2022 MO Senate race: on Principles & Values
Billy Long:
Biden and Harris should resign
In fact, they and their team of Obama administration holdovers are actively working against the interests of the country. For their dereliction of duty in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, their total capitulation to China and other adversaries,
their calamitous open border policies, their disastrous fiscal policies, their servitude to the radical woke left, and their utter failure to lead the nation, Biden and Harris should resign.
Source: Washington Examiner on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Sep 23, 2021
Billy Long:
I'm not a politician; I'm a congressman
Trump asked him if associating his name with Long's campaign run was a savvy political move, and the Springfield man said he didn't really care. "(Trump) looked at me and said, 'You really don't care, do you?' and I said, 'No,
I don't care if it's a politically smart move. I've never loved the politics. I'm not a politician. I'm a congressman.' I said I want to do the right things for the right reasons every day I'm there--if you do the right policy, the politics will follow."
Source: The Joplin Globe on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Aug 12, 2021
Billy Long:
Voted against removing Confederate statues from Capitol
A plan to remove statues of Confederates and white supremacists from the Capitol attracted votes from a bipartisan supermajority of U.S. House members this week. But southwest Missouri's representatives weren't among the
72 Republicans joining Democrats. Both Rep. Billy Long and Rep. Vicky Hartzler voted against the idea as it passed 305-113.
Source: Springfield News-Leader on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jul 24, 2021
Dave Schatz:
Values of honesty, integrity, hard work were instilled in me
Growing up a blue collar kid in rural Missouri, I spent long days working in my family's construction business, where the values of honesty, integrity and hard work were instilled in me as a young man. It was then that I became inspired by
Ronald Reagan. He spoke to our conservative values, our commonsense beliefs and our way of life. He wasn't part of the club. He didn't care about the club. I respected that. That's who I am.
Source: 2022 Missouri Senate campaign website SchatzForSenate.com
Apr 4, 2022
Dave Schatz:
Trust Americans to run their lives & God to direct our steps
WHAT IS THE MISSOURI WAY? For me, the Missouri Way means focusing more on fixing the problem than fixing the blame...- Caring more about the name on the front of your jersey than the one on the back...
- Working harder to help your families and
communities than to please the mob on Twitter...
- Trusting Americans to know best how to run their own lives and God to direct our steps...
- And NEVER making a promise you don't intend to keep.
Source: 2022 Missouri Senate campaign website SchatzForSenate.com
Apr 4, 2022
Eric Greitens:
AdWatch: Join MAGA and let's go RINO hunting!
In the ad, Greitens introduces himself as a "Navy SEAL" as he holds a long shotgun, announcing "Today, we're going RINO hunting!" He walks towards a residential home, as other anonymous soldiers in combat fatigues join him.The RINO "feeds on
corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice," says Greitens as his combat team breaks down the door of the home, toss a flash-bang grenade inside, and rush in.
"Join the MAGA Crew, get a RINO hunting permit," announces
Greitens inside the smoke-filled front room. "There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country."
Viewers are then directed to go to Greitens' campaign website, where a $25 donation will get a sticker with
the "RINO Hunting Permit" design shown in the video.
It's not his first time selling "hunting permits." During his gubernatorial race in 2016, Greitens sold "ISIS Hunting Permits," but that was supposed to be about terrorists.
Source: Mediaite AdWatch on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jun 20, 2022
Mike Kehoe:
I'm a true Missourian who's never lived anywhere else
[On Missouri values}: "We've been really blessed," Kehoe said. "Claudia and I think it's our time to give back to Missourians. It's been a good community and state to us--Missourians have welcomed us into their homes.
I love this state, I'm a true Missourian who's never lived anywhere else, and I think it's our opportunity to give back."
Source: The Missouri Times on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Mar 29, 2021
Scott Sifton:
Supported impeachment of then-governor Eric Greitens
He emphasized the importance of keeping former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens from being elected to a statewide position. Sifton said voters can count on him to take on Eric Greitens, because he has done it before.
He cited his work on various Senate bills, projects and investigations during Greitens' gubernatorial term. Sifton was one of 29 out of 32 senators to sign the Greitens impeachment inquiry.
