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Tough Questions for Donald Trump from America’s Families
Texas Values Action ^
| Feb. 17th, 2016
| Jonathan Saenz
Posted on 02/18/2016 3:43:13 PM PST by DrewsDad
Texas Values Action and its national family policy alliance say questions remain for Donald Trump
Texas Values Action, CitizenLink, and our national alliance of nearly 40 state-based family policy councils representing millions of Evangelicals nationwide, today released an open letter to presidential candidate Donald Trump calling on him to answer direct questions on his policy positions.
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Mr. Trump:
We, the undersigned, represent millions of pro-family Americans who are dedicated to a nation where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished. As a national alliance with nearly 40 state-based organizations, we have invited you to participate in our Presidential Teleconference Series to share your views on the issues important to values voters. We have interviewed most of the leading candidates, but after several attempts, we have not yet been able to schedule such a call with you. Therefore, we direct the following questions to you on policy issues important to our constituents:
- After years of describing yourself as "pro-choice in every respect"-even supporting partial-birth abortion-you now say that you are pro-life. Your explanation for this change of position - that a baby who was nearly aborted ended up being a "superstar" - is confusing, particularly since you acknowledged that if the child had been "a loser," your pro-abortion position probably wouldn't have changed. Please explain this utilitarian view of the sanctity of human life. Do you consider life only worth protecting if it meets certain criteria, and, if so, what are those criteria?
- How do you square your new position on life with your statements in 2015 supporting continued taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion seller?
- The next president is expected to nominate two to four U.S. Supreme Court justices, beginning immediately with the vacancy caused by the passing of Justice Scalia. These nominations will likely decide critical issues such as abortion. You've recommended your sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, for the High Court. Yet, as a federal judge, she overturned the New Jersey Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, writing that it "burdened a woman's constitutional right to obtain an abortion." How can we trust you to nominate judges who will respect the constitutional limits on judicial power and uphold the sanctity of human life?
- You claim to support religious freedom, yet a leading gay-activist organization calls you "one of the best, if not the best, pro-gay Republican candidates to ever run for the presidency" - particularly because of your "standout position" when it comes to legislation that forces Christian business owners - and others of faith - to either betray their conscience or lose their business. How do you reconcile these contradictory positions?
- You have built your campaign on lifting the economic outlook of lower-income Americans, yet you built your fortune in part on gambling, which preys on those very people. How will you make America great when you've run businesses associated with increased crime, bankruptcies, broken marriages and suicides?
- The first casino in the nation to add a strip club was Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, which boasts of "36,000 square feet of adult entertainment." What would you say to young girls and women who are concerned about a president who is directly connected with the exploitation of women?
- As someone who claims to be a fiscal conservative, how do you justify your statements in support of a huge tax increase and government bailouts. Regarding the bank bailouts, you even stated: "I do agree with what they're doing with the banks. Whether they fund them or nationalize them, it doesn’t matter, but you have to keep the banks going.â Perhaps most concerning of all is your continued admiration for single-payer, government-run healthcare systems. Please explain how this is consistent with the party of limited government?
- One of your favorite campaign themes is that you are going to "run America" if elected. Considering our system of checks and balances, and especially in light of the last seven years of government by fiat, how will you demonstrate your respect for the U.S. Constitution and the limited power the Founding Fathers intended for the federal government in general, and the executive branch in particular?
Mr. Trump, we look forward to your response to these, and many other questions, affecting the lives of American families nationwide.
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cruz; trump
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âIt is past time for Mr. Trump to clear up his contradictory record on critical issues that Texans, and millions of Americans across the country, care about. Pro-family voters care deeply about protecting religious freedom, restoring marriage between one man and one woman, and defending the unborn. Mr. Trumpâs public comments and record on these fundamental issues are particularly concerning to Texas voters and should be to all Americans.â -Texas Values Action President Jonathan Saenz
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:43:13 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
To: DrewsDad
Let us know when he answers.
To: DrewsDad
Just scanning the article, I noticed it was a propaganda hit piece when I saw that it asked Trump about his continued support for single payer health care.
That kind of assertion is a witness mark for a liar.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:45:58 PM PST
by
odawg
To: DrewsDad
Those are very good questions and pretty much are the same concerns that I have with Trump.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:46:15 PM PST
by
dschapin
To: DrewsDad
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:48:44 PM PST
by
arl295
To: DrewsDad
.. We, the undersigned, represent millions of pro-family Americans who are dedicated to a nation where God is honored .. Trump represents more Americans than the pompous pharisee who wrote this twaddle.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:51:23 PM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
To: odawg
How many people do you think can actually explain Trump's healthcare position? His supporters blindly trust him when he makes statements all over the map.
I would like to see him put his healthcare and abortion positions on his campaign website.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:51:29 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
(Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
To: dschapin
You have built your campaign on lifting the economic outlook of lower-income Americans, yet you built your fortune in part on gambling, which preys on those very people. How will you make America great when you've run businesses associated with increased crime, bankruptcies, broken marriages and suicides?Yep, shut down every business that contributes to the decay of society and is deemed not moral. Shut down Hollywood, every bar and restaurant that sells liquor, every casino, every bingo hall, horse track, & OTB. So much for freedom of choice. Who knew there were so many puritans left alive?
