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Abortion     Howard Schultz: Pro-choice advocate for all of my life.     Donald Trump: Falsely claims Democrats want to execute babies after birth.

Budget & Economy     Thomas Ravenel: Federal spending is headed for a doomsday scenario.

Civil Rights     Chris Sununu: Gender identity non-discrimination in employment & housing.     Chuck Morse: NO on gender identity protections in employment & housing.     Mo Brooks: Defend blaming "many sides" for white supremacist violence.     Roy Moore: OpEd: Lukewarm condemnation of white supremacist violence.     Roy Moore: Defend blaming "many sides" for white supremacist violence.     Sam Brownback: Rescinded executive order on LGBT job protection.     Thomas Ravenel: Stay out of marriage, but if not, treat gays equally.

Corporations     Deval Patrick: Served on board of corporate parent of predatory lender.

Crime     Ayanna Pressley: Supports message & action of NFL players kneeling in protest.     Michael Capuano: Supports message but not action of NFL players kneeling.

Drugs     Cinde Warmington: Was lobbyist for Purdue in 2002; defended Oxycontin.

Education     Rashida Tlaib: Biden should use executive power to cancel student loan debt.     Glenn Youngkin: We've got to get critical race theory out of the schools.

Energy & Oil     Howard Schultz: Green New Deal is well-intended but too extreme.

Families & Children     Elizabeth Warren: Talk about families from perspective of mother & grandmother.

Foreign Policy     Carly Fiorina: Advised CIA on Russian affairs after 2007.     Catherine Cortez Masto: Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference.     Chris Coons: Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference.     Cory Gardner: Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference.     Elizabeth Warren: Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference.

Government Reform     Chris Christie: If inciting an insurrection isn't impeachable, what is?     Chuck Morse: Favored Photo ID for Voting.     Kandiss Taylor: Demands "audit" of 2020 Georgia election results.     Mark Sanford: Trump not releasing returns hurts democracy's transparency.     Stacey Abrams: Fair Fight Georgia helped Biden and Democratic Senate.

Health Care     Chelsea Manning: Expand healthcare to include prisoners & transgenders.     Joe Biden: Supports national mask mandate.     Mike Pence: Smoking doesn't kill; 90% of smokers don't get lung cancer.

Homeland Security     Thomas Ravenel: I want a military that defends America, not Germany or Japan.

Immigration     Ayanna Pressley: No compromise: no funding for border wall.     Maggie Hassan: Stop allowing Syrian refugees into the US.     Pete Buttigieg: Set up program for undocumented, alert system for ICE raids.     Thomas Ravenel: Robust worker visa program, plus anything else reasonable.

Principles & Values     Ayanna Pressley: Support progressive legislation with activist leadership.     Carly Fiorina: Started "Unlock Your Potential PAC" in 2014.     Deval Patrick: I never left my conscience at the company door.     Elizabeth Warren: Created intellectual foundation for Occupy Wall Street.     Howard Schultz: Vast majority of Americans aren't going to embrace socialism.     Lincoln Chafee: Voted for Bush41 in 2004 as protest against Bush43.     Mark Sanford: Trump's payoff to porn star "deeply troubling".     Richard Carmona: 1999: shot and mortally wounded a deranged murderer.     Richard Carmona: Classified as disabled veteran from Vietnam wounds.     Richard Carmona: Of Puerto Rican descent; grew up poor in Harlem.     Sharron Angle: Hosts Conservative Commandos: "Believe in the Constitution".     Stacey Abrams: Election loss: Something being legal does not make it right.     Glenn Youngkin: Firm offered matching gifts for social justice donations.     Donald Trump: Time to "bring back God" to schools and public squares.

Tax Reform     Cornel West: Advocates taxing the rich; has $500K+ in federal tax liens.

Technology     Vivek Ramaswamy: AdWatch: mainstream media favors corporate candidates .

War & Peace     Jeb Bush: OpEd: Not distancing himself from brother's Afghan policy.     Lincoln Chafee: Iraq war was on hawks' wish list; feared another Vietnam.     Thomas Ravenel: Republicans are pro-invading this or that country.

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