Ron Hanks in 2022 CO Senate race
On Abortion:
Pro-life, but would allow exceptions for rape and incest
In a 2010 survey, Hanks wrote: "I am pro-life, but I will hold open a measured and narrow window for medical experts--I am not one--to provide expertise and guidance in specific situations. We should not consider abortion a form of birth control without
consequences, nor advocate it as such to our children. We must promote adoption, and remove the shame from carrying a child to term. No federal funding, and this issue would be better addressed by the individual states."According to the
VoteSmart website, Hanks responded [to their] survey "directly by taking the Political Courage Test. "Hanks (who ran under his birth name, Loren) ran for Congress in District 1, located in Northern California. Hanks answered "yes" to the following
questions, and in an email to Colorado Politics he affirmed the positions in the survey and added context on others. "My answers from that survey remain valid and are my positions to this day," he said.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Budget & Economy:
At all levels government is too big and spends too much
His passion for public service began in the mid-1970's as he listened to Ronald Reagan articulate the differences between conservative and leftist policies.
Just like Reagan, Ron Hanks understands that at all levels, government is too big and spends too much, and that protecting personal liberty should be the main goal of any elected official.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Civil Rights:
Slavery 3/5 compromise didn't impugn anyone's humanity
Rep. Ron Hanks made a joke about lynching on the Colorado House floor before launching into a defense of the three-fifths compromise of 1787, which counted Black slaves in the U.S. as less than whole people. Hanks described the
three-fifths compromise as "not impugning anybody's humanity" but rather being a product of political negotiation. After being hissed at by Democrats, Hanks said he was surprised anyone could see his comments as controversial.
Source: Denver Post on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 22, 2021
On Civil Rights:
Full-legal rights for same-sex unions - no discrimination
From the 2010 VoteSmart Political Courage Test California Congressional survey:
"Full-legal rights for same-sex unions - no discriminations based on relationship profiling."
No change, he added Monday.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Education:
Federal involvement a failure, return control to the states
From the 2010 VoteSmart Political Courage Test California Congressional survey:Q: Do you oppose federal funding for charter schools and K-12 vouchers?
A: "Federal involvement has been an expensive failure. Remove distant bureaucracy and return control to people and states. Return that 50 billion dollar annual budget to the states and people to use as they deem appropriate."
No change, he said Monday.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Education:
I'm fighting for education tax credits for parents
[On school funding]: "I'm fighting for education tax credits for parents putting their kids through school, and with this COVID thing,
anything we can get to the parents that have been put out and students is important," he said.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Feb 19, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Saw benefits of energy independence, hydraulic fracturing
When not deployed or in uniform, Ron worked in the oilfields of North Dakota, witnessing first-hand the benefits of American energy independence,
the merits of hydraulic fracturing, and the spirit and know-how of blue-collar America.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Clean, green, safe nuclear is answer to many of our problems
From the 2010 VoteSmart Political Courage Test California Congressional survey:Q: Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy, including nuclear reactors, which you called "green energy" in the Vote Smart answer?
A: Hanks cited "Very limited funding, for purposes of national security research," and "clean, green, safe nuclear is an answer to many of our problems." No change, he added Monday.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Biden is an agent under the influence of a foreign power
Many have concluded you are unfit for the office. Many believe you were fraudulently elected. I will go further and declare my belief you are a fraudulently installed agent under the influence of a foreign power. Whether or not you fully comprehend
your situation, Americans clearly recognize those pulling your strings oppose American greatness, leadership, and sovereignty. As Americans come to realize your incompetence, a growing majority also recognizes you were not fairly elected.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website: letter to Joe Biden
Sep 11, 2021
On Government Reform:
Our elections NOT secure; restore election integrity
Our Elections are NOT secure. The electronic systems we use--such as Dominion--are NOT SECURE in any national security sense of the definition. That equipment is built in China, by foreign workers,
with wireless equipment installed per the build sheet of that equipment, with computer chips that are uncertifiable. We must restore Election Integrity.
