Curtis Bashaw in 2024 NJ Senate race
On Abortion:
Pro-choice, but supports Dobbs decision leaving it to states
The Republican insists he's pro-choice, despite supporting the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Dobbs decision, which handed the issue back to the states. "I believe government shouldn't be coming into our homes and telling us what to do. Which is why
I don't think it's inconsistent to be pro-choice and also to believe if there are going to be regulations about something that personal, they should be best done at lower levels of government closer to the communities they're seeking to regulate."
Source: NJ Spotlight News on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Jun 17, 2024
On Civil Rights:
First openly gay Republican running for NJ Senate seat
Hotelier and developer Curtis Bashaw [is] not your standard New Jersey Republican. "I'm proud during this month of pride to be the first openly gay person running for the Republican seat in the Senate," said
Bashaw. "We're going to take our campaign and our message as political outsider to all voters of New Jersey, and we're in this to win it for them."
Source: NJ Spotlight News on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Jun 17, 2024
On Crime:
The lack of support for law enforcement is a problem
The lack of support for law enforcement is a problem. People aren't feeling safe and secure in their communities. Three of our boardwalks had unrest because there's not consequences for petty crime in the New World Order
of how our rules are enforced with our people. People want to get back to some basics, and I think someone like me who's outside of politics, who's not an insider.
Source: WNYC "Brian Lehrer Show" on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
May 30, 2024
On Education:
For parental rights in public education, not woke ideology
Bashaw spotlighted a couple of key issues. "The woke ideology has permeated through our culture and we now have in our state, schools keeping secrets from parents
about very, very, personal decisions," he claimed, as he defended parental rights in public education.
Source: FOX News on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Apr 20, 2024
On Energy & Oil:
Climate has been changing; we need energy independence
I believe that the climate has been changing from millennia and there are changes now that we've learned about that are potentially serious impacts to human life on the planet. I think that we need policy to help us as a world protect our climate.
I think we need to have our energy independence as a country so that we are strong at home and we need to marshal the resources from that energy independence into being a leader in technological revolutions for real solutions for America and the world.
Source: WNYC "Brian Lehrer Show" on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
May 30, 2024
On Foreign Policy:
Israel has right to defend itself & take out terrorists
Mr. Bashaw criticized Mr. Kim for being "pretty quiet on Israel" and for voting against the "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act" in Congress.
Israelis, Mr. Bashaw said, have "the right to defend themselves and take out this terrorist scourge that literally attacked them," and Americans "have to support our allies and our friends."
Source: New York Sun on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Jun 12, 2024
On Government Reform:
Government should unshackle our small businesses
Americans put up with tiresome, one size fits all rules and regulations from our government daily. It should be the responsibility of the government to unshackle our small businesses. I believe the best social program is a job.
I'm running for the United States Senate to afford Americans the opportunity to work and thrive in our economy. Let's create new jobs and build the American opportunity our citizens crave for our children and grandchildren.
Source: 2024 New Jersey Senate race site: CurtisBashawForSenate.com
Jun 24, 2024
On Government Reform:
I believe election integrity is important to all voters
I believe that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, and that it was a process that's continued, and he is our president. I believe that there's an election right now. Donald Trump's the head of the Republican ticket, and
I believe election integrity is important to all voters, and that we need to make sure that we've got our poll watchers out there, that both parties are doing their duty, their civic duty, to make sure we have free and fair elections.
Source: WNYC "Brian Lehrer Show" on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
May 30, 2024
On Gun Control:
Bump stock ban reasonable; an effective safety measure
Andy Kim said the 6-3 Supreme Court decision on bump stocks "fails the American people." [the Supreme Court ruled that bump stocks don't count as automatic weapons]. "Sixty lives were stolen, hundreds injured, at the Vegas Route 91 festival in just over
10 minutes with the help of bump stocks," Kim said. "I voted to outlaw them to stop their carnage. "Today's ruling makes it critical Congress pass a ban now to save lives."
Curtis Bashaw said he was also disappointed in the ruling. "I believe a bump stock ban is a reasonable and effective gun safety measure," Bashaw stated. "In the United States Senate,
I will support bipartisan legislation that protects law-abiding citizens, while keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill."
Source: New Jersey Globe on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Jun 14, 2024
On Immigration:
Our wide-open southern border is a national security threat
Domestic tranquility is a bedrock value enshrined in our nation's founding documents. However, today New Jerseyans and Americans are no longer feeling so safe and secure. Our wide-open southern border is a national security threat and a humanitarian
crisis. Politicians also do not enforce the laws that are currently on our books. I'm running for the United States Senate to ensure that New Jerseyans and Americans can once again feel safe and secure in their homes and communities.
Source: 2024 New Jersey Senate race site: CurtisBashawForSenate.com
Jun 24, 2024
On Principles & Values:
America is the greatest exception to tyranny in history
America is the greatest exception to tyranny in the history of humankind. Our great freedoms of speech, assembly, worship, conscious, enterprise, and self protection come with a price. That price is that you may have to live next to somebody
you may disagree with. you do not want to be told what to do, then we should not tell our neighbor what to do. I believe the same rule should apply to our government. Our government should not be able to tell us what to do in our lives!
Source: 2024 New Jersey Senate race site: CurtisBashawForSenate.com
Jun 24, 2024
On Principles & Values:
I'm a Libertarian freedom guy in many, many ways
I'm a Libertarian freedom guy in many, many ways. I like less government, I think, equals more freedom. I believe that the values of leaving decision-making authority to the people is important, especially in our small businesses.
I come up as a small businessman and see these one-size-fits-all regulations put on businesses by people that are academics or outside politics.
Source: WNYC "Brian Lehrer Show" on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
May 30, 2024
On Tax Reform:
A "fair share" shouldn't mean higher taxes
We're going to let voters know what they're getting with [opponent] Andy Kim. We are not going to let him tell us what our "fair share" of taxes should be--demeaning hard working small-business owners who are the backbone of our economy. He's never
signed the front side of a paycheck, he's never created one single job. Our state's Democratic elected officials have taken you for granted for 5 decades in this state. And what have you gotten in return? Higher taxes. Unchecked illegal immigration.
Source: Insider NJ on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Jun 4, 2024
On Technology:
TikTok is a known national security risk from China
Curtis Bashaw released the following statement regarding Andy Kim's decision to vote against the "21st Century Peace Through Strength Act" which requires TikTok owner,
ByteDance to divest from the Chinese Communist Party:"TikTok is a known national security risk that allows the Chinese government to continue to spy on American citizens and steal and manipulate data."
Source: Insider NJ on 2024 New Jersey Senate race
Apr 22, 2024
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