freedom." Chase, who reportedly once
called rape survivors "naive and unprepared" in a Facebook post, delivered incendiary remarks on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January, asking, "How can any human being in good conscience kill a baby and call it good?"
Source: Rewire News on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Nov 1, 2019
On Gun Control:
Running for governor to uphold right to carry arms
Amanda Chase, the gun-carrying Republican state senator, is running for governor. She cited Democratic gun control proposals as the reason. "I can no longer just continue to hold accountable the legislators that embrace the stripping of law-abiding
citizens of their Second Amendment rights and their constitutional freedoms. I'm going to do something about it." She started carrying a pistol last year and has continued to carry a gun inside legislative buildings despite new rules barring firearms.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch on 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race
Feb 17, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Rebuked by Republicans for claim Democrats hate white people
Three fellow Republican state senators took to social media to rebuke Sen. Amanda Chase, a GOP candidate for governor, for charging that Virginia Democrats "hate white people" and are seeking the Richmond registrar's ouster because she is white.
Sen. Mark Obenshain tweeted: "I've been repeatedly asked to comment on Amanda Chase's most recent offensive statements. Quite honestly, I just don't have the time to address every crazy thing she says. It would be a full time job."
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch on 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race
Dec 9, 2020
On Crime:
We've never fully funded our law enforcement
Recently, defunding the police has been a major talking point in the state and across the country. Chase believes that it's a terrible policy to push. "We need to defend our police, not defund our police," she said. "I've said we've never fully funded
our law enforcement. I do believe law enforcement is a core function of government. We need to keep our communities safe; we need to keep our businesses safe and our schools safe.
Source: Smith Mountain Eagle on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Nov 25, 2020
On Gun Control:
I don't leave my house without carrying a firearm, ever
As for the Second Amendment, Chase is a staunch ally, perhaps the most well-known ally of the Second Amendment in the state. Nicknamed Sen. Annie Oakley, Chase mentioned that it's personal to her, as she open carries wherever she goes. She also
said it's the next line of defense in case police aren't able to get to the scene quickly to assist. "I don't leave my house without carrying a firearm, ever. Not even when I go for a walk around my neighborhood," she said. 'It's very important to me."
Source: Smith Mountain Eagle on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Nov 25, 2020
On Health Care:
Has fought against Medicaid expansion in Virginia
She noted that she has fought against Medicaid expansion in Virginia. "Medicaid was designed, originally, to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, not able-body people. It's to help people who can least help themselves," she
said. "It is a Trojan horse that Virginia is ultimately going to have to pay the price for. Currently, the federal government is footing the bill for most of it, but not for much longer. And Virginians are going to have to pick the tab up."
Source: Smith Mountain Eagle on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Nov 25, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Called homosexuality "sexual dysphoria"
Chase brought Sean Maguire of The Family Foundation onto her show to discuss "what we call sexual dysphoria." That's a coded way of saying gay people aren't actually gay, they're just confused. It's language that hasn't "been used to describe
LGBTQ people for decades," Lucas Acosta of the Human Rights Campaign said in an interview, adding that terms like sexual dysphoria just "goes to show me that you don't think of me as human."
Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Oct 21, 2019
On Civil Rights:
Transgender people are confused about which bathroom to use
[On transgender bathrooms]: "And they're confused," Chase said of transgender people. "They don't know which bathroom to use.
They don't know what gender they are. When God said, in the beginning, he created male and female, that's two."
Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Oct 21, 2019
On Civil Rights:
Concerned the ERA treats women identically to men
[On the Equal Rights Amendment]: "It's concerning to me that the ERA treats women identically to men, not equally to men,"
Chase said, "lending to it the current fad of gender fluidity."
Source: VaDogwood.com on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Oct 21, 2019
On Civil Rights:
I believe in equal treatment and not special treatment
There are members of the Democratic party who have advanced legislation that elevates one particular group above another, saying that we treat them differently than another group. I don't care what color skin you are, that is wrong. No matter
what the color of skin is. We are Virginians. We should treat everyone equally and the legislation that has been put forward by members of the Black Caucus elevate one group over another. And I believe in equal treatment and not special treatment.
Source: Virginia Mercury on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Dec 11, 2020
On Government Reform:
If Trump not made president, declare martial law
Referring to Biden, Chase wrote, "Not my President and never will be.""The American people aren't fools. We know you cheated to win and we'll never accept these results. Fair elections we can accept but cheating to win; never. It's not over yet.
So thankful President Trump has a backbone and refuses to concede. President Trump should declare martial law as recommended by General Flynn." ["Martial law" means the Constitution is suspended, replaced by military rule --ed.].
Source: Washington Post on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Dec 15, 2020
On Homeland Security:
Wanted Trump to declare martial law after election
Chase commended the president's "backbone" for refusing to concede to President-elect Joe Biden and implored him to declare martial law. "Fair elections we can accept but cheating to win; never. It's not over yet.
So thankful President Trump has a backbone and refuses to concede," Chase continued. "President Trump should declare martial law as recommended by General Flynn."
Source: WRIC ABC8 on 2021 Virginia Governor race
Dec 15, 2020
On Government Reform:
Prefers gubernatorial primary to nominating convention
Amanda Chase reversed course, announcing plans to seek the Republican nomination for Virginia governor instead of running as an independent. Chase threatened to join the 2021 race as an independent candidate after the Republican Party decided to
determine its candidate through a statewide convention. Chase said she is still advocating for the party to hold a primary but was concerned that running as an independent would split the Republican vote and guarantee a Democratic victory.
Source: WRIC-TV ABC-8 News on 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial race
Dec 11, 2020
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