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:51:40 PM PST
by
The Iceman Cometh
(The Democrats Must Lose In November)
To: DrewsDad
"The next president is expected to nominate two to four U.S. Supreme Court justices, beginning immediately with the vacancy caused by the passing of Justice Scalia. These nominations will likely decide critical issues such as abortion. You've recommended your sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, for the High Court. Yet, as a federal judge, she overturned the New Jersey Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, writing that it "burdened a woman's constitutional right to obtain an abortion." How can we trust you to nominate judges who will respect the constitutional limits on judicial power and uphold the sanctity of human life? Wow...that's very good. The whole article was very good Thanks for that.....
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:52:28 PM PST
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: Byron_the_Aussie
Trump = 1 person.
Versus all of these organizations
Jonathan Saenz
President
Texas Values Action
Paul Weber
President & CEO
CitizenLink
Jim Minnery
President
Alaska Family Action
Jerry Cox
President
Family Council Action Committee (Arkansas)
Cathi Herrod
President
Center for Arizona Policy Action
Peter Wolfgang
President
Family Institute of Connecticut Action
John Stemberger
President
Florida Family Action
Duke Aiona
President & CEO
Hawaii Family Advocates
Bob Vander Plaats
President & CEO
The FAMiLY LEADER (Iowa)
Julie Lynde
Executive Director
Cornerstone Family Action (Idaho)
Curt Smith
President
Indiana Family Action
Steve Brunk
Executive Director
Family Policy Alliance of Kansas
Kent Ostrander
President
The Family Foundation of Kentucky
Carroll Conley
Executive Director
Christian Civic League of Maine
John Helmberger
Chief Executive Officer
Minnesota Family Council
Jeff Laszloffy
President & CEO
Montana Family Foundation
Tom Freier
Executive Director
North Dakota Family Policy Alliance
Bryan McCormack
Executive Director
Cornerstone Action (New Hampshire)
Len Deo
Founder & President
New Jersey Family First
Rev. Jason J. McGuire
Executive Director
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms
Phil Burress
Chairman
Citizens for Community Values Action (Ohio)
Michael Geer
President
Pennsylvania Family Council
Victoria Cobb
President
The Family Foundation Action (Virginia)
Julaine Appling
President
Wisconsin Family Action
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:53:40 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
(Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
To: DrewsDad
How many people do you think can actually explain Trump's healthcare position? It's in his book if you cared to look at it.
You could just thumb through it at a store without buying the book.
In it, he says that government should only be involved in health care as a last resort.
While he talks about single payer working for some countries, it's not right for America. He believes in allowing insurance companies to compete over state lines.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:55:49 PM PST
by
The Iceman Cometh
(The Democrats Must Lose In November)
To: unread
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:57:29 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
(Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
To: DrewsDad
Can you convey to these media junkies that (for want of a better cliche) their attacks on Trump only make him stronger? That their lemming rush to condemn - in the most pretentious way possible - makes them Megyns? It’s not just DC the voters want to see schlonged.
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:58:34 PM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
To: DrewsDad
I’ve been wondering where the religious conservatives have been on Trump. Seems like those are issues where Cruz and really Rubio are much more in the wheelhouse.
To: The Iceman Cometh
He's made so many other statements including his 60 minutes interview covering everybody and having the "government pay for it".
The burden is on Trump to make his position clear on his website if he really has one and doesn't want it misinterpreted.
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:00:51 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
(Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
To: DrewsDad
Please post the salary and benefits packages these professional conservatives receive while purporting to represent us ...
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:03:57 PM PST
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: DrewsDad
His healthcare policy is to get rid of Obamacare, by renaming the policy Trumpcare, and changing nothing else.
To: DrewsDad
“His supporters blindly trust him when he makes statements all over the map.”
Blindly trust?
When you accept anything Cruz says, is it also blind trust?
Can anyone in the universe get deep into the weeds on how to change the health care problem in one minute?
Ben Carson is a doctor and he has never tried beyond generalities and will direct people to his website.
Trump says that he will get rid of Obamacare and replace it with free market options, erase geographical restrictions on insurance companies as to where they can sale insurance policies, and then he makes sure he will not abandon people who cannot afford health care and after that his minute is up by then. I have not heard him deviate from that very much since he was running.
Now when he is interviewed by O’Reilly, who has never been known to allow a guest to complete a thought or a sentence due to his frenzied interruptions, he may sound a bit garbled if you don’t know O’Reilly’s manner.
Can you quickly spell out the minute details of Cruz’s health care plans?
I would assume that Trump has printed material on his health care plans. I have always myself asked why not go back to what we had. It seemed to be working fine until the nation was swamped by immigration. That is the dirty little secret the uni-party members don’t won’t to talk about.
Everyone’s insurance premiums are exploding and with the high deductibles, a working couple effectively has no insurance.
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:05:04 PM PST
by
odawg
To: Byron_the_Aussie
There is always hope that one of Trump’s supporters eyes will be opened and see that they haven’t really required him to clearly state his position on just about anything outside of immigration.
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:05:25 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
(Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
To: DrewsDad
This list is a nothing burger
They could not even research this nonsense
The first casino in the nation to add a strip club was Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, which boasts of "36,000 square feet of adult entertainment." What would you say to young girls and women who are concerned about a president who is directly connected with the exploitation of women?
I hate to inform the idiots that wrote the above concern. But Trump is not in charge of Trump Entertainment Resorts. He lost the company to bankruptcy. He is a minority stock holder with 5% because they want to continue to use Trump on the buildings. He is not making any decisions here. You want to complain about strip clubs in casinos, please contact the CEO of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Robert Griffin.
These hit pieces are getting tiresome
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:05:43 PM PST
by
arl295
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