This short list of questions should be asked of Republican candidates (including incumbents) well before voters cast their ballots in the 2022 mid-term elections.
- Should exceptions for rape, incest, and health of the mother be included in any anti-abortion or restrictive-abortion legislation put in place after the Supreme Court’s likely final decision to reverse Roe v Wade?
- Should abortion be legal for at least some time period before birth?
- Do you support Donald Trump’s comments that Vladimir Putin is a “genius” after the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
- Would Donald Trump have been willing or able to pull the NATO alliance and most of the rest of the nations of the world together to stand up to Putin?
- Do you believe Donald Trump when he continues to say that the presidential election of 2020 was stolen?
- If you do believe that election was stolen, where is your proof after losing court decision after court decision and recount after recount?
- Do you agree with Donald Trump who has said that those who violently attacked our Capitol on January 6th were either victims or patriots?
- Do you believe that those who planned, promoted, and participated in illegal attempts to overturn the presidential election should be held legally accountable?
- If your answer is “yes” to the previous question, would you be willing to include specific members of the House and Senate and/or the previous president if clear culpability could be attached to any of them?
- Do you accept any responsibility as a political party for our current high inflation rate knowing that the national debt increased by 39% in the single term of Donald Trump?
The required answers to these questions should be a simple “yes” or “no.” Spinning and/or lying should not be allowed.
