Mike Huckabee: Campaign Issues

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Where he stands

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Budget/Deficit/Taxes

• As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee cut the state's capital gains tax, abolished the marriage penalty and pushed the legislature to pass a $90 million tax cut
• Known for his fiscally conservative policies
• Cut taxes 90 times during his term as Arkansas' governor
• Stresses the importance of lessening the tax burden on the working class in order to spur economic growth

Immigration

• Believes that illegal immigrant kids should be allowed to attend college despite their parents' crime; punish people who break the law, but not their children
• Believes we are a better country if we allow scholarships for illegals
• Would build a border fence within 18 months of taking office and use American labor and materials
• Pathway to citizenship must start out of the U.S., but would work to make legal immigration quick

Energy/Environment

• Passed smoke-free workplace across all Arkansas in 2006
• Believes hunters are some of our most dedicated environmentalists
• Follows Boy Scout rule: leave earth better than we found it
• Believes Ethanol mandate is a matter of national security

Foreign Policy

• Believes Islamic terrorism is the most pressing issue for the U.S.
• Has said lifting the Cuban embargo rewards Cuba
• Concerned about Russia and Putin's human rights violations
• Won't pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace
• Doesn't believe it is our country's job to export our form of government

Domestic Issues

• Strongly opposes same-sex marriage
• Believes homosexuality is a sin the same as heterosexual lust
• Strongly opposes abortion, instituting "Choose Life" licenses plates in Arkansas while Governor

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