# Republican Debate 2/6/16

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 7, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376 "2016-02-07T01:37:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-2-6-16/745376/73 "2016-02-08T02:51:01Z")

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> Originally Posted by **Tangent**  
> I’m not sure what all Kasich has to offer, but if nothing else at least he comes across as being reasonable and thoughtful.

1-Advocates defunding Planned Parenthood.  
2-Supported and signed a law making it illegal for rape crisis centers to point out to rape victims that if they become pregnant, abortion is an option.  
3-Advocates removing carbon emissions and coal-fired plants from the EPA and giving pollution control to the states.  
4-Signed a bill to do eliminate the state’s renewable energy program.  
5-Supports fracking in Ohio state parks and forests.  
6-Signed legislation allowing the Governor to sell state mineral rights to the highest bidder (though the program was never implemented).  
7-Supports the Keystone pipeline.  
8-Advocates selling all of the state’s prisons to private contractors.  
9-Opposes medical marijuana and the legalization of marijuana. Thinks the President should somehow “stomp out” (his words) marijuana.  
10-Opposes public employee collective bargaining. Opposes collective bargaining for in-home medical carers and repealed by executive order his predecessor’s order which implemented it.  
11-Supports a federal Balanced Budget Amendment.  
12-Supports a school voucher program and state funding of private schools.  
13-Supports the teaching of intelligent design.  
14-Supports sending US ground troops to fight ISIS.  
15-Opposes the Iran treaty.  
16-Supports more military spending.  
17-Opposes same sex marriage.  
18-Wants to remove the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship provision.  
19-Supports a border wall.  
20-His initial cabinet of 22 members was all-white until criticisms led him to begin appointing minorities.  
21-Has supported and signed laws limiting voting rights.

On another note, why do the Republicans call ISIS/ISIL “The Caliphate”? Weren’t they the ones complaining because Obama says ISIL claiming it was to confuse people about his talking about ISIS?

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