ISSUES

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

The right to free speech is a mark of a free nation. Without it, we are an enslaved people, having to look over our shoulder before we speak to our neighbor or be concerned once we post something on social media living in fear that we may go to jail or be punished for thinking something different than certain people. We can’t live like this ni America. We must fight for the First Amendment— always and with whatever cost that is demanded, to remain a free people.

Second Amendment Rights

We have the right to bear arms in America and this right cannot and should never be “infringed upon.” Men and women have fought and died for our First and Second Amendment rights— and I am not going to give them up.

ELECTION INTEGRITY

The vote must be secure and the integrity of every election maintained in North Carolina. Elections should take place on one day and mail-in ballots should only be for the military abroad or disabled individuals. All votes should be counted that day and a tally should be available no later than 10 pm that evening. I am in favor of paper ballots and scanning apparatuses that are not connected to the internet. For years, we had no problem with voting on one day and getting a winner by the late night news. We can return to that if we have the fortitude to make ti to happen. Though this doesn’t fall directly under the purview of the Lt. Governor’s office, it is very important to me and this nation.

Abortion

I am glad that we have seen a drastic drop in abortions in this state. In a

perfect world, we would have zero. I pray we get there— but most of all, I pray for hearts to change so there would never be another abortion desired.

MEDICAL FREEDOM

What we saw in 2020 was a trial run for a communistic nation. No workplace or government should be able to dictate to any free American what they can or cannot do. Your job should never be threatened based on what you choose to not do for your own health or your family’s health. Such ideology must be eradicated from our state and nation.

Human Trafficking

Our State needs a task force that is dedicated to human trafficking. This task force would be composed of several agents from local and state agencies, working in sync with state and federal agencies to accomplish the goal of investigating and bringing traffickers to justice. Currently, North Carolina is #7 in the Nation in human trafficking. This is not a number we should be proud of at all. We must attack this problem head-on, ridding our state of human trafficking. I desire to see it become law in North Carolina, if a perpetrator is found guilty of trafficking humans, the sentence is the death penalty.

The Fentanyl Crisis

Human trafficking and the fentanyl crisis go hand-in-hand, thus I wil propose that we have Joint-TaskForce, that focuses on the trafficking and the fentanyl crisis. There are no overdoses with this drug, a single exposure in the amount that can fit on the end of a pencil is fatal. With our borders wide-open, every state is now a border state. I want to see it passed into law that fi a person is found bringing in, trafficking and/or selling fentanyl, the perpetrator gets the death penalty.

Veterans Care

Our veterans deserve the best we have to offer. Personally, I want to see some things happen that make their life easier on the state elve—l like low-to- no cost license tag renewals and hunting and fishing licenses free for life. These may be small, but it is a small token of our appreciation to them.

I want our state to be their lobbyist to the Veterans Administration and demand the best care from day one that it is sought. No one who served our Country should have need of nothing I may not can make this happen, but it is the attitude we must have towards those who served.

Memory Care Facilities

Though our state has regularly increased the allotments for skilled care, memory care facilities have been ignored over and over. The recent passing of Medicaid Expansion had nothing in the law for these type facilities, while many are having to turn away our most vulnerable citizens that have helped build this state and nation. We need to visit this issue immediately and increase the funding for those who need it most.

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