Katie Britt in 2022 AL Senate race

On Civil Rights: Supports equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome

On Drugs: Opioid awareness: Stop Judging; Start Healing

Our state experienced 980 drug overdose deaths in 2020, an increase of about 27% from 2019. The opioid epidemic is the primary driver of overdoses in Alabama. Nearly half of the 775 reported drug overdose deaths in Alabama involved opioids in 2018. Alabama has the highest such rate in the United States at almost twofold greater than the national average.

As we continue to combat this crisis, part of the effort must include holding bad actors responsible for their roles in creating this noxious problem. We must also emphasize that there is no shame in getting help for substance abuse disorders or addiction, as the ongoing anti-stigma campaign "Stop Judging, Start Healing" does.

It is time for Alabama to recommit ourselves to fighting the epidemic of opioids and other lethal drugs.

On Education: Focus schools on education, not LGBT indoctrination

"Our schools should be focused on education, not indoctrination," said Katie Britt, former chief of staff for Senator Richard Shelby whose seat she is now vying for.

Both Britt and candidate Mike Durant, a former Army helicopter pilot, said they support the Alabama legislation as a reinforcement of Christian values in schools.

"Of course, our youngest students should not be learning about sex in the classroom--that's the role of parents, not teachers," said Britt. "We need to get God back in our classrooms and return students to saying the Pledge of Allegiance every day while standing for our flag."

On Government Reform: Fight senseless federal regulations, overreach and red tape

On Principles & Values: Jesus Christ most important thing in life, then family

On Tax Reform: Signed pledge: will not support any tax increases

On Principles & Values: We need forensic audit of fraudulent 2020 election

AL.com (The Birmingham News) reported in March 2022 that Britt would not go so far as to agree that the election was "stolen," but Britt also didn't reject that false notion. Instead, she responded indirectly, saying: "I believe that there was fraud. I think you have to have a forensic audit. You have to give people peace and clear confidence that their vote is going to matter the next time."

Britt's campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this article.

On Civil Rights: Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action

While the Court took a big step forward in eliminating racial discrimination in admissions, more work remains to be done. In his remarks in the wake of the landmark decision, President Biden proposed "a new standard, where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome, including racial discrimination that individuals have faced in their own lives."

We call upon the Biden administration to embrace the Court's holdings: racial discrimination [does not] have any place in schooling. The American people deserve no less than an Executive Branch committed to enforcing the law equally to all people without concern for their race.