Kevin Cramer

Nationalist

Republican

Senator

North Dakota

Current Position: Senator from North Dakota

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For cutting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps); supports cuts of $40 billion over 10 years
For repealing the estate tax
For Trump's 25% tariffs on many types of imports

Against the Affordable Care Act; voted to repeal it without replacement five times, opposed health insurance protections for patients with preexisting conditions, and opposed Medicaid expansion
Against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates; introduced legislation to ban such mandates and opposed adding unruly passengers who refuse mask requirements to no-fly lists

Against scientific consensus on climate change; rejects climate change science but supports a small carbon tax if revenue goes to clean fuel research and development
For increased oil and gas drilling on public lands; supports cutting taxes for energy producers and opposes EPA environmental regulations

Against abortion rights; opposes Planned Parenthood, supports cutting public funding to the organization, condemned Roe v. Wade decision, and linked legalization of abortion to mass shootings
Against same-sex marriage; opposed same-sex marriage and condemned the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges
For transgender restrictions in schools; supported requiring schools to teach there are only two genders and granting Christian businesses the right to not service same-sex weddings

Against recognizing the Armenian genocide; cast the only vote against a Senate motion to recognize it at Trump's request

Against gun control; stated gun control would not have prevented Orlando nightclub shooting and opposed gun control legislation, arguing the problem is Islamic terrorism not the Constitution
Against tribal court jurisdiction over non-Natives; opposed language in Violence Against Women Act allowing tribal courts to prosecute non-Natives for abusing Native American women on Indian land
Against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack