Evan McMullin in 2022 UT Senate race
On Budget & Economy:
Pass balanced budget legislation
We must take steps to stabilize our economy and put our national finances on a sustainable path, including:- Finding consensus solutions to overcome the pandemic
- Supporting Americans' return to work
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Encouraging the return of critical manufacturing to America
- Passing balanced budget legislation
- Avoiding unnecessary wars
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Civil Rights:
Condemn bigotry including based on sexual orientation
We reaffirm the self-evident truth that all persons are created equal and free, having the same inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that it is the prerogative of all to make personal decisions in accordance
with their free will. We therefore condemn all forms of bigotry such as racism, antisemitism and other religious intolerance, sexism, and persecution based on sexual orientation.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Crime:
Our criminal justice system must treat everyone equally
We maintain that the impartial rule of law is essential to a free and just society to protect the rights, safety and property of all people.
No one is above the law, including public officials, and our criminal justice system must treat everyone equally without discrimination based on race, status or other unrelated factors.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Environment:
Develop water conservation practices and infrastructure
For our children to flourish as we have for years to come, we must take sensible steps to protect these most vital natural resources by:- Improving western forest management
- Developing water conservation practices and infrastructure
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Investing in innovations that decrease harmful emissions
- Encouraging job-friendly conservation in industry
- Strengthening diversified economic development in rural areas
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Foreign Policy:
Strengthen our alliances with other free nations
We must ensure that America continues to be safe for all who call it home. As a former intelligence officer and national security advisor in Congress, - I know we can achieve this by:
- Modernizing and reforming our military
- Strengthening our
alliances with other free nations
- Protecting funding for police training, accountability and safety
- Countering violent extremism
- Securing our borders and treating immigrants humanely
- Improving digital safety for our children
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Government Reform:
Oppose the intentional disenfranchisement of voters
We seek the preservation and betterment of our democratic republic and the endurance of our self-government, free from foreign interference. We support reforms that make our system more accessible, transparent, and competitive, oppose the intentional
disenfranchisement of voters, and reject extremism, whether of the right or the left.In order to preserve our system of self-government, which is necessary to ensure liberty and justice for every
American, we must reform and strengthen our democracy by: - Ensuring voting rights for all eligible Americans
- Ending partisan gerrymandering and other electoral corruption
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Toughening transparency and ethics laws
- Reducing the influence of money in politics
- Uniting Americans on common ground
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Government Reform:
We support sensible and limited regulation
Capitalism, while insufficient to address all matters of the public interest, has made America the most prosperous nation on earth and is the engine for innovation and economic growth. We support sensible and limited regulation,
including to ensure equal opportunity, and affirm government's vital role in assisting vulnerable citizens, while encouraging self-reliance without the impediments of cronyism and corruption.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Health Care:
Negotiate lower drug prices, expand telemedicine
It's time to finally start improving care while lowering its financial burden by making sensible reforms including:- Negotiating lower drug prices
- Promoting competition in the prescription drug market
- Improving patient choice in insurance
and care providers
- Requiring hospital price and quality transparency
- Cutting administrative waste
- Expanding telemedicine
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Immigration:
We are committed to a pluralistic society, diverse nation
We are committed to a pluralistic society defined by its ideals and welcoming to immigrants rightfully seeking safety, opportunity, and a better life by becoming contributing members of our diverse nation.
We reject the notion that America should be defined by the races, birthplaces, religious affiliations, or partisan identities of its founders or groups of citizens.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Principles & Values:
Political extremes don't represent the majority
Evan believes America has reached a crossroads between chaotic decline and continued progress towards a more perfect union. Political extremes don't represent the majority of Utahns, or Americans, yet they've polarized the nation and now prevent it
from overcoming major challenges. From droughts to forest fires, water shortages, the rising cost of health care, and a never-ending pandemic,
America requires leaders who unite instead of divide, finding solutions based on truth and common ground.We recognize truth and reason as essential to a free and just society, and expect our leaders, citizens, and press to seek and promote them.
We oppose the employment of fear mongering, conspiracy theories, and falsehoods and instead support evidence-based policymaking and honest discourse.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Principles & Values:
Uphold Constitution as inviolable and collective contract
We uphold the Constitution as the inviolable and collective contract protecting liberty and justice for all, and honor the essential separation and balance it establishes among coequal branches of the federal government and the states.
We reaffirm the Constitution's guarantee of free speech and freedom of the press as essential to accountable government and the American way of life.
We sustain the rights of individuals and private entities to exercise this freedom, even to express unpopular views,
and condemn efforts to erode press freedom and public support for its vital role.
Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Jun 10, 2022
On Social Security:
Favors cuts, means testing, raising retirement age
McMullin favors cuts to Social Security and wants to lower your payments through means testing and raise the retirement age to qualify for payments. He's not big on Medicare and Medicaid, because, as with Social Security, he's against "entitlements."
Unbelievably, he also holds the same position as extreme Republicans when it comes to our nation's health care. Like Lee and Mitch McConnell, McMullin wants to repeal Obamacare, legislation that has saved many lives.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune on 2022 Utah Senate race
Jan 13, 2022
On Abortion:
We've got to stand up to extremes tearing the country apart
It's tearing the country apart where extreme bills are being passed around the country, some of which my opponent has supported, which would not allow exceptions for the victims of rape or incest. I think that's wrong. And we've got to stand up to those
extremes. But more importantly, we've got to find a more constructive way forward. And that's about making contraception more available, doing more to support women, children, and families, and improving education on this matter.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 Utah Senate race
Oct 16, 2022
On Principles & Values:
AdWatch: Some Republicans are racist, but not all
McMullin slammed an attack ad against him and his campaign as a "lie," refuting the claims made in the ad from Club for Growth, a PAC that supports Mike Lee.,p>The ad features McMullin saying "the Republican base is racist," something he claims was
taken out of context from an interview following a neo-Nazi march in Virginia in 2017.Speaking after the march on a CNN panel, McMullin said, "Not all Republicans, of course, are racist. I was raised by Republicans who welcome Americans of all
backgrounds and are not at all alike. But there is an element of the Republican base that is racist, and our leaders are afraid to stand up to them, because if they do, if they do so, they'll be criticized, and they'll potentially lose votes, and so
they don't do it."
McMullin, who is running against Lee as an independent, called out the ad, saying it edited his own words as a deception to protect his opponent. The McMullin campaign has asked television stations to stop running the ad.
Source: Fox-13-Now AdWatch on 2022 Utah Senate race
Sep 29, 2022
On Principles & Values:
I'll maintain my independence, not caucus with either side
I will maintain my independence. I will not caucus with either side. I think that this will give Utah an added value of influence in the Senate that it just doesn't have. I think that we've seen that the senators in the chamber who are willing to act
with greater independence, serving their constituents, standing up to party bosses, standing up to extremist factions and special interest groups, they have the most influence in the chamber.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 Utah Senate race
Oct 16, 2022
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