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Wiley Nickel
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During his single term as U.S. Representative for NC-13 (2023–2025), Nickel was rated a strong supporter of reproductive rights by Reproductive Freedom for All (successor to NARAL), voting consistently against measures restricting abortion access and supporting federal legislation to codify abortion rights — rejecting any personhood-from-conception standard.
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On June 21, 2023, Nickel co-sponsored H.R. 15, the Equality Act, legislation that would extend federal civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity across employment, housing, public accommodations, and education. He received a 94% score on the Human Rights Campaign Congressional Scorecard for the 118th Congress. These positions reflect active legislative support for institutionalizing LGBTQ identity protections across federal civil-rights law, directly opposing the rubric's standard against government promotion of LGBTQ ideology in schools and public policy.
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Voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (May 11, 2023, vote 219-213), which would have resumed border-wall construction, ended catch-and-release, and required asylum seekers to wait in Mexico. As a Democrat representing NC-13 in the 118th Congress (2023-2025), Nickel joined every House Democrat in opposing the measure, backing expanded legal-immigration pathways and DACA protections instead.
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On February 1, 2023, Nickel co-sponsored H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023, legislation to ban the manufacture, sale, transfer, and possession of semi-automatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. He also co-sponsored legislation to ban ghost guns and Ethan's Law requiring mandatory safe storage. He earned an 'F' rating from the NRA and publicly supports universal background checks, red-flag laws, and high-capacity magazine bans — a record of gun restrictions that directly opposes the rubric's defense of unrestricted semi-automatic rifle ownership and opposition to new gun-control legislation.
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After traveling to Ukraine on a bipartisan congressional delegation in 2024 and meeting with President Zelenskyy, Nickel publicly called for continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine and urged Congress to pass additional foreign-aid packages — the type of open-ended overseas military entanglement the rubric's foreign-policy-restraint criterion opposes.
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