Source: The Columbia Missourian on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Apr 9, 2021
Scott Sifton:
Promote truth and equality; trust science
[On Jan. 6 insurrection]: "Missouri needs a senator who promotes truth, not conspiracy theories. And equality, not hate. A senator who trusts science instead of denying it," Sifton said during his minute-and-a-half video,
hitting on talking points of those critical of former President Donald Trump and his allies. Sifton criticized the state's Republican junior senator for inciting the rioters who invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6--a charge Hawley has denied.
Source: St. Louis Public Radio on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Feb 8, 2021
Scott Sifton:
Championed strong ethics rules for legislators
Scott has earned a reputation for putting policy before politics and for championing strong ethics rules for legislators. His efforts have been acknowledged with awards from the Missouri Bar Association, the Missouri Judicial Conference and many others.
At OnderLaw, his practice focuses on environmental cleanup litigation and helping recover taxpayer health care costs in connection with the opioid crisis.
Source: Onder Law LLC biography for 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jul 1, 2021
Vicky Hartzler:
Voted against certifying Biden's Electoral College victory
During a campaign kickoff at Frontier Justice, a gun store in Lee's Summit, Hartzler unloaded attacks on President Biden, Democrats and "cancel culture." She sought to link herself to former President Trump, telling supporters that together they
would "Make America Great Again." In Congress, Hartzler was one of five House Republicans from Missouri who voted against certifying Biden's Electoral College victory. She has spoken against LGBTQ rights and called for tough treatment of China.
Source: Kansas City Star on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jun 10, 2021
Vicky Hartzler:
Voted for Trump efforts over 95% of the time
Hartzler bragged that she, unlike the three men who have announced they will run, has actually worked with former President Donald Trump on the programs he embraced during his four years in office. "I am one of
only two members of Congress from Missouri to have voted for and supported the efforts of President Trump over 95 percent of the time," Hartzler said.
Source: KTTN-FM 92.3/KGOZ on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jun 14, 2021
Vicky Hartzler:
Benefitted from farm subsidies she voted for
Hartzler and her husband Lowell Hartzler own farms and a farm implement business based in Cass County. During her first campaign for congress and since environmental organizations and groups opposed to concentrated farming have highlighted
the subsidy payments the farms have received from programs she voted for in the U.S. House. Those subsidy payments shot up in 2018, 2019, and 2020, for a total of $232,570, according to federal data posted online by the Environmental Working Group.
Source: KTTN-FM 92.3/KGOZ on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jun 14, 2021
Vicky Hartzler:
Voted against removing Confederate statues from Capitol
A plan to remove statues of Confederates and white supremacists from the Capitol attracted votes from a bipartisan supermajority of U.S. House members this week. But southwest Missouri's representatives weren't among the
72 Republicans joining Democrats. Both Rep. Billy Long and Rep. Vicky Hartzler voted against the idea as it passed 305-113.
Source: Springfield News-Leader on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Jul 24, 2021
Eric Schmitt:
No-show at first Senate debate
Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who last week accused Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine of dodging debates, refused to show up for the first debate of Missouri's U.S. Senate campaign on Friday.
Organized by the Missouri Press Association as part of its annual convention in Lake Ozark, Valentine, the Libertarian Party candidate, and the
Constitution Party candidate shared the stage with an empty lectern that was reserved for Schmitt. [An organizer] said this is only
the second time since 1988 that a major-party candidate has refused to attend one of the organization's debates.
Source: St. Louis Public Radio on 2022 Missouri Senate race
Sep 17, 2022
Eric Schmitt:
Filed lawsuit to overturn 2020 election
As Missouri's attorney general, Republican Senate nominee Eric Schmitt supported a December 2020 effort to overturn the election--signing on Missouri to the Texas-led lawsuit that sought to get the Supreme Court to rescind Biden's victory.Schmitt is
running against Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine, a nurse and an heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer fortune, for the open seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Roy Blunt. Schmitt's office did not respond to a request for comment for this article.
Source: CNN on 2020 Election Denial in 2022 Missouri Senate race
Sep 15, 2022
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