Buddy Carter
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Georgia - District 1
Current Position: US House Representative GA-1
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
- For replacing current US tax structure with a 23% national sales tax (FairTax Act)
Health Care
- Against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); supports its repeal
Environment
- Against the EATS Act that would have invalidated state animal welfare laws including California's Proposition 12
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; supported the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade and believes abortion laws should be made by individual states
- Against transgender people serving in the military
- For ending transgender athletes' participation in school sports
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against certifying 2020 presidential election results; challenged votes for Joe Biden despite courts finding no evidence of electoral fraud
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For Trump's 2017 travel ban temporarily curtailing immigration from seven countries
- Against federal funding for sanctuary cities
- For providing Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack
- For allowing illegal immigrants to serve in the U.S. military in exchange for legal residency
- For revoking the medical license of Iranian official's daughter Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani as a national security threat
Public Safety
- For gun rights; has an 'A' grade from the NRA and stated Congress is not responsible for gun violence in America
- Against federal cannabis decriminalization; voted against the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
- For drug testing people who receive unemployment insurance benefits