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First, in weeks 4-1, voters who have requested absentee ballots, new registrants, and voters who have voted in two out of the last four primaries need to read in their mail boxes:
Ben McAdams opposes the right to an abortion:
He has voted repeatedly with Trump and Republicans to restrict access to abortion and has described himself as pro-life. He also voted to allow doctors to obstruct a woman’s access to essential reproductive care and to stop Medicaid from covering abortions for low income Utahns. McAdams even said “abortion is wrong and I personally oppose abortion” and “abortion is too common in America.”https://utahpolicy.com/archive/19972-mcadams-joins-gop-led-effort-to-force-a-vote-on-anti-abortion-bill
He voted to allow employers to deny their employees access to contraception and to allow employers to discriminate against pregnant women. https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/vote/anti-choice-refusal-pregnant-workers-fairness-act/
Ben McAdams took campaign cash from ICE contractors while voting to increase ICE budgets by billions:
He has taken thousands of dollars from ICE contractors while voting to repeatedly increase funding for Trump’s ICE while in Congress. After they wrote checks to him, McAdams voted to increase ICE funding by nearly $33 billion dollars. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00658633&contributor_name=Marquardt&two_year_transaction_period=2026&two_year_transaction_period=2020
McAdams voted to arm Trump’s ICE agents with military grade weapons that they’re using to terrorize and abduct people in cities across the country, and raid schools, hospitals, and places of worship.
Ben McAdams was a vote for MAGA and Trump’s agenda when it mattered most:
In Congress, Ben McAdams voted with Trump more than almost any other Democrat in Congress. An independent analysis conducted by UCLA found that McAdams was the most conservative Democrat in Congress. https://voteview.com/person/21943/ben-mcadams
He supported a Republican over a Democrat for the US Senate. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/02/will-utah-democrats/
He voted with Trump to block key Democratic priorities over 130 times.
McAdams also voted to increase funding for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and to oppose an increase in the minimum wage. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/07/18/rep-ben-mcadams-votes/
Second, in weeks 4-1, voters on the go need to see messaging that contrasts Nate Blouin with Ben McAdams:
After dealing with a serious injury, Nate Blouin juggled student loan and medical debt, relying on SNAP to get by. In the Utah Senate, Nate has been speaking truth to power, even having his mic cut and being called a punk by Republicans for standing up for LGBTQ Utahns and women seeking reproductive care. Endorsed by Bernie Sanders, Nate will fight Trump like he fights the Republicans in Utah, push for Medicare for All, tax the billionaires, abolish ICE, stop the genocide in Gaza, and he’ll never take a dime in corporate PAC money.
Nate Blouin has been a leader in the fight against ICE. He sponsored the ICE Out legislation in the State Senate to stop masked federal agents from trampling on the rights of our neighbors and tearing families apart. In Congress, Nate will fight to hold ICE agents and the heads of ICE criminally accountable for their illegal actions and fight to abolish ICE so no one can use the agency to terrorize our communities again.
Ben McAdams has taken thousands of dollars from ICE contractors while voting to repeatedly increase funding for Trump’s ICE while in Congress. After they wrote him checks, McAdams voted to increase ICE funding by nearly $33 billion dollars.
McAdams even voted to arm Trump’s ICE agents with military grade weapons that they’re using to terrorize and abduct people in cities across the country, and raid schools, hospitals, and places of worship.