Rick Brattin
Conservative
Republican
N/A
Missouri
Current Position: State Senator MO-31
Running For: House Representative - District 5
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For restricting SNAP/food stamp purchases, prohibiting recipients from buying cookies, chips, energy drinks, soft drinks, seafood, or steak
Business & Labor
- Against college athletes' right to strike or refuse to play, supporting stripping scholarships from athletes who participate in such actions
- Against voter-initiated guaranteed paid sick leave; argued voters lacked 'skin in the game' and opposed direct democracy on the issue
- For $1.5 billion in tax incentives for the Kansas City stadium deal
Health Care
- Against Medicaid funding; participated in a 25-hour filibuster of taxes necessary to fund Medicaid
Education
- For teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in public school textbooks
- For ending tenure at public universities in Missouri
- For eliminating state funds and financial aid for 'low-earning' college degrees
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; proposed legislation requiring women to obtain written consent from the father before having an abortion (except in cases of 'legitimate rape'); opposed allowing abortions in cases of rape or incest, arguing rape victims should be forced to carry the rapist's fetus to term
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For increasing Secretary of State authority in crafting ballot language for voter-initiated petitions
Public Safety
- For the death penalty for rapists
- For allowing deadly force against protesters on private property during unlawful assemblies
- For banning law enforcement agencies from purchasing Chinese drones