Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
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Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Supports a total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. Following the 2023 Nebraska March for Life, co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, and the SAVE Moms and Babies Act. In 2024 personally donated $500,000 to defeat a pro-abortion constitutional amendment in Nebraska — affirming that life must be protected from conception.
Voted against the bipartisan 2024 Senate border supplemental, publicly declaring it 'doesn't get the job done.' Demanded a 1,000-encounter-per-day enforcement threshold (versus the bill's 5,000), mandatory detention of illegal aliens instead of catch-and-release, and organized Republican senators to require a 72-hour public review period before any vote — insisting on hard enforcement over status quo.
As governor, declared Nebraska a Second Amendment 'sanctuary state,' pledging that state resources would not enforce unconstitutional federal gun restrictions. As senator, co-signed a 2024 amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Biden administration firearm regulations and protect gun owners' rights — opposing new bans, registries, and magazine restrictions.
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