Without The People's full trust and confidence in the validity of our elections, all public policy decisions are irrelevant because they do not have 'the consent of the governed.'
Secure, open, and fair elections must be the backbone of our elections if our country is to survive.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Gun Control:
An ardent, no-compromise defender of the 2nd Amendment
Ron devoutly believes in our Bill of Rights and
is an ardent, no-compromise defender of the 2nd Amendment.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Gun Control:
No restrictions on guns except for criminals/mentally ill
From the 2010 VoteSmart Political Courage Test California Congressional survey:Q: Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
A: "Law-abiding citizens should not be restricted." He added on Monday that "criminals and mentally/emotionally ill should be restricted. No change."
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Health Care:
Federal government lies about experimental COVID vaccine
You work to implement vaccine mandates on the country, while the federal government lies about the efficacy of the experimental vaccine, changes reporting guidelines, CDC definitions, and statistics on side-effects. Your policies are bent on control
and dominion over the public, while federal agencies lie to keep people ignorant and compliant. This is no longer a government serving the people. It is an entity built for control over the masses by the power-elite.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website: letter to Joe Biden
Sep 11, 2021
On Immigration:
Won't let nation fall into ruin, must re-secure our borders
Our Republic is under GRAVE threat. Our federal government is not responding to these threats. In some cases, it IS the threat. Today, I am fighting at the state level, as a state representative. Now, I am taking our fight to the US Senate, and
I will give it everything I have. I simply will not watch this nation fall into ruin. We must re-secure our borders. We must restore our energy independence. We must restore our manufacturing capabilities within the United States.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Jobs:
Supports right to unionize except for federal employees
From the 2010 VoteSmart Political Courage Test California Congressional survey:Q: Do you support the ability of workers to unionize?
Hanks reiterated Monday "Yes. But not federal government employees."
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Defend our God-given right to life, liberty, and property
A strong social and fiscal conservative with a respectful live-and-let-live attitude toward others, Ron Hanks will keep fighting to protect Colorado taxpayers, grow our small businesses, and support and defend every law-abiding citizens' God-given right
to life, liberty, and property.Combat veteran - Ron served in the military throughout the world and across the United States. He purchased land in Colorado in 2007 with the intent to retire and explore the Mountain West from the center of it all.
Out-of-control government forced him back in to public service. Ron retired from the U.S. Air Force at the end of 2017 after more than
32 years of active and reserve service, serving as an enlisted man and as a commissioned officer.
Source: 2022 Colorado Senate campaign website HanksForColorado.com
Mar 29, 2022
On Principles & Values:
Attended January 6 rally; claims rioters were Antifa
Hanks admitted he had gone to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 to participate in the "Stop the Steal" rally, though he denied participating in the storming of the U.S. Capitol. He also claimed those who stormed the Capitol were antifa, although there has been
no evidence that anyone other than Trump supporters took part in the insurrection. A call to investigate his Jan. 6 activity by a Democratic House member was denied by leadership.
Source: Colorado Politics on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Apr 19, 2021
On Tax Reform:
Fight for limited government & lower taxes
[On political philosophy]: "As my proven conservative record in the Colorado Legislature shows, I will fight--front and center--for limited government, lower taxes, and personal liberties," he states. "Government must be constrained by our Constitution.
One radical party controls Washington and Colorado today. I will fight for regular Coloradans to restore balance and stop out-of-control politicians in Denver and Washington, D.C."
Source: Westword on 2022 Colorado Senate race
Oct 7, 2021
On War & Peace:
Go slow on NATO expansion; Biden to blame for Ukraine war
As for the recent news that Sweden and Finland are seeking to join NATO Hanks took a more measured approach, saying the U.S. should urge the Nordic countries not to pursue membership until the war in Ukraine is resolved.
He said Russia's invasion is "100 percent Biden's fault" and warned, "At some point, (Putin) can extract great pain against the United States."
Source: Colorado Public Radio on 2022 Colorado Senate race
May 22, 2022
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