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John Rose

Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Tennessee - District 6

Current Position: US House Representative TN-6

Running For: Governor

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • Against the $19.1 billion disaster relief bill (May 2019), citing the national deficit

Business & Labor

  • Against raising the state minimum wage, believing it contributes to inflation
  • Against investment firms buying up housing and converting them to rentals
  • For the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, an antitrust package to crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior
  • Against corporate incentive packages that prioritize large companies over small businesses and taxpayers; opposes incentivizing 'woke companies' to relocate to Tennessee

Education

  • For school choice; supports parents' right to choose public, private, charter schools, or homeschooling, while calling for more transparency on private school vouchers
  • For transferring U.S. Department of Education functions to states

Environment

  • For nuclear energy investment, specifically small modular nuclear reactors

Civil Rights

  • Against abortion rights; opposes abortion under most circumstances, supports 100% pro-life position from conception to natural death, opposes taxpayer funding for abortion
  • Against gender transition treatments and surgeries for minors; supports state power to prohibit life-altering gender transition treatments and surgeries for children

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For strict voter ID requirements; supports mandatory photo ID for all voters with no exceptions and purging non-citizens and inactive voters from rolls
  • Against the 2020 presidential election certification; signed amicus brief supporting Texas v. Pennsylvania and voted to object to certification of 2020 election results

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • Against sanctuary cities; supports requiring all county and city governments to cooperate with ICE, supports state collaboration with federal immigration enforcement including Section 287(g) agreements, and supports prohibiting undocumented students from attending public schools

Public Safety

  • For Second Amendment rights and gun rights; supports making Tennessee a true Constitutional Carry state and opposes all federal efforts to restrict gun rights
  • For the death penalty
  • Against awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police officers for their response during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack
  • For deploying the National Guard to high-crime areas